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Author: | Gustavsson, J. Petter 1,2; Bergman, Hans 3; Edman, Gunnar 4; Ekselius, Lisa 5; von Knorring, Lars 5; Linder, Jurgen 1
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Institution: | (1)Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Psychiatry Section, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, (2)Department of Nursing, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, (3)Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Section of Alcohol and Drug Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, (4)Department of Psychiatry, Danderyd's Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, (5)Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, University Hospital, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Title: | Swedish universities Scales of Personality (SSP): construction, internal consistency and normative data.[Article]
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Source: | Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 102(3):217-225, September 2000.
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Abstract: | Objective: A thorough revision of the Karolinska Scales of Personality (KSP) was made by reducing the number of items and improving the psychometric quality as concerns face validity, internal consistency and response differentiation. The revised version was labelled The Swedish universities Scales of Personality (SSP) and now include 91 items divided into 13 scales.
Method: The SSP were evaluated in a normative, randomly drawn sample (n = 741). All scales were found to be approximately normally distributed.
Results: The Cronbach's [alpha] coefficients ranged from 0.59 to 0.84. The mean inter-item correlations (MIIC) ranged from 0.17 to 0.43. The scale intercorrelation matrix yielded a three-factor solution with Factor 1 reflecting Neuroticism; Factor 2 Aggressiveness; and Factor 3 reflecting Extraversion.
Conclusion: The original KSP scales were revised, shortened, modernized and psychometrically evaluated. The psychometric properties and the usefulness of the test battery were found to be substantially improved.
(C) 2000 Munksgaard International Publishers Ltd.
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Author Keywords: | personality; personality inventory; psychometrics; psychopathology.
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Language: | English.
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Document Type: | Original Articles.
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Journal Subset: | Clinical Medicine. Behavioral & Social Sciences.
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ISSN: | 0001-690X
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NLM Journal Code: | 0370364
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