The Spontaneity Assessment Inventory: The Relationship Between Spontaneity and Nonspontaneity
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assessment of spontanietyAbstract
The authors explored the theory that spontaneity and nonspontaneity represent two separate continua rather than opposite states of mind by means of a newly designed Spontaneity Assessment Inventory (SAi) and Spontaneity Deficit Inventory (SDI). The authors administered the SAI, the SDI, the Friedman Well-Being Scale (FWBS), and the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (MCSDS) to a
group of 103 male and female students. The results confirmed the overall notion that spontaneity and nonspontaneity cannot coexist at the same time. However, they can exist within the same person. The two-continua hypothesis was supported. The SAi and SDI showed a satisfactory split-half reliability, correlated in the expected direction with the FWBS scores, and correlated positively with the MCSDS. The authors also discuss the possible implications of the findings.
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