Relationships between personality variables and components of the expectancy-valence model

Explored relationships between the personality variables of self-esteem, locus of control, restraint, and Protestant ethic values with components of the expectancy-valence model with 146 US Air Force Ss in a technical training program. Ss were administered a battery of measures, including Rotter's Internal-External Control Scale and the Guilford-Zimmerman Temperament Survey. Primary findings were that locus of control and Protestant ethic values were related to expectancy components. Contrary to prediction, restraint was not related to the error of prediction of the expectancy model, but it was related to expectancy components and to ratings of effort. Self-esteem showed no relationships with either of the components, but the reliability of this scale was unacceptably low. (18 ref)