ResultsFrom the positive categories 12 items were excluded with V values lower than .45(not significant) and ES lower than .47. From the negative categories 17 itemswere excluded with V values lower than .45 (not significant) and ES lower than.47. The results from the V coefficient showed that these items were not adequatelyrelevant to the constructs they were supposed to measure, whereas theresults from the planned contrasts indicated that they were also relevant to othernonkeyed domains. Regarding the items that were retained for the positive categories,V values ranged from .55 to .95 (p < .05) and ES ranged from.57–4.69,whereas for the negative categories V values ranged from .63 to .93 (p < .05) andES ranged from .57 to .931. A total of 32 positive items and 31 negative wereretained for the next stage of the investigation.