Advances in Psychiatry

Research Article

The Dimensional Structure of the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire Adapted for Children (SPQ-C-D): An Evaluation in the Dutch Population and a Comparison to Adult Populations

Table 4

Confirmatory factor analysis: the three-factor solution based on subscales for the SPQ-C-D and Raine’s samples.
(a) SPQ-C-D study
 Component
 Cognitive/PerceptualInterpersonalDisorganization
Ideas of Reference  
Magical Thinking  
Unusual Perceptual Experiences .43
Paranoid Ideation 
Social Anxiety  
No Close Friends  
Constricted Affect  
Odd Behaviour   
Odd Speech  
Component correlation matrix
ComponentCPIPDO
CP1.00.45.64
IP.451.00.70
DO.64.701.00
(UPE, MT)  .55 
Alphas <.15 are not presented. Bold: subscale loads on component. Data with “”: factorial structure Raine. CP: Cognitive Perceptual, IP: Interpersonal, and DO: Disorganization.
(b) Raine et al. [22]: undergraduate sample (left); community sample (right)
 Component
 Cognitive/PerceptualInterpersonalDisorganization
Ideas of Reference  
Magical Thinking  
Unusual Perceptual Experiences  
Paranoid Ideation 
Social Anxiety  
No Close Friends  
Constricted Affect  
Odd Behaviour   
Odd Speech  
Component correlation matrix
ComponentCPIPDO
CP1.00.20/.37.71/.75
IP.20/.371.00.44/.60
DO.71/.75.44/.601.00
Alphas <.15 are not presented. Bold: subscale loads on component. Data with “”: factorial structure Raine. CP: Cognitive Perceptual, IP: Interpersonal, and DO: Disorganization.