In:
European Journal of Psychological Assessment, Hogrefe Publishing Group, Vol. 35, No. 1 ( 2019-01), p. 109-116
Abstract:
Abstract. Positive orientation (PO) is a basic predisposition that consists in a positive outlook toward oneself, one’s life, and one’s future, which is associated to many desirable outcomes connected to health and to the general quality of life. We performed a lexical study for identifying a set of markers of PO, developed an Implicit Association Test (the PO-IAT), and investigated its psychometric properties. The PO-IAT proved to be a reliable measure with a clear pattern of convergent validity, both with respect to self-report scales connected to PO and with respect to an indirect measure of self-esteem. A secondary aim of our studies was to validate a new brief adjective scale to assess PO, the POAS. Our results show that both the PO-IAT and the self-reported PO predict the frequency of depressive symptoms and of self-perceived intelligence.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1015-5759
,
2151-2426
DOI:
10.1027/1015-5759/a000362
Language:
English
Publisher:
Hogrefe Publishing Group
Publication Date:
2019
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2090873-8
SSG:
5,2
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