CONCEPTUAL NOTE ON STATE, TRAIT, AND THE STATE-TRAIT DISTINCTION
CONCEPTUAL NOTE ON STATE, TRAIT, AND THE STATE-TRAIT DISTINCTION
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DOI:
10.1037/0022-3514.50.1.169
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发表时间:
1986-01-01
影响因子:
7.6
通讯作者:
FRIDHANDLER, BM
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作者:
FRIDHANDLER, BM
Discusses the conceptual bases of the state–trait distinction and suggests that the distinction, though more complex than previously appreciated, is conceptually viable. BP Allen and CR Potkay's (see record 1982-09834-001) contention that the state–trait distinction is arbitrary is rejected. Rather than attempting to reduce the state–trait distinction to a single dimension, the author proposes 4 overlapping but distinct dimensions as underlying current professional uses of the distinction: duration, continuous vs reactive manifestation, concreteness vs abstractness, and situational causality vs personal causality. Parallels are drawn between these dimensions and aspects of the broader concepts of occurrence and disposition, and the concepts of state and trait are described as applications in psychology of these broader concepts. It is argued that a clearer understanding of the concepts of state and trait will facilitate theory and research.(42 ref)(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)