The bifactor structure and the "dark nomological network" of the State Self-Esteem Scale

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 72, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-6

  McCain, Jessica L ^a   Jonason, Peter K ^b   Foster, Joshua D ^c   Campbell, W Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifactor model; Confirmatory factor analysis; Personality; Psychometrics; Self esteem; Validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906748344     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2014.08.006     Document Type: Article

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