Psychometric Evaluation of the Short Version of the Defense Style Questionnaire on a Romanian Non-clinical Sample

The main objective of this study was to evaluate the factor structure of the DSQ-40 on a non-clinical sample of students. The participants were investigated with the adapted DSQ-40 and with the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire. Alfa Cronbach coefficients revealed a high internal consistency for the entire scale, but smaller for the mature and neurotic defenses scales. The present findings support the applicability of the Romanian version of DSQ-40 within the Romanian non-clinical population. However, the factor structure of the Romanian version needs further exploration, regarding the mature and neurotic defenses factors.