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Assessing the temporal stability of psychological constructs: An illustration of Type D personality, anxiety and depression

Lodder,Paul
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Kupper,Nina
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Mols,Floortje
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Emons,Wilco H.M.
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Wicherts,Jelte M.
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Various methods exist to assess the temporal stability of psychological constructs. In this paper we discuss common methods based on a review of the personality traits negative affectivity and social inhibition. Most methods ignore the non-normal distributions and measurement error in the questionnaire item scores. We illustrate how to handle these issues using three longitudinal latent variable models. We further highlight the importance of testing the often overlooked assumption of longitudinal measurement invariance. Lastly, we apply several longitudinal measurement invariance models, univariate and multivariate latent growth curves models, and latent trait-state occasions models to data from 2625 cancer survivors, to assess the temporal stability of negative affectivity, social inhibition, depression, anxiety, across a period of four years.
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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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2022
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Anxiety, CORONARY-HEART-DISEASE, D DISTRESSED PERSONALITY, DS14, Depression, FIT INDEXES, GROWTH, HOSPITAL ANXIETY, Individual change, Latent Growth Curve Model, Latent variable models, Longitudinal measurement invariance, SCALE, STATE, TRAITS, Temporal stability, Trait-State-Occasion Model, Type D personality, VALIDATION, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
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Lodder, P, Kupper, N, Mols, F, Emons, W H M & Wicherts, J M 2022, 'Assessing the temporal stability of psychological constructs : An illustration of Type D personality, anxiety and depression', Journal of Research in Personality, vol. 101, 104299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2022.104299
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