Analyzing multitrait-mulitmethod data with multilevel confirmatory factor analysis: An application to the validation of the State-Trait Cheerfulness Inventory

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 153-164

  Carretero Dios, Hugo ^a   Eid, Michael ^b   Ruch, Willibald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bad mood; Cheerfulness; Confirmatory factor analysis; Multilevel analysis; Multitrait multimethod analysis; Sense of humor; Seriousness; STCI

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953242814     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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