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

Abstract

THE MA, EXTRAVERSION (E), REPRESSION-SENSITIZATION (R-S), AND 13 OTHER PERSONALITY SCALES WERE GIVEN TO 226 SS 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 IT IS CONCLUDED THAT: SCORES ON THE MA AND R-S SCALES ARE ALMOST TOTALLY INDEPENDENT OF EXTRAVERSION; THE MA AND R-S SCALES ARE PRACTICALLY IDENTICAL IN PSYCHOLOGICAL MEANING; SCORES ON BOTH THESE SCALES ARE LARGELY DETERMINED BY 2 BIPOLAR, ORTHOGONAL TRAITS-DEFENSIVENESS AND EMOTIONALITY. (27 REF.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)