Dubravka Svetina
Biographic Data
| ID | 4889255 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dubravka Svetina |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dubravka |
| FAMILY NAME | Svetina |
| SIGNATURE | SVETINA D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indiana University Bloomington |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3286-3540 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
On the Complex Sources of Differential Item Functioning: A Comparison of Three Methods
Differential item functioning (DIF) has been a long-standing problem in educational and psychological measurement. In practice, the source from which DIF originates can be complex in the sense that an item can show DIF on multiple background variables of different types simultaneously. Although a variety of non-item response theory-(IRT)-based and IRT-based DIF detection methods have been introduced, they do not sufficiently address the issue of …
Ageing with spinal cord injury: A Longitudinal Study
Limited studies have evaluated the impact of recreation on successful ageing (SA) for individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) in a longitudinal manner. Most existing SA models emphasise biomedical-based dimensions of physical functioning, which has been criticised as unrealistic and limited, especially for people with disabilities. Various researchers and organisations have proposed that SA needs to be reassessed using more self-perceived, self…
Detecting differential item functioning in presence of multilevel data: Do methods accounting for multilevel data structure make a DIFference
Assessment practices are, among other things, concerned with issues of fairness and appropriate score interpretation, in particular when making claims about subgroup differences in performance are of interest. In order to make such claims, a psychometric concept of measurement invariance or differential item functioning (DIF) ought to be considered and met. Over the last decades, researchers have proposed and developed a plethora of methods aimed…
Assessing the Psychometric Properties of Quality Experience in Undergraduate Research Using Item Response Theory
Undergraduate research, recognized as one of the High-Impact Practices (HIPs), has demonstrated a positive association with diverse student learning outcomes. Understanding the pivotal quality factors essential for its efficacy is important for enhancing student success. This study evaluates the psychometric properties of survey items employed to gauge the quality of undergraduate research, including alignment with Kuh and O’Donnell’s (2013) eigh…
Wald χ 2 Test for Differential Item Functioning Detection with Polytomous Items in Multilevel Data
Identifying items with differential item functioning (DIF) in an assessment is a crucial step for achieving equitable measurement. One critical issue that has not been fully addressed with existing studies is how DIF items can be detected when data are multilevel. In the present study, we introduced a Lord’s Wald [Formula: see text] test-based procedure for detecting both uniform and non-uniform DIF with polytomous items in the presence of the ub…
Sexual choking/strangulation and its association with condom and contraceptive use: Findings from a survey of students at a university in the Midwestern United States
Recognition that sexual choking is prevalent among young people has only recently emerged and educational programs are lacking. Study findings could be used to engage people in discussions about choking in relation to gender, power, and reproductive health agency
Test engagement and rapid guessing: Evidence from a large-scale state assessment
A recent increase in studies related to testing behavior reignited the decades long conversation regarding score validity from assessments that have minimal stakes for students but which may have high stakes for schools or educational systems as a whole. Using data from a large-scale state assessment (with over 80 thousand students per grade), we examined rapid-guessing behavior via normative threshold (NT) approaches. We found that the response …
Variations in Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Awareness and Healthcare Provider Interactions in a Nationally Representative Sample of American Men Aged 15–49 Years: A Cross-Sectional Study
Frequency, Method, Intensity, and Health Sequelae of Sexual Choking Among U.S. Undergraduate and Graduate Students
Validation and utility study of the 10 item brief adult health capital scale (BACHS-10)
Current methods for assessing health capital are not accessible to clinicians. To increase accessibility, we evaluated a Brief Adult Health Capital Scale (BAHCS-10) using classical and modern testing theories. With 588 clients, we found an adequate fit for the BAHCS-10[Formula: see text], CFIscaled = 0.949, TLIscaled = 0.935, RMSEA = 0.077, and the SRMR = 0.060. We also found evidence of invariance across race but did find significant non-invaria…
What Is Rough Sex, Who Does It, and Who Likes It? Findings from a Probability Sample of U.S. Undergraduate Students
Psychometric Properties and Internal Validity of the Multidimensional Existential Meaning Scale
We examined the psychometric properties of the 15-item Multidimensional Existential Meaning Scale (MEMS) scores in three different samples of students, adults, and patients with chronic illness. Confirmatory factor analysis and item response theory-based results provided some support for the tripartite model. Additionally, individual subscales (i.e., comprehension, purpose, mattering) were reasonably recovered
Multiple-Group Invariance with Categorical Outcomes Using Updated Guidelines: An Illustration Using M plus and the lavaan/semTools Packages
Meaningful comparisons of means or relationships between latent constructs across groups require evidence that measurement is equivalent across the studied groups– a property known as measurement equivalence or invariance (ME/I). Methods typically involve an evaluation of increasingly stringent models via confirmatory factor analysis, a typical assumption of which is continuous observed variables. When that assumption is not met – as is often the…
