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Zuckerman-Kuhlman Personality Questionnaire: preliminary results of the Italian version
Vilfredo De Pascalis1, Paolo Maria Russo
1Department of Psychology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy. v.depascalis@caspur.it
Abstract:
A study was conducted to assess the psychometric properties of the translated Zuckerman-Kuhlman Personality Questionnaire in an Italian sample. Factorial analysis of the items, performed over 356 respondents (200 women and 156 men) showed a clear correspondence between factorial components and the five a priori hypothesized dimensions. The Italian version has provided satisfactory Cronbach coefficients alpha. Sex differences and intercorrelations among scales are similar to those in the original American sample. Correlations among the dimensions and four other personality measures yielded a satisfactory validity. The low power in this study may explain why the five derived factors explained only 27.6% of the variance in scores. Results suggest that the Italian version is a reliable tool for Italian research in the field of personality and individual differences.
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