A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Attitudes and Belief Scale 2

Fülöp, Ildikó E., Journal of Cognitive and Behavioral Psychotherapies

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to empirically investigate the theoretical matrix on the basis of which the Attitudes and Beliefs Scale 2 (ABS2, DiGiuseppe et al., 1988) was developed. 300 undergraduates volunteered to complete the Romanian version of the ABS2 (ABS2-R, Macavei, 2002). A confirmatory factor analysis was conducted using Lisrel (8,72) framework (Jöreskog & Sörbom, 2004). The factor structure of the ABS2, derived on the three major theoretical criteria (evaluative processes, domains of content, and modality) was compared with the most viable factor structure resulted from a previous exploratory factor analysis (DiGiuseppe at al., 1989). The factor …

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Publication information: Article title: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Attitudes and Belief Scale 2. Contributors: Fülöp, Ildikó E. - Author. Journal title: Journal of Cognitive and Behavioral Psychotherapies. Volume: 7. Issue: 2 Publication date: September 2007. Page number: 159+. © A.S.C.R. PRESS Sep 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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