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Title: | Paranoia in the General Population: a revised version of the General Paranoia Scale for adolescents | Authors: | Carvalho, Célia Barreto Pereira, Vanessa Sousa, Marina Motta, Carolina Pinto-Gouveia, José |
Keywords: | Paranoid Ideation; Adolescence; Continuum; Social Defense | Issue Date: | 2014 | Serial title, monograph or event: | European Scientific Journal | Volume: | 10 | Issue: | 23 | Abstract: | The aim of the current study was to validate the General Paranoia Scale for Portuguese Adolescents population (GPS-A). This scale assesses the paranoid ideation in non-clinical population. Results from a confirmatory factor analysis of the scale on 1218 youths confirmed an alternative model to the one-dimensional model proposed by Fenigstein and Vanable (1992) comprising three different dimensions (Mistrust thoughts, persecutory ideas and depreciation). This alternative model presented a good fit: χ2 (162)= 727.200, p = .000; CFI = .925; RMSEA = .054, P(rmsea ≤0.05) = .000; PCFI = .788; AIC = 863.200. All items presented adequate factor loadings (λij ≥0.5) and individual reliability ((λij)2 ≥0.25). Further data analysis on the scale revealed that the GPS-A is an adequate assessment tool for adolescents, with good psychometric characteristics and high internal consistency. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/46730 | DOI: | 10.1111/cp.12065 | Rights: | openAccess |
Appears in Collections: | I&D CINEICC - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais |
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