Sonja D Winter

PhD Student in Quantitative Psychology

University of California, Merced

Biography

I am currently pursuing my PhD in Quantitative Psychology at UC Merced. My goal is to improve the fit between statistical models and analyses and the research questions that the field of psychology needs answers to. My current research focuses on modeling longitudinal measurement (non-)invariance using different estimation methods. More broadly speaking, I am interested in models of development, structural equation modeling, and the potential benefits of thoughtful application of Bayesian estimation.

Interests

Measurement models
Mixture modeling
Bayesian methods

Education

PhD in Quantitative Psychology, ongoing

UC Merced
Msc in Developmental Psychology (cum laude), 2013

Utrecht University
BSc in Developmental Psychology, 2011

Utrecht University

Recent Publications

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Implementing Continuous Non-Normal Skewed Distributions in Latent Growth Mixture Modeling: An Assessment of Specification Errors and Class Enumeration

Recent advances have allowed for modeling mixture components within latent growth modeling using robust, skewed mixture distributions …

Sarah Depaoli, Sonja D. Winter, Keke Lai, Kiero Guerra-Peña

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Assessing Differences in How the CushingQoL Is Interpreted Across Countries: Comparing Patients From the U.S. and the Netherlands

Background: Cultural factors influence how individuals define, evaluate, and approach their quality of life (QoL). The CushingQoL is a …

Sonja D. Winter, Sarah Depaoli, Jitske Tiemensma

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Bayesian PTSD-Trajectory Analysis with Informed Priors Based on a Systematic Literature Search and Expert Elicitation

There is a recent increase in interest of Bayesian analysis. However, little effort has been made thus far to directly incorporate …

Rens van de Schoot, Marit Sijbrandij, Sarah Depaoli, Sonja D. Winter, Miranda Olff, Nancy E. van Loey

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The performance of the IES-R for Latinos and non-Latinos: Assessing measurement invariance

Violent acts on university campuses are becoming more frequent. Enrollment rates of Latinos at universities is increasing. Research has …

Jitske Tiemensma, Sarah Depaoli, Sonja D. Winter, John M. Felt, Holly M. Rus, Amber C. Arroyo

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A Systematic Review of Bayesian Articles in Psychology: The Last 25 Years.

Although the statistical tools most often used by researchers in the field of psychology over the last 25 years are based on …

Rens van de Schoot, Sonja D. Winter, Oisin Ryan, Marielle Zondervan-Zwijnenburg, Sarah Depaoli

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Contact

UC Merced, 5200 Lake Road, Merced, 95343 CA, USA
Wednesday 09:00 am to 11:00 am
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