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Direct linkKotov, Roman; Schmidt, Norman B.; Lerew, Darin R.; Joiner, Thomas E.; Ialongo, Nicholas S. – Psychological Assessment, 2005
Taxometrics is a statistical tool that can be used to discern categories from continua. Taxometric analyses (MAXCOV and MAXEIG) were conducted in a large nonclinical sample (N=1,215) to determine whether extreme anxiety forms a distinct psychopathological category, an anxiety taxon. Anxiety was operationalized with self-report measures of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Validity, Anxiety, Factor Structure
