title: Higher-order factors of the big five model of personality: a reanalysis of Digman (1997).
abstract: Based on the results from factor analyses conducted on 14 different data sets, Digman proposed a model of two higher-order factors, or metatraits, that subsumed the Big Five personality traits. In the current article, problems in Digman's analyses were explicated, and more appropriate analyses were then conducted using the same 14 correlation matrices from Digman's study. The resultant two-factor model produced improper solutions, poor model fit indices, or both, in almost all of the 14 data sets and thus raised serious doubts about the veracity of Digman's proposed model.
authors.affiliation: Bowling Green State University. cmutch@bgnet.bgsu.edu
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mutch
mesh_terms: D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012494:Sampling Studies