Package data

The OpenRepGrid R package comes with several datsets already included. The data can serve as a starting point to make your first steps using the software. The following table contains the names of the datasets and a short description where the grid comes from.

R-Code
To display one of the grid just type the grid's name into the R console. > boeker

META DATA: Number of constructs: 14 Number of elements: 15

SCALE INFO: The grid is rated on a scale from 1 (left pole) to 6 (right pole) using steps of

RATINGS: 8 - martin george - 7 | 9 - elizabeth karl - 6 | | | 10 - therapist kurt - 5 | | | | | 11 - irene father - 4 | | | | | | | 12 - childhood self mother - 3 | | | | | | | | | 13 - self before illness ideal self - 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 14 - self with delusion self - 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 - self as dreamer | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |                         balanced (1)   1 4 2 2 3 5 2 5 4 2 6 2 2 3 3   (1) get along wit isolated (2)  3 6 3 5 5 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 2 2 3   (2) sociable ely integrated (3)  2 2 2 3 5 3 2 3 2 3 3 4 4 5 3   (3) excluded discursive (4)  4 1 3 1 2 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 5 4   (4) passive open minded (5)  2 1 2 1 2 4 4 2 4 2 6 3 2 2 3   (5) indifferent dreamy (6)  4 5 3 5 4 5 4 5 4 4 6 3 3 3 2   (6) dispassionate cally oriented (7)  2 1 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 3   (7) depressed playful (8)  4 5 4 3 4 3 2 3 4 4 5 3 2 4 3   (8) serious ocially minded (9)  2 1 3 2 4 5 4 1 3 2 6 3 3 3 3   (9) selfish quarrelsome (10)  5 5 5 5 5 2 5 2 4 4 1 6 5 5 5   (10) peaceful artistic (11)  5 1 2 4 3 5 3 2 4 3 3 4 4 4 4   (11) technical scientific (12)  2 1 5 3 4 4 5 3 4 1 6 4 2 3 3   (12) emotional introvert (13)  4 5 4 6 5 3 5 3 5 2 5 2 2 2 3   (13) extrovert wanderlust (14)  1 1 4 2 4 5 2 5 5 3 6 1 1 2 1   (14) home oriente

Literature

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 * Bell, R. C., & McGorry, P. (1992). The analysis of repertory grids used to monitor the perceptions of recovering psychotic patients. In A. Thomson & P. Cummins (Eds.), European Perspectives in Personal Construct Psychology (pp. 137–150). Lincoln, UK: European Personal Construct Association.
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