This may not necessarily suggest a predominant general Meaning - in - life factor be present, since unidimensionality based only
on bifactor analysis is unstable (Joshanloo et al., 2017; Joshanloo & Jovanovic, 2016).
Not exact matches
More specifically, it seems that relying solely
on the results of
bifactor analysis to decide whether a psychological scale is unidimensional or multidimensional may be questionable (Joshanloo et al., 2017).
In the
bifactor solution, all factor loadings were much higher
on the general factor than the intended specific group factor, generating the assumption that the MLQ items may measure a higher order construct of meaning.
Besides that, the inspection of model's parameters lead us to conclude that in our community sample, as in similar studies testing
bifactor models and involving both clinical and community participants, all HADS items, except item # 14, loaded more highly
on the general factor than
on each specific group factor.
The findings provided most support for a
bifactor model based
on Stringaris and Goodman's [1] three - factor model (primary factors for irritable, hurtful, and headstrong).