This study examines the factor structure of scores on the English-language version of the Structure of Temperament Questionnaire. Scores from 300 college students were subjected to maximum-likelihood confirmatory factor analyses (CFA). A first-order model consisting of eight correlated factors and a second-order model consisting of two superordinate factors and eight first-order factors were tested. The results of the analyses indicate that the first-order correlated model is the best fit for the data. The English-language version of the Structure of Temperament Questionnaire can be used to measure eight correlated yet theoretically unique dimensions of temperament.
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