Assessing Defense Styles: Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of the New Defense Style Questionnaire 60 (DSQ-60)
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2008
- handle: 10670/1.jw246u
- 1577-7057
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International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy
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Kylie Louise Thygesen et al., « Assessing Defense Styles: Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of the New Defense Style Questionnaire 60 (DSQ-60) », International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, ID : 10670/1.jw246u
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"The Defense Style Questionnaire (DSQ) has undergone numerous revisions in an effort toimprove reliability and validity. More recently, another version, the DSQ-60, was designedto be congruent with the DSM-IV. The present study examined the underlying structure ofthe DSQ-60 using both exploratory and confirmatory factor analytic procedures. The scalewas administered to a group of students attending an English-speaking university (n= 305)and a French-speaking university (n= 212). Three factors (image distorting, affect regulating,and adaptive) accounted for 47.93% of the variance. Confirmatory factor analysis corroborateda three factor model. A new factor reflecting defensive functioning in healthy individualswas found. Cronbachs alpha for the three styles was .64, .72, and .61, respectively. Resultsare compared with prior research on the DSQ and suggest that the psychometric propertiesof the scale remain to be improved before broad use is warranted."