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A factor analytic study of physical risk variables for CHD
Author(s) -
Wright Logan,
Carbonari Joseph,
Voyles Wyatt
Publication year - 1992
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(199203)48:2<165::aid-jclp2270480203>3.0.co;2-s
Subject(s) - lisrel , risk factor , confirmatory factor analysis , psychology , coronary heart disease , goodness of fit , blood pressure , clinical psychology , medicine , structural equation modeling , cardiology , statistics , mathematics
The scores of 40 hospitalized male coronary heart disease (CHD) patients, for seven traditionally employed physical CHD risk factors, were subjected to a confirmatory factor analysis that employed a LISREL program. An attempt was made to confirm a two‐factor solution that involved family history as one factor, and smoking, serum cholesterol level, blood pressure, physical exercise, diet, and weight control as the second. The obtained goodness‐of‐fit index (.84) suggests that the two‐factor solution is a moderately valid one. These findings raise the question whether many of the physical risk factors for CHD simply may be manifestations of a single behavioral characteristic, perhaps best described as “lack of self‐control.”