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Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Social Interest Index

Author(s) -

Gary K. Leak

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

sage open

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357

H-Index - 32

ISSN - 2158-2440

DOI - 10.1177/2158244011432787

Subject(s) - confirmatory factor analysis , psychology , social psychology , scale (ratio) , index (typography) , trait , personality , structural equation modeling , statistics , mathematics , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics , world wide web , programming language

Social interest was Alfred Adler’s most important personalitytrait, and it reflects one’s genuine concern for the welfare of all individuals. Severalmeasures of social interest are available, and the Social Interest Index (SII) is one ofthe most popular in current use. This study is the first to report the results of aconfirmatory factor analysis of the SII. Using college students, three models weretested in an effort to find support for the factorial validity of this scale. Allanalyses showed a poor fit between the theoretical model and scale items. The resultspaint a fairly negative picture of the factor structure of this importantscale

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