Self, Other, Positive, and Negative Affect Scales of the Self-Confrontation Method: factorial structure and unidimensionality

In the self-confrontation method, the rows of a grid consist of valuations (i.e. summaries of important personal narratives), while the columns contain affects grouped into four scales (see title). These affects (varying from 16 to 30) are rated on a 0–5 scale of intensity, resulting in an affect pr...

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Published in:Personality and individual differences 2003-12, Vol.35 (8), p.1833-1847
Main Authors: van Geel, Rolf, De Mey, Hubert
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Affects
Agency
Biological and medical sciences
Communion
Dimensional analysis
Factor structures
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Methodology. Experimentation
Negative affect
Positive affect
Psychological tests
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychometrics. Statistics. Methodology
Self-confrontation method
Selfconfrontation
Valuation theory
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Summary:In the self-confrontation method, the rows of a grid consist of valuations (i.e. summaries of important personal narratives), while the columns contain affects grouped into four scales (see title). These affects (varying from 16 to 30) are rated on a 0–5 scale of intensity, resulting in an affect profile for each valuation. Principal components analysis on the affect profiles of a client sample, using a list of 30 affects, yielded a 3-factor solution, with 2 unipolar and 1 bipolar factor, in accordance with the four scales. On the basis of this analysis, a list of 24 affects was derived with six affects per scale. This list was then applied to a student sample to cross-validate the results. Unidimensionality of the four scales was found at the level of single grids, and across both client and student samples. It was concluded that the four scales of the 24-affect list appeared to be psychometrically sound and optimally suited for use in research and practice.
ISSN:0191-8869
1873-3549
DOI:10.1016/S0191-8869(03)00033-3