Stefan J Troche
Biographic Data
| ID | 5149608 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stefan J Troche |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stefan J |
| FAMILY NAME | Troche |
| SIGNATURE | TROCHE S J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bern |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0961-1081 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Differential Effects of Social and Digital Feedback Interventions in the Figural Analogies Learning Test (Falt)
Dynamic testing (DT) aims to overcome a limitation of static assessment by providing learning opportunities as part of the test procedure so as to allow an individual’s latent potential to be evaluated rather than relying on a mere snapshot of their performance. Despite strong theoretical support, DT remains underutilized in research and applied settings. Thus, this study analyzes whether the Figural Analogies Learning Test (FALT), a newly develo…
Predicting academic performance by self-assessed and objectively measured understanding and self-efficacy
An adequate assessment of what students have understood during the term is an essential precondition for self-regulated learning (SRL) as it allows for adapting learning strategies to enhance academic performance. This study compared self-assessed and objectively measured understanding of the learning material as predictors of academic performance and their interplay with general and academic self-efficacy. In a bachelor’s Psychological Assessmen…
The Does Scale
Based on Aron's (2020) DOES model, we developed the DOES Scale to measure Sensory Processing Sensitivity (SPS) with four dimensions: Depth of Processing, Overstimulation, Emotional Reactivity, and Sensing the Subtle. Using interview data from the study by Roth et al. (2023), we created a 20-item questionnaire (5 items per dimension) in German and English. In three studies with 1,365 subjects from Switzerland, Germany, Austria, and the UK, we eval…
Measurement Invariance and Mental Health Disparities in Distress and Well-Being Scales Between LGBTQ+ and General Population Samples in German-Speaking Countries
Conceptualizing Correlated Residuals as Item-Level Method Effects in Confirmatory Factor Analysis
Conceptualizing two-variable disturbances preventing good model fit in confirmatory factor analysis as item-level method effects instead of correlated residuals avoids violating the principle that residual variation is unique for each item. The possibility of representing such a disturbance by a method factor of a bifactor measurement model was investigated with respect to model identification. It turned out that a suitable way of realizing the m…
Predictors of sexual aggression among gay men and lesbian women
The present study investigated whether the core constructs of Malamuth's confluence model (i.e., hostility against individuals of the same sex and sexual orientation [HASSO], impersonal sexuality [IS], and high dominance/low nurturance [HDLN]) could predict sexual aggressive behavior (SA) of gay men against other gay men and of lesbian women against other lesbian women. For both gay men ( N = 226) and lesbian women ( N = 190) regression analysis …
Loneliness and Well-Being During the Covid-19 Pandemic
The present study examined how neuroticism, extraversion, and emotion regulation were related to loneliness and well-being during 6 weeks of major public life restrictions in the Covid-19 pandemic in Switzerland. Cross-sectional results from 466 participants showed that neuroticism and emotion regulation strategies were associated with higher loneliness and lower well-being. However, in contrast to prior research, associations of extraversion wit…
The dual mechanisms of cognitive control and their relation to reasoning and the item-position effect
Braver's (2012) dual mechanisms of cognitive control differentiate between proactive control (PMC; i.e. early selection and maintenance of goal-relevant information) and reactive control (RMC; i.e. a late mobilization of attention when required). It has been suggested that higher cognitive capacities (as indicated by reasoning ability as a major characteristic of fluid intelligence) facilitate using the more resource-demanding PMC. We propose the…
Emotion Recognition Ability as a Predictor of Well-Being During the Covid-19 Pandemic
This study examined emotion recognition ability (ERA) as a predictor of positive and negative affect in two Australian and one German-speaking samples (total N = 469) during the first 2 weeks of major public life restrictions in the COVID-19 pandemic in March/April 2020. Individuals with higher ERA did not report more positive affect, but they felt less burdened and reported less negative affect. This association was fully mediated by lower COVID…
Does the Effect of a Time Limit for Testing Impair Structural Investigations by Means of Confirmatory Factor Models
The article reports three simulation studies conducted to find out whether the effect of a time limit for testing impairs model fit in investigations of structural validity, whether the representation of the assumed source of the effect prevents impairment of model fit and whether it is possible to identify and discriminate this method effect from another method effect. Omissions due to the time limit for testing were not considered as missing da…
Is the Factor Observed in Investigations on the Item-Position Effect Actually the Difficulty Factor
