The dimensionality of defense-mechanism parcels in the Defense Style Questionnaire-40.
Psychol Assess
; 27(1): 326-31, 2015 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-25602693
The Defense Style Questionnaire-40 (DSQ-40; Andrews, Singh, & Bond, 1993) uses pairs of items to measure 20 individual defense mechanisms. In a statistical sense, these item pairs represent parcels and are subject to the standards of unidimensionality demanded of parcels in general. Using a 2-facet modeling approach (N = 672), the present study examined the dimensionality of the defense-mechanism parcels in the DSQ-40 and found that the majority of the parcels did not satisfy the criteria for unidimensionality. In addition, the original 3-factor model of defense styles was not tenable with the present data. Overall, the results suggest caution when attempting to assess individual defense mechanisms using the DSQ-40.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Psicometría
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Encuestas y Cuestionarios
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Mecanismos de Defensa
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Psychol Assess
Asunto de la revista:
PSICOLOGIA
Año:
2015
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos