Self-ratings and the EPPS

Abstract

Graduate students received the EPPS, a self-rating scale of 15 items assessing the same variables of the EPPS, and an ideal self-rating scale based on the same 15 variables. A 3-week interval between test and retest obtained lower reliability coefficients than Edwards. The findings warrant conclusions that "(a) the EPPS has satisfactory test-retest reliability; (b) the EPPS correlated with self-ratings on the variables which it purports to measure; (c) the EPPS does not correlate with ideal self-ratings on the variables which it purports to measure." (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)