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Courvoisier, Delphine S.; Nussbeck, Fridtjof W.; Eid, Michael; Geiser, Christian; Cole, David A. – Psychological Assessment, 2008
The analysis of convergent and discriminant validity is an integral part of the construct validation process. Models for analyzing the convergent and discriminant validity have typically been developed for cross-sectional data. There exist, however, only a few approaches for longitudinal data that can be applied for analyzing the construct…
Descriptors: Multitrait Multimethod Techniques, Construct Validity, Validity, Anxiety
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Cole, David A.; Ciesla, Jeffrey A.; Steiger, James H. – Psychological Methods, 2007
In practice, the inclusion of correlated residuals in latent-variable models is often regarded as a statistical sleight of hand, if not an outright form of cheating. Consequently, researchers have tended to allow only as many correlated residuals in their models as are needed to obtain a good fit to the data. The current article demonstrates that…
Descriptors: Research Design, Multitrait Multimethod Techniques, Measurement Techniques, Correlation