Validity of evaluative factors from Big Five and HEXACO questionnaires

Highlights • Applied bifactor models to NEO-FFI-3, HEXACO PI-R, and BFI-2 data estimating domain, evaluation, and acquiescence factors. • The evaluation factor was a significant, positive predictor of GPA. • The acquiescence factor was not a strong predictor of GPA.• Domain factor score validities were more negative than corresponding summated scale validities.• Results suggest that extraneous factor contamination can be measured and used with the modeling techniques employed here