The questionnaire measurement of psychoticism
- 1 February 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychological Medicine
- Vol. 2 (1), 50-55
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291700045608
Abstract
SYNOPSIS A study is reported of a random sample of 170 normal men and 192 normal women who were given a 110-item questionnaire incorporating items intended to measure personality variables P (psychoticism), N (neuroticism), E (extraversion), and L (a lie and dissimulation scale). Factor analysis of the intercorrelations between items disclosed a clear-cut psychoticism factor, relatively independent of the others. The rationale and the psychiatric importance of this factor are discussed.Keywords
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