TY - JOUR
T1 - Measurement of agency, communion, and emotional vulnerability with the personal attributes questionnaire
AU - Ward, L. Charles
AU - Thorn, Beverly E.
AU - Clements, Kristi L.
AU - Dixon, Kim E.
AU - Sanford, Stacy D.
N1 - Funding Information:
We acknowledge the support of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
PY - 2006/4
Y1 - 2006/4
N2 - Factor analytic studies of the 24-item Personal Attributes Questionnaire (Spence & Helmreich, 1978) have reported inconsistent results, and a previous confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) indicated inadequate fit for factors corresponding to Masculinity, Femininity, and Masculinity-Femininity scales. In this research, we used CFA in a college sample (N = 382) to evaluate the 3-factor model, and we revised scales by eliminating 6 misspecified items. The revised model fit well in another college sample (N = 230). We renamed the revised scales Agency, Communion, and Emotional Vulnerability. In relation to Five-factor theory, Emotional Vulnerability and Communion correlated well with Neuroticism and Agreeableness, respectively, and Agency had moderate correlations with Neuroticism, Extraversion, and Conscientiousness. Psychometric results in the context of current theory suggest that Agency (Masculinity) may not be a fully adequate measure of the agency construct.
AB - Factor analytic studies of the 24-item Personal Attributes Questionnaire (Spence & Helmreich, 1978) have reported inconsistent results, and a previous confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) indicated inadequate fit for factors corresponding to Masculinity, Femininity, and Masculinity-Femininity scales. In this research, we used CFA in a college sample (N = 382) to evaluate the 3-factor model, and we revised scales by eliminating 6 misspecified items. The revised model fit well in another college sample (N = 230). We renamed the revised scales Agency, Communion, and Emotional Vulnerability. In relation to Five-factor theory, Emotional Vulnerability and Communion correlated well with Neuroticism and Agreeableness, respectively, and Agency had moderate correlations with Neuroticism, Extraversion, and Conscientiousness. Psychometric results in the context of current theory suggest that Agency (Masculinity) may not be a fully adequate measure of the agency construct.
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U2 - 10.1207/s15327752jpa8602_10
DO - 10.1207/s15327752jpa8602_10
M3 - Article
C2 - 16599795
AN - SCOPUS:33645932339
VL - 86
SP - 206
EP - 216
JO - Journal of Personality Assessment
JF - Journal of Personality Assessment
SN - 0022-3891
IS - 2
ER -
