Exploring the Latent Structures of Psychological Constructs in Social Development Using the Dimensional-Categorical Spectrum

Autor/inn/en	Masyn, Katherine E.; Henderson, Craig E.; Greenbaum, Paul E.
Titel	Exploring the Latent Structures of Psychological Constructs in Social Development Using the Dimensional-Categorical Spectrum
Quelle	In: Social Development, 19 (2010) 3, S.470-493 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0961-205X
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-9507.2009.00573.x
Schlagwörter	Check Lists; Child Behavior; Psychology; Social Development; Models; Delinquency; Child Behavior Checklist + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Checkliste; Psychologie; Soziale Entwicklung; Analogiemodell; Kriminalität
Abstract	This paper provides an introduction to a recently developed conceptual framework--the dimensional-categorical spectrum--for utilizing general factor mixture models to explore the latent structures of psychological constructs. This framework offers advantages over traditional latent variable models that usually employ either continuous latent factors or categorical latent class variables to characterize the latent structure and require an a priori assumption about the underlying nature of the construct as either purely dimension or purely categorical. The modeling process is discussed in detail and then illustrated with data on the delinquency items of Achenbach's child behavior checklist from a sample of children in the National Adolescent and Child Treatment Study. (As Provided).
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