Using a structural equation model to assess the equivalence between assessment instruments: the dimension of sensation seeking as measured by Zuckerman's SSS-V and Arnett's AISS

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"The aim of this instrumental study is to analyze the degree of equivalencebetween the construct of sensation seeking as measured by Sensation Seeking Scaleform V, SSS-V and Arnett Inventory of Sensation Seeking, AISS. A structural equationmodel is employed in order to analyze the equivalence. The study includes 322 participantsaged between 18 and 77. First, the equivalence between the SSS-V and the AISS wasanalyzed using the total sample. Second, two different age groups were established (18-30 years old age group, n = 183; and 40-77 years old age group, n = 84), assessing thedegree of equivalence in both cases. Based on the total sample and the 40-77 years oldage group the results suggest that both instruments are not measuring the same dimension.However, in the 18-30 years old age group the disattenuated correlation obtained by thestructural equation model was estimated to be 1.00, which means that, the SSS-V andAISS measure essentially the same dimension for this age group. These results arediscussed taking into account the theoretical proposal of Zuckerman and Arnett, and thecontent (items) of the SSS-V and AISS."