Open AccessThe structure of the Emotions Profile Index
Author(s) -
Dragan Kurbalija
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
psihologija
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1451-9283
pISSN - 0048-5705
DOI - 10.2298/psi0603343k
Subject(s) - dimension (graph theory) , trait , index (typography) , psychology , exploratory factor analysis , mathematics , test (biology) , social psychology , statistics , pure mathematics , structural equation modeling , computer science , paleontology , world wide web , biology , programming language
In order to evaluate the factor structure of the Emotions Profile Index (EPI) 217 first-year students accommodated in the school’s dormitory were examined. The data was analyzed with Beelzebub algorithm for comparative confirmative and exploratory component analysis. The results show that the empirical structure of EPI can be related with 4 bipolar factor structure proposed in the scoring key, although the relation is far from indubitable. The structure of hypothetical dimension Distrustful vs. Trustful has a solid empirical foundation, correlations between orthoblique and hypothetical factors of theoretical dimensions Gregarious vs. Depressed and Timid vs. Aggressive are acceptable while, on the other hand, the structure of the hypothetical dimension Controlled vs. Dyscontrolled requires revising, not only because the Adventurous trait is used to describe both of their poles but for numerous other reasons. The paper suggests a few ways of improving the characteristics of the test