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Factors common to the ISI and the 16PF inventories
Author(s) -
Lorr Maurice,
Nerviano Vincent J.,
Myhill John
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(198511)41:6<773::aid-jclp2270410608>3.0.co;2-h
Subject(s) - psychology , oblique case , 16pf questionnaire , psychometrics , anxiety , social psychology , developmental psychology , personality , big five personality traits , psychiatry , big five personality traits and culture , philosophy , linguistics
This study tested for five higher‐order dimensions hypothesized to be common to the Interpersonal Style (ISI) and the 16PF questionnaires. A sample of detoxified alcohol dependent inpatients ( N = 50) were administered the ISI and the 16PF on two separate occasions. The 31 scale intercorrelations were analyzed by the method of principal axes. An oblique factor structure obtained by use of the Promax procedure confirmed the factors expected. These were interpreted as representing Self Control, Interpersonal Involvement or Exvia, Emotional Stability or reversed 16PF Anxiety, Independence, and Level of Socialization. At least two or three closely similar higher‐order factors have been isolated on each of three other popular inventories (PRF, CPI and GZTS). The existence of such common dimensions should facilitate the interpretation and confirmation of distinctive score profiles.