The Rediscovery of Bifactor Measurement Models
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multidimensionality in a set of ordered categorical item responses. I begin by describing the Schmid-Leiman bifactor procedure (Schmid & Leiman, 1957), and highlight its relations with correlated-factors and second-order exploratory factor models. After describing limitations of the Schmid-Leiman, two newer methods of exploratory bifactor modeling are considered, namely, analytic bifactor (Jennrich & Bentler, 2011) and target bifactor rotations (Reise, Moore, & Maydeu-Olivares, 2011). In section two, I discuss limited and full-information estimation approaches to confirmatory bifactor models that have emerged from the item response theory and factor analysis traditions, respectively. Comparison of the confirmatory bifactor model to alternative nested confirmatory models and establishing parameter invariance for the general factor also are discussed. In the final section, important applications of bifactor models are reviewed. These applications demonstrate that bifactor modeling potentially provides a solid foundation for conceptualizing psychological constructs, constructing measures, and evaluating a measure's psychometric properties. However, some applications of the bifactor model may be limited due to its restrictive assumptions.
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- Authors
- Reise, S. P.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Corresponding author
- Reise, Steven P.
- ORCID
- Reise, Steven P.
- Venue
- Multivariate Behavioral Research
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2012-09
- Volume
- 47
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 667-696
- ISSN
- 0027-3171 (ISSN-L)
- 1532-7906
- PMC
- PMC3773879
- OpenAlex
- W2025929695
- Cited by
- 2,112
- References
- 70
- Citations by year
- 2026: 203 · 2025: 113 · 2024: 134 · 2023: 174 · 2022: 165 · 2021: 200 · 2020: 222 · 2019: 181 · 2018: 203 · 2017: 175 · 2016: 139 · 2015: 98 · 2014: 68 · 2013: 32 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 85.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Multivariate Behavioral Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (RL1DA024853)
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (U01AR052177)
- National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (UL1DE019580)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Keywords
- bifactor model, multidimensionality, general factor, parameter invariance, nested models, construct measurement, psychometric properties
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