Composites can be casual too
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| Publication date | 2016 |
| Journal | European Journal of Personality |
| Volume | Issue number | 30 | 4 |
| Pages (from-to) | 307-308 |
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| Abstract | Mõttus gives the impression that composites, as well as other models in which traits are a result rather than a cause of their indicators, require “emergent properties” to have causal power. We argue that this is not necessary; composites can be considered causally relevant by themselves when they mediate the relation between their constituents and the outcome variable. |
| Document type | Comment/Letter to the editor |
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Commentary to: R. Mõttus (2016). Towards more rigorous personality trait-outcome research. In: European Journal of Personality, Vol. 30, iss. 4, July/August 2016, pp. 292-303 |
| Language | English |
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https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2060
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