Cogswell Alex
Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA.
J Pers Assess. 2008 Jan;90(1):26-35. doi: 10.1080/00223890701468584.
The field of personality theory and assessment is characterized by a long-standing divide between proponents of self-report and indirect approaches to assessment. This article reviews the increasing convergence between the two sides, using recent writings on interpersonal dependency as an example domain. The assumptions of the self-report approach to personality assessment are contrasted with those of the indirect, and research using both types of assessments is reviewed. Also considered is the importance of recognizing dissociations between a particular individual's scores on self-report and indirect measures of a given component of self-concept, and the possible implications of such dissociations. It is argued that the convergence between two traditionally disparate approaches is likely to develop, in light of hypotheses, data and conclusions that bear notable similarity.
人格理论与评估领域的特点是，在自我报告评估方法的支持者和间接评估方法的支持者之间存在长期分歧。本文以近期关于人际依赖的著作为示例领域，回顾了双方日益趋同的情况。将人格评估的自我报告方法的假设与间接方法的假设进行了对比，并对使用这两种评估类型的研究进行了综述。还考虑了认识到特定个体在自我报告和自我概念给定组成部分的间接测量上得分之间的分离的重要性，以及这种分离可能产生的影响。鉴于具有显著相似性的假设、数据和结论，有人认为两种传统上不同的方法之间的趋同很可能会发展。
