Nonlinear personality-performance relationships and the spurious moderating effects of traitedness

J Pers. 2005 Feb;73(1):227-59. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2004.00309.x.

Abstract

This article evaluated the validity of two traditional traitedness measures (i.e., standard deviation traitedness measures and global, single-item traitedness measures) and three new traitedness measures (i.e., multi-item, ranking, and facet traitedness measures). Overall, there was poor construct validity for both the traditional and new measures of traitedness. Furthermore, traitedness was a spurious moderator of the relationship between openness to experience and academic performance. Finally, evidence of nonlinear personality-academic performance relationships was discovered.

MeSH terms

  • Achievement
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Personality Inventory
  • Personality*
  • Psychological Theory