# When Two Factors Don’t Reflect Two Constructs: How Item Characteristics Can Produce Artifactual Factors

**Type:** Papers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/papers/when-two-factors-don-t-reflect-two-constructs-how-item-characteristics-can/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Author Names | Paul E. Spector,Paul T. Van Katwyk,Michael Τ. Brannick,Peter Y. Chen |
| Citations | 262 |
| DOI | 10.1177/014920639702300503 |
| Fields | Decision Sciences,Psychology,Social Sciences |
| Open Access | false |
| OA Status | closed |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/W2120758056 |
| Type | article |
| Year | 1997 |

## Paper authors

- [Peter Y. Chen](https://scholariq.org/researchers/peter-y-chen/)

## Paper primary topic

- [Social and Intergroup Psychology](https://scholariq.org/topics/social-and-intergroup-psychology/)

## Paper topics

- [Social and Intergroup Psychology](https://scholariq.org/topics/social-and-intergroup-psychology/)
- [Behavioral Health and Interventions](https://scholariq.org/topics/behavioral-health-and-interventions/)
- [Psychometric Methodologies and Testing](https://scholariq.org/topics/psychometric-methodologies-and-testing/)

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