In confirmatory factor analysis quite similar models of measurement serve the detection of the difficulty factor and the factor due to the item-position effect. The item-position effect refers to the increasing dependency among the responses to successively presented items of a test whereas the difficulty factor is ascribed to the wide range of item difficulties. The similarity of the models of measurement hampers the dissociation of these factor…
On the role of dominance and nurturance in the confluence model
Malamuth's (1998) confluence model holds that the combination of hostile masculinity, impersonal sexuality, and the constellation of high dominance and low nurturance plays a crucial role in explaining men's sexual aggression against women. Most studies on the confluence model concentrate on hostile masculinity and impersonal sexuality rather than dominance and nurturance. Using a person-centered approach, we investigated whether sexual aggressiv…
The Effects of Sex and Gender-Role Characteristics on Facets of Sociosexuality in Heterosexual Young Adults
The present study was designed to systematically investigate the functional relationships among biological sex; masculine and feminine gender-role characteristics; and sociosexual behavior, attitude toward, and desire for uncommitted casual sex as three facets of sociosexual orientation. For this purpose, facets of sociosexuality were assessed by the Revised Sociosexual Orientation Inventory (SOI-R) and masculine and feminine gender-role characte…
The Relationship Between Sociosexuality and Aspects of Body Image in Men and Women
On Sex-Related Differences in Auditory and Visual Sensory Functioning
Processing of Temporal and Nontemporal Information as Predictors of Psychometric Intelligence
Recent research suggests a functional link between temporal acuity and general intelligence. To better understand this relation, the present study took advantage of a large sample ( N =260) and structural equation modelling to examine relations among temporal acuity, measured by various tasks, speed of information processing as measured by the Hick reaction time task, and psychometric intelligence. Temporal acuity and the Hick task showed common …
The Effects of Sex and Gender-Role Characteristics on Facets of Sociosexuality in Heterosexual Young Adults
The present study was designed to systematically investigate the functional relationships among biological sex; masculine and feminine gender-role characteristics; and sociosexual behavior, attitude toward, and desire for uncommitted casual sex as three facets of sociosexual orientation. For this purpose, facets of sociosexuality were assessed by the Revised Sociosexual Orientation Inventory (SOI-R) and masculine and feminine gender-role characte…
On the role of dominance and nurturance in the confluence model
Malamuth's (1998) confluence model holds that the combination of hostile masculinity, impersonal sexuality, and the constellation of high dominance and low nurturance plays a crucial role in explaining men's sexual aggression against women. Most studies on the confluence model concentrate on hostile masculinity and impersonal sexuality rather than dominance and nurturance. Using a person-centered approach, we investigated whether sexual aggressiv…
Predictors of sexual aggression among gay men and lesbian women
The present study investigated whether the core constructs of Malamuth's confluence model (i.e., hostility against individuals of the same sex and sexual orientation [HASSO], impersonal sexuality [IS], and high dominance/low nurturance [HDLN]) could predict sexual aggressive behavior (SA) of gay men against other gay men and of lesbian women against other lesbian women. For both gay men ( N = 226) and lesbian women ( N = 190) regression analysis …
Processing of Temporal and Nontemporal Information as Predictors of Psychometric Intelligence
Recent research suggests a functional link between temporal acuity and general intelligence. To better understand this relation, the present study took advantage of a large sample ( N =260) and structural equation modelling to examine relations among temporal acuity, measured by various tasks, speed of information processing as measured by the Hick reaction time task, and psychometric intelligence. Temporal acuity and the Hick task showed common …
On Sex-Related Differences in Auditory and Visual Sensory Functioning
The Relationship Between Sociosexuality and Aspects of Body Image in Men and Women
The Effects of Sex and Gender-Role Characteristics on Facets of Sociosexuality in Heterosexual Young Adults
The present study was designed to systematically investigate the functional relationships among biological sex; masculine and feminine gender-role characteristics; and sociosexual behavior, attitude toward, and desire for uncommitted casual sex as three facets of sociosexual orientation. For this purpose, facets of sociosexuality were assessed by the Revised Sociosexual Orientation Inventory (SOI-R) and masculine and feminine gender-role characte…
On the role of dominance and nurturance in the confluence model
Malamuth's (1998) confluence model holds that the combination of hostile masculinity, impersonal sexuality, and the constellation of high dominance and low nurturance plays a crucial role in explaining men's sexual aggression against women. Most studies on the confluence model concentrate on hostile masculinity and impersonal sexuality rather than dominance and nurturance. Using a person-centered approach, we investigated whether sexual aggressiv…
Is the Factor Observed in Investigations on the Item-Position Effect Actually the Difficulty Factor
