Criterion Validity and Relationships between Alternative Hierarchical Dimensional Models of General and Specific Psychopathology
Tyler M. Moore, Antonia N. Kaczkurkin, E. Leighton Durham…·Benjamin B. Lahey
The paper evaluates bifactor and second-order models of psychopathology using ABCD Study data, finding both models have adequate psychometric properties but bifactor models offer clearer interpretation of associations with external variables.