FACTOR STRUCTURE OF SCHIZOTYPY WITH NORMAL SUBJECTS - A REPLICATION OF HEWITT AND CLARIDGE 1989

The aim of the present study was to replicate the factor structure of the STA, a measure of schizotypal personality, reported by Hewitt and Claridge (Personality and Individual Differences, 10, 323-329 1989). F actor analysis was carried out on data collected from 268 normal subje cts who completed the STA. A three factor solution yielded results ver y similar to those reported by Hewitt and Claridge. Factor one was cha racterized as magical ideation, factor two as unusual perceptual exper iences, and factor three as paranoid ideation and suspicion. These dat a largely confirm the validity of the Hewitt and Claridge (1989) STA s ubscales.