However, most of this research has not included measures of disorders that appear in childhood [e.g., attention - deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or oppositional defiant disorder (ODD)-RSB-, nor has it considered the full range of possibilities for the latent structure of externalizing behaviors, particularly factor mixture models, which allow for
a latent factor to have both continuous and categorical dimensions.
Third, Meldrum et al. (2015) found the association between sleep problems and delinquency (
a latent factor comprised of substance use, non-violent delinquent behaviors, and violent behaviors) to be mediated by low self - control, even after accounting for prior delinquency, neighborhood context, parenting practices, unstructured peer socialization, and depression.
We then fit models to test the relationship of child trauma (as
a latent factor), the poor mental health dimensions (as separate observed variables) and sexual or physical IPV perpetration (also as observed variable).
Fit indices obtained through Confirmatory Factor Analysis indicated that the six - factor structure of the DERS fit the data adequately and that most items loaded strongly on their respective
latent factor.
The absence of one common underlying
latent factor is also supported by several small to zero correlations between our study variables, both at the within - and the between - person level (see Demerouti et al., 2007 for a similar reasoning).
This test examines whether the data provides a good fit with a one - factor model, which would suggest one underlying
latent factor due to common method variance.
In addition, each item loaded significantly and in the expected direction onto its respective
latent factor.
To avoid over - or underestimating the importance of each biometric
latent factor, we restricted latent genetic (A), shared (C) and nonshared (E) environmental factors to 0 only when their factor loadings were estimated to be close to zero and not based on likelihood ratio tests as is common practice in the behavior genetics literature.
Results indicated that
a latent factor representing scores on measures of acceptance, awareness, and nonjudgment significantly mediated the relation between receiving MBRP and self - reported levels of craving immediately following treatment.
Structural equation modeling revealed that parent - child discrepancies in parenting reports could be explained by
a latent factor which was a significant predictor of child internalizing problems and social competence, but not of externalizing problems, after adjusting for initial internalizing and externalizing problems.
Hence, the current analyses use ten 5 - point rating scales (ranging from «very low» to «very high») to compute
a latent factor labelled representation of family dysfunction, where higher scores signal higher levels of dysfunction.
The indirect effects are either through just the wave 6 reckless driving
latent factor or through both wave 4 sensation seeking and then the wave 6 reckless driving factor (double indirect).
Even so, from a more rigorous point of view, whether there is a single
latent factor, or even a small group of principal components seems unlikely (Hojka et al. 2016).
Second, we assumed that all wave 1 and wave 4 effects on the unsafe driving items were indirect through the two wave 6
latent factors.
Upon identifying
the latent factors of RBC via exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis was performed on another sample of three hundreds and twenty - five students in a psychology course in order to validate the factors found.
All latent factors were significantly correlated, and all parameters estimated in the three - dimensional model of RBC were significant at p <.01, with standardized coefficients ranging from.20 to.78.
The unsafe driving items were connected to the wave 6
latent factors via probit or logistic regressions.
Conventionally,
latent factors are represented by circles, errors as small arrows pointing on rectangles that represent manifest variables.
Other criteria of Goodness of - fit index (GFI) was used which represented
the latent factors.
A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) with the three dimensions as
latent factors and items as observed variables was conducted separately for the version referring to father and the one referring to mother.
Thus, we tested a CFA in which items referred to both father and mother loaded, for each dimension, on the same
latent factors (χ 2 (22) = 184.36, p =.000; CFI =.96; RMSEA =.06 -LRB-.05 — .07)-RRB-.
If (a) a structural equation model indicates that the direct - estimation items and the traits load on separate
latent factors, and (b) these two
latent factors both predict romantic interest, we would be persuaded that the direct - estimation items are measuring (and predicting) something important.
We estimated three conditional growth models by sequentially adding behavior problem
latent factors.
The behavior problem measurement model (externalizing & internalizing symptoms) was tested before adding
these latent factors as predictors to our two - part growth models.
Using data from the NLSY and structural equation models, we have constructed five
latent factors (cognitive stimulation, parenting style, physical environment, child's ill health at birth, and ill health in childhood) and have allowed these factors, along with child care, to mediate the effects of poverty and other exogenous variables.
There was significant variance in both
latent factors (ps < 0.05), and R2 for the indicators ranged from 0.46 to 0.86.
