The Constructive Thinking Inventory and a proofreading task were completed by 193 undergraduates. Pearson and first-order partial correlations assessed relationships between scores on the inventory and number of errors detected during the proofreading task. The CTI Naive Optimism and Validity Scales were significantly associated with proofreading performance. The results support the validity of the CTI Validity Scale.
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