Empirical Underidentification with the Bifactor Model: A Case Study. [PDF]
Bifactor models are commonly used to assess whether psychological and educational constructs underlie a set of measures. We consider empirical underidentification problems that are encountered when fitting particular types of bifactor models to certain ...
Green S, Yang Y.
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Bifactor item response theory model of acute stress response. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Better understanding of acute stress responses is important for revision of DSM-5. However, the latent structure and relationship between different aspects of acute stress responses haven't been clarified comprehensively.
Yebing Yang +6 more
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Assessing the Psychometric Properties of the Child Behaviour Checklist in the ABCD Study. [PDF]
ABSTRACT The Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL) is a widely used measure of psychopathology in developmental research and serves as the primary measure in the landmark Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study (N = 11,861; 8–11 years). However, its psychometric properties in this sample have not been assessed in detail.
Pavlovich K +3 more
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Application of S-1 Bifactor Model to Evaluate the Structural Validity of TMMS-24. [PDF]
(1) Background: Recent studies have shown that the internal structure of TMMS-24 can be conceptualized as a bifactor. However, these studies, based exclusively on the evaluation of the fit of the model, fail to show the existence of a general factor of ...
Ondé D +3 more
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Application of the Bifactor S - 1 Model to Multisource Ratings of ADHD/ODD Symptoms: an Appropriate Bifactor Model for Symptom Ratings. [PDF]
[eng] The symmetrical bifactor model is often applied to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)-hyperactive/impulsive (HI), ADHD-inattentive (IN), and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) symptoms, but this model frequently yields anomalous or ...
Burns GL +4 more
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The applicability of the UCLA loneliness scale in South Africa: Factor structure and dimensionality
This study examines the generalisability of the University of California Los Angeles Loneliness Scale Version 3 (UCLA-LS3) in a South African sample of young adults. In particular, it examined the normative data, reliability, and factor structure of this
Tyrone B. Pretorius
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The study revisited the community of inquiry (CoI) instrument for construct revalidation. To that end, the study used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to examine four competing models (unidimensional, correlated-factor, second-order factor, and ...
Hongwei Yang, Ph.D., Jian Su, Ph.D.
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The few studies that have analyzed the factorial structure of early number skills have mainly used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and have yielded inconsistent results, since early numeracy is considered to be unidimensional, multidimensional or even
Christophe Dierendonck +5 more
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A validation study of the self-compassion scale-short form (SCS-SF) with ant colony optimization in a Turkish sample [PDF]
The general purpose of this study is to validate the Turkish version of the short form of Self- Compassion Scale (SCS) by Ant Colony Optimization (ACO). For this purpose, data were collected from two different samples. Sample-1 (n = 398) and Sample-2 (n =
Koğar Esin Yılmaz, Koğar Hakan
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Calibrating the Test of Relational Reasoning: New Information From Oblique Bifactor Models
Relational reasoning (RR) is believed to be an essential construct for studying higher education learning. Relational reasoning is defined as an ability to discern meaningful patterns within any stream of information.
Denis Federiakin
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