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Validation of a Questionnaire for Personality Profiling using Cognitive Diagnostic Modeling

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 December 2018

Javier Revuelta Open the ORCID record for Javier Revuelta [Opens in a new window] ,
Lucia Halty  and
Carmen Ximénez
Javier Revuelta*
Affiliation:
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain)
Lucia Halty
Affiliation:
Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Spain)
Carmen Ximénez
Affiliation:
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain)
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*Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Javier Revuelta. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Facultad de Psicología. Departamento de Psicología Social y Metodología. 28049 Madrid (Spain). E-mail: javier.revuelta@uam.es
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Abstract

This article describes the development of the ENCUIST (Extroversion, Neuroticism, Callous-Unemotional, Instability, Short-Test) questionnaire, which has been created to provide a personality profiling method based on a cognitive diagnostic modeling framework. The ENCUIST measures the attributes of extroversion, neuroticism, callous unemotionality and overt expressions of anger that are relevant in a forensic context. The scores provided by the ENCUIST are binary classifications of the individuals (high/low) in these attributes. The ENCUIST was developed using a sample of 516 subjects to study its validation through psychometric procedures, including factor analysis, cognitive diagnostic modeling and structural equation modeling. The results supported a four-factor structure. Linear regressions were used to evaluate the predictive validity of the scores provided by ENCUIST with respect to two external criteria that are relevant in the forensic context, namely behavioral activation and behavioral inhibition. The results showed that the extroversion dimension is positively related to behavioral activation, although the effect size is modest and the proportion of explained variance is only 11%. Moreover, the dimensions of neuroticism and anger expression are positively related to behavioral inhibition, with 7% of the variance explained. Together, these results suggest that cognitive diagnostic models are useful tools for the elaboration of personality profiles based on classifying subjects along binary attributes.

Keywords

Cognitive Diagnostic Modelsfactor analysisforensic profilingpersonality profilestructural equation models
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Research Article
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The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 21 , 2018 , E63
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Copyright © Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid 2018 

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Footnotes

This work was supported by Grant PSI2015-66366-P from the Spanish Ministerio de Ecomomía y Competitividad. The data were analyzed using the resources of the Centro de Computación Científica of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (CCC, https://www.ccc.uam.es).

How to cite this article:

Revuelta, J., Halty, L., & Ximénez, C. (2018). Validation of a Questionnaire for Personality Profiling using Cognitive Diagnostic Modeling. The Spanish Journal of Psychology, 21. e63. Doi:10.1017/sjp.2018.62

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