Identifiability of Bifactor Models
Statistica Sinica, 2020 The bifactor model and its extensions are multidimensional latent variable models, under which each item measures up to one subdimension on top of the primary dimension(s). Despite their wide applications to educational and psychological assessments, this type of multidimensional latent variable models may suffer from non-identifiability, which can ...
Fang, Guanhua +4 more
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Dimensionality and Construct Validity of the Romanian Self-Report Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) [PDF]
, 2014 The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is one of the most widely utilised measures of behavioural and emotional difficulties among children and young people.
Asiminei, Romeo +4 more
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The applicability of the UCLA loneliness scale in South Africa: Factor structure and dimensionality
African Journal of Psychological Assessment, 2022 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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A Motivational-Developmental Free Response Assessment Through a Bifactor Lens
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 The Motivational-Developmental Assessment (MDA) measures a university student’s motivational and developmental attributes by utilizing overlapping constructs measured across four writing prompts.
David Alpizar, Brian F. French
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Investigation of a bifactor model of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire [PDF]
European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2015 The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is used to measure psychopathological symptoms in children and adolescents from 4 to 17 years old, but its underlying structure is still a matter of debate. Indeed, on the basis of a systematic review of English and non-English articles conducted using multiple databases, 54 studies reporting on the ...
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Measuring State and Trait Anxiety: An Application of Multidimensional Item Response Theory
Behavioral Sciences, 2023 The State-Trait Inventory for Cognitive and Somatic Anxiety (STICSA) is a widely used measure of state and trait anxiety. Within the Classical Testing Theory model, consistent findings provide support for its multidimensional factor structure ...
Leonardo Carlucci +4 more
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Construct validity, dimensionality and factorial invariance of the Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale: A bifactor modelling approach among children of prisoners [PDF]
, 2014 The Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale (RSES; Rosenberg, 1989) has traditionally been conceptualised as a unidimensional measure of self-esteem but empirical evidence is equivocal, with some studies supporting a one-factor solution and others favouring ...
Daniel Boduszek +7 more
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Structural validation of the Self-Compassion Scale with a German general population sample. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Published validation studies have reported different factor structures for the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS). The objective of this study was to assess the factor structure of the SCS in a large general population sample representative of the German ...
Adina Coroiu +8 more
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A Bifactor Model of the Polish Version of the Hare Self-Report Psychopathy Scale [PDF]
, 2014 The 64-item Hare Self-Report Psychopathy Scale was translated into Polish with the aim to test construct validity and dimensionality, incremental validity, and composite reliability of the measure in a sample of working adults (N = 319).
Hyland, P +7 more
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Bifactor models of RSES: A systematic review
, 2023 The present study will examine, using a series of indicators derived from the parameters estimated in the bifactor models, different properties of the general factor, and the specific factors of the bifactor model of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES)
Fernando P. Ponce, Victor Benito Arias
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