latent construct
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflatentandconstruct
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latent
adjective
uk/ˈleɪ.tənt/us/ˈleɪ.tənt/
present but needing particular conditions to become active, obvious, or ...
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construct
noun[C]
uk/ˈkɒn.strʌkt/us/ˈkɑːn.strʌkt/
an idea or an ...
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(Definition oflatentandconstructfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Three measures derived from this questionnaire were used to collectively index thelatentconstructdeprived care prior to adoption.
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The outcome of interest was thelatentconstructwellbeing compiled from three indicators : life satisfaction, satisfaction with the use of time, and psychological wellbeing.
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As expected, this construct predicted thelatentconstructof growth delay.
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When thelatentconstructfor parental discipline was entered, the correlation between hyperactive and antisocial behavior became nonsignificant.
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In the measurement model, each observed variable was linked to alatentconstructwithin each wave.
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The five indicators of emotional insecurity each served as the manifest indicators of alatentconstruct of emotional insecurity in the interparental relationship.
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Similarly, individual to dyadic influences were charted between infant negative emotionality and thelatentconstructof parent intrusiveness, including maternal and paternal intrusiveness.
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Individual to dyadic links were charted between father involvement and maternal emotional distress to thelatentconstructof parent reciprocity, which included maternal and paternal reciprocity.
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The three composite scales (summing similar items from free-play and structured-play variables) for each parent were used as measured indicators of thelatentconstructreflecting parental sensitivity.
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As a second-order factor analysis confirmed that a commonlatentconstructunderlies the four scales, a summary score of the 12 items was used to assess quality of life.
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Cronbach's alpha measures how well a set of items records a single onedimensionallatentconstruct, ranging from 1 for perfect internal consistency to 0 for no consistency at all (11).
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Growth delay was also examined as alatentconstructthat included height for age at adoption, reverse scored to reflect delayed linear growth, and weight for height at adoption.
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Measurement invariance is supported if relationships between manifest indicator variables and thelatentconstructare the same across groups.
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It is conceivable that there are limitations to the measurement of the constituent traits of these disorders, but that there are underlying robust latent constructs.
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The findings showed that latent constructs for parental discipline and monitoring account for 30-52% of the variance in latent constructs for antisocial behaviors.
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In addition, correlations among all the latent constructs were included.
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However, child gender, parent education (averaged), and family income were used as covariates as they exhibited correlations with indicators of the latent constructs.
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These figures also present the factor loadings of the manifest variables on their respective latent constructs.
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We assumed that defining latent constructs in this way would enhance the possibility of generalizing models across samples and sites.
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