Selected Publications

(2023). A comparison of latent variable and psychological network models in mental and physical health symptom data: Common output metrics and factor structure. Quality of Life Research.

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(2023). Supervised Classes, Unsupervised Mixing Proportions: Detection of Bots in a Likert-Type Questionnaire. Educational and Psychological Measurement.

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(2023). Validating the German version of the Personality Disorder Severity-ICD-11 Scale using nominal response models. Psychological Assessment.

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(2023). Parsimony in Model Selection: Tools for Assessing Fit Propensity. Psychological Methods.

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(2022). Distraction from pain depends on task demands and motivation. Pain Reports.

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(2022). Comparison of different scoring methods based on latent variable models of the PHQ-9: an individual participant data meta-analysis. Psychological Medicine.

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(2022). A Comparison of Modern and Popular Approaches to Calculating Reliability for Dichotomously Scored Items. Applied Psychological Measurement.

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(2022). More flexible response functions for the PROMIS physical functioning item bank by application of a monotonic polynomial approach. Quality of Life Research.

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(2022). On the Performance of Semi- and Nonparametric Item Response Functions in Computer Adaptive Tests. Educational and Psychological Measurement.

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(2022). Development and Validation of the Four Facet Mindful Eating Scale (FFaMES). Appetite.

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(2021). A note on the interpretation and simulation of reparameterized intercepts in constrained versions of the nominal response model. The Quantitative Methods for Psychology.

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(2021). A Comparison of Limited-Information Test Statistics for a Response Style MIRT Model. Multivariate Behavioral Research.

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(2021). An approach to structural equation modeling with both factors and components: Integrated generalized structured component analysis.. Psychological Methods.

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(2020). Performance of Person-Fit Statistics Under Model Misspecification. Journal of Educational Measurement.

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(2020). Estimation of response styles using the multidimensional nominal response model: A tutorial and comparison with sum scores. Frontiers in Quantitative Methods and Measurement.

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(2020). The Monotonic Polynomial Graded Response Model: Implementation and a Comparative Study. Applied Psychological Measurement.

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(2019). Modeling Response Styles in Cross-Country Self-Reports: An Application of a Multilevel Multidimensional Nominal Response Model. Journal of Educational Measurement.

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(2019). Model Selection for Monotonic Polynomial Item Response Models. Quantitative Psychology.

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(2019). Controlling Acquiescence Bias with Multidimensional IRT Modeling. Quantitative Psychology.

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(2018). On Lagrange Multiplier Tests in Multidimensional Item Response Theory: Information Matrices and Model Misspecification. Educational and Psychological Measurement.

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(2018). Model Specification Searches in Structural Equation Modeling with R. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal.

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(2018). Are Robust Standard Errors the Best Approach for Interval Estimation With Nonnormal Data in Structural Equation Modeling?. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal.

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(2018). Computer Programming in Quantitative Analysis. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation.

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(2016). Maximum Marginal Likelihood Estimation of a Monotonic Polynomial Generalized Partial Credit Model with Applications to Multiple Group Analysis. Psychometrika.

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(2016). Two Cross-Platform Programs for Inferences and Interval Estimation About Indirect Effects in Mediational Models. SAGE Open.

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(2016). Semiparametric Item Response Functions in the Context of Guessing. Journal of Educational Measurement.

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(2016). A flexible full-information approach to the modeling of response styles.. Psychological Methods.

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(2015). Investigation of Type I Error Rates of Three Versions of Robust Chi-Square Difference Tests. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal.

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(2015). What Is Implicit Self-Esteem, and Does it Vary Across Cultures?. Personality and Social Psychology Review.

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(2015). Inference and Interval Estimation Methods for Indirect Effects With Latent Variable Models. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal.

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(2015). Are Implicit Self-Esteem Measures Valid for Assessing Individual and Cultural Differences?. Journal of Personality.

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(2014). Recovering Substantive Factor Loadings in the Presence of Acquiescence Bias: A Comparison of Three Approaches. Multivariate Behavioral Research.

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(2014). Robust Two-Stage Approach Outperforms Robust Full Information Maximum Likelihood With Incomplete Nonnormal Data. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal.

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(2012). Unpacking Cultural Differences in Alexithymia: The Role of Cultural Values Among Euro-Canadian and Chinese-Canadian Students. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology.

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(2011). The Relationship Between Unstandardized and Standardized Alpha, True Reliability, and the Underlying Measurement Model. Journal of Personality Assessment.

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(2010). Assessing Mediational Models: Testing and Interval Estimation for Indirect Effects. Multivariate Behavioral Research.

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