Individual differences in anxiety responses to stressful situations: a three-mode component analysis model
✍ Scribed by Iven Van Mechelen; Henk A. L. Kiers
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 175 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0890-2070
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✦ Synopsis
The three-mode component analysis model is discussed as a tool for a contextualized study of personality. When applied to person  situation  response data, the model includes sets of latent dimensions for persons, situations, and responses as well as a socalled core array, which may be considered a summary description of the individual dierences in response pro®les across situations. Underlying psychological processes may be further revealed by relating the model to external data on cognitive±aective personality system (CAPS) variables. The model as well as its validation in CAPS terms is illustrated with self-report data on anxiety responses displayed by several persons in a sample of situations. Furthermore, the model is tested against recently formulated criticisms regarding the use of (two-mode) factor analysis in personality research, and its relation to the triple typology model recently proposed by Vansteelandt and Van Mechelen (1998) is brie¯y discussed.