Drive: Theory and Construct Validation
This article explicates the theory of drive and describes the development and validation of two measures. A representative set of drive facets was derived from an extensive corpus of human attributes (Study 1) Operationalised using an International Personality Item Pool version (the Drive:IPIP) a three factor model was extracted from the facets in two samples and confirmed on a third sample (Study 2) The multi item IPIP measure showed congruence with a short form, based on single item ratings of the facets, and both demonstrated cross informant reliability. Evidence also supported the measures' convergent, discriminant, concurrent, and incremental validity (Study 3) Based on very promising findings, the authors hope to initiate a stream of research in what is argued to be a rather neglected niche of individual differences and non cognitive assessment.
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