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Subjective assessment of reactivity level and personality traits of rhesus monkeys

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The purposes of this study are to determine whether subjective assessment of reactivity level in rhesus macaques, between 1 and 14 years old, is related to assessment of personality traits and whether a configuration of personality traits most salient for assessment of reactivity can be defined. Results indicate that subjective assessment of reactivity is complementary to that of personality traits. Interrater reliability and convergent validity are established. Principal-component and discriminant analyses of the present data show that 10 personality traits can assign all' subjects to reactivity level, but as few as 3 traits may be sufficient.

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  1. Department of Family Relations and Human Development, Ohio State University, 43210, Columbus, Ohio

    Rosemary Bolig

  2. Laboratory of Comparative Ethology, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 20892, Bethesda, Maryland

    Cristofer S. Price, Peggy L. O'Neill & Stephen J. Suomi

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Bolig, R., Price, C.S., O'Neill, P.L. et al. Subjective assessment of reactivity level and personality traits of rhesus monkeys. International Journal of Primatology 13, 287–306 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02547817

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