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The importance of specifying the time period in repeated measures of personality assessments.

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: : -.96 to .25), and stronger associations with measures of anxiety and depression, well-being, and functioning but similar between-person internal consistencies (weekly ωs: .79-.99; general ωs: .79-.99) and measurement invariance. Researchers assessing personality weekly may thus be able to capture more variability and stronger associations with relevant constructs while still maintaining reliable individual differences and construct validity using personality measures referencing participants' past week. However, nuances such as lower average scores when referencing the past week should be kept in mind when comparing results between studies using different reference timeframes. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).

Source: Psychological Assessment

DOI: 10.1037/pas0001440