| Abstract: | Constructed 5 specified rational scales, 4 coordinated with 4 separate forms of the tendency toward novelty seeking, and 1 coordinated with desire for novelty to demonstrate the lack of comprehensive and representative coverage of the novelty domain by global self-report measures. Ss were 70 airmen. Results indicate that the 5 specified scales tend to be more homogeneous than 4 published measures of novelty or change to which they were compared. The specified scales were typically well differentiated, in contrast to the global measures which correlated substantially with each other and with 1 specified scale. The global measures examined do not appear to measure the cognitive and introceptive aspects of novelty experiencing or the desire or motivation for new experience. (15 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
