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Original Articles and Reviews

Dimensions of Interpersonal Orientation

Published Online:November 10, 2006https://doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040.1.3.187

Abstract

Studies carried out using the Spanish assessment instrument known as the Socialization Battery (or BAS) showed a two-level structure: six first-order components are organized at a higher level in an oblique two-factor solution, one axis being “Sociability versus Unsociability” and the other “Prosocial versus Antisocial Behavior.” In order to further analyze these constructs, a new assessment kit called Dimensions of Interpersonal Orientation (Spanish: Dimensiones de Orientación Interpersonal or DOI) was developed. The DOI kit includes both self-reports and other-reports, and can be applied to both older children or adolescents and adults. The first task of this study was to see whether the structure mentioned above (originally found in youngsters' self-reports) is replicated along the four content-equivalent forms of the DOI kit. The second and more important aim was to examine the construct validity by means of multitrait-multimethod matrices. Convergent and discriminant validity were assessed in youngsters (N = 562) and in adults (N = 585), using both traditional and current strategies. Results of all structural analyses are encouraging: the DOI's first- and second-order structures are well supported.

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