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This chapter offers a comprehensive psychometric appraisal of the third version of the Person’s Relating to Others Questionnaire (PROQ3; Birtchnell et al., Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 20, 36–48, 2013). It addresses the issue of reliability estimation and discusses the weaknesses of over-reliance on alpha as an index. Construct validity is explored using factor analytic and multidimensional scaling procedures to verify the underlying model informing the measure. Finally, a concurrent validation analysis places relating to others in joint personality space. It is concluded that the PROQ3 is a viable and psychometrically robust research tool that conforms well to Birtchnell’s octagon model.
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Hammond, S. (2016). The Psychometric Viability of the Person’s Relating to Others Questionnaire (PROQ). In: Birtchnell, J., Newberry, M., Kalaitzaki, A. (eds) Relating Theory – Clinical and Forensic Applications. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-50459-3_4
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