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Clarifying the Construct of Perfectionism
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Stairs, Agnes M.; Smith, Gregory T.; Zapolski, Tamika C. B.; Combs, Jessica L.; Settles, Regan E. – Assessment, 2012
The construct of perfectionism is related to many important outcome variables. However, the term "perfectionism" has been defined in many different ways, and items comprising the different existing scales appear to be very different in content. The overarching aim of the present set of studies was to help clarify the specific…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Personality Traits, Factor Analysis, Test Construction
Multidimensional Assessment of Emotion Regulation Difficulties in Adolescents Using the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale
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Neumann, Anna; van Lier, Pol A. C.; Gratz, Kim L.; Koot, Hans M. – Assessment, 2010
The authors explored the utility of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) in assessing adolescents' emotion regulation. Adolescents (11-17 years; N = 870) completed the DERS and measures of externalizing and internalizing problems. Confirmatory factor analysis suggested a similar factor structure in the adolescent sample of the…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Adolescents, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis
The Affect and Arousal Scales: Psychometric Properties of the Dutch Version and Multigroup Confirmatory Factor Analyses
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De Bolle, Marleen; De Fruyt, Filip; Decuyper, Mieke – Assessment, 2010
Psychometric properties of the Dutch version of the Affect and Arousal Scales (AFARS) were inspected in a combined clinical and population sample (N = 1,215). The validity of the tripartite structure and the relations between Negative Affect, Positive Affect, and Physiological Hyperarousal (PH) were investigated for boys and girls, younger (8-11…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Factor Analysis, Psychometrics, Indo European Languages
Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Antisocial Process Screening Device with a Clinical Inpatient Population
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Fite, Paul J.; Greening, Leilani; Stoppelbein, Laura; Fabiano, Gregory A. – Assessment, 2009
Research linking psychopathic tendencies to childhood behavior problems is predicated on the assumption that the findings are based on using psychometrically sound measures of psychopathic tendencies. Although evaluated with community samples, the psychometric properties of such measures have not been evaluated with inpatient clinical populations…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Screening Tests, Patients
Testing the Hierarchical Structure of the Children's Depression Inventory: A Multigroup Analysis
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Garcia, Luis F.; Aluja, Anton; del Barrio, Victoria – Assessment, 2008
Using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, the aims were (a) to obtain, describe, and compare different solutions of three, five, and six first-order factors raised in the previous literature about the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI); (b) analyze the number and nature of the second-order factors; (c) test which model best reproduces…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Factor Analysis, Evaluation Methods
Callous-Unemotional Traits in a Community Sample of Adolescents
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Essau, Cecilia A.; Sasagawa, Satoko; Frick, Paul J. – Assessment, 2006
This study examined the structure, distribution, and correlates of a new measure of self-reported callous-unemotional (CU) traits in 1,443 adolescents (774 boys, 669 girls) between the ages of 13 to 18 years. The Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits was subjected to exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. Exploratory…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Personality Measures