Reference group effects in the measurement of personality and attitudes

Reference-group effects (discovered in cross-cultural settings) occur when responses to self-report items are based not on respondents’ absolute level of a construct but rather on their level relative to a salient comparison group. In this article, we examine the impact of reference-group effects on...

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Main Authors: Crede, Marcus, BASHSHUR, Michael Ramsay, Niehorster, Sarah
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spelling sg-smu-ink.lkcsb_research-41352017-02-06T13:44:58Z Reference group effects in the measurement of personality and attitudes Crede, Marcus BASHSHUR, Michael Ramsay Niehorster, Sarah Reference-group effects (discovered in cross-cultural settings) occur when responses to self-report items are based not on respondents’ absolute level of a construct but rather on their level relative to a salient comparison group. In this article, we examine the impact of reference-group effects on the assessment of self-reported personality and attitudes. Two studies illustrate that a reference-group effect can be induced by small changes to instruction sets, changes that mirror the instruction sets of commonly used measures of personality. Scales that specified different reference groups showed substantial reductions in criterion-related validities for academic performance, self-reported counterproductive behaviors, and self-reported health outcomes relative to reference-group-free versions of those scales. 2010-09-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/3136 info:doi/10.1080/00223891.2010.497393 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/4135/viewcontent/Crede_Bashur__Niehorster_inpress__PROOFS.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Personality attitudes measurement human behavior Organizational Behavior and Theory
institution Singapore Management University
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Singapore
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topic Personality
attitudes
measurement
human behavior
Organizational Behavior and Theory
spellingShingle Personality
attitudes
measurement
human behavior
Organizational Behavior and Theory
Crede, Marcus
BASHSHUR, Michael Ramsay
Niehorster, Sarah
Reference group effects in the measurement of personality and attitudes
description Reference-group effects (discovered in cross-cultural settings) occur when responses to self-report items are based not on respondents’ absolute level of a construct but rather on their level relative to a salient comparison group. In this article, we examine the impact of reference-group effects on the assessment of self-reported personality and attitudes. Two studies illustrate that a reference-group effect can be induced by small changes to instruction sets, changes that mirror the instruction sets of commonly used measures of personality. Scales that specified different reference groups showed substantial reductions in criterion-related validities for academic performance, self-reported counterproductive behaviors, and self-reported health outcomes relative to reference-group-free versions of those scales.
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author Crede, Marcus
BASHSHUR, Michael Ramsay
Niehorster, Sarah
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Niehorster, Sarah
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title Reference group effects in the measurement of personality and attitudes
title_short Reference group effects in the measurement of personality and attitudes
title_full Reference group effects in the measurement of personality and attitudes
title_fullStr Reference group effects in the measurement of personality and attitudes
title_full_unstemmed Reference group effects in the measurement of personality and attitudes
title_sort reference group effects in the measurement of personality and attitudes
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2010
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/3136
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