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In press, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Running Head: SITUATIONAL SIMILARITY Situational Similarity and Personality Predict Behavioral Consistency
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@MISC{Sherman_inpress,,
author = {Ryne A. Sherman and Christopher S. Nave and David C. Funder},
title = {In press, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Running Head: SITUATIONAL SIMILARITY Situational Similarity and Personality Predict Behavioral Consistency},
year = {}
}
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Abstract
A new method for assessing situations is employed to examine the association between situational similarity, personality, and behavioral consistency across ecologically representative contexts. On four occasions across four weeks 202 undergraduate participants (105 F, 97 M) wrote descriptions of a situation they had experienced the previous day. In addition, they rated its psychological features using the recently developed Riverside Situational Q-Sort (RSQ 2.0: Wagerman & Funder, 2009) and their behavior using the Riverside Behavioral Q-Sort (RBQ 3.0: Funder, Furr, & Colvin, 2000; Furr, Wagerman, & Funder, 2010). Independent judges also rated the situations using the RSQ, based on the participants ’ written descriptions. Results indicated 1) participant’s ratings of their behavior were impressively consistent across the four situations; 2) the four situations experienced by a single participant tended to be described more similarly to each other than to situations experienced by different participants; 3) situational similarity, especially from the individual’s own point of view, strongly predicted behavioral consistency; and 4) personality characteristics predicted behavioral consistency even after controlling for situational similarity. Relatively consistent persons described themselves as ethically consistent,
Keyphrases
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