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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Assess. 2021 May 3;33(9):890–903. doi: 10.1037/pas0001023

Table 5.

Standardized factor loading of the CFA and ESEM analyses (most right columns) and between-time latent correlations (most left column; based on CFA results) for each of the MPQ-based triarchic scales (N = 716).

CFA ESEM
F1 F2 F3
Boldness
 Item #
 Domain
 Primary scale
 λ
λ
λ
λ
rT3-T4 = .66 94abcd Social potency Persuasive .764 .656 .018 .087
rT3-T5 = .60 25cd Social potency Enjoy visibility/dominance .627 .673 −.015 .003
rT3-T6 = .58 163 Social potency Likes being in charge .392 .529 .070 −.058
rT4-T5 = .73 1 Social potency Likes being in charge .583 .426 −.025 .056
rT4-T6 = .69 47 Social potency Enjoy visibility/dominance .543 .438 −.195 .117
rT5-T6 = .83 105 Social potency Persuasive .767 .652 −.014 .132
35d Social potency Enjoy visibility/dominance .518 .541 .000 −.004
218 Social potency Enjoy visibility/dominance .376 .351 −.206 .155
257 Social potency Persuasive .455 .341 .002 .087
77 Harm avoidance Dislikes adventures .307 .078 −.110 .374
33 Harm avoidance Dislikes disaster areas .245 −.103 .086 .405
149 Harm avoidance Dislikes adventures .303 .081 −.024 .215
48 Stress reaction Nervous .285 .082 −.438 .162
222 Stress reaction Sensitive .350 .263 −.301 .148
15 Stress reaction Sensitive .293 .148 −.386 .264
209d Well-being Interesting experiences .444 .493 −.142 −.029
256 Well-being Interesting experiences .394 .508 −.164 .076
124 Achievement Likes challenges .491 .423 −.190 .141
274cd Control Tries anticipate events .084 −.322 −.163 .604
28 Unlikely virtues Unlikely virtues .375 .456 −.026 .011
Meanness
 Item #
 Domain
 Primary scale
 λ
λ
λ
λ
rT3-T4 = .71 97 Aggression Enjoys distressing others .677 −.023 .476 .470
rT3-T5 = .69 66 Aggression Victimizes for own gain .518 .100 .290 .375
rT3-T6 = .70 172 Aggression Enjoys observing violence .749 .119 .393 .553
rT4-T5 = .78 202a Aggression Physical violence .659 .108 .436 .349
rT4-T6 = .71 127 Aggression Vengeful .597 −.093 .231 .516
rT5-T6 = .79 112 Aggression Enjoys distressing others .493 .206 .382 .310
232 Aggression Enjoys observing violence .739 .043 .329 .568
261 Aggression Vengeful .706 .188 .566 .447
293a Aggression Physical violence .643 −.040 .500 .395
158 Aggression Enjoys distressing others .577 −.016 .440 .398
31 Social closeness Welcomes support .286 −.211 −.284 .028
60 Social closeness Warm/affectionate .396 −.406 .257 .265
152 Social closeness Values close relations .305 −.342 .237 .181
45 Social closeness Welcomes support .415 −.263 .373 .029
221 Social closeness Warm/affectionate .392 −.325 .366 .002
283 Alienation Feels exploited .476 −.133 .67 −.028
Disinhibition
 Item #
 Domain
 Primary scale
 λ
λ
λ
λ
rT3-T4 = .65 104 Control Cautious careful .479 −.013 .189 .490
rT3-T5 = .57 64 Control Plans ahead .377 −.148 −.017 .489
rT3-T6 = .58 26 Control Tries anticipate events .521 −.493 −.046 .653
rT4-T5 = .74 90 Control Sensible, structured .360 −.246 .061 .518
rT4-T6 = .70 115 Control Cautious careful .425 −.063 .083 .558
rT5-T6 = .77 151 Control Reflective .495 .183 .126 .423
41 Control Reflective .734 −.170 .334 .512
162 Control Sensible, structured .543 −.415 −.005 .794
147 Alienation Sees self as target .568 −.050 .672 −.058
238 Alienation Feels betrayed .561 −.010 .742 −.259
298 Alienation Believes others wish him to fail .526 .060 .592 .025
178 Alienation Sees self as target .525 .134 .647 −.106
95 Stress reaction Mood swings .517 −.069 .535 −.129
131 Stress reaction Mood swings .557 −.038 .525 −.004
212 Stress reaction Easily upset .436 .089 .468 .054
270 Stress reaction Nervous .632 .031 .574 .083
82a Aggression Physical violence .533 .006 .559 .370
22 Aggression Vengeful .412 .074 .477 .527

Note. CFA = Confirmatory Factor Analysis. ESEM = Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling. For the CFA, factor loadings refer to the one-factor scalar invariance models. For the ESEM, factor loadings are reported for Time 3 for reference, based on the three-correlated factor model. Factor loadings at the other time points are reported in the online supplemental materials in the interest of space. Item #, scale, and subscale refer to the 300-item version of the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ). Statistically significant factor loadings are reported in bold typeface. Items flagged with a superscript (a, b, c, d) indicate threshold non-invariance at time 3, 4, 5, and/or 6, respectively.