TY - JOUR
T1 - Confirmatory factor analysis of the valued living questionnaire in a black american sample
T2 - Implications for cognitive research and practice
AU - Van Buskirk, Katherine
AU - West, Lindsey Michelle
AU - Malcarne, Vanessa
AU - Afari, Niloofar
AU - Liu, Lin
AU - Petkus, Andrew
AU - Wetherell, Julie Loebach
N1 - Funding Information:
Conflict of Interest VanBuskirk, West, Malcarne, Liu, and Petkus have no disclosures to declare. Wetherell receives research support from Forest Laboratories. Afari receives research funding from Eli Lilly and Company.
PY - 2012/12
Y1 - 2012/12
N2 - The assessment of values is an important aspect of clinical care and of determining mechanisms for change in psychological interventions. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted to assess the performance of the Valued Living Questionnaire (VLQ) in a Black American sample. A one-factor model of the VLQ composite scores did not converge. Consequently, a CFA was conducted to test the theoretical grounds that the importance and consistency scales of the VLQ may be best utilized as independent subscales. A one-factor model of the importance scale demonstrated good fit (CFI = .96, RMSEA = .06), as did a one-factor model of the consistency scale (CFI = .96, RMSEA = .05). These results suggest that the two sections of the VLQ, the first 10 importance items and the proceeding 10 consistency items, may be appropriate to use as separate scales for research on values.
AB - The assessment of values is an important aspect of clinical care and of determining mechanisms for change in psychological interventions. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted to assess the performance of the Valued Living Questionnaire (VLQ) in a Black American sample. A one-factor model of the VLQ composite scores did not converge. Consequently, a CFA was conducted to test the theoretical grounds that the importance and consistency scales of the VLQ may be best utilized as independent subscales. A one-factor model of the importance scale demonstrated good fit (CFI = .96, RMSEA = .06), as did a one-factor model of the consistency scale (CFI = .96, RMSEA = .05). These results suggest that the two sections of the VLQ, the first 10 importance items and the proceeding 10 consistency items, may be appropriate to use as separate scales for research on values.
KW - Cross-cultural equivalence
KW - Intervention assessment
KW - Psychotherapy
KW - Valued living
KW - Values
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U2 - 10.1007/s10608-011-9405-8
DO - 10.1007/s10608-011-9405-8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84874109365
SN - 0147-5916
VL - 36
SP - 796
EP - 805
JO - Cognitive Therapy and Research
JF - Cognitive Therapy and Research
IS - 6
ER -