This study focused on the 16PF (SA 92), a personality questionnaire that was developed in
the USA and adapted for South African conditions. The main aim of the study was to
determine whether the scores of the 16PF are comparable in a cross-cultural setting in South
Africa. The influence of age, language, socio-economic status and gender on the scores were
also determined.
The sample consisted of black, white, coloured, and Indian university students and were
drawn from the University of Western Cape, University of Pretoria, University of DurbanWestville,
and University of Natal.
To achieve the aims outlined construct comparability studies and item comparability studies
were conducted. In addition, descriptive statistics were also calculated to provide a general
picture of the performance of the various sub-samples. A qualitative study was also
conducted to determine some of the reasons for the occurrence of item incomparability of the
racial sub-sample.
The results showed that the racial variable had the greatest influence on the scores obtained.
Problems existed with the construct and item comparability of the 16PF when the different
race groups were compared. In addition, significant mean differences were also found on the
majority of factors when the scores of the different race groups were compared. The results
of the qualitative study showed that participants whose home language was not English or
Afrikaans had difficulty in understanding many of the words and the construction of
sentences contained in the 16PF.
The implications of using the 16PF in South Africa, with its multicultural population was
outlined, taking the new labour legislation pertaining to selection into consideration.
Finally, a number of options for test users, and users of the 16PF in particular were
presented. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / D.Com. (Industrial Psychology)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/16756 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Abrahams, Fatima |
| Contributors | Mauer, K. F. (Karl Fredrick), 1941- |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 1 online resource (xvii, 424 leaves) : illustrations |
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