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Development of a scale for the measurement of evolutionarily important situation characteristics

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2014
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Behavior in everyday situations depends on the activation of an individual’s specific goals and motives. Research suggests that basic goals such as protecting oneself, forming coalitions, and avoiding disease have emerged as the result of evolutionary processes Kenrick, Li, & Butner, 2003. However, no scale exists to measure the characteristics of situations that might promote or prevent the achievement of these goals. Participants described a situation they encountered the previous day and rated that situation using 64 items designed to tap seven adaptive problems identified by Kenrick and colleagues 2003. Using both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses a 28-item measure of situational characteristics that promote or prevent the achievement of evolutionarily important goals was created. The results suggest that this 28-item measure has both adequate bandwidth and fidelity. Future research should investigate the discriminant and convergent validity of this newly created measure.
Title: Development of a scale for the measurement of evolutionarily important situation characteristics.
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Name(s): Brown, Nicolas A.
Serfass, David G.
Sherman, Ryne A.
Graduate College
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Abstract
Date Created: 2014
Date Issued: 2014
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 1 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: Behavior in everyday situations depends on the activation of an individual’s specific goals and motives. Research suggests that basic goals such as protecting oneself, forming coalitions, and avoiding disease have emerged as the result of evolutionary processes Kenrick, Li, & Butner, 2003. However, no scale exists to measure the characteristics of situations that might promote or prevent the achievement of these goals. Participants described a situation they encountered the previous day and rated that situation using 64 items designed to tap seven adaptive problems identified by Kenrick and colleagues 2003. Using both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses a 28-item measure of situational characteristics that promote or prevent the achievement of evolutionarily important goals was created. The results suggest that this 28-item measure has both adequate bandwidth and fidelity. Future research should investigate the discriminant and convergent validity of this newly created measure.
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