An approach for the development of dynamical tool of personality assessment based on the interactionistic viewpoint

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The importance of the research paradigm proposed by the modern interactionism has been acknowledged in many recent personality studies. However, no valid assessment tools for the interactionistic studies have been devised until now. In this research, we developed a dynamic method of the personality assessment by using the "mouse paradigm" (Vallacher, et. Al., 1994). Vallacher suggested that the approach-avoidance tendency of an individual mentality was reflected in one's movements of the mouse on the PC screen. Several indices have been found from these movements (coordinates, distance, and speed). We hypothesized that the interactionistic dynamics of personality could be measured by these indices, if the target stimulus presented contextually.In this research, five experimental studies were conducted. First to third studies were focused on the relationship between the dynamic indices (mouse indices) and the self-ratings of personality. Subjects moved the mouse cursor under the conditi … More ons that the situational (relational) terms had continuously changed on the PC screen. Dynamic indices were calculated from these movements individually. The correlations between two stimulus contexts showed the stability of these indices. However, self-ratings (Big Five) and dynamic indices correlated only slightly. Therefore, two other studies were conducted. In fourth study, we used the EPPS items for the stimulus of the mouse movements. The dynamic indices getting from the procedure showed high correlations with self-ratings on EPPS. In the same time, subjects participated another research which used the experience sampling method. They answered emotional scales (GACL) four times per day according to a signal from cell-phone. Three emotional aspects were elicited by factor analysis. The total scores and the standard deviation scores of these aspects showed significant correlations among the dynamic indices respectively. Fifth study was conducted to measure the dynamic indices of the subjective well-being under the six persons by twelve situations combinations. The results showed these indices also correlated respectively with the self-rating well-being and the emotional scales. These finding suggested that our new tools were useful for measuring personality dynamics. Less