This review summarizes the current state of the art of statistical and (survey) methodological
research on measurement (non) invariance, which is considered a core challenge for the …

Antecedentes: en el estudio de las propiedades psicométricas de los ítems de un test un
aspecto fundamental es el análisis de su estructura. El objetivo del presente trabajo es dar …

Discriminant validity was originally presented as a set of empirical criteria that can be
assessed from multitrait-multimethod (MTMM) matrices. Because datasets used by applied …

A rural settlement is a socio-ecological system (SES) characterized by multiple systemic
attributes, including natural, socio-economic, morphological, and locational elements …

Objectives The purpose of this research was to create two state measures of self-
compassion based on the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS): an 18-item State Self-Compassion …

This chapter focuses on Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling (ESEM), incorporating
bifactor‐ESEM, which represent an overarching data analytic framework in which classical …

Structural equation modeling (SEM) is a family of statistical techniques that has become very
popular in marketing. Its ability to model latent variables, to take various forms of …

To estimate structural equation models, researchers can draw on two main approaches:
Covariance-based structural equation modeling (CB-SEM) and partial least squares …

Self-determination theory proposes a multidimensional representation of motivation
comprised of several factors said to fall along a continuum of relative autonomy. The current …

Authoritarianism has been the subject of scientific inquiry for nearly a century, yet the vast
majority of authoritarianism research has focused on right-wing authoritarianism. In the …