Internal and external validity of the brief version of the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire: exploratory structural equation modelling

Gomez, R, Griffiths, MD ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524 and Stavropoulos, V, 2020. Internal and external validity of the brief version of the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire: exploratory structural equation modelling. PLoS ONE, 15 (4): e0229470. ISSN 1932-6203

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Abstract

The present study used exploratory structural equation modelling (ESEM) to examine the theorized dimension structure of the brief version of the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ-BR) at the scale-level (i.e., 11 lower-order primary factors loading on four higher-order factors) and item-level (sets of 12 items loading on 11 lower-order primary factors). A total of 214 adults from the community addressed the MPQ-BR and the Behavioral Inhibition System (BIS)/Behavioral Approach System (BAS) scales. The findings revealed poor fit and poorly defined factors at the item-level alongside adequate fit and well-defined factors at the scale-level. The higher-order factors in the latter model were supported for external validity in terms of demonstrating the expected theoretical and empirical correlations with the scales of the BIS/BAS scales. Result related implications for professional application, as well as potential revisions of the MPQ-BF are illustrated.

Item Type: Journal article
Publication Title: PLoS ONE
Creators: Gomez, R., Griffiths, M.D. and Stavropoulos, V.
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 2020
Volume: 15
Number: 4
ISSN: 1932-6203
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10.1371/journal.pone.0229470
DOI
1315378
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Rights: © 2020 Gomez et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Divisions: Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by: Linda Sullivan
Date Added: 15 Apr 2020 15:07
Last Modified: 15 Apr 2020 15:07
URI: https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/39634

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