J Korean Neuropsychiatr Assoc.  2010 Nov;49(6):628-633.

The Study about the Construct Validity of Type D Personality Scale : With Normal College Students Group as a Data Base

• Jung S
• Oh DH
• Lee S
• Kim SH

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
The purpose of this study was to test the construct validity of the Type D personality scale (DS14).
METHODS
The DS14 and other personality scales, which have good construct validity (MMPI-2), TCI-RS, MBTI, NEO-PI-R) were administered to 151 college students. Correlation and regression analyses were performed to evaluate the validity of the DS14.
RESULTS
There were significant positive correlations between the DS14 total score and scores on the F, D, Pa, Pt, Sc, Si and 'negative emotionality' scales (MMPI-2), the 'harm avoidance' scale (TCI), the 'neuroticism' scale (NEO-PI-R), and the 'introversion' scale (MBIT). Additionally, there were significant negative correlations between the DS14 total score and extroversion, agreeableness, openness to experience, cooperativeness, and reward dependence scales. Stepwise regression analysis also showed coherent
RESULTS
negative emotionality, introversion, RCd and RC2 (MMPI-2), harm avoidance (TCI), neuroticism (NEO-PI-R), introversion, thinking (MBIT) scales were selected as significant explanatory variables.
CONCLUSION
Individuals with a Type-D personality, as assessed by the DS14, seem to have a tendency to experience negative emotions such as depression and anxiety. As a construct, Type-D personality also seems to be closely related to neuroticism and introversion. These results indicate that the DS14 has sound construct validity as a screening tool for measuring stress-vulnerability traits, that is to say, type-D personality.

Keyword

Type D personality; DS14; Validity

MeSH Terms

Anxiety
Anxiety Disorders
Depression
Extraversion (Psychology)
Humans
Introversion (Psychology)
Mass Screening
Reward
Thinking
Weights and Measures
Anxiety Disorders