Abstract
Replicability of the 16PF-5 second order factors across American and Spanish samples. The aim of the present study was to replicate the 5 and 6 second order factor structures of the 16PF-5 from data obtained with an anonymous sample. The factor structure obtained by Russell and Karol (1995) is assumed as a theoretical reference according to the Spanish normalization data from the TEA R+D team, for the 5-factor structure, while for the 6 factor structure (including an additional factor of Reasoning), that obtained in American samples by Cattell and Cattell (1995). Three procedures are employed for studying the replicability of this instrument, a) exploratory factor analysis, b) Procrustes orthogonal structure analysis, and c) congruence indices across the three factor matrices. The factor matrices obtained in the present study are equivalent to those reported in the reference studies, although the Procrustes solution is the more similar to our own results. Overall, congruence indices are acceptable, thus a fair replicability of the 16PF-5 is ascertained.
