Federation University Australia, Ballarat, Australia.
Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
PLoS One. 2020 Apr 6;15(4):e0229470. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229470. eCollection 2020.
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.
本研究采用探索性结构方程建模（ESEM）来检验多维人格问卷（MPQ-BR）简短版在量表水平（即 11 个低阶主因素加载在 4 个高阶因素上）和项目水平（12 个项目集加载在 11 个低阶主因素上）的理论维度结构。共有 214 名来自社区的成年人回答了 MPQ-BR 和行为抑制系统（BIS）/行为趋近系统（BAS）量表。研究结果表明，项目水平的拟合较差，因素定义不明确，而量表水平的拟合较好，因素定义明确。后者模型中的高阶因素在外部效度方面得到了支持，表现出与 BIS/BAS 量表的预期理论和经验相关性。说明了专业应用的结果相关意义，以及 MPQ-BF 的潜在修订。
