Journal article

Publication year: 2004

Pages: 198-219

Journal: Psychological Methods

Volume number: 9

Issue number: 2

ISSN: 1082-989X

eISSN: 1939-1463

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1037/1082-989X.9.2.198

Publisher: American Psychological Association

Abstract: 
An extension of latent state-trait (LST) theory to hierarchical LST models is presented. In hierarchical LST models, the covariances between 2 or more latent traits are explained by a general 3rd-order factor, and the covariances between latent state residuals pertaining to different traits measured on the same measurement occasion are explained by 2nd-order latent occasion-specific factors. Analogous to recent developments in multitrait-multimethod methodology, all factors are interpreted in relation to factors taken as comparison standards. An empirical example from test anxiety research illustrates how estimates of additive variance components due to general trait, specific trait, occasion, state residual, method, and measurement error can be obtained using confirmatory factor analysis. Advantages and limitations of these models are discussed.

Harvard Citation style: Schermelleh-Engel, K., Keith, N., Moosbrugger, H. and Hodapp, V. (2004) Decomposing person and occasion-specific effects: An extension of latent state-trait (LST) theory to hierarchical LST models, Psychological Methods, 9(2), pp. 198-219. https://doi.org/10.1037/1082-989X.9.2.198

APA Citation style: Schermelleh-Engel, K., Keith, N., Moosbrugger, H., & Hodapp, V. (2004). Decomposing person and occasion-specific effects: An extension of latent state-trait (LST) theory to hierarchical LST models. Psychological Methods. 9(2), 198-219. https://doi.org/10.1037/1082-989X.9.2.198