概念化自我报告的不良童年经历:从流行病学暴露到心理测量潜变量
Marianna D LaNoue1, Richard W Hass2
1Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, 461 21st Ave S, Nashville, TN, 37240, USA.
Social science & medicine (1982)
|January 23, 2025
概括
自我报告的不良童年经历 (srACEs) 最好使用心理测量框架进行评估,而不是流行病学框架. 建议采用形成性潜变量模型或潜类分析来准确测量srACEs.
科学领域:
- 测量科学 测量科学 测量科学
- 心理测量 心理测量 心理测量
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 自我报告的不良童年经历 (srACEs) 在流行病学和心理测量框架内被概念化.
- 流行病学范式将srACE视为暴露,而心理测量范式认为它们是潜在结构的指标.
- 一个核心问题是srACE是否可以同时充当风险和指标.
研究的目的:
- 应用测量科学视角来评估评估srACEs的框架.
- 从不同的范式来检查srACEs评估的可靠性和有效性.
- 为srACEs数据推适当的测量模型.
主要方法:
- 对srACEs的流行病学和心理测量框架的审查.
- 分析srACE测量的可靠性和有效性问题.
- 对反射和形成潜变量模型的评估以及对srACEs数据的潜类分析.
主要成果:
- 流行病学范式不适合通过自我报告来评估srACE.
- 反射测量模型显示srACEs的局限性.
- 关于童年虐待的客观和主观报告之间的一致性往往很差.
结论:
- 对于srACEs的评估,建议采用形成性的潜变量模型或潜类分析.
- 竞争测量模型的正式测试对于准确的srACE测量至关重要.
- 考虑逻辑分析,概念化和假设测试可以提高模型合适性评估.
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