Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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893457 | Personality and Individual Differences | 2006 | 11 Pages |
While the Paratelic Dominance Scale and the Motivational Style Profile have been widely used as dominance measures in a number of reversal theory investigations, there is a continuing need to examine them in relation to other established personality measures. Two conceptually related measures are the NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO) and the Consideration of Future Consequences Scale (CFC). These measures were administered to a sample of 136 undergraduate students enrolled in a psychology department personality course. Consistent with our predictions, telic dominance as measured by both instruments emerged as a significant predictor of both NEO conscientiousness and CFC. In addition, a number of other theoretically consistent relations emerged between telic/paratelic dominance, CFC, and NEO dimensions. Findings from the present study lend support to the construct validity of both reversal theory measures.