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The personal development study
Author(s) -
Thorne Frederick C.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197707)33:3<604::aid-jclp2270330302>3.0.co;2-b
Subject(s) - psychology , factorial analysis , factorial , population , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , social psychology , statistics , demography , mathematics , mathematical analysis , sociology
Factorial findings on the Personal Development Study (PDS) were reported in an overall population of 972 S s in four diagnostic subgroups. The general results indicate that several mechanisms were extracted factorially. Five overall factors were identified, but their item contents and meanings were not identical with the postulated empirical factors. Large subgroup variability occurred in the nature of factors identified, in the order of factor appearance, in the size of item loadings, and in the clinical meanings of item clusters. One conclusion is that the factorial structure of psychological states is very complex and changes constantly under different conditions and situations.