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The Nature of Competitiveness: The Development and Validation of the Competitiveness Index

Rollins College

John M. Houston

Rollins College

Despite its relevance to a wide variety of situations, competitiveness is a personality characteristic that has not been widely studied. Although some research in need for achievement, sports psychology, experimental social psychology, and personality assessment has approached the topic of competitiveness, few studies have provided a clear definition of the construct or a psychometrically-sound way of measuring it. This paper clarifies the conceptual definition of competitiveness and introduces a 20-item scale called the Competitiveness Index. Study 1 focuses on the validity and reliability of the measure; Study 2 reports the results of an exploratory factor analysis of the Competitiveness Index which yielded three factors: (a) Emotion, (b) Argument, and (c) Games.

Educational and Psychological Measurement, Vol. 52, No. 2, 407-418 (1992)
DOI: 10.1177/0013164492052002016


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