Anne Christine Stuart defends her PhD thesis

Anne Christine Stuart. Foto: PrivatTitle

'Construct Validity of Measures for Parents of Infants.'

Time and place

21 May 2024 at 1 pm (CEST).

The defence will take place in Auditorium 1.1.18 at The Faculty of Social Sciences (CSS), Øster Farimagsgade 5, Building 1, 1353 Copenhagen.

The defence will also be available via Zoom.

Join the defence here.
Passcode: 412173.

Assessment committee

  • Associate Professor Anders Petersen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (chair)

  • Professor Judi Mesman, Leiden University, the Netherlands

  • Associate Professor Rianne Kok, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Supervisors

  • Professor Mette Skovgaard Væver, University of Copenhagen, Denmark 

Abstract

The thesis aims to explore approaches for investigating and establishing construct validity for instruments designed for parents of infants, employing complementary methods from different test theories. Across four empirical studies, the construct validity of two measures is evaluated using statistical analyses from classical and modern test theory, along with a relatively new approach known as network psychometrics. The findings from these studies offer evidence supporting the construct validity as well as further our understanding of the importance of employing complementary statistical and theoretical approaches to comprehensively assess the construct measured by an instrument.