Abstract

FERREIRA, Mário B. et al. Para uma revisão da abordagem multidimensional das impressões de personalidade: O culto, o irresponsável, o compreensivo e o arrogante. Aná. Psicológica [online]. 2011, vol.29, n.2, pp.315-333. ISSN 0870-8231.

The two-dimensional structure of the implicit theories of personality (Rosenberg, Nelson, & Vivekananthan, 1968) is revisited in two studies. The first study sought to obtain the two original dimensions (social and intellectual), replicating the work of Rosenberg and colleagues. For this purpose, personality traits used in the original study were translated into Portuguese. In the second study we used traces generated spontaneously by a sample of Portuguese participants. Thus, the first study assesses the impact of 40 years of cultural changes in the dimensions originally identified and the second seeks to expand the validity of the original theoretical proposal. Data analysis using the multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis confirms the timeliness and importance of two-dimensional implicit theory while suggesting some changes in the content of evaluative dimensions.

Keywords : Implicit theories of personality; Multidimensional scaling; Social and intellectual desirability; Two-dimensional structure of traits.

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