Adaptive Performance: An Examination of Convergent and Predictive Validity

 
 
 
 

Adaptive Performance: An Examination of Convergent and Predictive Validity

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dc.contributor.advisor Schneider, Tamera en_US
dc.contributor.author Stokes, Charlene K. en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2009-04-10T08:06:22Z
dc.date.available 2009-04-10T08:06:22Z
dc.date.created 2008 en_US
dc.date.issued 2009-04-10T08:06:22Z
dc.identifier.uri http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1216044747 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2374.OX/107889
dc.description The purpose of the present study was twofold: 1) to examine the convergent validity of the two foremost measurement methods, subjective and objective, used to assess adaptive performance; and 2) to examine the predictive validity of variables across measurement methods using a path model framework. Specifically, various dispositional traits are posited to influence adaptive performance through the mediating mechanisms of stress appraisals and self-efficacy. Beyond examining the potential causal paths associated with predictors, the study included a commensurate focus on adaptability as an outcome and addressed the measurement issues that surround adaptive performance. Participants (N = 275) in teams of five completed a task, the Computer-based Aerial Port Simulation (CAPS; Lyons, Stokes, Palumbo, Boyle, Seyba, & Ames, 2008), that included a disturbance during the second session, which required an adaptive response. In addition to assessing adaptive performance as objective task scores following the disturbance, peer and self ratings of adaptive performance were assessed. Marginal support was found for the convergent validity of adaptive performance measures; r = .52 for subjective and objective adaptive performance. Given the marginal support, as opposed to a composite measure for adaptive performance, all hypotheses were examined using both subjective and objective measures in separate analyses. Results supported the posited path model, and indicated that stress appraisals and self-efficacy mediate the relationship between dispositional traits and adaptive performance. This mediated relationship was supported across divergent measurement methods for adaptive performance. The results provide initial support for two previously unexplored areas in adaptive performance research: 1) stress appraisals as a predictor of adaptive performance, and 2) the mediating effects of self-efficacy and stress appraisals. The results offer promising applied implications for selection based on the supported dispositional traits, and training interventions based on the self-regulatory aspects of stress appraisals and self-efficacy. In terms of theoretical implications, the results of the present study direct attention to the construct validity of adaptive performance and suggest caution in interpreting previous research results in the area. Future research is needed that thoroughly examines the construct validity of adaptive performance and confirms if results are indeed generalizeable across measurement methods, and beyond. en_US
dc.format application/pdf en_US
dc.format 127p. en_US
dc.rights unrestricted en_US
dc.rights Copyright and permissions information available at the source archive en_US
dc.subject Adaptability en_US
dc.subject Performance en_US
dc.title Adaptive Performance: An Examination of Convergent and Predictive Validity en_US
dc.type Electronic Thesis or Dissertation en_US
dc.degree.name PhD en_US
dc.degree.level doctoral en_US
dc.degree.discipline Human Factors and Industrial/Organizational Psychology PhD en_US
dc.degree.grantor Wright State University en_US
dc.contributor.publisher Wright State University / OhioLINK en_US

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