Self, other, positive, and negative affect scales of the self-confrontation method: Factorial structure and unidimensionality
Publication year
2003Source
Personality and Individual Differences, 35, 8, (2003), pp. 1833-1847ISSN
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor
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Journal title
Personality and Individual Differences
Volume
vol. 35
Issue
iss. 8
Page start
p. 1833
Page end
p. 1847
Subject
Experimental Psychopathology and TreatmentAbstract
In the self-confrontation method, the rows of a grid consist of valuations (i.e. summaries of important personal narratives), while the columns contain affects grouped into four scales (see title). These affects (varying from 16 to 30) are rated on a 0–5 scale of intensity, resulting in an affect profile for each valuation. Principal components analysis on the affect profiles of a client sample, using a list of 30 affects, yielded a 3-factor solution, with 2 unipolar and 1 bipolar factor, in accordance with the four scales. On the basis of this analysis, a list of 24 affects was derived with six affects per scale. This list was then applied to a student sample to cross-validate the results. Unidimensionality of the four scales was found at the level of single grids, and across both client and student samples. It was concluded that the four scales of the 24-affect list appeared to be psychometrically sound and optimally suited for use in research and practice.
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