Modeling general and specific variance in multifaceted constructs: A comparison of the bifactor model to other approaches

Journal of Personality

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 219-251

  Chen, Fang Fang ^a   Hayes, Adele ^a   Carver, Charles S ^b   Laurenceau, Jean Philippe ^a   Zhang, Zugui ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; TEMPERAMENT;

ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEMPERAMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862972803     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2011.00739.x     Document Type: Article

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