Verification of the Internal Structure of the Dimensional Clinical Personality Inventory 2 in a Brazilian Community Sample

Abstract

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 (idcp-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 bifactor 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. How to cite this article: Carvalho, L.F., Gonçalves, A.P., Araujo, J.A., Macedo F.M. (2021). Verification of the internal structure of the Dimensional Clinical Personality Inventory 2 in a Brazilian community sample. Revista Colombiana de Psicología, 30(2), 115-125. https://doi.org/10.15446/rcp.v30n2.83530

Crime and Punishment: How Historical Narratives Affect the Evaluation of Restorative and Retributive Justice

“…The political compass did not show good reliability ( α = 0.399), so, in some models, we included items individually as dummy variables. In other words, we did not assume that the scale could be treated as a non-unitary construct, and, therefore, we run the analyses including individual items, as suggested by prior literature (Carvalho et al, 2021). On the other hand, all narratives showed a satisfactory level of internal consistency (Structural narrative α = 0.702; Greed narrative α = 0.718; Survival narrative α = 0.738; Revenge narrative α = 0.875).…”