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The Relationship Between Need Trait And Temperament Type, Gertrude Elizabeth Jordan
The Relationship Between Need Trait And Temperament Type, Gertrude Elizabeth Jordan
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Problem. Need trait -- as motivation for behavior -- and temperament type -- as emotional disposition and affective mood -- are understood to be interacting major components of the structure of personality. Past observation, speculation, and study of these constructs have lacked the psychometric and analytic refinements possible, through test development and statistical methodology, to researcher in the 1980s. The purpose of the study was to determine whether the relationship of need and temperament emerged in as consistent a manner as had been observed and tested in the past.
Method. Two standardized instruments, the Personality Research Form - AA and …