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The Personality Construct of Hardiness, III: Relationships With Repression, Innovativeness, Authoritarianism, and Performance
Author(s) -
Maddi Salvatore R.,
Harvey Richard H.,
Khoshaba Deborah M.,
Lu John L.,
Persico Michele,
Brow Marnie
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of personality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.082
H-Index - 144
eISSN - 1467-6494
pISSN - 0022-3506
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2006.00385.x
Subject(s) - hardiness (plants) , psychology , personality , authoritarianism , coping (psychology) , social psychology , construct (python library) , construct validity , coping behavior , clinical psychology , psychometrics , political science , computer science , politics , law , horticulture , cultivar , democracy , biology , programming language
Previous research has established hardiness as a dispositional factor in preserving and enhancing performance and health despite stressful circumstances. The present four studies continue this construct‐validational process by (a) introducing a shortened version of the hardiness measure and (b) testing hypotheses concerning the relationship between hardiness and repressive coping, right‐wing authoritarianism, innovative behavior, and billable hours (a measure of consulting effectiveness). Results of these studies suggest the adequate reliability and validity of the Personal Views Survey III‐R, which is the shortened, 18‐item measure of hardiness. Further, results support the hypothesis that the relationship of hardiness is negative with repressive coping and right‐wing authoritarianism and positive with innovative behavior and billable hours. Hardiness also appears unrelated to socially desirable responding.