Three Concerns With Applying a Bifactor Model as a Structure of Psychopathology

Clinical Psychological Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 184-186

  Bonifay, Wes ^a   Lane, Sean P ^a   Reise, Steven P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 85009286667     PISSN: 21677026     EISSN: 21677034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2167702616657069     Document Type: Note

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