Testing the Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance Across Gender of the Big Five Inventory Through Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 88-99

  Chiorri, Carlo ^a,b   Marsh, Herbert W ^c,d,e   Ubbiali, Alessandro ^b   Donati, Deborah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Psyche dendron Association   (Italy)

^c AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84954027573     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2015.1035381     Document Type: Article

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