Measurement invariance in the social sciences: Historical development, methodological challenges, state of the art, and future perspectives

H Leitgöb, D Seddig, T Asparouhov, D Behr… - Social science …, 2023 - Elsevier
This review summarizes the current state of the art of statistical and (survey) methodological
research on measurement (non) invariance, which is considered a core challenge for the …

Personality traits in large language models

G Serapio-García, M Safdari, C Crepy, L Sun… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
The advent of large language models (LLMs) has revolutionized natural language
processing, enabling the generation of coherent and contextually relevant human-like text …

Short-scale construction using meta-analytic ant colony optimization: A demonstration with the need for cognition scale.

U Schroeders, M Morgenstern… - European Journal of …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract The Need for Cognition Scale (NCS) is a self-report scale measuring individual
differences in the tendency to engage in and enjoy thinking. The shortened version with 18 …

The structure of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20): A meta-analytic confirmatory factor analysis

U Schroeders, F Kubera, T Gnambs - Assessment, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Alexithymia is defined as the inability of persons to describe their emotional states, to identify
the feelings of others, and a utilitarian type of thinking. The most popular instrument to …

The HEX-ACO-18: Developing an age-invariant HEXACO short scale using ant colony optimization

G Olaru, K Jankowsky - Journal of Personality Assessment, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In this study, we developed an age-invariant 18-item short form of the HEXACO Personality
Inventory for use in developmental personality research. We combined the item selection …

A (more) behavioural science of personality in the age of multi–modal sensing, big data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence

JF Rauthmann - European Journal of Personality, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Many papers in this special issue of course also highlight and tackle problematic issues or
limitations of behavioural sensing, big data, and algorithm‐based approaches, but their …

Shyness subtypes and associations with social anxiety: A comparison study of Canadian and Chinese children

X Kong, CA Brook, J Li, Y Li… - Developmental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Previous research has shown that there are distinct types of children's shyness within
eastern and western cultures, with different origins, developmental courses, and outcomes …

[HTML][HTML] Personality and attitudes confronting death awareness during the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy and Spain

M Murphy, C Moret-Tatay - Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Italy and Spain are two representative examples on strict lockdown last March 2020, also
suffering a high rate of mortality in Europe. The aim of this study is to examine their attitudes …

Coffee or tea? Examining cross-cultural differences in personality nuances across former colonies of the British Empire

P Achaa-Amankwaa, G Olaru… - European Journal of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Cross-cultural comparisons often focus on differences in broad personality traits across
countries. However, many cross-cultural studies report differential item functioning which …

Model specification searches in structural equation modeling using Bee Swarm Optimization

U Schroeders, F Scharf, G Olaru - Educational and …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Metaheuristics are optimization algorithms that efficiently solve a variety of complex
combinatorial problems. In psychological research, metaheuristics have been applied in …