title: Assessing change in a personality profile.
abstract: We tested the validity of 6 methods (mean difference, variance difference, bivariate, profile agreement, pattern similarity, and intraclass) to assess change in a personality profile. During their first 2 months of college, 372 students completed reactive and spontaneous measures of their personality. Eight weeks later, 300 returned to complete a second set of the same measures and noted change in their spontaneous personality list. Sixty participants returned during their second semester to complete a third set of assessments. The bivariate and intraclass change coefficients showed consistent convergent, discriminant, and concurrent validity across time points. Recommendations and caveats for using these coefficients are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Eastern Kentucky University, USA. jonathan.gore@eku.edu
authors.forename: Jonathan S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Gore
authors.forename: Susan E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Cross
authors.forename: Daniel W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Russell
mesh_terms: D030141:Feedback, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010553:Personality Development; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012649:Self Concept; D012931:Social Environment; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult