A Confirmatory Factor-Analytic Model of Alienation

Bibliographic Data

ID11325596
AuthorsBruce R Roberts (National Institutes of Health, corresponding author)
Year1987
Volume50
Issue4
Pages346
Publication date1987-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Psychology Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0190-2725 • E-ISSN: 1939-8999
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/2786819
OpenAlexW2313981650
LanguageEN
Citations received18
References cited13

This paper presents a longitudinal second-order confirmatory factor-analytic model of alienation in employed U.S. men, based on Seeman's originalfive-facet conceptualization. Alienation appears in this model as a second-order factor that is significantly related to allfive of these facets. Powerlessness and self-estrangement are shown to be the two central facets. Meaninglessness, normlessness and cultural estrangement show progressively smaller relationships to the underlying alienation cotistruct. Although cultural estrangement is significantly related to the underlying construct, removing it tesults in a model that fits the data slightly better. Cross-national comparisons using cross-sectional data from Poland and Japan confirm the generalizability of this model. However, the magnitudes of the relationships of both normlessness and cultural estrangement to the second-order factor are somewhat different for Japan than for the United States and Poland

Alienation · Confirmatory factor analysis · Factor (programming language · Political science · Statistics · Structural equation modeling · Computer Science · Cultural Differences and Values · Mathematics · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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