Factor structure of psychological assessment at a community mental health center.

Abstract

2 factors were derived from 40 assessment variables using principal components and varimax rotation applied to data derived from 387 adult applicants to a community mental health center and their relatives. Factor I is the relatives' report of the patients' over-all emotional-behavioral disturbance and Factor II is the patients' self-report of depression. The factors have simple structure and the concepts, therefore, can be regarded as well-defined and independent. Several correlates of the two factors were presented.