alternative model of personality disorders; cross-cultural validity; Five-Factor Personality Inventory for ICD-11; measurement invariance; personality disorders; Clinical Psychology; Psychiatry and Mental Health
Abstract :
[en] This study aimed to assess measurement invariance for the Five-Factor Inventory for ICD-11 (Oltmanns & Widiger, 2020) across nine national samples from four continents (n = 6,342), and to validate a French translation in seven French-speaking national samples. All were convenience samples of adults. Exploratory factor analyses supported a four-factor structure in the French-speaking Western samples (Belgium, Canada, France, and Switzerland) while a three-factor structure was preferred in the French-speaking African samples (Burkina Faso and Togo), and no adequate structure was found in the Indian sample. Factor congruence with the original American sample was excellent for the Western samples but not for the non-Western samples. Exploratory bifactor analyses led to similar results, with the g-factor essentially reflecting one of the first-order factors observed in the exploratory factor analyses. Support for configural, metric, scalar (partial), and strict invariance was obtained across the six Western samples, as well as across the two African samples. Support for criterion validity of the Five-Factor Inventory for ICD-11 scales was also obtained, with relevant associations between scale scores and the presence of a mental health diagnosis and consulting a mental health professional, but validity was lower in the non-Western samples. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).
Disciplines :
Social & behavioral sciences, psychology: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
Le Corff, Yann ; Group for Research and Intervention on Children's Social Adjustment (GRISE), Departement d'orientation Professionnelle, Faculte d'education, Universite de Sherbrooke
Aluja, Anton; Human Behavior Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Lleida Institute for Biomedical Research Dr. Pifarre Foundation, University of Lleida
Atitsogbe, Kokou A; Research Center in Vocational Psychology and Career Counseling (CePCO), Institut de Psychologie, Universite de Lausanne
Courtois, Robert; Departement de Psychologie, UFR d'arts et Sciences Humaines, Universite de Tours
Dahourou, Donatien; Departement de Philosophie et de Psychologie, UFR des Sciences Humaines, Universite Joseph KI-ZERBO
Forget, Karine; Group for Research and Intervention on Children's Social Adjustment (GRISE), Departement de Psychiatrie, Faculte de Medecine, Universite de Sherbrooke
Hansenne, Michel ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie > Psychologie de la personnalité et des différences individuelles
Kavitha, Durairaj; Mother Theresa Post Graduate and Research Institute of Health Sciences, Pondicherry University
Kounou, Kossi B; Departement de Psychologie Appliquee, Faculte des Sciences de l'homme et de la Societe, Universite de Lome
Lapalme, Mélanie; Group for Research and Intervention on Children's Social Adjustment (GRISE), Departement de Psychoeducation, Faculte d'Education, Universite de Sherbrooke
Oltmanns, Joshua R; Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis
Rossier, Jérôme; Institut de Psychologie, Universite de Lausanne
Tipandjan, Arun; International Center for Psychological Counselling and Social Research
Widiger, Thomas A; Department of Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Kentucky
Rolland, Jean-Pierre; Laboratoire sur les Interactions Cognition, Action, Émotion (LICAE), UFR STAPS, Universite Paris-Nanterre
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