Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Διαμήκης Διακριτική Εγκυρότητα	Έλεγχος Αναλλοιότητας Μετρήσεων
Πεδίο	Ψυχομετρία	Ψυχομετρία
Οικογένεια	Latent structure	Latent structure
Έτος προέλευσης	1993–2000	2000
Δημιουργός	Formalized through SEM-based validity traditions (Campbell & Fiske, 1959; Cole & Maxwell, 1993)	Vandenberg & Lance
Τύπος	Validity assessment / measurement quality	Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis procedure
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Cole, D. A. & Maxwell, S. E. (1993). Testing mediational models with longitudinal data: Questions and tips in the use of structural equation modeling. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 112(4), 558–577.	Vandenberg, R. J., & Lance, C. E. (2000). A review and synthesis of the measurement invariance literature. Organizational Research Methods, 3(1), 4–70.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	LDV, longitudinal construct distinctiveness, cross-time discriminant validity, temporal discriminant validity	Factorial Invariance, Measurement Equivalence, Configural-Metric-Scalar Testing, Ölçüm Değişmezliği
Συναφείς	4	3
Σύνοψη	Longitudinal discriminant validity tests whether a psychological construct measured at two or more time points is empirically distinct across occasions — ensuring that the same construct does not collapse into a single undifferentiated mass over time. It is a prerequisite for meaningful change modeling in panel and longitudinal research.	Measurement invariance testing is a sequence of nested confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) models that examines whether a psychological scale measures the same latent construct in the same way across distinct groups or time points. Systematized and popularized by Vandenberg and Lance (2000), the procedure tests a hierarchy of constraints — from identical factor patterns to identical item intercepts — so that researchers can justify meaningful group comparisons on latent means.