Factorial Validity of Jones and Crandall's Short Index of Self-Actualization

Abstract

Jones and Crandall (1986) have reported initial psychometric data on the Short Index of Self-actualization. Included in their study was a principal components analysis. The authors reported that the instrument was characterized by four factors and a fifth uninterpretable factor. The present authors submitted the Jones-Crandall model to a confirmatory factor analysis using the confirmatory factor analytic model. The results showed substantial agreement with the Jones-Crandall model—a five-factor model with the fifth considered uninterpretable. The main difference in the findings was in the factor correlations. Jones and Crandall used an orthogonal rotation whereas the present study determined that an oblique solution is more in harmony with the data.