Testing the factor structure and measurement invariance across gender of the big five inventory through exploratory structural equation modeling
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Chiorri, Carlo, Marsh, Herbert W., Ubbiali, Alessandro and Donati, Deborah. (2016). Testing the factor structure and measurement invariance across gender of the big five inventory through exploratory structural equation modeling. Journal of Personality Assessment. 98(1), pp. 88-99. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2015.1035381
Authors | Chiorri, Carlo, Marsh, Herbert W., Ubbiali, Alessandro and Donati, Deborah |
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Abstract | Confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) typically fail to support the a priori 5-factor structure of Big Five self-report instruments, due in part to the overly restrictive CFA assumptions. We show that exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM), an integration of CFA and exploratory factor analysis, overcomes these problems in relation to responses to the 44-item Big Five Inventory(BFI) administered to a large Italian community sample. ESEM fitted the data better and resulted in less correlated factors than CFA, although ESEM and CFA factor scores correlated at near unity with observed raw scores. Tests of gender invariance with a 13-model taxonomy of full measurement invariance showed that the factor structure of the BFI is gender-invariant and that women score higher on Neuroticism, Agreeableness, Extraversion, and Conscientiousness. Through ESEM one could address substantively important issues about BFI psychometric properties that could not be appropriately addressed through traditional approaches. |
Keywords | exploratory structural equation modeling; five factor approach; big five inventory; confirmatory factor analysis; measurement invariance |
Year | 2016 |
Journal | Journal of Personality Assessment |
Journal citation | 98 (1), pp. 88-99 |
Publisher | Routledge |
ISSN | 0022-3891 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2015.1035381 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-84954027573 |
Open access | Published as green open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 88-99 |
Research Group | Institute for Positive Psychology and Education |
Author's accepted manuscript | File Access Level Open |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Additional information | This record includes an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Personality Assessment on 2nd January 2016, available online: [http://www.tandfonline.com/] http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00223891.2015.1035381. |
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