| Abstrakt: |
The responses of 704 college freshmen to the 29 item F scale were factor analyzed. The analysis of primary concern utilized computer programs for both extraction and rotation; graphic rotations of factors taken from odd-and even-numbered sub-samples were used to estimate the reliability of the individual factors. While a nearly general factor emerged, the total factor structure clearly indicates that the F scale is multidimensional. This finding is interpreted as support for the contention that the F scale total score must necessarily obscure relationships which hold for subsets of items. Six reasonably stable group factors emerged, one of which was merged with the general. The six factors were named Conventionalism, Cynicism, Aggression, Projectivity, Superstition and Stereotypy, and Good Versus Bad People. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
