title: A comprehensive assessment of human strivings: test-retest reliability and validity of the Reiss Profile.
abstract: Sensitivity theory provides an analysis of personality based on what people say motivates their behavior. After Reiss and Havercamp (1998) confirmed a 15-factor solution to self-reported human strivings, the Reiss Profile of Fundamental Goals and Motivation Sensitivities (Reiss & Havercamp, 1998) psychometric instrument was standardized. In 3 studies, the Reiss Profile was shown to possess good test-retest and internal reliability and concurrent and criterion validity. Ten independent samples of adults (n = 764) and a comparison group (n = 737) participated in these studies. Pearson product-moment correlations between the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (Crowne & Marlowe, 1960) and the Reiss Profile ranged in absolute value from .01 to.39 (M =.16). How people self-reported their trait motives correlated with how they behaved in the "real world." The Reiss Profile can be used to study motivational traits.
authors.affiliation: Nisonger Center, The Ohio State University, USA. susan.havercamp@cdl.unc.edu
authors.forename: Susan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Havercamp
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reiss
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001240:Aspirations, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012933:Social Identification