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PERSONAL CONSTRUCT
THEORY & PRACTICE
Vol.1
2004

An Internet Journal devoted to the Psychology of Personal Constructs













A SENTENCE COMPLETION TASK FOR ELICITING PERSONAL CONSTRUCTS
IN SPECIFIC DOMAINS


James W. Grice, Edward Burkley III, Melissa Burkley,Sara Wright, Jennifer Slaby


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Table 1 - Table 2 - Table 3 - Table 4


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Table 1. Test-Retest Correlations, Descriptive Statistics, and Inferential Statistics for Sentence Completion Grid and SDQ-III Measures

 

Measure

      r12

      M1

   M2

   SDdiff

   t

      p<

       d

   CI.95

Repertory Grid

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Self (Mathematics)

.84

1.33

1.29

.71

.35

.728

.05

-.18,      .25

    Self (Athletics)

.81

1.88

1.91

.62

-.29

.616

.05

-.22,      .16

SDQ-III

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Mathematics

.94

46.78

48.26

6.55

-2.08

.040

.22

-2.88,   -.07

    Physical Ability

.80

55.41

55.67

9.64

-.26

.798

.03

-2.33,  1.80

    General

.71

76.15

75.76

9.92

.37

.710

.04

-1.73,  2.52

    Opposite Sex Peers

.86

58.41

58.36

6.46

.07

.947

.01

-1.34,  1.43

    Religion

.76

70.21

70.90

12.12

-.53

.600

.06

-3.29,  1.91

    History

.61

73.08

73.40

8.20

-.36

.723

.04

-2.07,  1.44

    Verbal

.77

56.10

56.00

7.85

.12

.902

.01

-1.58,  1.79

    Emotion

.66

49.40

51.13

10.38

-1.55

.125

.17

-3.96,    .49

    Parent

.72

59.37

60.23

10.48

-.76

.449

.08

-3.11,  1.39

    Academic

.69

58.67

58.45

8.37

.25

.807

.03

-1.57,  2.02

    Problem Solving

.80

52.23

53.03

6.77

-1.10

.275

.12

-2.25,    .65

    Physical Appearance

.84

50.23

52.38

7.28

-2.74

.007

.30

-3.71,   -.59

    Same Sex Peers

.69

57.15

57.19

7.48

-.04

.966

.00

-1.64,  1.57

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Note. r12 = one-week test-retest correlation coefficient; M1 and M2 = means for first and second test occasions, respectively; SDdiff = standard deviation for difference scores. The self ratings from the repertory grids have a possible range of -3 to 3. Most SDQ-III subscales have possible ranges of 10 to 80; the religion, honesty, emotion, and general subscales have possible ranges of 12 to 96. High scores on all measures indicate a more positive self-evaluation.
 


 
Table 2. Intercorrelations among Mathematics Sentence Completion Grid and SDQ-III Measures for both Test Occasions

Measure

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

  1. Self (Mathematics)

- -**

.71**

.05**

.09**

.10**

.16**

-.07**

-.27**

-.01**

.08**

.26**

.21**

-.11**

-.08**

  2. Mathematics

.83**

- -**

-.09**

.04**

.03**

.06**

.17**

-.18**

-.09**

.20**

.34**

.08**

-.20**

.07**

  3. Physical Ability

.08**

.04**

- -**

.19**

.66**

.22**

.23**

.10**

.05**

.22**

.22**

.30**

.44**

.24**

  4. General

.05**

-.01**

.33**

- -**

.54**

.11**

.47**

.41**

.57**

.34**

.56**

.32**

.60**

.40**

  5. Opposite Sex Peers

.07**

.03**

.57**

.50**

- -**

.17**

.43**

.46**

.40**

.39**

.48**

.49**

.49**

.50**

  6. Religion

.16**

.04**

.11**

.15**

.06**

- -**

.15**

-.10**

.06**

-.10**

.08**

.18**

-.01**

-.06**

  7. Honesty

-.09**

.01**

-.14**

.39**

.11**

-.07**

- -**

.44**

.28**

.39**

.62**

.20**

.13**

.29**

  8. Verbal

-.29**

-.25**

.06**

.24**

.32**

-.15**

.16**

- -**

.37**

.16**

.43**

.39**

.25**

.52**

  9. Emotion

-.10**

-.23**

.25**

.65**

.53**

.22**

.29**

.37**

- -**

.27**

.36**

.19**

.27**

.25**

10. Parent

.12**

.13**

.17**

.19**

.37**

-.16**

.33**

-.01**

.05**

- -**

.41**

-.01**

.20**

.15**

11. Academic

.24**

.24**

.28**

.60**

.45**

-.05**

.29**

.45**

.39**

.30**

- -**

.55**

.23**

.31**

12. Problem Solving

.08**

.00**

.35**

.29**

.35**

.15**

.06**

.51**

.36**

-.14**

.54**

- -**

.23**

.32**

13. Physical Appearance

-.06**

-.17**

.50**

.75**

.50**

.10**

.02**

.23**

.42**

.24**

.45**

.28**

- -**

.32**

14. Same Sex Peers

-.11**

-.17**

.26**

.35**

.37**

-.05**

.02**

.33**

.30**

.19**

.12**

.06**

.42**

- -**

 
Note.
(Self) Mathematics = aligned self ratings from mathematics sentence completion grid. Data for the first test occasion are above the major diagonal, and data for the second test occasion are below the major diagonal of the correlation matrix. High scores for the self indicate more extreme construct ratings in the direction of the ideal self on the scale. High scores on the SDQ-III subscales indicate positive self-regard.

