Issues in Assessing Psychological Characteristics at a Distance

An Introduction to the Symposium

Bibliographic Data

ID7351972
AuthorsMark Schafer (0000-0001-6296-8832, Louisiana State University, corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume21
Issue3
Pages511-527
Publication date2000-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolitical Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0162-895X • E-ISSN: 1467-9221
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/0162-895x.00201
OpenAlexW2107836229
LanguageEN
Citations received53
References cited41

This article provides an overview of the issues, methods, and constructs presented in the papers for the symposium Issues in Assessing Psychological Characteristics at a Distance. These papers share a substantive focus on the psychological characteristics of U.S. presidents and a common commitment to the use of ‘at‐a‐distance’ assessment techniques. In this context, at‐a distance measures raise several substantive and methodological issues, including the connections between leaders and advisors, the value of public versus private rhetoric, and differences between spontaneous and prepared source material. The authors of the papers use two psychological constructs, the operational code and conceptual complexity, to investigate these issues and to illustrate the utility of at‐a‐distance methods for assessing psychological characteristics

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