Attitude Toward Ambiguity: Empirically Robust Factors in Self-Report Personality Scales
Attitude Toward Ambiguity: Empirically Robust Factors in Self-Report Personality Scales
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DOI：
10.1177/1073191115577188
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发表时间：
2016-06-01
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3.8
通讯作者：
Weller, Joshua
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作者：
Lauriola, Marco;Foschi, Renato;Weller, Joshua
两项研究考察了模糊态度的因素结构，这是一种广泛的人格结构，指的是个人在各种背景和情景下对感知到的模糊刺激的反应。研究1使用来自两个国家的样本，绘制了7个模糊容忍-不容忍量表(N=360，意大利；N=306，美国)的133个条目的层次结构。三个主要因素对模棱两可、道德绝对主义/分裂以及对复杂性和新颖性的需求在每个国家都得到了恢复，样本之间的可复制性系数很高。在研究2(N=405，意大利语社区样本；N=366，英语母语者样本)中，我们对选定的因素标记进行了验证性分析。双因素模型对每个样本都有一个可接受的拟合度，并且达到了一般因素和群体因素的结构水平不变性。在这两项研究中，都评估了与相关特质有关的收敛效度。我们的结论是，对歧义的态度可以很好地体现为一个多维结构，包括情感(对歧义的不适)、认知(道德绝对主义/分裂)和认知性(对复杂性和新颖性的需要)。
Two studies were conducted to examine the factor structure of attitude toward ambiguity, a broad personality construct that refers to personal reactions to perceived ambiguous stimuli in a variety of context and situations. Using samples from two countries, Study 1 mapped the hierarchical structure of 133 items from seven tolerance-intolerance of ambiguity scales (N = 360, Italy; N = 306, United States). Three major factorsDiscomfort with Ambiguity, Moral Absolutism/Splitting, and Need for Complexity and Noveltywere recovered in each country with high replicability coefficients across samples. In Study 2 (N = 405, Italian community sample; N =366, English native speakers sample), we carried out a confirmatory analysis on selected factor markers. A bifactor model had an acceptable fit for each sample and reached the construct-level invariance for general and group factors. Convergent validity with related traits was assessed in both studies. We conclude that attitude toward ambiguity can be best represented a multidimensional construct involving affective (Discomfort with Ambiguity), cognitive (Moral Absolutism/Splitting), and epistemic (Need for Complexity and Novelty) components.