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Ascription of Responsibility as a Personality Variable 1
Author(s) -
Suedfeld Peter,
Hakstian A. Ralph,
Rank Darylynn S.,
Ballard Elizabeth J.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1985.tb00902.x
Subject(s) - ascription , attribution , psychology , personality , social psychology , session (web analytics) , big five personality traits , moral responsibility , linguistics , epistemology , philosophy , world wide web , computer science
The Ascription of Responsibility Questionnaire (ARQ), consisting of 13 biographical and 28 attitudinal items, was designed to study one aspect of attribution: ascribing responsibility for particular events to specific persons or to diffuse and depersonalized forces. The questionnaire was administered to 251 university summer session students. Factor analyses showed 4 orthogonal factors, which were labeled traditional focused responsibility, diffuse responsibility, exercised responsibility, and individual focused responsibility. Six groups of subjects could be clearly differentiated on the patterns of their scores on these factors. Correlations with other personality tests and with demographic variables were found.