Higher-Order Factors in a Five-Factor Personality Inventory and its Relation to Social Desirability
- 1 January 2007
- journal article
- Published by Hogrefe Publishing Group in European Journal of Psychological Assessment
- Vol. 23 (2), 63-70
- https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759.23.2.63
Abstract
This paper compared two higher-order factor models using a 100-item, five-factor personality inventory originating from the IPIP database. The sample consisted of 2,019 subjects tested on the Internet. The two models were compared using confirmatory factor analysis. The two-factor model showed a similar fit to the data. The criteria for parsimony favored a hierarchical model with one higher-order factor at the top and five personality factors beneath. The single higher-order factor was found to be related to social desirability in a subsample of 196 subjects.Keywords
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