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KMID : 0981220040040020061
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Congnitive Behavior Therapy in Korea
2004 Volume.4 No. 2 p.61 ~ p.71
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Factor Structure of the Dysfunctional Beliefs Test : An Application of Confirmatory Factor Analysis
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Cho Yong-Rae
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Abstract
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The Dysfunctional Beliefs Test(DBT) was recently developed to assess dysfunctional beliefs relevant to social phobia. Exploratory factor analyses of this earlier study revealed that the DBT consisted of three correlated factors, labeled negative concept of social self, excessive demand for others’ approval, and negative belief of others and social relations. The present study employed confirmatory factor analysis(CFA) to ascertain further the factor structure of the DBT.
Hierarchical three-factor model and two alternative models were evaluated using CFA of the DBT responses collected from undergraduate students(N = 571). Both a single-factor model and a model with three factors constrained to be orthogonal provided poor fits to the data. However, the results of CFA supported a hierarchical factor structure consisting of 3
first-order factors and 1 second-order factor. The implications of these findings for the cognitive conceptualization of social anxiety/phobia and the utilization of the DBT as well as the limitations of this study were discussed.
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KEYWORD
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social phobia, cognitive assessment, Dysfunctional Beliefs Test, confirmatory factor analysis
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