Taxometric analysis of the antisocial features scale of the personality assessment inventory in federal prison inmates |
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Authors: | Walters Glenn D Diamond Pamela M Magaletta Philip R Geyer Matthew D Duncan Scott A |
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Affiliation: | Federal Correctional Institution, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania 17954-0700, USA. gwalters@bop.gov |
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Abstract: | The Antisocial Features (ANT) scale of the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) was subjected to taxometric analysis in a group of 2,135 federal prison inmates. Scores on the three ANT subscales-Antisocial Behaviors (ANT-A), Egocentricity (ANT-E), and Stimulus Seeking (ANT-S)-served as indicators in this study and were evaluated using the following taxometric procedures: mean above minus below a cut (MAMBAC), maximum eigenvalue (MAXEIG), and latent mode factor analysis (L-Mode). Objective and subjective evaluation of the results revealed consistent support for a dimensional interpretation of latent structure across the di ferent taxometric procedures as well as across gender, race, and security level. As a dimensional construct, antisocial personality disorder arranges respondents along one or more quantitative dimensions (degree of antisociality), rather than assigning them to qualitatively distinct categories (antisocial or not antisocial). |
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