Structural and concurrent validity of the International English Mini-Markers in an adolescent sample: Exploring analytic approaches and implications for personality assessment

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 53, Issue , 2014, Pages 182-192

  Ginns, Paul ^a   Martin, Andrew J ^b   Liem, Gregory A D ^c   Papworth, Brad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Big Five; Confirmatory factor analysis; Exploratory structural equation modeling; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910144951     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2014.10.001     Document Type: Article

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