An Application of the LC-LSTM Framework to the Self-esteem Instability Case

Psychometrika

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 769-792

  Alessandri, Guido ^a   Vecchione, Michele ^a   Donnellan, Brent M ^b   Tisak, John ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

implicit self esteem; latent state trait model; measurement invariance; self esteem; self esteem instability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884977326     PISSN: 00333123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11336-013-9326-4     Document Type: Article

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