Concurrent Validity of the Personal Attribute Inventory as a Self-Concept Scale

Abstract

The Personal Attribute Inventory has demonstrated promise as a self-concept scale. Scores have been significantly correlated with measures of self-concept and several personality factors on the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire. This study examined the responses of 38 volunteers on self-concept, anxiety, and self-reports of symptoms. Significant correlations were .60 with State Anxiety, .75 with Trait Anxiety and .54 with Symptom Check List, which suggest, as a function of negative self-concept, that the Personal Attribute Inventory may reflect various anxiety states and accompanied somatic complaints.