doi:10.1111/j.1467-9450.1996.tb00653.x

Paper Title

Psychometric properties of the Danish 16PF and EPQ

Authors

Stephanie A. Sanders

Erik Lykke Mortensen

June Machover Reinisch

Keywords

cattell 16pf
eysenck epq
coefficient alpha
factor analysis
psychometric properties
danish translation
prenatal drug exposure
16pf scales
epq n scale
epq e scale
second-order factor structure
krug and johns
reliability analysis
personality assessment
research contexts
practical interpretation

Article Type

Research Article

Journal

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

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DOI

10.1111/j.1467-9450.1996.tb00653.x

Issue

Volume : 37 | Issue : 2 | Page No : 221-225

Published On

June, 1996

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Abstract

A Danish translation of the Cattell's 16PF has been used in studies evaluating the effects of prenatal drug exposure. This paper reports a psychometric analysis of the 16PF and Eysenck's EPQ based on a sample of 558 young Danes. Many 16PF scales had unacceptable psychometric properties (as indicated by coefficient alpha and item–total score correlations), but more satisfactory results were obtained with the EPQ N and E scales. A factor analysis of all 16PF and EPQ scales suggested a six factor solution that roughly corresponds to the second-order factor structure obtained by Krug and Johns (1986). It is concluded that the second-order factor structure should be the basis of interpretation of the 16PF in both practical and research contexts.