TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding the relation between the need and ability to achieve closure
T2 - A single paper meta-analysis assessing subscale correlations
AU - Gendi, Monica
AU - Rubin, Mark
AU - Sanatkar, Samineh
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022
PY - 2023/4
Y1 - 2023/4
N2 - The need for closure and the ability to achieve closure are generally thought to be independent from one another. However, previous researchers have found inconsistent relations between these two variables, possibly due to measurement scale modifications that slightly shifted how the underlying constructs were assessed. The present research attempted to address some of these methodological issues with previous research by conducting a single-paper meta-analysis on the correlations between the ability to achieve closure scale and the full need for closure scale and each of its five subscales. Across six university student samples (N = 1983), the full need for closure scale and most of its subscales were significantly negatively correlated with the ability to achieve closure. This finding suggests that the ability to achieve closure affects the costs and benefits of closure and therefore, consistent with lay epistemic theory, the ability to achieve closure predicts individual differences in the need for closure.
AB - The need for closure and the ability to achieve closure are generally thought to be independent from one another. However, previous researchers have found inconsistent relations between these two variables, possibly due to measurement scale modifications that slightly shifted how the underlying constructs were assessed. The present research attempted to address some of these methodological issues with previous research by conducting a single-paper meta-analysis on the correlations between the ability to achieve closure scale and the full need for closure scale and each of its five subscales. Across six university student samples (N = 1983), the full need for closure scale and most of its subscales were significantly negatively correlated with the ability to achieve closure. This finding suggests that the ability to achieve closure affects the costs and benefits of closure and therefore, consistent with lay epistemic theory, the ability to achieve closure predicts individual differences in the need for closure.
KW - Ability to achieve closure
KW - Closed-mindedness
KW - Lay epistemic theory
KW - Need for closure
KW - Need for structure
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85146045440&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.newideapsych.2022.101007
DO - 10.1016/j.newideapsych.2022.101007
M3 - Article
SN - 0732-118X
VL - 69
JO - New Ideas in Psychology
JF - New Ideas in Psychology
M1 - 101007
ER -