Departamento de Psicología Biológica y de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Campus Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
Span J Psychol. 2011 May;14(1):207-17. doi: 10.5209/rev_sjop.2011.v14.n1.18.
The present paper aimed to examine questionnaire response patterns and objective task-based test behavioral patterns in order to analyze the differences people show in consistency. It is hypothesized that people tend to be more consistent when talking about themselves (when describing themselves through verbal statements) that when they solve a task (when behaving). Consistency is computed using the pi* statistic (Hernandez, Rubio, Revuelta, & Santacreu, 2006). According to this procedure, consistency is defined as the value and the dimensionality of the latent trait of an individual (theta) remaining invariant through out the test of. Participants who are consistent must show a constant theta and follow a given response pattern during the entire course of the test. A sample of 3,972 participants was used. Results reveal that 68% of participants showed a consistent response pattern when completing the questionnaire. When tackling the task-based test, the percentage was 66%. 45% of individuals showed a consistent pattern in both tests. Implications for personality and individual differences assessment are discussed.
本文旨在研究问卷回答模式和基于任务的客观测试行为模式，以分析人们在一致性方面表现出的差异。研究假设人们在谈论自己时（通过口头陈述描述自己）比在解决任务时（行为时）更倾向于保持一致。一致性使用 pi* 统计量（Hernandez、Rubio、Revuelta 和 Santacreu，2006）进行计算。根据这一程序，一致性被定义为个体（theta）的潜在特质的数值和维度在整个测试过程中保持不变。使用了 3972 名参与者的样本。结果显示，68%的参与者在完成问卷时表现出一致的回答模式。在处理基于任务的测试时，这一比例为 66%。45%的个体在这两个测试中都表现出一致的模式。本文讨论了对人格和个体差异评估的启示。
