Abstract

CARVALHO, LUCAS DE FRANCISCO; PEREIRA GONCALVES, ANDRÉ; ALMEIDA ARAUJO, JULIANA  and  MELLO MACEDO, FERNANDA. Verification of the Internal Structure of the Dimensional Clinical Personality Inventory 2 in a Brazilian Community Sample. Rev. colomb. psicol. [online]. 2021, vol.30, n.2, pp.115-125.  Epub June 02, 2022. ISSN 0121-5469.  https://doi.org/10.15446/rcp.v30n2.83530.

The internal structure is investigated in mental health measures, exploring or confirming the association of stimuli composing the test and whether this structure is consistent with expectation. Our focus is on the internal structure of the Dimensional Clinical Personality Inventory 2 (1DCP-2), a self-report test for pathological traits measurement. Previous studies have only partially verified the internal structure of IDCP-2. The objective of this study is to verify the internal structure of IDCP-2, contemplating in the same analysis all its dimensions and factors. Participants were 2,000 people from the general population. We conducted confirmatory (CFA) and exploratory (EFA) factorial analyzes, including bifac-tor models. The results showed the bifactor model with 12 specific factors with best fit indices. The internal consistency for the general factor was above .90, and from .40 to .91 for the specific factors. Findings suggested the original solution of IDCP-2 is reasonable using a bifactor model.

Keywords : personality assessment; personality disorders; psychometric properties; validity.

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