Psychological Measures & Sources

This portfolio is grounded in validated psychological instruments. Below is a list of all primary scales used, including source references and links to original publications or scale documentation.

Brown, K. W., & Ryan, R. M. (2003). The benefits of being present: mindfulness and its role in psychological well-being. Journal of personality and social psychology, 84(4), 822.

Chen, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Beyers, W., Boone, L., Deci, E. L., Van der Kaap-Deeder, J., … & Verstuyf, J. (2015). Basic psychological need satisfaction, need frustration, and need strength across four cultures. Motivation and emotion, 39, 216-236.

Sheldon, K. M. Ryan, R. M. Reis, H. T (1996). Perceived Choice and Awareness of Self Scale (PCASS) — What makes for a good day? Competence and autonomy in the day and in the person. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 22, 1270–1279.

Ryan, R. M., & Frederick, C. (1997). On energy, personality, and health: Subjective vitality as a dynamic reflection of well‐being. Journal of personality, 65(3), 529-565.

Epstein, S., Pacini, R., Denes-Raj, V., & Heier, H. (1996). Individual differences in intuitive-experiential and analytical-rational thinking styles. Journal of personality and social psychology, 71(2), 390–405. https://doi.org/10.1037//0022-3514.71.2.390

Lee, K., & Ashton, M. C. (2016). Psychometric Properties of the HEXACO-100. Assessment, 25(5), 543-556. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191116659134 (Original work published 2018)

Flury, J. M., & Ickes, W. (2007). Having a weak versus strong sense of self: The Sense of Self Scale (SOSS). Self and Identity, 6(4), 281–303. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298860601033208

Fugate, M., & Kinicki, A. J. (2008). A dispositional approach to employability: Development of a measure and test of implications for employee reactions to organizational change. Journal of Occupational and organizational Psychology, 81(3), 503-527.

Blais, A.-R., & Weber, E. U. (2006). A Domain-Specific Risk-Taking (DOSPERT) scale for adultpopulations. Judgment and Decision Making, 1(1), 33–47. doi:10.1017/S1930297500000334

Jones, D. N., & Paulhus, D. L. (2014). Introducing the Short Dark Triad (SD3): A brief measure of dark personality traits. Assessment, 21(1), 28–41. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191113514105