Taxometric Analysis of the Antisocial Features Scale of the Personality Assessment Inventory in Federal Prison Inmates  

Oleh:

Walters, Glenn D. ; Diamond, Pamela M. ; Magaletta, Philip R. ; Geyer, Matthew D. ; Duncan, Scott A.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Assessment vol. 14 no. 4 (Dec. 2007), page 351-360.
Topik: Personality Assessment Inventory; psychopathy; antisocial personality; taxometric analysis; prison inmates
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The Antisocial Features (ANT) scale of the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) was subjected to taxometric analysis in a group of 2,135 federal prison inmates. Scores on the three ANT subscales—Antisocial Behaviors (ANT-A), Egocentricity (ANT-E), and Stimulus Seeking (ANT-S)—served as indicators in this study and were evaluated using the following taxometric procedures: mean above minus below a cut (MAMBAC), maximum eigenvalue (MAXEIG), and latent mode factor analysis (L-Mode). Objective and subjective evaluation of the results revealed consistent support for a dimensional interpretation of latent structure across the different taxometric procedures as well as across gender, race, and security level. As a dimensional construct, antisocial personality disorder arranges respondents along one or more quantitative dimensions (degree of antisociality), rather than assigning them to qualitatively distinct categories (antisocial or not antisocial).

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