Talbot F, Nouwen A, Gauthier J
School of Psychology, Laval University, Québec, Canada.
J Clin Psychol. 1996 Sep;52(5):559-68. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4679(199609)52:5<559::AID-JCLP11>3.0.CO;2-D.
Although the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC) scales are commonly used, uncertainty about their factorial validity still remains. In the present study, confirmatory factor analyses of a French-Canadian adaptation of the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control scales (MHLC) were conducted to compare in a non-clinical group of 224 adults two factor models. Multigroup analyses were also conducted using this group and a clinical group of 132 diabetics to assess the equivalence of the MHLC factor structure across these two groups. A 3-factor model postulating an internal, external, and chance dimension, and accounting for measurement errors provided the best fit to the data. Multigroup analyses failed to support the equivalence of the MHLC factor loadings across the non-clinical and clinical group. These findings suggest that comparisons of MHLC scores across such groups may be problematic.
尽管多维健康控制点（MHLC）量表被广泛使用，但其因子效度仍存在不确定性。在本研究中，对法语加拿大版的多维健康控制点量表（MHLC）进行了验证性因子分析，以比较224名非临床成年人的两个因子模型。还使用该组和132名糖尿病患者的临床组进行了多组分析，以评估这两组中MHLC因子结构的等效性。一个假设内部、外部和机遇维度并考虑测量误差的三因子模型对数据提供了最佳拟合。多组分析未能支持非临床组和临床组中MHLC因子载荷的等效性。这些发现表明，在此类组间比较MHLC分数可能存在问题。
