A test of the factor structure equivalence of the 50-item IPIP five-factor model measure across gender and ethnic groups

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 507-516

  Ehrhart, Karen Holcombe ^a   Roesch, Scott C ^b   Ehrhart, Mark G ^b   Kilian, Britta ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; COLLEGE STUDENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FACTOR STRUCTURE EQUIVALENCE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIVE FACTOR MODEL; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNATIONAL PERSONALITY ITEM POOL; MALE; MULTIGROUP CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PSYCHOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 49649105511     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223890802248869     Document Type: Article

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