TY - JOUR
T1 - Structure and Validity of the Attributional Style Questionnaire
T2 - A Cross-Sample Comparison
AU - Corr, Philip J.
AU - Gray, Jeffrey A.
PY - 1996/11/1
Y1 - 1996/11/1
N2 - Two correlational studies were conducted to explore the relationship between the Attributional Style Questionnaire (ASQ; Peterson et al., 1982) and broad measures of personality in volunteer (N = 200) and occupational (N = 100) samples. In both samples, principal component analyses of the ASQ provided evidence for an independence of (a) positive and negative attributional style (AS); (b) positive AS for affiliative and achievement-related situations; and (c) internality and stability/globality, especially for negative AS. Positive AS scales tended to correlate negatively, and negative AS scales positively, with trait anxiety, as measured by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI; Spielberger, Gorsuch, Lushene, Vagg, & Jacobs, 1983); ASQ correlations with the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ; Eysenck & Eysenck, 1975) scales suggested that positive AS shared little variance with broad measures of personality, but negative AS seemed to reflect general dysphoria (low extraversion, high neuroticism, and high psychoticism). The implications of these findings for structure, validity, and scoring of the ASQ are discussed.
AB - Two correlational studies were conducted to explore the relationship between the Attributional Style Questionnaire (ASQ; Peterson et al., 1982) and broad measures of personality in volunteer (N = 200) and occupational (N = 100) samples. In both samples, principal component analyses of the ASQ provided evidence for an independence of (a) positive and negative attributional style (AS); (b) positive AS for affiliative and achievement-related situations; and (c) internality and stability/globality, especially for negative AS. Positive AS scales tended to correlate negatively, and negative AS scales positively, with trait anxiety, as measured by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI; Spielberger, Gorsuch, Lushene, Vagg, & Jacobs, 1983); ASQ correlations with the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ; Eysenck & Eysenck, 1975) scales suggested that positive AS shared little variance with broad measures of personality, but negative AS seemed to reflect general dysphoria (low extraversion, high neuroticism, and high psychoticism). The implications of these findings for structure, validity, and scoring of the ASQ are discussed.
U2 - 10.1080/00223980.1996.9915038
DO - 10.1080/00223980.1996.9915038
M3 - Article
VL - 130
SP - 645
EP - 657
JO - The Journal of Psychology
JF - The Journal of Psychology
SN - 0022-3980
IS - 6
ER -