Explained variance of CVT emotion models falls below 15% within latent profiles versus a median above 30% in grouping analyses, beyond what variance restriction explains¶

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q2 i? Latent-profile CVT models show markedly lower explained variance than full-sample and demographic-group models, with the decline for anxiety reaching nearly two-thirds. → 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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Comparison of standardized SEM results across full-sample, multigroup, and latent-profile models. The article reports "a median R 2 exceeding 30%" for grouping analyses versus below 15% for latent profiles, and states variance restriction does not fully explain the reduction; the discussion adds anxiety's decline is nearly two-thirds.

"The group -ing analyses yield a median R 2 exceeding 30%, whereas the latent profile models fall below 15%. Although variance restriction inherent in latent profile analysis may partly account for this reduction, it does not fully explain the pronounced weakening of the role of Academic Control."

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