In confirmatory factor analysis quite similar models of measurement serve the detection of the difficulty factor and the factor due to the item-position effect. The item-position effect refers to the increasing dependency among the responses to successively presented items of a test whereas the difficulty factor is ascribed to the wide range of item difficulties. The similarity of the models of measurement hampers the dissociation of these factor…
Does the Effect of a Time Limit for Testing Impair Structural Investigations by Means of Confirmatory Factor Models
The article reports three simulation studies conducted to find out whether the effect of a time limit for testing impairs model fit in investigations of structural validity, whether the representation of the assumed source of the effect prevents impairment of model fit and whether it is possible to identify and discriminate this method effect from another method effect. Omissions due to the time limit for testing were not considered as missing da…
Loneliness and Well-Being During the Covid-19 Pandemic
The present study examined how neuroticism, extraversion, and emotion regulation were related to loneliness and well-being during 6 weeks of major public life restrictions in the Covid-19 pandemic in Switzerland. Cross-sectional results from 466 participants showed that neuroticism and emotion regulation strategies were associated with higher loneliness and lower well-being. However, in contrast to prior research, associations of extraversion wit…
The dual mechanisms of cognitive control and their relation to reasoning and the item-position effect
Braver's (2012) dual mechanisms of cognitive control differentiate between proactive control (PMC; i.e. early selection and maintenance of goal-relevant information) and reactive control (RMC; i.e. a late mobilization of attention when required). It has been suggested that higher cognitive capacities (as indicated by reasoning ability as a major characteristic of fluid intelligence) facilitate using the more resource-demanding PMC. We propose the…
Emotion Recognition Ability as a Predictor of Well-Being During the Covid-19 Pandemic
This study examined emotion recognition ability (ERA) as a predictor of positive and negative affect in two Australian and one German-speaking samples (total N = 469) during the first 2 weeks of major public life restrictions in the COVID-19 pandemic in March/April 2020. Individuals with higher ERA did not report more positive affect, but they felt less burdened and reported less negative affect. This association was fully mediated by lower COVID…
Predictors of sexual aggression among gay men and lesbian women
The present study investigated whether the core constructs of Malamuth's confluence model (i.e., hostility against individuals of the same sex and sexual orientation [HASSO], impersonal sexuality [IS], and high dominance/low nurturance [HDLN]) could predict sexual aggressive behavior (SA) of gay men against other gay men and of lesbian women against other lesbian women. For both gay men ( N = 226) and lesbian women ( N = 190) regression analysis …
Conceptualizing Correlated Residuals as Item-Level Method Effects in Confirmatory Factor Analysis
Conceptualizing two-variable disturbances preventing good model fit in confirmatory factor analysis as item-level method effects instead of correlated residuals avoids violating the principle that residual variation is unique for each item. The possibility of representing such a disturbance by a method factor of a bifactor measurement model was investigated with respect to model identification. It turned out that a suitable way of realizing the m…
The Does Scale
Based on Aron's (2020) DOES model, we developed the DOES Scale to measure Sensory Processing Sensitivity (SPS) with four dimensions: Depth of Processing, Overstimulation, Emotional Reactivity, and Sensing the Subtle. Using interview data from the study by Roth et al. (2023), we created a 20-item questionnaire (5 items per dimension) in German and English. In three studies with 1,365 subjects from Switzerland, Germany, Austria, and the UK, we eval…
Measurement Invariance and Mental Health Disparities in Distress and Well-Being Scales Between LGBTQ+ and General Population Samples in German-Speaking Countries
Differential Effects of Social and Digital Feedback Interventions in the Figural Analogies Learning Test (Falt)
Dynamic testing (DT) aims to overcome a limitation of static assessment by providing learning opportunities as part of the test procedure so as to allow an individual’s latent potential to be evaluated rather than relying on a mere snapshot of their performance. Despite strong theoretical support, DT remains underutilized in research and applied settings. Thus, this study analyzes whether the Figural Analogies Learning Test (FALT), a newly develo…
Predicting academic performance by self-assessed and objectively measured understanding and self-efficacy
An adequate assessment of what students have understood during the term is an essential precondition for self-regulated learning (SRL) as it allows for adapting learning strategies to enhance academic performance. This study compared self-assessed and objectively measured understanding of the learning material as predictors of academic performance and their interplay with general and academic self-efficacy. In a bachelor’s Psychological Assessmen…
Psychology (12 works) · Developmental psychology (10 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Structural equation modeling (7 works) · Cognitive Abilities and Testing (5 works) · Cognition (4 works) · Cognitive psychology (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Confirmatory factor analysis (4 works) · Psychometric Methodologies and Testing (4 works)