Using item response theory to examine the Self-Construal Scale with Asian American college students in the contiguous United States
Multidimensional Measurement Invariance in an International Context: Fit Measure Performance With Many Groups
Growing interest in measurement invariance (MI)/equivalence for nonachievement measures across heterogeneous populations in an international context also demands an examination of current criteria for establishing scale score comparability. Namely, in international large-scale assessments (ILSAs) operationally, establishing MI using multiple-groups analyses typically relies on the criteria proposed by research that was limited in scope to few gro…
Assessing the Hypothesis of Measurement Invariance in the Context of Large-Scale International Surveys
In the field of international educational surveys, equivalence of achievement scale scores across countries has received substantial attention in the academic literature; however, only a relatively recent emphasis on scale score equivalence in nonachievement education surveys has emerged. Given the current state of research in multiple-group models, findings regarding these recent measurement invariance investigations were supported with research…
Assessing Dimensionality of Noncompensatory Multidimensional Item Response Theory With Complex Structures
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of complex structure on dimensionality assessment in noncompensatory multidimensional item response models using dimensionality assessment procedures based on DETECT (dimensionality evaluation to enumerate contributing traits) and NOHARM (normal ogive harmonic analysis robust method). Five methods were evaluated: two DETECT-based methods—exploratory and cross-validated—and three NOHARM-based…
Evaluation of Parallel Analysis Methods for Determining the Number of Factors
Population and sample simulation approaches were used to compare the performance of parallel analysis using principal component analysis (PA-PCA) and parallel analysis using principal axis factoring (PA-PAF) to identify the number of underlying factors. Additionally, the accuracies of the mean eigenvalue and the 95th percentile eigenvalue criteria were examined. The 95th percentile criterion was preferable for assessing the first eigenvalue using…
Multidimensional Measurement Invariance in an International Context: Fit Measure Performance With Many Groups
Growing interest in measurement invariance (MI)/equivalence for nonachievement measures across heterogeneous populations in an international context also demands an examination of current criteria for establishing scale score comparability. Namely, in international large-scale assessments (ILSAs) operationally, establishing MI using multiple-groups analyses typically relies on the criteria proposed by research that was limited in scope to few gro…
Sexual choking/strangulation and its association with condom and contraceptive use: Findings from a survey of students at a university in the Midwestern United States
Recognition that sexual choking is prevalent among young people has only recently emerged and educational programs are lacking. Study findings could be used to engage people in discussions about choking in relation to gender, power, and reproductive health agency
Psychometric Properties and Internal Validity of the Multidimensional Existential Meaning Scale
We examined the psychometric properties of the 15-item Multidimensional Existential Meaning Scale (MEMS) scores in three different samples of students, adults, and patients with chronic illness. Confirmatory factor analysis and item response theory-based results provided some support for the tripartite model. Additionally, individual subscales (i.e., comprehension, purpose, mattering) were reasonably recovered
Evaluation of Parallel Analysis Methods for Determining the Number of Factors
Population and sample simulation approaches were used to compare the performance of parallel analysis using principal component analysis (PA-PCA) and parallel analysis using principal axis factoring (PA-PAF) to identify the number of underlying factors. Additionally, the accuracies of the mean eigenvalue and the 95th percentile eigenvalue criteria were examined. The 95th percentile criterion was preferable for assessing the first eigenvalue using…
Assessing Dimensionality of Noncompensatory Multidimensional Item Response Theory With Complex Structures
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of complex structure on dimensionality assessment in noncompensatory multidimensional item response models using dimensionality assessment procedures based on DETECT (dimensionality evaluation to enumerate contributing traits) and NOHARM (normal ogive harmonic analysis robust method). Five methods were evaluated: two DETECT-based methods—exploratory and cross-validated—and three NOHARM-based…
Assessing the Hypothesis of Measurement Invariance in the Context of Large-Scale International Surveys
In the field of international educational surveys, equivalence of achievement scale scores across countries has received substantial attention in the academic literature; however, only a relatively recent emphasis on scale score equivalence in nonachievement education surveys has emerged. Given the current state of research in multiple-group models, findings regarding these recent measurement invariance investigations were supported with research…
Multidimensional Measurement Invariance in an International Context: Fit Measure Performance With Many Groups
Growing interest in measurement invariance (MI)/equivalence for nonachievement measures across heterogeneous populations in an international context also demands an examination of current criteria for establishing scale score comparability. Namely, in international large-scale assessments (ILSAs) operationally, establishing MI using multiple-groups analyses typically relies on the criteria proposed by research that was limited in scope to few gro…
Multiple-Group Invariance with Categorical Outcomes Using Updated Guidelines: An Illustration Using M plus and the lavaan/semTools Packages
