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Evaluating Replicability of Factors in the Revised NEO Personality Inventory: Confirmatory Factor Analysis Versus Procrustes Rotation

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McCrae, RR; Zonderman, AB; Costa, PT; Bond, MH; Paunonen, SV
Published in: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
January 1, 1996

Despite the empirical robustness of the 5-factor model of personality, recent confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) of NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI) data suggest they do not fit the hypothesized model. In a replication study of 229 adults, a series of CFAs showed that Revised NEO-PI scales are not simple-structured but do approximate the normative 5-factor structure. CFA goodness-of-fit indices, however, were not high. Comparability analyses showed that no more than 5 factors were replicable, which calls into question some assumptions underlying the use of CFA. An alternative method that uses targeted rotation was presented and illustrated with data from Chinese and Japanese versions of the Revised NEO-PI that clearly replicated the 5-factor structure.

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Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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0022-3514

Publication Date

January 1, 1996

Volume

70

Issue

3

Start / End Page

552 / 566

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Psychology
  • 5205 Social and personality psychology
  • 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1505 Marketing
 

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McCrae, R. R., Zonderman, A. B., Costa, P. T., Bond, M. H., & Paunonen, S. V. (1996). Evaluating Replicability of Factors in the Revised NEO Personality Inventory: Confirmatory Factor Analysis Versus Procrustes Rotation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70(3), 552–566. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.70.3.552
McCrae, R. R., A. B. Zonderman, P. T. Costa, M. H. Bond, and S. V. Paunonen. “Evaluating Replicability of Factors in the Revised NEO Personality Inventory: Confirmatory Factor Analysis Versus Procrustes Rotation.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 70, no. 3 (January 1, 1996): 552–66. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.70.3.552.
McCrae RR, Zonderman AB, Costa PT, Bond MH, Paunonen SV. Evaluating Replicability of Factors in the Revised NEO Personality Inventory: Confirmatory Factor Analysis Versus Procrustes Rotation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 1996 Jan 1;70(3):552–66.
McCrae, R. R., et al. “Evaluating Replicability of Factors in the Revised NEO Personality Inventory: Confirmatory Factor Analysis Versus Procrustes Rotation.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, vol. 70, no. 3, Jan. 1996, pp. 552–66. Scopus, doi:10.1037/0022-3514.70.3.552.
McCrae RR, Zonderman AB, Costa PT, Bond MH, Paunonen SV. Evaluating Replicability of Factors in the Revised NEO Personality Inventory: Confirmatory Factor Analysis Versus Procrustes Rotation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 1996 Jan 1;70(3):552–566.

Published In

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

DOI

ISSN

0022-3514

Publication Date

January 1, 1996

Volume

70

Issue

3

Start / End Page

552 / 566

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Psychology
  • 5205 Social and personality psychology
  • 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1505 Marketing