CVT structural relations are largely stable across gender and prior-education groupings, supporting relative universalism under variable-centered tests¶

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q2 i? In multigroup SEM models by gender and prior mathematics education, differences in standardized coefficients and explained variance are small overall, with only seven path coefficients freed from equality constraints. → Dirk Tempelaar · Alexandra Niculescu 2026

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Dirk Tempelaar · Alexandra Niculescu 2026¶

Dirk Tempelaar · Alexandra Niculescu. (2026). Testing the Relative Universalism of Psychological Theories: A Person-Centered Analysis of Control-Value Theory. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-026-10155-2

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Multigroup SEM of control-value relations in a 14,534-student sample, comparing gender and prior-education groupings with the full sample. The article reports "the relative stability of parameter estimates across groups" and small differences in coefficients and explained variance; seven betas lacked invariance and were freed.

"With respect to the role of natural groupings in testing universality, the key finding is the relative stability of parameter estimates across groups. Differences in both standardized coefficients and explained variance are small overall."

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