Meaningful comparisons of means or relationships between latent constructs across groups require evidence that measurement is equivalent across the studied groups– a property known as measurement equivalence or invariance (ME/I). Methods typically involve an evaluation of increasingly stringent models via confirmatory factor analysis, a typical assumption of which is continuous observed variables. When that assumption is not met – as is often the…
Using item response theory to examine the Self-Construal Scale with Asian American college students in the contiguous United States
What Is Rough Sex, Who Does It, and Who Likes It? Findings from a Probability Sample of U.S. Undergraduate Students
Psychometric Properties and Internal Validity of the Multidimensional Existential Meaning Scale
We examined the psychometric properties of the 15-item Multidimensional Existential Meaning Scale (MEMS) scores in three different samples of students, adults, and patients with chronic illness. Confirmatory factor analysis and item response theory-based results provided some support for the tripartite model. Additionally, individual subscales (i.e., comprehension, purpose, mattering) were reasonably recovered
Frequency, Method, Intensity, and Health Sequelae of Sexual Choking Among U.S. Undergraduate and Graduate Students
Validation and utility study of the 10 item brief adult health capital scale (BACHS-10)
Current methods for assessing health capital are not accessible to clinicians. To increase accessibility, we evaluated a Brief Adult Health Capital Scale (BAHCS-10) using classical and modern testing theories. With 588 clients, we found an adequate fit for the BAHCS-10[Formula: see text], CFIscaled = 0.949, TLIscaled = 0.935, RMSEA = 0.077, and the SRMR = 0.060. We also found evidence of invariance across race but did find significant non-invaria…
Test engagement and rapid guessing: Evidence from a large-scale state assessment
A recent increase in studies related to testing behavior reignited the decades long conversation regarding score validity from assessments that have minimal stakes for students but which may have high stakes for schools or educational systems as a whole. Using data from a large-scale state assessment (with over 80 thousand students per grade), we examined rapid-guessing behavior via normative threshold (NT) approaches. We found that the response …
Variations in Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Awareness and Healthcare Provider Interactions in a Nationally Representative Sample of American Men Aged 15–49 Years: A Cross-Sectional Study
Detecting differential item functioning in presence of multilevel data: Do methods accounting for multilevel data structure make a DIFference
Assessment practices are, among other things, concerned with issues of fairness and appropriate score interpretation, in particular when making claims about subgroup differences in performance are of interest. In order to make such claims, a psychometric concept of measurement invariance or differential item functioning (DIF) ought to be considered and met. Over the last decades, researchers have proposed and developed a plethora of methods aimed…
Assessing the Psychometric Properties of Quality Experience in Undergraduate Research Using Item Response Theory
Undergraduate research, recognized as one of the High-Impact Practices (HIPs), has demonstrated a positive association with diverse student learning outcomes. Understanding the pivotal quality factors essential for its efficacy is important for enhancing student success. This study evaluates the psychometric properties of survey items employed to gauge the quality of undergraduate research, including alignment with Kuh and O’Donnell’s (2013) eigh…
Wald χ 2 Test for Differential Item Functioning Detection with Polytomous Items in Multilevel Data
Identifying items with differential item functioning (DIF) in an assessment is a crucial step for achieving equitable measurement. One critical issue that has not been fully addressed with existing studies is how DIF items can be detected when data are multilevel. In the present study, we introduced a Lord’s Wald [Formula: see text] test-based procedure for detecting both uniform and non-uniform DIF with polytomous items in the presence of the ub…
Sexual choking/strangulation and its association with condom and contraceptive use: Findings from a survey of students at a university in the Midwestern United States
Recognition that sexual choking is prevalent among young people has only recently emerged and educational programs are lacking. Study findings could be used to engage people in discussions about choking in relation to gender, power, and reproductive health agency
Ageing with spinal cord injury: A Longitudinal Study
Limited studies have evaluated the impact of recreation on successful ageing (SA) for individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) in a longitudinal manner. Most existing SA models emphasise biomedical-based dimensions of physical functioning, which has been criticised as unrealistic and limited, especially for people with disabilities. Various researchers and organisations have proposed that SA needs to be reassessed using more self-perceived, self…
On the Complex Sources of Differential Item Functioning: A Comparison of Three Methods
Differential item functioning (DIF) has been a long-standing problem in educational and psychological measurement. In practice, the source from which DIF originates can be complex in the sense that an item can show DIF on multiple background variables of different types simultaneously. Although a variety of non-item response theory-(IRT)-based and IRT-based DIF detection methods have been introduced, they do not sufficiently address the issue of …
Psychology (14 works) · Statistics (9 works) · Mathematics (8 works) · Item response theory (7 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Psychometric Methodologies and Testing (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Psychometrics (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Confirmatory factor analysis (5 works)