* p < .05, ** p < .001; two-tailed



Table 3. Intercorrelations among Athletics Sentence Completion Grid and SDQ-III Measures for both Test Occasions

Measure

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

  1. Self (Athletics)

- -**

.05**

.71**

.18**

.25**

.09**

.09**

-.08**

.27**

.31**

-.06**

.09**

.35**

.28**

  2. Mathematics

-.06**

- -**

-.03**

-.16**

-.11**

.08**

-.08**

-.40**

.13**

.04**

.11**

.09**

-.23**

-.15**

  3. Physical Ability

.62**

-.10**

- -**

.12**

.32**

-.23**

-.04**

.10**

.31**

.36**

-.02**

.10**

.42**

.23**

  4. General

.28**

-.01**

.03**

- -**

.46**

-.05**

.14**

.42**

.56**

.12**

.32**

.43**

.69**

.30**

  5. Opposite Sex Peers

.32**

.02**

.26**

.56**

- -**

-.29**

-.20**

.31**

.23**

.12**

.12**

.20**

.48**

.45**

  6. Religion

.08**

.10**

-.08**

.08**

-.25**

- -**

.63**

-.04**

-.07**

-.02**

.15**

.09**

-.18**

-.11**

  7. Honesty

-.12**

.12**

-.02**

.13**

-.24**

.60**

- -**

.14**

.06**

.23**

.40**

.29**

.08**

-.11**

  8. Verbal

.08**

-.32**

.07**

.50**

.33**

.06**

.15**

- -**

.06**

.24**

.51**

.33**

.51**

.23**

  9. Emotion

.13**

.24**

.10**

.61**

.37**

.08**

.20**

.10**

- -**

.37**

.06**

.15**

.37**

.22**

10. Parent

.19**

.14**

.28**

.21**

.05**

.16**

.27**

.23**

.44**

- -**

.41**

.26**

.21**

.31**

11. Academic

-.03**

.23**

-.02**

.47**

.16**

.24**

.42**

.57**

.31**

.41**

- -**

.47**

.36**

.16**

12. Problem Solving

.19**

-.01**

.17**

.26**

.16**

-.02**

-.04**

.33**

.02**

.16**

.41**

- -**

.44**

-.13**

13. Physical Appearance

.33**

-.22**

.48**

.59**

.48**

-.09**

-.09**

.48**

.32**

.17**

.39**

.39**

- -**

.15**

14. Same Sex Peers

.39**

.10**

.16**

.49**

.60**

.01**

.04**

.15**

.39**

.21**

.01**

-.10**

.20**

- -**

 
Note. (Self) Athletics = aligned self ratings from athletics sentence completion grid. Data for the first test occasion are above the major diagonal, and data for the second test occasion are below the major diagonal of the correlation matrix. High scores for the self indicate more extreme construct ratings in the direction of the ideal self on the scale. High scores on the SDQ-III subscales indicate positive self-regard.

* p < .05, ** p < .001; two-tailed

 


 

Table 4. Intercorrelations among Mathematics and Athletics Sentence Completion Grids and SDQ-III Measures
 

Measure

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

  1. Self (Mathematics)

.12**

.80**

.20**

.19**

-.05**

.23**

.02**

-.20**

.08**

.33**

.26**

.25**

.12**

.13**

  2. Self (Athletics)

- -**

.11**

.80**

.20**

.31**

-.01**

-.05**

-.11**

.11**

.23**

.05**

-.01**

.18**

.16**

  3. Mathematics

 

- -**

.19**

.14**

.00**

.09**

.02**

-.20**

.15**

.26**

.25**

.40**

.18**

.07**

  4. Physical Ability

 

 

- -**

.20**

.35**

.13**

.02**

-.15**

.16**

.22**

.04**

.07**

.27**

.19**

  5. General

 

 

 

- -**

.40**

.21**

.22**

.08**

.48**

.43**

.37**

.24**

.63**

.36**

  6. Opposite Sex Peers

 

 

 

 

- -**

-.02**

.08**

.24**

.14**

.11**

.30**

.24**

.54**

.45**

  7. Religion

 

 

 

 

 

- -**

.15**

-.09**

-.01**

.41**

.24**

.03**

-.09**

-.01**

  8. Honesty

 

 

 

 

 

 

- -**

.48**

.12**

.11**

.41**

.19**

-.13**

.31**

  9. Verbal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- -**

.33**

-.04**

.53**

.35**

-.20**

.29**

10. Emotion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- -**

.35**

.21**

.30**

.20**

.17**

11. Parent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- -**

.26**

.16**

.17**

.31**

12. Academic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- -**

.36**

.15**

.45**

13. Problem Solving

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- -**

.20**

.20**

14. Physical Appearance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- -**

.19**

15. Same Sex Peers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- -**

 Note. (Self) Mathematics = aligned self ratings from mathematics sentence completion grid; (Self) Athletics = aligned self ratings from athletics sentence completion grid. High scores for the self indicate more extreme construct ratings in the direction of the ideal self on the scale. High scores on the SDQ-III subscales indicate positive self-regard.

* p < .05, ** p < .001; two-tailed







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