AUTHOR=Zampetakis Leonidas A., Lerakis Manolis , Kafetsios Konstantinos , Moustakis Vassilis TITLE=Using item response theory to investigate the structure of anticipated affect: do self-reports about future affective reactions conform to typical or maximal models? JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology VOLUME=6 YEAR=2015 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01438 DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01438 ISSN=1664-1078 ABSTRACT=
In the present research, we used item response theory (IRT) to examine whether effective predictions (anticipated affect) conforms to a typical (i.e., what people usually do) or a maximal behavior process (i.e., what people can do). The former, correspond to non-monotonic ideal point IRT models, whereas the latter correspond to monotonic dominance IRT models. A convenience, cross-sectional student sample (