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Factor Analysis of the Question-Form the Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles
Dalibor Doležal
; Edukacijsko-rehabilitacijski fakultet
Sažetak
The subject of this paper is evaluation of the question-form The Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles (PICTS) constructed for the measurement of criminal thinking styles which are, according to the lifestyle theory (Walters, 1990), significant for the criminal lifestyle, in the Croatian prison system.. The sample of the question-form constitutes of 399 convicted adult males in the age range from 19 to 60 years, who have been stationed in the Centre for psychosocial diagnostics in Prison in Zagreb, from March 2004 until June 2005. Factor structure will be examined with the confirmatory and exploratory factor analysis using SPSS for Windows (v.13). Measure characteristics of the question-form will be examined in overall and subscale level using statistical programme RTT-7. This paper is a part of a larger project whose purpose is verification of the instruments and some basic concepts of the lifestyle theory in Croatian prison system.
Ključne riječi
factor analysis; PICTS; criminal lifestyle
Hrčak ID:
22097
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Datum izdavanja:
19.3.2007.
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