Index of Adjustment and Values (IAV)

I AM A (AN) ________ PERSON.

Sample: academic

	Column I; Column II; Column III
1. acceptable	_______ _______ _______
2. accurate	_______ _______ _______
3. alert	_______ _______ _______
4. ambitious	_______ _______ _______
5. annoying	_______ _______ _______
6. busy	_______ _______ _______
7. calm	_______ _______ _______
8. ch‎arming	_______ _______ _______
9. clever	_______ _______ _______
10.competent	_______ _______ _______
11.confident	_______ _______ _______
12.considerate	_______ _______ _______
13.cruel	_______ _______ _______
14.democratic	_______ _______ _______
15.dependable	_______ _______ _______
16.economical	_______ _______ _______
17.efficient	_______ _______ _______
18.fearful	_______ _______ _______
19.friendly	_______ _______ _______
20.fashionable	_______ _______ _______
21.helpful	_______ _______ _______
22.intellectual	_______ _______ _______
23.kind	_______ _______ _______
24.logical	_______ _______ _______
25.meddlesome	_______ _______ _______
26.merry	_______ _______ _______
27.mature	_______ _______ _______
28.nervous	_______ _______ _______
29.normal	_______ _______ _______
30.optimistic	_______ _______ _______
31.poised	_______ _______ _______
32.purposeful	_______ _______ _______
33.reasonable	_______ _______ _______
34.reckless	_______ _______ _______
35.responsible	_______ _______ _______
36.sarcastic	_______ _______ _______
37.sincere	_______ _______ _______
38.stable	_______ _______ _______
39.studious	_______ _______ _______
40.successful	_______ _______ _______
41.stubborn	_______ _______ _______
42.tactful	_______ _______ _______
43.teachable	_______ _______ _______
44.useful	_______ _______ _______
45.worthy	_______ _______ _______
46.broad-minded	_______ _______ _______
47.business like	_______ _______ _______
48.competitive	_______ _______ _______
49.fault-finding	_______ _______ _______

Self-acceptance‚ discrepancy

Column I

HOW MUCH OF THE TIME this statement is like you

1. Seldom‚ this is like me.

2. Occasionally‚ this is like me.

3. About h a l f the time‚ this is like me.

4. A good deal of the time‚ this is like me.

5. Most of the time‚ this is like me.

Column II

How you feel about the way you are

1. I very much dislike being as I am in this respect.

2. I dislike being as I am in this respect.

3. In either dislike being as I am nor dislike being as I am in this respect.

4. I like being as I am in this respect.

5. I like very much being as‚ I am in this respect.

Column III

HOW MUCH OF THE TIME you would like this trait to be a ch‎aracteristic of you

1. Seldom‚ would I like this to be me.

2. Occasionally‚ I would like this to be me.

3. About half the time‚ I would like this to be me.

4. A good deal of the time‚ I would like this to be me.

5. Most of the time‚ I would like this to be me.

This instrument can be found at: http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/68370/9/09_chapter%204.pdf & https://www.psc.isr.umich.edu/dis/infoserv/isrpub/pdf/Measuresofsocialpsychologicalattitudes_2928_.PDF

Bills‚ R.E.‚ Vance‚ E.L.‚ and McLean‚ O.S. (1951). An index of adjustment and values‚ Journal of Consulting Psychology‚ 15(3)‚ 257-261.

Bills‚ Robert E.‚ (1956). Index of adjustment and Values‚ Manual‚ University‚ Alabama‚ University of Alabama‚ Department of Psychology.

Lefkowitz‚ J. (1967). Self-esteem of industrial workers. Journal of Applied Psychology‚ 51(6)‚ 521-528.

Wylie‚ Ruth C. (1961). The Self-concept: A review of methodological considerations and measuring instrument‚ Volume 1. University of Nebraska press. pp 150-164.

Robinson‚ John P.‚ Shaver‚ Phillip R. (1969). Measures of Political Attitudes. Institute for Social Research‚ University of Michigan/. Ann Arbor‚ Michigan

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