Multidimensional modeling of traits and response styles

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 352-364

  Wetzel, Eunike ^a   Carstensen, Claus H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acquiescence; Extreme response style; Latent correlations; Multidimensional partial credit model; Response styles

Indexed keywords

EID: 85033559527     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: 21512426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000291     Document Type: Article

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