Explaining General and Specific Factors in Longitudinal, Multimethod, and Bifactor Models: Some Caveats and Recommendations

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Explaining General and Specific Factors in Longitudinal, Multimethod, and Bifactor Models: Some Caveats and Recommendations. / Koch, Tobias; Holtmann, Jana; Bohn, Johannes et al.
in: Psychological Methods, Jahrgang 23, Nr. 3, 09.2018, S. 505-523.

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title = "Explaining General and Specific Factors in Longitudinal, Multimethod, and Bifactor Models: Some Caveats and Recommendations",
abstract = "An increasing number of psychological studies are devoted to the analysis of g-factor structures. One key purpose of applying g-factor models is to identify predictors or potential causes of the general and specific effects. Typically, researchers relate predictor variables directly to the general and specific factors using a classical mimic approach. However, this procedure bears some methodological challenges, which often lead to model misspecification and biased parameter estimates. We propose 2 possible modeling strategies to circumvent these problems: the multiconstruct bifactor and the residual approach. We illustrate both modeling approaches for the application of g-factor models to longitudinal and multitrait-multimethod data. Practical guidelines are provided for choosing an appropriate method in empirical applications, and the implications of this investigation for multimethod and longitudinal research are discussed.",
keywords = "Psychology, Bifactor models, CTC(M-1) model, G-factor models, Latent state-trait models, MIMIC models",
author = "Tobias Koch and Jana Holtmann and Johannes Bohn and Michael Eid",
year = "2018",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1037/met0000146",
language = "English",
volume = "23",
pages = "505--523",
journal = "Psychological Methods",
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publisher = "American Psychological Association Inc.",
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