Citation

Eysenck SBG, Eysenck HJ. Pers. Individ. Dif. 1980; 1(1): 73-78.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1980, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0191-8869(80)90006-9

PMID

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Abstract

A 63-item questionnaire containing items measuring impulsiveness, venturesomeness and empathy was given to 299 boys and 204 girls; 251 of these boys and 143 of these girls were also administered the Junior Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, measuring Psychoticism (P), Extraversion (E), Neuroticism (N), and dissimulation (L scale, also possibly a measure of conformity). Factor analysis of the intercorrelations between items verified the existence of three major factors similar to those postulated. Reasonable reliabilities were found for the impulsiveness and venturesomeness scales, but not for the empathy scale. Impulsiveness was correlated with P and N, negatively with L and only slightly with E. Venturesomeness was correlated with E, and rather less strongly with P and negatively with L. Empathy correlated negatively with P, and slightly positively with N. It is suggested that the validity of the scales should be established by using suitable external criteria.

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