Item factor analyses were conducted on the 5 scales of the Psychological Screening Inventory separately for 400 normal males and 400 normal females, who were representative of the U.S. adult population with respect to age and diverse in education and geographic location. Between 3 and 6 factors were identified for each scale, and each was tentatively named according to item content. Clinical use of these factor-based item clusters as individual scales should await criterion-related research.
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