Factorial composition of self-rated schizotypal traits among young males undergoing military training.
The aim of this study within the Athens Study of Psychosis Proneness and Incidence of Schizophrenia (ASPIS) was the examination of the latent structure of schizotypal dimensions among a large population of young male conscripts in the Greek Air Force during their first week of military training. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted on 1,355 reliable responders to the self-rated Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (SPQ), which covers all nine aspects of DSM-III-R schizotypal personality disorder (SPD). A four-factor model (cognitive/perceptual, paranoid, negative, and disorganization schizotypal dimensions) provided a better fit to the data than did other competing models (one-, two-, three-, four, and five-factor models). This result is in agreement with recent findings supporting the notion of a multidimensional construct of the schizotypy and related schizophrenia phenotype.
Athens University Medical School, Eginition Hospital, 72-74 Vas. Sophias Ave., Athens, Greece. nistefan@med.uoa.gr
Nicholas C
NC
Stefanis
Nikolaos
N
Smyrnis
Dimitrios
D
Avramopoulos
Ioannis
I
Evdokimidis
Ioannis
I
Ntzoufras
Costas N
CN
Stefanis
D000328:Adult; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D012569:Schizotypal Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012647:Self-Assessment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires