Notes on the Wesley Rigidity Scale: The development of a short form.

Zelen, Seymour L.; Levitt, Eugene E.

doi:10.1037/h0059819

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“…Wesley Rigidity Scale (WRS), short form: A 12-item version of the WRS (Wesley, 1953) developed by Zelen and Levitt (1954) which is purported to measure rigidity and to be related to authoritarianism.…”

Section: Neuroticism (N)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Factor analytic study of the manifest anxiety, extraversion, and repression-sensitization scales.

Golin

Herron²,

Lakota³

1967

Journal of Consulting Psychology

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The Manifest Anxiety (MA), Extraversion (E), Repression-Sensitization (R-S), and 13 other personality scales were given to 226 Ss. The purpose was to determine the extent to which MA scores are attributable to the influence of extraversion and to explore the degree to which the R-S scale assesses attributes similar to those measured by the MA and E scales. From the results of a factor analysis of the 16 variables the following conclusions were drawn: Scores on the MA and R-S scales are almost totally independent of E. The MA and R-S scales are practically identical in psychological meaning; scores on both these scales are largely determined by two bipolar, orthogonal traitsdefensiveness and emotionality.

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Section: Neuroticism (N)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Factor analytic study of the manifest anxiety, extraversion, and repression-sensitization scales.

Golin

Herron²,

Lakota³

1967

Journal of Consulting Psychology

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“…In the original form 50 items were used; later a 41-item version of the inventory was developed. Zelen and Levitt (1954) pointed out that a casual reading of the 41-item version suggested an overlap between a number of items. By inspection of the original statements, these authors chose 12 which they considered did not overlap, and proceeded to show that this form of the inventory was as reliable as the 41-item version, that the distribution of scores obtained with the two versions was similar, and that similar levels of correlation were obtained between the long and short forms and the California E Scale.…”

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A factor analysis of the Wesley Rigidity Inventory: Its relationship to age and nonverbal intelligence.

Chown¹

1960

The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology

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The present research involved an item analysis of the Wesley Rigidity Inventory (1953) to determine its unidimensionality and the effect of age and intelligence. Factor analysis revealed orthogonally-related factors: rigidity in intellectual thinking, liking for established routine which was highly loaded with the factor of age, and a factor of appreciation of methodical behavior and details. From Psyc Abstracts 36:02:2HF91C.

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“…The final test consisted of 50 items which all the judges rated as "high." Zelen and Levitt (1954) maintain that a number of the items are duplicated and that the same reliability and validity was obtainable from fewer items. They chose 12 which looked to them to be representative of the whole test and claimed that the shorter version correlated highly with the original version (r = .73).…”

Section: Personality Testsmentioning

confidence: 99%