Assessing Measurement Invariance in Multiple-Group Latent Profile Analysis

Olivera‐Aguilar, Margarita; Rikoon, Samuel H.

doi:10.1080/10705511.2017.1408015

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“…As the majority of PSTs assessed with the TOPS are primarily cognitive and arousal-based in nature, it is also important to consider additional measures that capture emotionally-salient PSTs. Second, our focus on Malaysian elite athletes means it is important that future research examines the extent to which these findings generalize to other cohorts of athletes (e.g., culture), and test the invariance of latent profiles across different subgroups (e.g., sex, sport type; Olivera-Aguilar & Rikoon, 2018 ). Third, we relied on one outcome variable to assess external validity evidence of the latent profiles.…”

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Latent profiles of elite Malaysian athletes’ use of psychological skills and techniques and relations with mental toughness

Ponnusamy¹,

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Zhang

et al. 2018

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BackgroundThe majority of past work on athletes’ use of psychological skills and techniques (PSTs) has adopted a variable-centered approach in which the statistical relations among study variables are averaged across a sample. However, variable-centered-analyses exclude the possibility that PSTs may be used in tandem or combined in different ways across practice and competition settings. With this empirical gap in mind, the purposes of this study were to identify the number and type of profiles of elite athletes’ use of PSTs, and examine differences between these clusters in terms of their self-reported mental toughness.MethodsIn this cross-sectional survey study, 285 Malaysian elite athletes (170 males, 115 females) aged 15–44 years (M = 18.89, SD = 4.49) completed measures of various PSTs and mental toughness. Latent profile analysis was employed to determine the type and number of profiles that best represent athletes’ reports of their use of PSTs in practice and competition settings, and examine differences between these classes in terms of self-reported mental toughness.ResultsOur results revealed three profiles (low, moderate, high use) in both practice and competition settings that were distinguished primarily according to quantitative differences in the absolute levels of reported use across most of the PSTs assessed in practice and competition settings, which in turn, were differentially related with mental toughness. Specifically, higher use of PSTs was associated with higher levels of mental toughness.ConclusionThis study provides one of the first analyses of the different configurations of athletes’ use of PSTs that typify unique subgroups of performers. An important next step is to examine the longitudinal (in) stability of such classes and therefore provide insight into the temporal dynamics of different configurations of athletes’ use of PSTs.

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Latent profiles of elite Malaysian athletes’ use of psychological skills and techniques and relations with mental toughness

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Zhang

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“…The study of measurement invariance in LPA (MI-LPA) is necessary to evaluate whether the latent profiles’ number and nature are the same across certain groups (here, across the three countries’ samples: Germany, Greece, and Switzerland) observed using a series of nested models [ 112 ]. The MI-LPA was tested by comparing an unconstrained model with the same number of profiles and freely estimated means to a means-constrained model across the three countries’ samples.…”

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Resilience profiles across context: A latent profile analysis in a German, Greek, and Swiss sample of adolescents

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The present study investigated resilience profiles (based on levels of symptoms of anxiety and depression and five dimensions of protective factors) of 1,160 students from Germany (n = 346, 46.0% females, Mage = 12.77, SDage = 0.78), Greece (n = 439, 54.5% females, Mage = 12.68, SDage = 0.69), and Switzerland (n = 375, 44.5% females, Mage = 12.29, SDage = 0.88) using latent profile analyses. We also checked for measurement invariance and investigated the influence of gender and migration on class membership. A three-profile-solution was found for Switzerland (nonresilient 22.1%, moderately resilient 42.9%, untroubled 34.9%), and a four-profile-solution was the best fitting model for Germany (nonresilient 15.7%, moderately resilient 44.2%, untroubled 27.3%, resilient 12.7%) and Greece (nonresilient 21.0%, moderately resilient 30.8%, untroubled 24.9%, resilient 23.3%). Measurement invariance did not hold across the three countries. Profile differences regarding class membership predictions were detected for Germany and Greece, but none for Switzerland. Results implicate that resilience profiles are highly contextually sensitive, and resilience research findings should not be generalized considering the particularity of contexts, people, and outcomes.

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“…Therefore, two models were compared: a configural similarity model with freely estimated pattern indicator means between measurement points, and a structural similarity model with equal indicator means. To review the two models, a χ 2 difference testusing the maximum likelihood estimator (MLR) with Satorra-Bentler scaling correction was performed, and both BIC and aBIC were compared (Morin, Meyer, Creusier, & Biétry, 2016b;Olivera-Aguilar & Rikoon, 2018). Secondly, on a more specific level, an indicator of structural stability (SSi) was calculated by averaging squared Euclidian distance between two patterns.…”

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Patterns of physical activity-related health competence: stability over time and associations with subjective health indicators

Schmid

Haible

Sudeck

2020

Ger J Exerc Sport Res

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Objective If individuals want to integrate health-enhancing physical activity in their everyday life, they need specific competences. This person-oriented study aimed to: 1) Identify patterns of physical activity-related health competence, 2) examine how structurally and individually stable these patterns are over 4 months and 3) test how changes in patterns are associated with changes in subjective health indicators. Materials and methods A total of 769 individuals (82% women, Mage = 27 years) were recruited from exercise courses offered by university sport. Four facets of physical activity-related health competence (control competence for physical training, physical activity-specific affect regulation, self-determined motivation for exercise, physical activity-specific self-control) and subjective health (subjective vitality and perceived fitness) were measured twice. Patterns were identified using latent profile analysis. Their stability and associations with subjective health changes were examined with latent transition analyses and a configural frequency analysis. Results Seven patterns of physical activity-related health competence were identified. Besides three level patterns, four shape patterns were found with differing ratings across the studied variables (e.g. average values for control competence for physical training, self-determined motivation and physical activity-specific self-control, but a high level in physical activity affect regulation). These patterns proved to be structurally stable over time. In all, 72% of the individuals stayed in the same pattern, whereas 20% moved to a more and 8% to a less competent pattern. Changes in patterns are linked to change in subjective vitality and perceived fitness. Conclusion The results presented here demonstrate the added value of using a person-oriented approach to investigate development of physical activity-related health competence. Furthermore, they generate knowledge for designing tailored interventions.

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Assessing Measurement Invariance in Multiple-Group Latent Profile Analysis

Cited by 37 publications

References 31 publications

Latent profiles of elite Malaysian athletes’ use of psychological skills and techniques and relations with mental toughness

Latent profiles of elite Malaysian athletes’ use of psychological skills and techniques and relations with mental toughness

Resilience profiles across context: A latent profile analysis in a German, Greek, and Swiss sample of adolescents

Patterns of physical activity-related health competence: stability over time and associations with subjective health indicators

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