Are Fit Indices Used to Test Psychopathology Structure Biased?: A Simulation Study

Ashley L. Greene; Nicholas R. Eaton; Kaiqiao Li; Miriam K. Forbes; Robert F. Krueger; Kristian E. Markon; Irwin D. Waldman; David C. Cicero; Christopher C. Conway; Anna R. Docherty; Eiko I. Fried; Masha Y. Ivanova; Katherine G. Jonas; Robert D. Latzman; Christopher J. Patrick; Ulrich Reininghaus; Jennifer L. Tackett; Aidan G. C. Wright; Roman Kotov

doi:10.1037/abn0000434

Are Fit Indices Used to Test Psychopathology Structure Biased? A Simulation Study

Ashley L. Greene^*, Nicholas R. Eaton, Kaiqiao Li, Miriam K. Forbes, Robert F. Krueger, Kristian E. Markon, Irwin D. Waldman, David C. Cicero, Christopher C. Conway, Anna R. Docherty, Eiko I. Fried, Masha Y. Ivanova, Katherine G. Jonas, Robert D. Latzman, Christopher J. Patrick, Ulrich Reininghaus, Jennifer L. Tackett, Aidan G. C. Wright, Roman Kotov

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	740-764
Number of pages	25
Journal	Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Volume	128
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/abn0000434
Publication status	Published - Oct 2019

Keywords

bifactor model
factor analysis
fit index bias
model evaluation
Monte Carlo simulation
CONFIRMATORY FACTOR-ANALYSIS
COMMON MENTAL-DISORDERS
BIFACTOR MODEL
GENERAL FACTOR
TRANSDIAGNOSTIC FACTORS
P-FACTOR
ADOLESCENT PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE
GENDER-DIFFERENCES
EQUIVALENT MODELS

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Greene, A. L., Eaton, N. R., Li, K., Forbes, M. K., Krueger, R. F., Markon, K. E., ... Kotov, R. (2019). Are Fit Indices Used to Test Psychopathology Structure Biased? A Simulation Study. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 128(7), 740-764. https://doi.org/10.1037/abn0000434

Greene, Ashley L. ; Eaton, Nicholas R. ; Li, Kaiqiao ; Forbes, Miriam K. ; Krueger, Robert F. ; Markon, Kristian E. ; Waldman, Irwin D. ; Cicero, David C. ; Conway, Christopher C. ; Docherty, Anna R. ; Fried, Eiko I. ; Ivanova, Masha Y. ; Jonas, Katherine G. ; Latzman, Robert D. ; Patrick, Christopher J. ; Reininghaus, Ulrich ; Tackett, Jennifer L. ; Wright, Aidan G. C. ; Kotov, Roman. / Are Fit Indices Used to Test Psychopathology Structure Biased? A Simulation Study. In: Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 2019 ; Vol. 128, No. 7. pp. 740-764.

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Greene, AL, Eaton, NR, Li, K, Forbes, MK, Krueger, RF, Markon, KE, Waldman, ID, Cicero, DC, Conway, CC, Docherty, AR, Fried, EI, Ivanova, MY, Jonas, KG, Latzman, RD, Patrick, CJ, Reininghaus, U, Tackett, JL, Wright, AGC & Kotov, R 2019, 'Are Fit Indices Used to Test Psychopathology Structure Biased? A Simulation Study', Journal of Abnormal Psychology, vol. 128, no. 7, pp. 740-764. https://doi.org/10.1037/abn0000434

Are Fit Indices Used to Test Psychopathology Structure Biased? A Simulation Study. / Greene, Ashley L.; Eaton, Nicholas R.; Li, Kaiqiao; Forbes, Miriam K.; Krueger, Robert F.; Markon, Kristian E.; Waldman, Irwin D.; Cicero, David C.; Conway, Christopher C.; Docherty, Anna R.; Fried, Eiko I.; Ivanova, Masha Y.; Jonas, Katherine G.; Latzman, Robert D.; Patrick, Christopher J.; Reininghaus, Ulrich; Tackett, Jennifer L.; Wright, Aidan G. C.; Kotov, Roman.

In: Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Vol. 128, No. 7, 10.2019, p. 740-764.

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