Journal article
Measurement of psychological disorders using cognitive diagnosis models
Psychological methods, Vol.11(3), pp.287-305
09/01/2006
DOI: 10.1037/1082-989X.11.3.287
PMID: 16953706
Abstract
Cognitive diagnosis models are constrained (multiple classification) latent class models that characterize the relationship of questionnaire responses to a set of dichotomous latent variables. Having emanated from educational measurement, several aspects of such models seem well suited to use in psychological assessment and diagnosis. This article presents the development of a new cognitive diagnosis model for use in psychological assessment--the DINO (deterministic input; noisy "or" gate) model--which, as an illustrative example, is applied to evaluate and diagnose pathological gamblers. As part of this example, a demonstration of the estimates obtained by cognitive diagnosis models is provided. Such estimates include the probability an individual meets each of a set of dichotomous Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (text revision [DSM-IV-TR]; American Psychiatric Association, 2000) criteria, resulting in an estimate of the probability an individual meets the DSM-IV-TR definition for being a pathological gambler. Furthermore, a demonstration of how the hypothesized underlying factors contributing to pathological gambling can be measured with the DINO model is presented, through use of a covariance structure model for the tetrachoric correlation matrix of the dichotomous latent variables representing DSM-IV-TR criteria.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Measurement of psychological disorders using cognitive diagnosis models
- Creators
- Jonathan L Templin - University of KansasRobert A Henson - University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Psychological methods, Vol.11(3), pp.287-305
- DOI
- 10.1037/1082-989X.11.3.287
- PMID
- 16953706
- ISSN
- 1082-989X
- eISSN
- 1939-1463
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/01/2006
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
- Record Identifier
- 9984371112402771
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