Abstract
The Socialization scale (So) of the California Psychological Inventory was administered to a sample of delinquent and nondelinquent males. Responses to items of the scale were subjected to a confirmatory factor analysis to determine if previously identified factor components of the So scale would be consistent with data obtained from the present sample. Results of the confirmatory factor analysis using the LISREL IV maximum-likelihood procedure indicated that the previously identified factor structure was not recoverable from the present data. This suggests that there might be a unitary rather than a multiple factor structure underlying the present data. Obtained results are discussed in terms of sampling and statistical procedures, however, the weight of evidence argues against factor invariance.
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