期刊
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PERSONALITY SCIENCE
卷 8, 期 4, 页码 370-378出版社
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1948550617693063
关键词
measurement; research methods; applied social psychology; personality
资金
- SSHRC small grants program [P2016-0202]
- Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation [ER15-11-004]
The verity of results about a psychological construct hinges on the validity of its measurement, making construct validation a fundamental methodology to the scientific process. We reviewed a representative sample of articles published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology for construct validity evidence. We report that latent variable measurement, in which responses to items are used to represent a construct, is pervasive in social and personality research. However, the field does not appear to be engaged in best practices for ongoing construct validation. We found that validity evidence of existing and author-developed scales was lacking, with coefficient often being the only psychometric evidence reported. We provide a discussion of why the construct validation framework is important for social and personality researchers and recommendations for improving practice.
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