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Item Psychometric properties of Hawley's measures of psychosocial development: a critical analysis(Texas Tech University, 2006-08) Haight, Marilyn G.; Olivarez, Arturo; Parr, Gerald; Burley, Hansel E.; Shaughnessy, Michael F.The study critically reviewed the psychometric properties of The Measures of Psychosocial Development (Hawley, 1988), a published instrument designed to assess a targeted population’s resolution of psychosocial development from a life-span perspective. This perspective takes into account the distinctive demands and pressures faced by individuals during key periods of their lives, including the influences of ethnicity, culture, and gender. A detailed factor analysis for each of the eight primary positive and negative psychosocial development scales was conducted to ascertain item composition using factor extraction and factor rotation analyses. Dissimilarities between the present study's results and other previous results (instrument norming data) were used as an indication of item-to-subscale disagreement. This study provides evidence that the Measures of Psychosocial Development is in fact a psychometrically sound instrument. Ninety-seven percent (109 of 112) of the total items maintained robust item-to-subscale agreement as evidenced by total item variance, eigenvalues, scree plots, and interpretability of the factor solution. Each of the eight positive and eight negative scales demonstrated significant inter-subscale correlation at the 0.01 level (two tailed). Robust correlations were noted between Trust: Intimacy (0.54), Trust: Ego Integrity (0.54), Trust: Mistrust (-0.30); Autonomy: Identity (0.52), Autonomy: Isolation (-0.16); Initiative: Industry (0.52), Initiative: Mistrust (-0.17); Identity: Ego Integrity (0.56); Intimacy: Trust (0.54); and Generativity: Mistrust (-0.19). Gender does not appear to be an influencing factor for intercorrelational significance. If a revision of this instrument is attempted, we recommend that consideration be given to reducing the total number of item prompts by the aforementioned sixteen items, adding a statistically appropriate number of foil items to help ensure valid self report, and move toward an overall maturity index rather than continue with the bipolar stage approach. Given multiple references in the literature to emotional maturity, this appears plausible.Item Psychometric properties of Hawley's measures of psychosocial development: A critical analysis(2006-08) Haight, Marilyn G.; Olivarez, Arturo; Parr, Gerald; Burley, Hansel E.; Shaughnessy, Michael F.The study critically reviewed the psychometric properties of The Measures of Psychosocial Development (Hawley, 1988), a published instrument designed to assess a targeted population’s resolution of psychosocial development from a life-span perspective. This perspective takes into account the distinctive demands and pressures faced by individuals during key periods of their lives, including the influences of ethnicity, culture, and gender. A detailed factor analysis for each of the eight primary positive and negative psychosocial development scales was conducted to ascertain item composition using factor extraction and factor rotation analyses. Dissimilarities between the present study's results and other previous results (instrument norming data) were used as an indication of item-to-subscale disagreement. This study provides evidence that the Measures of Psychosocial Development is in fact a psychometrically sound instrument. Ninety-seven percent (109 of 112) of the total items maintained robust item-to-subscale agreement as evidenced by total item variance, eigenvalues, scree plots, and interpretability of the factor solution. Each of the eight positive and eight negative scales demonstrated significant inter-subscale correlation at the 0.01 level (two tailed). Robust correlations were noted between Trust: Intimacy (0.54), Trust: Ego Integrity (0.54), Trust: Mistrust (-0.30); Autonomy: Identity (0.52), Autonomy: Isolation (-0.16); Initiative: Industry (0.52), Initiative: Mistrust (-0.17); Identity: Ego Integrity (0.56); Intimacy: Trust (0.54); and Generativity: Mistrust (-0.19). Gender does not appear to be an influencing factor for intercorrelational significance. If a revision of this instrument is attempted, we recommend that consideration be given to reducing the total number of item prompts by the aforementioned sixteen items, adding a statistically appropriate number of foil items to help ensure valid self report, and move toward an overall maturity index rather than continue with the bipolar stage approach. Given multiple references in the literature to emotional maturity, this appears plausible.