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Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 12, No. 1,
63-73 (1986)
DOI: 10.1177/0146167286121007
Validation of a Short Index of Self-Actualization
Alvin Jones
Texas Christian University
Rick Crandall
San Francisco State University
This research reports the development of a 15-item index of self-actualization that will be useful in research contexts. The index is based primarily on modified items from the most widely accepted measure of self-actualization, the Personal Orientation Inventory. The index had a significant correlation with this inventory (r = .67, p < .001). It also correlated as expected with measures of self-esteem, rational behavior and beliefs, neuroticism, and extraversion. The index discriminated between groups of people nominated as self-actualizing and as non-self-actualizing. There were no problems with response sets, and the index was resistant to "faking good." Weaknesses of the scale are discussed as well as means to overcome these weaknesses.
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