Psychometric properties of the revised conscientiousness dimension of Inventário Dimensional Clínico da Personalidade (IDCP)

Abstract

This study investigated the psychometric properties of the revised scale of conscientiousness of a clinical personality inventory (Inventário Dimensional Clínico da Personalidade, IDCP). One hundred and twenty participants (68 women; 56.7%) aged 18 to 53 years (mean = 22.58, standard deviation = 6.19) were recruited by convenience and answered the IDCP and the NEO Personality Inventory - Revised. The analysis of internal structure, association with external variables and reliability of the dimension under review confirmed its validity. The psychometric characteristics of the revised dimension seem to be more adequate than those of the original version and more focused on pathological functioning, which was expected and desirable.

Revisão da dimensão desconfiança do Inventário Dimensional Clínico da Personalidade

“…A fim de verificar as propriedades psicométricas do novo conjunto de itens agrupados ao conjunto original, foram realizadas análises fatoriais exploratórias, das quais a melhor interpretação se deu com a solução de cinco fatores. Vale ressaltar que, inicialmente, foram replicados os procedimentos utilizados em estudos anteriores (eg., Carvalho & Arruda, no prelo;Carvalho & Pianowski, 2015;Carvalho, Souza, & Primi, 2014). Entretanto, a interpretabilidade dos dados ficou prejudicada e, por isso, outros procedimentos analíticos foram adotados, com base nos procedimentos adotados no desenvolvimento do IDCP (Carvalho & Primi, 2015), possibilitando uma melhor interpretação dos conjuntos de itens identificados.…”

“…Nesse sentido, as dimensões que compõem o IDCP estão sendo revisadas com base em um processo padronizado, tal qual descrito em estudos anteriores (eg, Carvalho & Arruda, no prelo;Carvalho & Pianowski, 2015;Carvalho & Sette, no prelo A;no prelo B;Carvalho, Sette, Capitão, & Primi, 2014;Carvalho, Souza, & Primi, 2014). O processo implica duas etapas, sendo a primeira tratando dos procedimentos para desenvolvimento de novos itens e a segunda para a verificação das propriedades psicométricas do novo conjunto de itens.…”

Review of the isolation dimension of the dimensional clinical personality inventory

“…Then, the revised Isolation dimension's psychometric properties were verifi ed. As previously mentioned, procedures were chosen based on studies by Carvalho et al (2014b);and Carvalho et al (2014c).…”

Professional choice self-efficacy: predicting traits and personality profiles in high school students

“…In Brazil, two instruments based on Big Five are more frequent in research, namely, the Brazilian version of the NEO-PI (Costa and McCrae 1992), which has predominantly been studied in clinical settings (Silva and Maia 2013;Carvalho et al 2014) and the Personality Factor Battery (BFP, from Portuguese acronym; Nunes et al 2010), which includes studies with adolescents in professional choice processes Nunes and Noronha 2009). In BFP, one of the instruments used in this study, the factors have been denominated Neuroticism, Conscientiousness, Openness to Experience, Extraversion and Agreeableness, and they evaluate, respectively, the level of adjustment and emotional instability; organization, persistence, motivation and responsibility to achieve objectives; exploratory behavior and appreciation of new experiences; level of social interaction in terms of quantity and intensity; and type of social interaction that varies in a continuum of compassion to antagonism.…”