Publications

Pseudo Factor Analysis of Language Embedding Similarity Matrices: New Ways to Model Latent Constructs

Published in PsyArxiv, 2024

This paper is about the development and validation of Pseudo Factor Analysis as a modern AI-drive psychometric approach based on sentence embeddings

Recommended citation: Guenole, N., D'Urso, E., Samo, A., & Sun, T. (2024, April 14). Pseudo Factor Analysis of Language Embedding Similarity Matrices: New Ways to Model Latent Constructs. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/vf3se https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/vf3se

The Dire Disregard of Measurement Invariance Testing in Psychological Science

Published in Psychological Methods, 2023

In this paper we investigate measurement invariance testing reporting and reproducibility practices in psychology

Recommended citation: Maassen, E., D’Urso, E. D., van Assen, M. A. L. M., Nuijten, M. B., De Roover, K., & Wicherts, J. M. (2023, December 25). The Dire Disregard of Measurement Invariance Testing in Psychological Science. Psychological Methods. Advance online publication. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/met0000624 https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2024-39319-001.pdf

A Psychometric Study of a Trait and State Assessment of Sexual Pleasure – The Amsterdam Sexual Pleasure Inventory

Published in The Journal of Sex Research, 2023

This paper is about the development and validation of the Amsterdam Sexual Pleasure Inventory

Recommended citation: Borgmann, M., Brandner, L. M., D’Urso, D., Gonin-Spahni, S., Znoj, H. J., & Werner, M. A. (2023). A Psychometric Study of a Trait and State Assessment of Sexual Pleasure – The Amsterdam Sexual Pleasure Inventory. The Journal of Sex Research, 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2023.2261439 https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2023.2261439

Does Acquiescence Disagree with Measurement Invariance Testing?

Published in Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2023

This paper is disregarding acquiescence and its consequences on measurement invariance testing

Recommended citation: D’Urso, E. D., Tijmstra, J., Vermunt, J. K., & De Roover, K. (2023). Does Acquiescence Disagree with Measurement Invariance Testing? Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 31(3), 511–525. https://doi.org/10.1080/10705511.2023.2260106 https://doi.org/10.1080/10705511.2023.2260106

A many-analysts approach to the relation between religiosity and well-being

Published in Religion Brain and Behavior, 2022

This paper is about a multi-analyst research project concerning the relationship between religiosity and well-being

Recommended citation: Hogeveen, S., Sarafoglou, A, et al. (2022) A many-analysts approach to the relation between religiosity and well-being, Religion, Brain & Behavior, DOI: 10.1080/2153599X.2022.2070255 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2153599X.2022.2070255

Awareness Is Bliss: How Acquiescence Affects Exploratory Factor Analysis

Published in Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2022

In this paper we investigate methods to detect and correct for an acquiescence response style using Exploratory Factor Analysis

Recommended citation: D’Urso, E. D., Tijmstra, J., Vermunt, J. K., & De Roover, K. (2023). Awareness Is Bliss: How Acquiescence Affects Exploratory Factor Analysis. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 83(3), 433–472. https://doi.org/10.1177/00131644221089857 https://doi.org/10.1177/00131644221089857

Scale Length Does Matter: Recommendations for measurement invariance testing with categorical factor analysis and item response theory approaches

Published in Behavior Research Methods, 2021

This paper is about comparing methods for assessing measurement invariance for Likert-type data.

Recommended citation: D’Urso, E.D., De Roover, K., Vermunt, J.K. et al. Scale length does matter: Recommendations for measurement invariance testing with categorical factor analysis and item response theory approaches. Behav Res 54, 2114–2145 (2022). https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-021-01690-7

Damiano D'Urso