We provide an overview of and guidance for applying exploratory bifactor models to vocational research. First, we describe bifactor models and highlight their potential and actual applications in vocational psychology. Second, we review the theoretical bases of bifactor models and offer methodological guidance to correctly implement and interpret these models in practice. Third, we estimate a bifactor model in two vocational datasets to illustrate the concepts reviewed in this manuscript. The resulting models highlight novel insights in careers research (e.g., developmental performance feedback and personality [conscientiousness] modeling) that are made possible by leveraging bifactor measurement models. Overall, this manuscript provides a useful introduction to bifactor models to facilitate vocational behavior scholars and practitioners in thoughtfully producing and consuming bifactor models in their own research.

我们提供了将探索性双因素模型应用于职业研究的概述和指导。首先，我们描述双因素模型，并强调其在职业心理学中的潜在和实际应用。其次，我们回顾了双因素模型的理论基础，并提供了方法指导以在实践中正确实施和解释这些模型。第三，我们在两个职业数据集中估计一个双因素模型，以说明本手稿中复习的概念。由此产生的模型突出了职业研究中的新颖见解（例如，发展绩效反馈和个性[尽责]建模），这些见解可通过利用双因素测量模型来实现。总体，