Confirmatory factor analysis of the French version of the Anticipatory and Consummatory Interpersonal Pleasure Scale

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Title
Confirmatory factor analysis of the French version of the Anticipatory and Consummatory Interpersonal Pleasure Scale
Journal
Frontiers in Psychology
Author(s)
Chaix J., Golay P., Fankhauser C., Nguyen A., Gooding D., Favrod J.
ISSN
1664-1078
Publication state
Published
Issued date
28/07/2017
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
8
Number
1296
Pages
1-6
Language
english
Abstract
The Anticipatory and Consummatory Interpersonal Pleasure Scale (ACIPS), a measure specifically designed to assess hedonic capacity for social and interpersonal pleasure, was used to evaluate the presence of social anhedonia in patients as well as the general population. The first goal of this study was to validate the structure of the French version of the ACIPS. The second objective was to verify whether a one, two or three factor solution is most appropriate for the ACIPS scale. The French version of the ACIPS was tested on 263 French-speaking pre-graduate students or professional volunteers. For the confirmatory factor analysis, data were treated as categorical ordinal and all the models were estimated using a robust weighted least squares estimator with adjustments for the mean and variance. Three models were estimated. A one-factor model representing a general undifferentiated “pleasure” latent construct was first tested on the 17 ACIPS items. A two-factor model distinguishing anticipatory-pleasure and consummatory-pleasure was tested next. Finally, a three-factor model including intimate social interactions, group social interactions and social bonding was tested. The one and two-factor models showed a somewhat poor fit to the data. However, the goodness of fit of the three factor model was adequate. These results suggest that individuals who enjoyed interaction in one of these three sub domains were more likely to enjoy doing so in the two other domains. However, on the basis of the comparison between the one and three factor models, these three types interactions may not be considered as indistinguishable. Rather, they represent distinct and theoretically meaningful dimensions. These results show the French version of the ACIPS is a useful and valid scale to measure the capacity of savoring different kinds of social relationships.
Keywords
social anhedonia, confirmatory factor analysis, ACIPS, Validation, Self –report scale,, Bonding.
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Yes
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