Assessing the temporal stability of psychological constructs: An illustration of Type D personality, anxiety and depression

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Abstract

Various methods exist to assess the temporal stability of psychological constructs. In this paper we discuss common methods based on a review of the personality traits negative affectivity and social inhibition. Most methods ignore the non-normal distributions and measurement error in the questionnaire item scores. We illustrate how to handle these issues using three longitudinal latent variable models. We further highlight the importance of testing the often overlooked assumption of longitudinal measurement invariance. Lastly, we apply several longitudinal measurement invariance models, univariate and multivariate latent growth curves models, and latent trait-state occasions models to data from 2625 cancer survivors, to assess the temporal stability of negative affectivity, social inhibition, depression, anxiety, across a period of four years.

Original languageEnglish
Article number104299
Number of pages22
JournalJournal of Research in Personality
Volume101
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

Keywords

  • Anxiety
  • CORONARY-HEART-DISEASE
  • D DISTRESSED PERSONALITY
  • DS14
  • Depression
  • FIT INDEXES
  • GROWTH
  • HOSPITAL ANXIETY
  • Individual change
  • Latent Growth Curve Model
  • Latent variable models
  • Longitudinal measurement invariance
  • SCALE
  • STATE
  • TRAITS
  • Temporal stability
  • Trait-State-Occasion Model
  • Type D personality
  • VALIDATION

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