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The Extremity Rating Revisited Within the Context of Personal Construct Theory *
Author(s) -
LANDFIELD A. W.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
british journal of social and clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0007-1293
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1968.tb00550.x
Subject(s) - construct (python library) , psychology , context (archaeology) , construct validity , meaning (existential) , personality , personal construct theory , cognitive psychology , social psychology , personality theory , psychometrics , clinical psychology , computer science , psychotherapist , paleontology , biology , programming language
This review supports the meaningfulness hypothesis of rating extremity and, most importantly, supports the profitability of pursuing the implications of the extremity rating within Personal Construct theory, focusing upon extremity ratings as done within the individual's own language dimensions. As for the construct of meaningfulness versus pathology, this contrast can be accepted as heuristically valuable, although of questionable validity. A new series of studies could be designed to clarify whether, under certain conditions, pathology and meaningfulness are related. To design such a series of studies, it would be helpful to have a theory of personality and behaviour which might suggest possible conditions of relationship. Personal Construct theory can provide a context within which to consider this paradox of meaning and pathology.