Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6828463 | Schizophrenia Research | 2009 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Cognitive-perceptual, interpersonal, and disorganized subscales of the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire-Brief (SPQ-B), reflecting the three commonly used subscales of the full-version SPQ, have been used in a number of studies. However, the factorial validity of SPQ-B subscales remains to be clarified. Utilizing data from 825 undergraduate students, confirmatory factor analyses involving the 22 items of the SPQ-B were conducted. A significant Ï2 difference test favored the 3-factor over the 1-factor model and fit indices for the 3-factor model were generally satisfactory. However, several of the items may index more than one of the hypothesized factors, so the item-factor separation is not sharp. Thus, more research is needed on the factorial validity of the increasingly used SPQ-B subscales.
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Authors
Michael T. Compton, Sandra M. Goulding, Roger Bakeman, Erin B. McClure-Tone,