CONSTRUCT VALIDATION OF THE COMREY PERSONALITY SCALES

Area of Science:

• Psychology
• Personality Assessment

Background:

• The Comrey Personality Scales are a psychological instrument designed to measure personality traits.
• Assessing the construct validity of personality tests is crucial for their reliable application in research and clinical settings.

Purpose of the Study:

• To investigate the construct validity of the Comrey Personality Scales.
• To determine the extent to which biographical data correlates with scores on the eight personality scales.

Main Methods:

• Administered the Comrey Personality Scales and a biographical data inventory to 209 volunteer U.C.L.A. students.
• Correlated biographical data variables with scores on the eight personality scales.
• Correlated author estimates of scale scores (based on biographical data) with actual scale scores.

Main Results:

• The Social Conformity vs Rebelliousness and Orderliness vs. Lack of Compulsion scales demonstrated the strongest construct validity.
• Correlations between biographical data and personality scale scores provided moderate to negligible support for the validity of the remaining scales.

Conclusions:

• The findings provide partial support for the construct validity of the Comrey Personality Scales.
• The Social Conformity and Orderliness scales appear to be the most robust measures within the Comrey Personality Scales.