The Personal Attitude Scale: A Scale to Measure Spontaneity
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Personal AttitudeAbstract
A 70-item measure of spontaneity, innocuously entitled the Personal Attitude Scale (PAS), was tested for its reliability and validity. After an item analysis, 58 items were retained in the final version of the PAS. The internal consistency reliability (Cronbach's c) values were .77 for men and .86 for women, and .86 for both samples combined. Evidence for construct validity of the PAS was mixed. The PAS
was (a) uncorrelated with Snyder's Self-Monitoring Scale in both men and women, (b) significantly (p < .05) correlated with the Beck Depression Inventory and Zuckerman's Sensation-Seeking Scale (general and subscale scores) in women, and (c) correlated with only the general sensation-seeking score, Thrill and Adventure Seeking and Experience Seeking, in men.
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