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Modelling the Incremental Value of Personality Facets: The Domains‐Incremental Facets‐Acquiescence Bifactor Model

European Journal of Personality, EarlyView., 2020
Abstract Personality can be described at different levels of abstraction. Whereas the Big Five domains are the dominant level of analysis, several researchers have called for more fine‐grained approaches, such as facet‐level analysis. Personality facets allow more comprehensive descriptions, more accurate predictions of outcomes, and a better ...
Daniel Danner, Clemens M. Lechner, Christopher J. Soto, Oliver P. John, René Mõttus   +4 more
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Viability of a MSQOL-54 general health-related quality of life score using bifactor model

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2021
Background MSQOL-54 is a multidimensional, widely-used, health-related quality of life (HRQOL) instrument specific for multiple sclerosis (MS). Findings from the validation study suggested that the two MSQOL-54 composite scores are correlated. Given this
Andrea Giordano, Silvia Testa, Marta Bassi, Sabina Cilia, Antonio Bertolotto, Maria Esmeralda Quartuccio, Erika Pietrolongo, Monica Falautano, Monica Grobberio, Claudia Niccolai, Beatrice Allegri, Rosa Gemma Viterbo, Paolo Confalonieri, Ambra Mara Giovannetti, Eleonora Cocco, Maria Grazia Grasso, Alessandra Lugaresi, Elisa Ferriani, Ugo Nocentini, Mauro Zaffaroni, Alysha De Livera, George Jelinek, Alessandra Solari, Rosalba Rosato   +23 more
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Assessing Language Skills Using Diagnostic Classification Models: An Example Using a Language Instrument

International Journal of Psychological Research, 2022
The primary purpose of the present study was to inform and illustrate, using examples, the use of Diagnostic Classification Models (DCMs) for the assessment of skills and competencies in cognition and academic achievement.
Georgios D. Sideridis, Ioannis Tsaousis, Khaleel Al-Harbi   +2 more
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A Comprehensive Review and Bifactor Modeling Analysis of the Brief COPE

INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2022
The Brief COPE is a measure of coping strategies that contains 14 factors. The purpose of this research was twofold: (a) examine the psychometric proprieties of the Brief Cope in previous studies; and (b) perform Confirmatory Factor Analyses (CFA) with second-order model and bifactor model specifications that could be used to assess the best model that
Rodrigues, Filipe, Figueiredo, Nuno, Rodrigues, José, Ferreira, Regina, Hernández-Mendo, Antonio, Monteiro, Diogo   +5 more
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On the Trail of Creativity: Dimensionality of Divergent Thinking and Its Relation With Cognitive Abilities, Personality, and Insight

European Journal of Personality, EarlyView., 2020
Abstract Divergent thinking (DT) is an important constituent of creativity that captures aspects of fluency and originality. The literature lacks multivariate studies that report relationships between DT and its aspects with relevant covariates, such as cognitive abilities, personality traits (e.g. openness), and insight. In two multivariate studies (N 
S. Weiss, D. Steger, Y. Kaur, A. Hildebrandt, U. Schroeders, O. Wilhelm, Christian Kandler   +6 more
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The Place of the Bifactor Model in Confirmatory Factor Analysis Investigations Into Construct Dimensionality in Language Testing

Frontiers in Psychology, 2020
For practical and theoretical purposes, tests of second language (L2) ability commonly aim to measure one overarching trait, general language ability, while simultaneously measuring multiple sub-traits (e.g., reading, grammar, etc.). This tension between
Karen J. Dunn, Gareth McCray
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Dimensionality of the Mental Toughness Questionnaire (MTQ48)

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
Currently there is debate as to whether mental toughness is a unidimensional or multidimensional construct. To investigate the dimensionality of the Mental Toughness Questionnaire 48-items (MTQ48), a widely used measure of mental toughness, we examined ...
John L. Perry, Doug Strycharczyk, Neil Dagnall, Andrew Denovan, Kostas A. Papageorgiou, Peter J. Clough   +5 more
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Factor structure and gender invariance of the Beck Depression Inventory – second edition (BDI-II) in a community-dwelling sample of adults

Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 2020
Objective: The main purpose of this study was to investigate the factor structure of the Beck Depression Inventory – Second Edition (BDI-II) in a sample of adults.
André Faro, Cicero R. Pereira
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Psychometric Properties of the Eating Disorder Inventory-3 (EDI-3) in Chilean Youth

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
The aim of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI)-3 test to evaluate eating disorders in young Chilean population.
Paula Lizana-Calderón, Claudia Cruzat-Mandich, Fernanda Díaz-Castrillón, Jesús M. Alvarado, Emilio J. Compte   +4 more
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Bifactor and Bifactor S-1 Model Estimations with Non-Reverse-Coded Data

Eğitimde ve Psikolojide Ölçme ve Değerlendirme Dergisi, 2022
The bifactor model is an extension of Spearman’s two-factor theory. The bifactor model has a strict assumption, which is named orthogonality. The bifactor S-1 model was developed by stretching the orthogonality assumption of the bifactor model. The bifactor S-1 model, contrary to the bifactor model, allows correlation between specific factors and ...
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