Investigating the effects of congruence between within-person associations: A comparison of two extensions of response surface analysis.

IF 7.6 1区 心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Sarah Humberg,Niclas Kuper,Katrin Rentzsch,Tanja M Gerlach,Mitja D Back,Steffen Nestler
{"title":"Investigating the effects of congruence between within-person associations: A comparison of two extensions of response surface analysis.","authors":"Sarah Humberg,Niclas Kuper,Katrin Rentzsch,Tanja M Gerlach,Mitja D Back,Steffen Nestler","doi":"10.1037/met0000666","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Response surface analysis (RSA) allows researchers to study whether the degree of congruence between two predictor variables is related to a potential psychological outcome. Here, we adapt RSA to the case in which the two predictor variables whose congruence is of interest refer to individual differences in within-person associations (WPAs) between variables that fluctuate over time. For example, a WPA-congruence hypothesis in research on romantic relationships could posit that partners are happier when they have similar social reactivities-that is, when they have similarly strong WPAs between the quantity of their social interactions and their momentary well-being. One method for testing a WPA-congruence hypothesis is a two-step approach in which the individuals' WPAs are first estimated as random slopes in respective multilevel models, and then these estimates are used as predictors in a regular RSA. As an alternative, we suggest combining RSA with multilevel structural equation modeling (MSEM) by specifying the WPAs as random slopes in the structural equation and using their latent second-order terms to predict the outcome on Level 2. We introduce both approaches and provide and explain their corresponding computer code templates. We also compared the two approaches with a simulation study and found that the MSEM model-despite its complexities (e.g., nonlinear functions of latent slopes)-has advantages over the two-step approach. We conclude that the MSEM approach should be used in practice. We demonstrate its application using data from a daily diary study and offer guidance for important decisions (e.g., about standardization). (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).","PeriodicalId":20782,"journal":{"name":"Psychological methods","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":7.6000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Psychological methods","FirstCategoryId":"102","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1037/met0000666","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0

Abstract

Response surface analysis (RSA) allows researchers to study whether the degree of congruence between two predictor variables is related to a potential psychological outcome. Here, we adapt RSA to the case in which the two predictor variables whose congruence is of interest refer to individual differences in within-person associations (WPAs) between variables that fluctuate over time. For example, a WPA-congruence hypothesis in research on romantic relationships could posit that partners are happier when they have similar social reactivities-that is, when they have similarly strong WPAs between the quantity of their social interactions and their momentary well-being. One method for testing a WPA-congruence hypothesis is a two-step approach in which the individuals' WPAs are first estimated as random slopes in respective multilevel models, and then these estimates are used as predictors in a regular RSA. As an alternative, we suggest combining RSA with multilevel structural equation modeling (MSEM) by specifying the WPAs as random slopes in the structural equation and using their latent second-order terms to predict the outcome on Level 2. We introduce both approaches and provide and explain their corresponding computer code templates. We also compared the two approaches with a simulation study and found that the MSEM model-despite its complexities (e.g., nonlinear functions of latent slopes)-has advantages over the two-step approach. We conclude that the MSEM approach should be used in practice. We demonstrate its application using data from a daily diary study and offer guidance for important decisions (e.g., about standardization). (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).
调查人内关联之间一致性的影响:响应面分析法两种扩展方法的比较。
响应面分析(RSA)使研究人员能够研究两个预测变量之间的一致程度是否与潜在的心理结果有关。在这里,我们将 RSA 调整为这样一种情况,即两个预测变量之间的一致性是指变量之间随时间波动的人内关联(WPA)的个体差异。例如,恋爱关系研究中的 WPA 一致性假说可以假设,当伴侣具有相似的社会反应性时,他们会更幸福,也就是说,当他们的社会交往数量与他们的瞬间幸福感之间具有相似的强 WPA 时,他们会更幸福。检验 WPA 一致性假设的一种方法是分两步进行,首先在各自的多层次模型中将个人的 WPA 作为随机斜率进行估计,然后将这些估计值作为常规 RSA 的预测因子。作为一种替代方法,我们建议将 RSA 与多层次结构方程模型(MSEM)相结合,在结构方程中将 WPA 指定为随机斜率,并使用其潜在的二阶项来预测第二层的结果。我们介绍了这两种方法,并提供和解释了相应的计算机代码模板。我们还通过模拟研究对这两种方法进行了比较,发现 MSEM 模型尽管复杂(如潜斜率的非线性函数),但比两步法更具优势。我们得出结论,MSEM 方法应在实践中使用。我们使用每日日记研究的数据演示了该方法的应用,并为重要决策(如标准化)提供了指导。(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, 版权所有)。
本文章由计算机程序翻译,如有差异,请以英文原文为准。
求助全文
约1分钟内获得全文 求助全文
来源期刊
Psychological methods
Psychological methods PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-
CiteScore
13.10
自引率
7.10%
发文量
159
期刊介绍: Psychological Methods is devoted to the development and dissemination of methods for collecting, analyzing, understanding, and interpreting psychological data. Its purpose is the dissemination of innovations in research design, measurement, methodology, and quantitative and qualitative analysis to the psychological community; its further purpose is to promote effective communication about related substantive and methodological issues. The audience is expected to be diverse and to include those who develop new procedures, those who are responsible for undergraduate and graduate training in design, measurement, and statistics, as well as those who employ those procedures in research.
×
引用
GB/T 7714-2015
复制
MLA
复制
APA
复制
导出至
BibTeX EndNote RefMan NoteFirst NoteExpress
×
提示
您的信息不完整,为了账户安全,请先补充。
现在去补充
×
提示
您因"违规操作"
具体请查看互助需知
我知道了
×
提示
确定
请完成安全验证×
copy
已复制链接
快去分享给好友吧!
我知道了
右上角分享
点击右上角分享
0
联系我们:info@booksci.cn Book学术提供免费学术资源搜索服务,方便国内外学者检索中英文文献。致力于提供最便捷和优质的服务体验。 Copyright © 2023 布克学术 All rights reserved.
京ICP备2023020795号-1
ghs 京公网安备 11010802042870号
Book学术文献互助
Book学术文献互助群
群 号:481959085
Book学术官方微信