Objective: The current study aimed to examine the latent structure of a web-based, Brazilian Portuguese version of the Young Schema Questionnaire-Short Form (YSQ-SF). Method: The sample consisted of 15,557 adult participants – 4,702 men and 10,855 women – with age ranging from 18 to 60 years. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to test the a priori conceptual 15-factor model presumed to underlie the YSQ-SF item set. Results: Most items displayed high levels of reliability (factor loadings greater than 0.7) and low liability to random measurement error (residual variances below 0.02), indicating that the a priori YSQSF factor structure is adequate. Discussion: These findings offer empirical evidence supporting YSQ-SF construct validity and, consequently, its application in adults.
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Sperb, W., da Silva, J. A., Cogo-Moreira, H., Lara, D. R., & de Carvalho, H. W. (2019). The latent structure of the young schema questionnaireshort form. Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, 41(6), 530–534. https://doi.org/10.1590/1516-4446-2018-0261
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