Barron, David and Morgan, Kevin and Towell, Tony and Jaafar, Jas Laile and Swami, Viren (2018) Psychometric Properties of the Malay Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire: Measurement Invariance and Latent Mean Comparisons in Malaysian Adults. Asia-Pacific Psychiatry, 10 (1). e12293. ISSN 1758-5872
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Abstract
Introduction. The Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (SPQ) is a widely-used self-report measurement instrument for the assessment of schizotypal personality traits. However, the factor structure of the SPQ has been a matter of some debate. As a contribution to this debate, we examined the factor structure of the SPQ in Malaysian adults. Method. A total of 382 Malaysian adults completed a Malay translation of the SPQ. Confirmatory factory analysis was used to examine the fit of 3- and 4-factor solutions for the higher-order dimensionality of the SPQ. Ethnic invariance for the best-fitting model was tested at the configural, metric, and scalar levels, and a multivariate analysis of variance was used to examine sex and ethnicity differences in domain scores. Results. The 4-factor model provided a better fit to the data than did the 3-factor model. The 4-factor model also demonstrated partial measurement invariance across ethnic groups. Latent mean comparisons for sex and ethnicity revealed a number of significant differences for both factors, but effect sizes were small. Discussion. The 4-factor structure of the SPQ received confirmatory support and can be used in Malay-speaking populations.
Item Type: | Journal Article |
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Keywords: | Schizotypy, Confirmatory factor analysis, Measurement invariance, Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire |
Faculty: | ARCHIVED Faculty of Science & Technology (until September 2018) |
Depositing User: | Viren Swami |
Date Deposited: | 23 Jun 2017 14:48 |
Last Modified: | 03 Feb 2022 10:01 |
URI: | https://arro.anglia.ac.uk/id/eprint/701819 |
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