Testing the Invariance of Values in the Benelux Countries With the European Social Survey

Davidov, Eldad; Datler, Georg; Schmidt, Peter; Schwartz, Shalom H.

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“…First, longitudinal measurement invariance of the conduct problems scale was tested to ascertain whether the conduct problems scale was measuring the same construct across time (Widaman et al, 2010 ). Measurement invariance was sequentially examined by testing for configural, metric, and scalar invariance over time (Davidov et al, 2011 ). Second, an unconditional latent growth model (LGM) was estimated to evaluate the trajectory of conduct problems over time.…”

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“…Second, an unconditional latent growth model (LGM) was estimated to evaluate the trajectory of conduct problems over time. Unconditional models do not include predictors of change (Meredith and Tisak, 1990 ; Davidov et al, 2011 ). LGMs generally estimate an intercept mean (i.e., average conduct problems at age 4), intercept variance (i.e., individual differences in conduct problem at age 4), slope mean (i.e., rate of change in conduct problem from ages 4 to 6 for the entire sample), and slope variance (i.e., individual differences in the rate of change).…”

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Economic Deprivation and Its Effects on Childhood Conduct Problems: The Mediating Role of Family Stress and Investment Factors

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Schmidt

2017

Front. Psychol.

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This study investigated the mechanisms by which experiences of poverty influence the trajectory of conduct problems among preschool children. Drawing on two theoretical perspectives, we focused on family stress (stress and harsh discipline) and investment variables (educational investment, nutrition, and cognitive ability) as key mediators. Structural equation modeling techniques with prospective longitudinal data from the Growing Up in Scotland survey (N = 3,375) were used. Economic deprivation measured around the first birthday of the sample children had both direct and indirect effects on conduct problems across time (ages 4, 5, and 6). In line with the family stress hypothesis, higher levels of childhood poverty predicted conduct problems across time through increased parental stress and punitive discipline. Consistent with the investment model, childhood deprivation was associated with higher levels of conduct problems via educational investment and cognitive ability. The study extends previous knowledge on the mechanisms of this effect by demonstrating that cognitive ability is a key mediator between poverty and the trajectory of childhood conduct problems. This suggests that interventions aimed at reducing child conduct problems should be expanded to include factors that compromise parenting as well as improve child cognitive ability.

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Economic Deprivation and Its Effects on Childhood Conduct Problems: The Mediating Role of Family Stress and Investment Factors

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Schmidt

2017

Front. Psychol.

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“…Since factor scores have no natural scale, factor score comparisons are made by fixing the factor means for one group (in this case, the United States) to zero and then making pairwise comparisons between other groups and this reference group (Davidov et al. ; Stegmueller ).…”

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The structure of foreign policy attitudes in transatlantic perspective: Comparing the United States, United Kingdom, France and Germany

Gravelle

Reifler

Scotto

2017

European J Political Res

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Abstract. While public opinion about foreign policy has been studied extensively in the United States, there is less systematic research of foreign policy opinions in other countries. Given that public opinion about international affairs affects who gets elected in democracies and then constrains the foreign policies available to leaders once elected, both comparative politics and international relations scholarship benefit from more systematic investigation of foreign policy attitudes outside the United States. Using new data, this article presents a common set of core constructs structuring both American and European attitudes about foreign policy. Surveys conducted in four countries (the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Germany) provide an expanded set of foreign policy-related survey items that are analysed using exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM). Measurement equivalence is specifically tested and a common fourfactor structure that fits the data in all four countries is found. Consequently, valid, direct comparisons of the foreign policy preferences of four world powers are made. In the process, the four-factor model confirms and expands previous work on the structure of foreign policy attitudes. The article also demonstrates the capability of ESEM in testing the dimensionality and cross-national equivalence of social science concepts.

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“…Due to its sensitivity to large sample sizes, ΔCFI and ΔRMSEA are preferable to assess model fit (Cheung and Rensvold 2002; Davidov 2011). …”

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Meitinger

2017

Public Opinion Quarterly

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Cross-national data production in social science research has increased dramatically in recent decades. Assessing the comparability of data is necessary before drawing substantive conclusions that are based on cross-national data. Researchers assessing data comparability typically use either quantitative methods such as multigroup confirmatory factor analysis or qualitative methods such as online probing. Because both methods have complementary strengths and weaknesses, this study applies both multigroup confirmatory factor analysis and online probing in a mixed-methods approach to assess the comparability of constructive patriotism and nationalism, two important concepts in the study of national identity. Previous measurement invariance tests failed to achieve scalar measurement invariance, which prohibits a cross-national comparison of latent means (Davidov 2009). The arrival of the 2013 ISSP Module on National Identity has encouraged a reassessment of both constructs and a push to understand why scalar invariance cannot be achieved. Using the example of constructive patriotism and nationalism, this study demonstrates how the combination of multigroup confirmatory factor analysis and online probing can uncover and explain issues related to cross-national comparability.

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Testing the Invariance of Values in the Benelux Countries With the European Social Survey

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Economic Deprivation and Its Effects on Childhood Conduct Problems: The Mediating Role of Family Stress and Investment Factors

Economic Deprivation and Its Effects on Childhood Conduct Problems: The Mediating Role of Family Stress and Investment Factors

The structure of foreign policy attitudes in transatlantic perspective: Comparing the United States, United Kingdom, France and Germany

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