Table 2.

Exploratory Structural Equation Models of a Five-Factor Solution for the 60-item NEO Five-Factor Inventory in Samples 1 (N = 990) and 2 (N = 990)

Item	Factor
	N		E		O		A		C
	S1	S2	S1	S2	S1	S2	S1	S2	S1	S2
N1	.36	.37	−.01	−.03	−.03	−.06	.10	.02	.15	.10
N6	.60	.61	−.13	−.17	−.03	−.01	.11	.07	−.01	−.01
N11	.63	.68	.08	.08	−.01	−.02	.01	.04	−.01	.04
N16	.50	.46	−.12	−.14	.05	.03	.05	−.02	−.08	−.06
N21	.52	.56	−.03	−.02	−.01	.00	−.04	−.11	.12	.12
N26	.65	.64	−.10	−.12	.00	.02	.01	.00	−.15	−.12
N31	.43	.39	.02	−.04	.01	.04	.09	−.08	.04	.00
N36	.52	.49	.00	.01	−.07	−.03	−.25	−.26	.02	.08
N41	.59	.67	−.03	−.03	−.05	−.10	.03	.04	−.26	−.16
N46	.52	.48	−.15	−.15	.09	.03	.05	−.01	−.10	−.09
N51	.56	.58	.05	.02	−.06	−.13	−.03	−.01	−.26	−.23
N56	.55	.51	−.10	−.10	.10	.16	−.03	−.02	−.14	−.10
E2	.02	.05	.69	.67	−.08	−.11	−.07	.03	−.07	−.05
E7	−.14	−.14	.37	.36	.16	.11	.07	.17	.02	−.04
E12	−.27	−.31	.32	.22	−.01	−.04	.11	.16	−.14	−.11
E17	.00	.00	.72	.65	.06	.03	.05	.15	−.03	.03
E22	.02	−.03	.61	.59	−.02	.05	−.25	−.14	−.04	−.03
E27	−.15	−.03	.50	.43	−.03	−.19	.12	.21	−.15	−.04
E32	−.05	−.02	.30	.38	.14	.13	−.20	−.09	.12	.12
E37	−.25	−.19	.56	.53	.02	.01	.07	.17	.09	.05
E42	−.37	−.39	.38	.29	.02	.02	.10	.15	.05	.03
E47	.00	.04	.40	.47	.00	.03	−.23	−.15	.31	.24
E52	−.12	−.07	.40	.45	.02	.00	−.10	−.03	.34	.35
E57	−.18	−.19	.44	.37	−.03	−.06	−.09	−.05	.04	.03
O3	−.05	−.02	−.06	−.12	.25	.14	.14	.02	−.21	−.25
O8	−.13	−.04	−.07	−.08	.10	.06	−.06	.06	−.30	−.32
O13	.01	.01	−.06	−.05	.62	.59	.00	.00	.01	−.03
O18	−.05	−.07	−.01	−.03	.30	.29	.11	.12	.05	.04
O23	.02	.05	.08	−.03	.42	.37	.09	.18	−.06	−.02
O28	−.05	−.20	.12	.15	.32	.29	.01	.08	−.06	−.10
O33	.07	.03	.07	.00	.24	.27	.15	.05	.08	.09
O38	−.09	−.04	−.17	−.17	.22	.15	−.03	−.02	−.05	−.02
O43	.10	.09	.04	.04	.56	.55	.06	.10	.00	.01
O48	−.01	.00	−.01	−.03	.59	.54	.08	.15	−.02	−.06
O53	−.03	−.01	.03	.13	.61	.60	−.09	−.03	.14	.13
O58	.01	−.04	−.09	−.02	.70	.65	−.12	−.07	−.01	−.08
A4	.19	.07	.24	.13	.05	.09	.33	.31	.12	.11
A9	.23	−.21	−.06	−.14	.02	.10	.42	.38	.05	.08
A14	−.08	−.03	.02	.01	−.09	−.12	.50	.48	.14	.15
A19	−.21	−.24	−.03	−.05	.02	−.07	−.41	−.38	.05	.03
A24	−.36	−.26	.19	.13	.00	−.05	.39	.47	−.05	−.01
A29	−.38	−.29	.10	−.03	.08	.08	.38	.36	−.09	−.02
A34	−.15	−.12	.36	.39	−.06	−.01	.14	.27	.11	.04
A39	.01	−.02	.24	.14	−.03	−.08	.50	.57	.01	.00
A44	−.09	−.07	−.03	−.11	−.01	.02	.47	.45	−.14	−.08
A49	.20	.16	.20	.09	.12	.17	.29	.39	.23	.18
A54	.10	.03	−.01	−.15	.01	.00	.43	.46	.00	−.02
A59	.00	−.01	−.11	−.20	−.05	−.02	.60	.51	.13	.17
C5	.04	.01	.01	.02	−.13	−.07	.02	.00	.43	.47
C10	−.19	−.12	−.09	−.09	−.06	−.14	.01	.07	.58	.59
C15	−.06	−.01	−.13	−.10	.06	.10	−.04	−.14	.37	.45
C20	.13	.17	−.00	.03	.08	.08	.18	.20	.56	.56
C25	−.14	−.17	.11	.03	.00	.05	−.10	−.13	.62	.62
C30	−.25	−.30	−.10	−.14	−.13	−.10	.13	.05	.46	.47
C35	.07	.00	.16	.16	.07	.15	−.01	−.01	.72	.61
C40	−.04	−.01	.00	.03	−.02	−.01	.11	.14	.60	.60
C45	−.18	−.16	−.05	−.06	−.17	−.09	.15	.12	.55	.52
C50	−.08	−.03	.06	.12	−.01	−.05	−.03	−.05	.78	.78
C55	−.23	−.19	−.09	−.10	−.07	−.08	.05	.03	.50	.54
C60	.14	.14	.19	.17	.12	.18	−.05	.02	.54	.52

Note. N = Neuroticism, E = Extraversion, O = Openness, A = Agreeableness, C = Conscientiousness, S1 = Sample 1, S2 = Sample 2. Factor loadings ≥ |.30| are in boldface. Italicized items were identified as poorly functioning by McCrae and Costa (2004). Exploratory structural equation modeling was conducted with maximum likelihood estimation and geomin rotation.