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Editorial Measurement Invariance [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology, 2015
Multi-item surveys are frequently used to study scores on latent factors, like human values, attitudes, and behavior. Such studies often include a comparison, between specific groups of individuals or residents of different countries, either at one or multiple points in time (i.e., a cross-sectional or a longitudinal comparison or both).
Rens eVan De Schoot, Rens eVan De Schoot, Peter eSchmidt, Peter eSchmidt, Alain eDe Beuckelaer, Alain eDe Beuckelaer, Alain eDe Beuckelaer, Kimberley eLek, Marielle eZondervan-Zwijnenburg   +8 more
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Score-based tests of measurement invariance: Use in practice [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology, 2014
In this paper, we consider a family of recently-proposed measurement invariance tests that are based on the scores of a fitted model. This family can be used to test for measurement invariance w.r.t.
Ting eWang, Edgar eMerkle, Achim eZeileis   +2 more
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Measurement Invariance, Entropy, and Probability

Entropy, 2010
We show that the natural scaling of measurement for a particular problem defines the most likely probability distribution of observations taken from that measurement scale.
D. Eric Smith, Steven A. Frank
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Structural Validation and Measurement Invariance of the HLS-Q12 Health Literacy Instrument in Finnish Adults: Comparing Traditional and Alignment Methods [PDF]

International Journal of Public Health
ObjectivesTo examine the internal structure, internal consistency, and measurement invariance of the HLS-Q12 across sociodemographic groups in Finnish adults, using traditional multi-group confirmatory factor analysis (MGCFA) and alignment optimization ...
Jing Zhou, Jing Zhou, Hanna Rekola, Hanna Rekola, Marjorita Sormunen, Tomi Mäki-Opas, Tomi Mäki-Opas   +6 more
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A Systematic Review of Executive Function and Information Processing Speed in Major Depression Disorder

Brain Sciences, 2021
Background: Major depression is a psychiatric disorder characterized neuropsychologically by poor performance in tasks of memory, attention, processing speed, and executive function. The aim of this systematic review was to examine the evidence regarding
Laura Nuño, Juana Gómez-Benito, Viviana R. Carmona, Oscar Pino   +3 more
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Network Analysis of the Brief ICF Core Set for Schizophrenia

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022
BackgroundThe International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health Core Sets (ICF-CSs) for schizophrenia are a set of categories for assessing functioning in persons with this health condition.
Laura Nuño, Georgina Guilera, Georgina Guilera, Maite Barrios, Maite Barrios, Juana Gómez-Benito, Juana Gómez-Benito, Gomaa Said Mohamed Abdelhamid   +7 more
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Assessing measurement invariance of the SEGUE framework among Chinese and Ghanaian patients: A cross-sectional study

PEC Innovation, 2023
Objective: Measurement invariance assesses the psychometric equivalence of a construct across groups or across time. This study aimed to find out whether the newly modified 5-point Likert scale SEGUE Framework for evaluating doctor's communication skills
Jennifer Oppong, Xinchun Liu, Qingyan Wang, Chenhui Xie, Yanjuan Lei, Yuqiong Zhou, Yan Peng, Huiling Li, Chengling Xing   +8 more
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Measuring citizenship competences: Assessment of measurement invariance

Journal of Social Science Education, 2023
Highlights: • Standardised questionnaires are used to measure the outcomes of citizenship education. • A prerequisite for cross-group comparisons based on these questionnaires is an assessment of measurement invariance.
Lianne Hoek, Bonne Zijlstra, Anke Munniksma, Anne Bert Dijkstra   +3 more
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Examining the Measurement Invariance of TIMSS 2015 Mathematics Liking Scale through Different Methods

International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2021
Studies aiming to make cross-cultural comparisons first should establish measurement invariance in the groups to be compared because results obtained from such comparisons may be artificial in the event that measurement invariance cannot be established ...
Esra Oyar, Zafer Ertürk
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Measurement invariance and adapted preferences: evidence for the ICECAP-A and WeRFree instruments

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2023
Background Self-report instruments are used to evaluate the effect of interventions. However, individuals adapt to adversity. This could result in individuals reporting higher levels of well-being than one would expect.
Jasper Ubels, Michael Schlander
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