A measurement model is a model that examines the relationship between
the latent factors and items related to them.
We found support for a model positing two
latent factors (internalizing and externalizing).
First we determined the appropriate
latent factors for child abuse and poor mental health and IPV perpetration through fitting separate measurement models.
The study used a structural equation modeling (SEM) framework, enabling the constructions of
the latent factors EF and ToM derived from multiple measures, and therefore controlling the specific influences of each task or cognitive subdomain.
All six
latent factors were significantly correlated with each other, with the exception of lack of emotional awareness and difficulties engaging in goal - directed behavioral when distressed.
We as Appraisers had to factor in to our opinions, as much as possible, potential
latent factors as well when rendering opinions of value.
Not exact matches
[Praveen R. Arany et al, Photoactivation of Endogenous
Latent Transforming Growth
Factor — β1 Directs Dental Stem Cell Differentiation for Regeneration] Could a light - based treatment for cavities and chipped teeth eventually be in the offing for people?
«Discovering the
factors involved in granuloma control vs those not able to control bacterial growth is a critical step in potentially developing treatments that could «freeze» granulomas into a protective state in the two billion
latent carriers,» explains Grace Peng, Ph.D., Director of the NIBIB program for Mathematical Modeling, Simulation and Analysis.
Other psychosocial
factors, including a nonsupportive school environment, marital crises or psychological problems arising between parents, and poor parent - child attachment can also transform a
latent tendency into a full - blown disorder.
By developing blood biomarkers and «immunologic signatures» related to antigen - specific T - cell responses, the researchers hope to identify individuals with
latent TB infection who are at greatest risk for progression to active disease, allowing development of prevention strategies to target those at highest risk in areas with high rates of infection (usually low - and middle - income countries), as well as high income countries such as the U.S., where
factors such as recent infection and HIV co-infection are associated with an increased risk of progression to active TB.
In addition, they are also examining the extent to which
latent familial internalizing and externalizing
factors contribute to BPD and the degree to which traits such as anxiety, cognitive dysfunction, and aggression are associated with BPD, and the extent to which such associations reflect common familial
factors.
Major problems in high TB disease burden countries are human and environmental
factors that contribute to a weakened immune system and can increase susceptibility to Mtb infection, recurrence of
latent infection and high morbidity and mortality.
Fibroblast growth
factor - 2 activates a
latent neurogenic program in neural stem cells from diverse regions of the adult CNS.
As these
factors can exert protective effects on retinal neurons [52]--[56] and neurons in other neurodegenerative disease models [49], [57], [58], it seems likely that these substances may contribute to the
latent photoreceptor cell survival we observe in the dystrophic retina.
We here describe f - scLVM (factorial single - cell
latent variable model), a method based on
factor analysis that uses pathway annotations to guide the inference of interpretable
factors underpinning the heterogeneity.
Latent Trait Analyses using the Rasch Model validated the survey and its underlying
factors.
Personality data from BT, GS and from SBT (a total of 129 answers) was first analysed with
factor analysis to assess
latent variables and reveal possible inter-correlations between different variables in the questionnaire.
@zebra I think the extreme weather
factor is all about the increasing lower - tropospheric water vapor content, which plays out in storms as a
latent heat issue.
It makes the difference of the observed thermal gradient, after allowing for intra-atmospheric radiation, release of
latent heat and some other minor
factors in the tropsphere.
But in any case the difference between constant pressure and constant volume is only a
factor of 7/5 in the case of air, whereas
latent heat increases PV about five times as fast as vapor loss contracts it at any realistic temperature.
Postulated Influencing
Factors -------------- GHGs, Direct GHGs, Amplified AEROSOLS PARTICULATES HEAT BUFFERS
LATENT HEAT SOLAR / TSI CLOUDS ALBEDO FEEDBACKS OSCILLATIONS INTERNAL VARIATION
Chan, J. C. (1996) Estimating the
Latent Trait from Likert - type Data: A Comparison of
Factor - Analysis, Item Response Theory, and Multidimensional Scaling.
Algorithms function by prioritizing certain
factors — identifying statistical patterns from observed and
latent variables and subsequently offering «if this, then that» conclusions.
Dr. Judd has made major contributions to the literatures on mediation (including mediated moderation and moderated mediation),
latent variable analysis and structural equation modeling, models of interdependence, moderation, and generalizing effects by treating stimuli as random
factors.