A Confirmatory Examination of Age ‐Associated Personality Differences: Deriving Age‐Related Measurement Invariant Solutions using Ant Colony Optimization
Conclusion. Findings on age differences in personality can be particularly distorted in older age groups. Testing for and ensuring measurement invariance with item selection procedures can help solve this problem. The higher‐order structure of personality should be accounted for when personality development is examined. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Source: Journal of Personality - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gabriel Olaru, Ulrich Schroeders, Oliver Wilhelm, Fritz Ostendorf Tags: Original Manuscript Source Type: research