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- Abstract
- The Actor-Partner Interdependence Models Using Manifest Variables
- Generalizing the Traditional APIM as a Structural Equation Model
- Extending the Traditional APIM to Multivariate Dyadic Data Analysis
- Analyzing Multivariate Dyadic Data With Composite Scores
- The Latent Actor-Partner Interdependence Model
- Benefits of Having Measurement Models Within the APIM
- Extending the Traditional APIM to a Latent Variable Framework
- Simulation
- Purpose and Design
- Evaluation of Simulation Results
- Behavior of Multivariate APIMs in Discovering Latent Dyadic Relationships
- Performance of Multivariate APIMs in Discovering Manifest Dyadic Relationships
- Summary of the Simulation Study
- Real Data Analysis: Relationship Between Married Couples
- Data and Motivation for the Example Analysis
- Implementation of the Multivariate APIM
- Analysis Results
- Summary of the Example Analysis
- Discussion
- Recommendations for Using Different APIMs for Dyadic Data Analysis
- Summary, Limitations, and Future Research
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Abstract
This study extends the traditional Actor-Partner Interdependence model (APIM; Kenny, 1996) to incorporate dyadic data with multiple indicators reflecting latent constructs. Although the APIM has been widely used to model interdependence in dyads, the method and its applications have largely been limited to single sets of manifest variables. This article presents three extensions of the APIM that can be applied to multivariate dyadic data; a manifest APIM linking multiple indicators as manifest variables, a composite-score APIM relating univariate sums of multiple variables, and a latent APIM connecting underlying constructs of multiple indicators. The properties of the three methods in analyzing data with various dyadic patterns are investigated through a simulation study. It is found that the latent APIM adequately estimates dyadic relationships and holds reasonable power when measurement reliability is not too low, whereas the manifest APIM yields poor power and high type I error rates in general. The composite-score APIM, even though it is found to be a better alternative to the manifest APIM, fails to correctly reflect latent dyadic interdependence, raising inferential concerns. We illustrate the APIM extensions for multivariate dyadic data analysis by an example study on relationship commitment...