The bifactor structure of the Self-Compassion Scale : Bayesian approaches to overcome exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) limitations
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Marsh, Herbert Warren, Fraser, Madeleine, Rakhimov, Arman, Ciarrochi, Joseph and Guo, Jiesi. (2023). The bifactor structure of the Self-Compassion Scale : Bayesian approaches to overcome exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) limitations. Psychological Assessment. 35(8), pp. 674-691. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001247
Authors | Marsh, Herbert Warren, Fraser, Madeleine, Rakhimov, Arman, Ciarrochi, Joseph and Guo, Jiesi |
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Abstract | The rapidly expanding self-compassion research is driven mainly by Neff’s (2003a, 2003b, 2023) six-factor Self-Compassion Scale (SCS). Despite broad agreement on its six-first-order factor structure, there is much debate on SCS’s global structure (one- vs. two-global factors). Neff et al. (2019) argue for an exploratory structural equation model (ESEM) with six specific and one global bifactor (6ESEM + 1GlbBF) rather than two global factors (6ESEM + 2GlbBF). However, ESEM’s methodological limitations precluded testing the appropriate 6ESEM + 2GlbBF, relying instead on a model combining ESEM and traditional confirmatory factor analysis (6ESEM + 2CFA). Although intuitively reasonable, this alternative model results in |
Keywords | self-compassion; exploratory structural equation models (ESEM); bifactor structural equation models; Bayes structural equation models (BSEM); substantive-methodological synergy |
Year | 01 Jan 2023 |
Journal | Psychological Assessment |
Journal citation | 35 (8), pp. 674-691 |
Publisher | American Psychological Association |
ISSN | 1040-3590 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001247 |
Web address (URL) | https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fpas0001247 |
Open access | Published as non-open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 674-691 |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 06 Jul 2023 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 11 Jul 2024 |
Supplemental file | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Additional information | © 2023 American Psychological Association |
Place of publication | United States |
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