INTERSUBJECT AGREEMENT CONCERNING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE POLES OF CONSTRUCTS IN REPERTORY GRID TESTS

Previous research indicates that there is more intersubject agreement concerning patterns of correlations between constructs than concerning how specific elements are rated on each construct. In this study, Canadian undergraduates (15 women, 15 men) rank‐ordered eight photographs of strangers separately on the basis of the positive and negative poles of six constructs. The results indicated that there is more consensus concerning specific patterns of relationships between the positive poles of constructs than concerning those between their negative poles. Some implications of this finding for repertory grid assessment and research were discussed. 1979 The British Psychological Society