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R Michael Bagby1, Andrew G Ryder, Dahlia Ben-Dat
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Clarke Site, 250 College Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M5T 1R8. michael_bagby@camh.net
Abstract:
Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to determine whether the latent structure underlying the items composing the MMPI-2 Personality Psychopathology Five scales (PSY-5; Harkness, McNulty, & Ben-Porath, 1995) is representative of the theoretical model that informed their construction. Results from the CFA revealed a good fit between the hypothesized five-factor model and the obtained latent factor structure in both clinical (n = 284) and nonclinical (n = 351) samples. Moreover, the PSY-5 model proved to be a better fit than a random five-factor model and a one-factor model. Correlations between the PSY-5 scales and a set of MMPI-2 (DSM-IV) personality disorder scales provided additional evidence of convergent and discriminant validity.
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