Deconstructing the construct: A network perspective on psychological phenomena

New Ideas in Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-53

  Schmittmann, Verena D ^a   Cramer, Angélique O J ^a   Waldorp, Lourens J ^a   Epskamp, Sacha ^a   Kievit, Rogier A ^a   Borsboom, Denny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dynamical systems; Formative model; Latent variable model; Network; Psychological construct; Reflective model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866532199     PISSN: 0732118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.newideapsych.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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