An Analysis of the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 Measurement Model Using Partial Least Squares–Structural Equation Modeling. (December 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tabet, Saundra M.; Lambie, Glenn W.; Jahani, Shiva; Rasoolimanesh, S. Mostafa
• Is Part Of: Assessment. Volume 27:Number 8(2020)
• Page Start: 1731
• Page End: 1747
• Publication Date: 2020-12
• Subjects: confirmatory tetrad analysis -- disability assessment -- factor structure -- model specification -- partial least squares -- structural equation modeling -- World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0; Psychological tests -- Periodicals; Psychodiagnostics -- Periodicals; Personality tests -- Periodicals; 150.287
• DOI: 10.1177/1073191119834653
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1073-1911

Abstract

The researchers examined the factor structure and model specifications of the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0) with confirmatory tetrad analysis (CTA) using partial least squares–structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) with a sample of adult clients ( N = 298) receiving individual therapy at a university-based counseling research center. The CTA and PLS-SEM results identified the formative nature of the WHODAS 2.0 subscale scores, supporting an alternative measurement model of the WHODAS 2.0 scores as a second-order formative–formative model.