Summary: This contribution investigates the psychometric properties of two scales for measuring family cohesion and mother-daughter attachment. The scales were administered to 206 adult female subjects on three occasions of measurement 9 months apart. ...
Abstract. The alternative classification system for personality disorders in DSM-5 features a hierarchical model of maladaptive personality traits. This trait model comprises five broad trait domains and 25 specific trait facets that can ...
Abstract. In many large-scale surveys, life satisfaction is measured with a single item. Little is known about how sensitive single-item instruments react to changes across time or in the face of critical life events. The present study ...
Abstract. We present a probit latent state model for dichotomous items with one latent state variable for each occasion of measurement and one latent item-effect variable for each item, except for a reference item. All latent variables are ...
Abstract. The present study investigated a state-trait model of self-esteem. Analyses focused on determining if the trait of the observables measuring state self-esteem is equivalent to the trait of the observables measuring trait self-...
In educational contexts, it is assumed that mathematical competence can be viewed as a trait. However, studies have yet to examine whether mathematical competence is actually a stable personality characteristic or rather depends on situational factors. ...
Abstract. Common model fit indices behave poorly in structural equation models for experience sampling data which typically contain many manifest variables. In this article, we propose a block-wise fit assessment for large models as an alternative. The ...