Investigating Response Heterogeneity in the Context of Positively and Negatively Worded Items by Using Factor Mixture Modeling

Factor mixture modeling was used to investigate potential response incongruity between positively and negatively worded items. Survey respondents ( N = 591) answered questions about job satisfaction and dissatisfaction. Results revealed two classes of respondent: a majority class, who generally do not have problems answering positively and negatively worded items, and a minority class, who have serious trouble with negatively worded items. With...