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Psychometric properties of the Danish 16PF and EPQ
Author(s) -
MORTENSEN ERIK LYKKE,
REINISCH JUNE MACHOVER,
SANDERS STEPHANIE ANN
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1996.tb00653.x
Subject(s) - psychology , danish , psychometrics , clinical psychology , social psychology , linguistics , philosophy
A Danish translation of the Cattell's 16PF has been used in studies evaluating the effects of prenatal drug exposure. This paper reports a psychometric analysis of the 16PF and Eysenck's EPQ based on a sample of 558 young Danes. Many 16PF scales had unacceptable psychometric properties (as indicated by coefficient alpha and item–total score correlations), but more satisfactory results were obtained with the EPQ N and E scales. A factor analysis of all 16PF and EPQ scales suggested a six factor solution that roughly corresponds to the second‐order factor structure obtained by Krug and Johns (1986). It is concluded that the second‐order factor structure should be the basis of interpretation of the 16PF in both practical and research contexts.