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

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 no...

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Published in:Journal of personality and social psychology 1996-03, Vol.70 (3), p.552-566
Main Authors: McCrae, Robert R, Zonderman, Alan B, Costa, Paul T, Bond, Michael H, Paunonen, Sampo V
Format: Article
Language:English
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Biological and medical sciences
Confirmatory Factor Analysis
Empiricism
Experimental Replication
Factor Analysis
Factors
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Methodology
NEO Personality Inventory-Revised
Orthogonal Rotation
Personality
Personality Measures
Personality. Affectivity
Psychological tests
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychometrics
Replication studies
Social psychology
Statistical Validity
Test Norms
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0022-3514
1939-1315
DOI:10.1037/0022-3514.70.3.552