Construct Validity in Health Behavior Research: Interpreting Latent Variable Models Involving Self-Report and Objective Measures

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 525-550

  Palmer, Raymond F ^a,b   Graham, John W ^a   Taylor, Bonnie ^a   Tatterson, James ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Construct validity; Latent variable; Self report; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; POPULATION MODEL; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SMOKING; VALIDATION PROCESS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036886538     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020689316518     Document Type: Article

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