2006'1, p.169
Chumakov M. V.
Diagnostics of volitional characteristics of personality
(RESUME)

The study was based on a list of adjectives borrowed from S.I. Ozhegov's dictionary of the Russian language. The subjects were to choose from the list the adjectives which in their opinion denoted a strong-willed or a weak-willed person. The final list included 38 adjectives characterizing a strong-willed person and 38 adjectives for a weak-willed person. The features selected were mentioned in at least 25 % of cases. With the help of factor analysis the list was shortened and then analyzed from the point of view of some theoretical approaches to psychology of volition. The resulting characteristics were included in a questionnaire which has undergone full psychometrical verification.