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Factor structure of the Personality Research Form‐E: A maximum likelihood analysis
Author(s) -
Fowler Patrick C.
Publication year - 1985
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(198505)41:3<377::aid-jclp2270410311>3.0.co;2-h
Subject(s) - personality , psychology , similarity (geometry) , attribution , sample (material) , structural equation modeling , big five personality traits , personality assessment inventory , social psychology , statistics , artificial intelligence , computer science , mathematics , chemistry , chromatography , image (mathematics)
This article presents a five‐factor, structural model of the Personality Research Form‐E for a sample of 140 university undergraduates. All factors demonstrated an excellent level of similarity to those previously reported for other forms of the PRF, as well as to the conceptual scheme developed by Jackson (1974). Implications for using the Personality Research Form‐E in clinical contexts are discussed in terms of its contribution to a theoretical pragmatics of personality measurement that can integrate satisfactorily the relationships among personality attributions, as revealed by techniques of structural analysis, and clinical analyses of personality and behavior.