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Ryan and Frederick’s (1997) measure of vitality, thesubjective feeling of being alive and alert, wasdeveloped in the context of a single factor analysis.The present investigation employed structural equationmodeling (SEM) to assess construct validity andutility of the new measure. A large sample (N = 526) wascollected in two waves, allowing the investigators tofurther develop the model proposed by Ryan andFrederick, and to then validate it on a second dataset. The final model is presented, and the process ofachieving that model is discussed, as are the relativestrengths of SEM in test development.
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Bostic, T.J., McGartland Rubio, D. & Hood, M. A Validation of the Subjective Vitality Scale Using Structural Equation Modeling. Social Indicators Research 52, 313–324 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007136110218
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