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Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1026/0012-1924/a000156

Zusammenfassung. Der Interpersonale Circumplex (IC) ist ein etabliertes Modell zur Beschreibung und Messung interpersonaler Variablen. Die Kurzversion der Interpersonalen Adjektivliste (IAL-K) setzt das IC-Konzept zur Messung individueller Unterschiede im interpersonalen Stil um. Anhand von vier Stichproben (N1 = 1127, N2 = 610, N3 = 286, N4 = 128) wurden die IAL-Skalen um 47 % auf 34 Items gekürzt und die Kurzskalen hinsichtlich ihrer strukturellen, konvergenten und divergenten Validität, Reliabilität und zeitlichen Stabilität geprüft. Ferner wurde ihr konstruktanalytisches Potenzial an 14 Kriteriumsvariablen veranschaulicht. Die IAL-K zeigte gute Konstruktvalidität, zufriedenstellende psychometrische Eigenschaften und hohe Konvergenz zur IAL. Sie kann daher als reliable, valide und inhaltlich nahezu deckungsgleiche, jedoch deutlich ökonomischere Kurzversion der IAL betrachtet werden.


IAL-K: Development of a Short Form of the Interpersonal Adjective List

Abstract. The interpersonal circumplex (IC) is an established model for the description and assessment of interpersonal variables. The short form of the Interpersonal Adjective List (IAL-K) utilizes the IC concept to measure individual differences in interpersonal style. On the basis of data from four samples (N1 = 1127, N2 = 610, N3 = 286, N4 = 128), the IAL scales were reduced by 47 % to 34 items. The structural, convergent and discriminant validity, reliability and stability of the short scales were then examined. Furthermore, their potential to analyze interpersonal constructs was demonstrated by using 14 criterion variables. The IAL-K showed good construct validity, satisfying psychometric properties, and a high degree of convergence to the IAL. Thus, the IAL-K can be regarded as a reliable, valid, substantially equivalent, yet clearly more economic short form of the IAL.

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