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Analyzing multitrait-mulitmethod data with multilevel confirmatory factor analysis: An application to the validation of the State-Trait Cheerfulness Inventory |
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| Authors: | Hugo Carretero-Dios Michael EidWillibald Ruch |
| Affiliation: | a Department of Research Methods and Social Psychology, University of Granada, Campus Cartuja, 18071 Granada, Spain b Department of Psychology, Free University of Berlin, Habelschwerdter Allee 45, D-14195 Berlin, Germany c Department of Psychology, Personality and Assessment, University of Zurich, Binzmühlestr. 14/7, CH-8050 Zürich, Switzerland |
| Abstract: | This article gives a didactic introduction to the analysis of multitrait-multimethod data with models of multilevel confirmatory factor analysis. In particular, the principles of the multilevel CT-C(M-1) model for interchangeable and structural different methods are explained in detail, and the first application of this model to more than two structurally different methods is presented. The model is illustrated by an application to the analysis of the convergent and discriminant validity of the trait subscales of the State-Trait Cheerfulness Inventory (STCI-T, Ruch, Köhler, & van Thriel, 1996). The results show that the STCI is a reliable and valid questionnaire for assessing the temperamental basis of sense of humor. |
| Keywords: | Multitrait-multimethod analysis Multilevel analysis Confirmatory factor analysis Sense of humor Cheerfulness Seriousness Bad mood STCI |
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