What does Eysenck's psychoticism scale really measure

Bibliographic Data

ID5267627
AuthorsEDGAR HOWARTH (corresponding author)
Year1986
Volume77
Issue2
Pages223-227
Publication date1986-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-1269 • E-ISSN: 2044-8295
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.2044-8295.1986.tb01996.x
PMID3730728
OpenAlexW2033382951
LanguageEN
Citations received10

The following sources of evidence are discussed in order to examine the component parts - in terms of primary traits - of Eysenck's psychoticism scale, which he refers to as a 'superfactor' but which is here viewed as a composite or complex of primary traits. Factor analytic studies by the author and by Barratt & Kline not only showed agreement as to factor composition but also each found a psychoticism factor and supply evidence as to the question posed. Additionally (a) a correlational study by the author and (b) a study by Eysenck supply evidence. Thus from factor analytic and correlational evidence a high P scorer possesses these traits: impulsiveness, lack of cooperation, oral pessimism, rigidity, low superego controls, low social sensitivity, low persistence, lack of anxiety and lack of feelings of inferiority. Of the three main 'superfactors' advocated by Eysenck - neuroticism (N), extraversion (E) and psychoticism (P) - the evidence indicated that psychoticism was the least univocal

Big Five personality traits · Developmental psychology · Extraversion and introversion · Eysenck Personality Questionnaire · Neuroticism · Personality · Psychoticism · Trait theory · Clinical Psychology · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology

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