TY - JOUR
T1 - The "Big Everything"
T2 - Integrating and Investigating Dimensional Models of Psychopathology, Personality, Personality Pathology, and Cognitive Functioning
AU - Littlefield, Andrew K.
AU - Lane, Sean P.
AU - Gette, Jordan A.
AU - Watts, Ashley L.
AU - Sher, Kenneth J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 American Psychological Association.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Common factors are increasingly used to model the structure of psychopathology ("p"), personality (General Factor of Personality [GFP]), pathological personality (General Factor of Pathological Personality [GFPP]), and intelligence ("g"). Using 4 waves spanning ages 18-29 in a cohort of college students (baseline n = 489), this study used indicators of psychopathology, personality, pathological personality, and cognitive functioning to compare models that included Cognitive Functioning, p, GFP, GFPP, and a "Big Everything" factor (which included cross-domain measures as indicators). GFP, GFPP, and p exhibited substantial overlap, and the Big Everything factor accounted for considerable variance in psychopathology, personality, and pathological personality indicators. Only a self-report measure of cognitive functioning loaded significantly onto the Big Everything. This study highlights concerns in the pursuit of identifying and reifying common factors based on the modeling of residual variances and limitations of using factor modeling to determine the structure of psychologically relevant phenomena.
AB - Common factors are increasingly used to model the structure of psychopathology ("p"), personality (General Factor of Personality [GFP]), pathological personality (General Factor of Pathological Personality [GFPP]), and intelligence ("g"). Using 4 waves spanning ages 18-29 in a cohort of college students (baseline n = 489), this study used indicators of psychopathology, personality, pathological personality, and cognitive functioning to compare models that included Cognitive Functioning, p, GFP, GFPP, and a "Big Everything" factor (which included cross-domain measures as indicators). GFP, GFPP, and p exhibited substantial overlap, and the Big Everything factor accounted for considerable variance in psychopathology, personality, and pathological personality indicators. Only a self-report measure of cognitive functioning loaded significantly onto the Big Everything. This study highlights concerns in the pursuit of identifying and reifying common factors based on the modeling of residual variances and limitations of using factor modeling to determine the structure of psychologically relevant phenomena.
KW - Bifactor model
KW - Intelligence
KW - Personality
KW - Psychopathology
KW - p factor
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85090587734&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1037/per0000457
DO - 10.1037/per0000457
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85090587734
JO - Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment
JF - Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment
SN - 1949-2715
ER -