FACTORIAL VALIDITY OF SCORES ON THE STRUCTURE OF TEMPERAMENT QUESTIONNAIRE

Authors
DUMENCI L
Citation
L. Dumenci, FACTORIAL VALIDITY OF SCORES ON THE STRUCTURE OF TEMPERAMENT QUESTIONNAIRE, Educational and psychological measurement, 56(3), 1996, pp. 487-493
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Educational","Psychologym Experimental","Mathematical, Methods, Social Sciences
Journal title
Educational and psychological measurement → ACNP
ISSN journal
00131644
Volume
56
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
487 - 493
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-1644(1996)56:3<487:FVOSOT>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
This study investigated the construct validity of scores on the Struct ure of Temperament Questionnaire (STQ), which was designed to measure: eight dimensions of human temperament. The 105 STQ items were factor analyzed. Guided by previous research, both three-factor and nine-fact or solutions were compared to the theoretical structure of the instrum ent. Neither the orthogonal nor the oblique solution revealed the eigh t first-order temperament factors (plus a social desirability factor). The three-dimensional structure of the STQ items was supported.