Journal articles (peer-reviewed)
Scharf, F.*, Pförtner, J.*, & Nestler, S. (2021). Can ridge and elastic net structural equation modeling be used to stabilize parameter estimates when latent factors are correlated? Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 62, 928-940. (*shared first autorship)
Wetzel, N., Widmann, A., & Scharf, F. (2021). Distraction of attention by novel sounds in children declines fast. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 5308. doi
Wetzel, N., Scharf, F., & Widmann, A. (2019). Can’t Ignore—Distraction by Task‐Irrelevant Sounds in Early and Middle Childhood. Child Development, 90(6), 454–464. doi
Scharf, F., & Nestler, S. (2019a). A comparison of simple structure rotation criteria in temporal exploratory factor analysis for event-related potential data. Methodology, 15, 43-60. osf pdf
Scharf, F., & Nestler, S. (2019b). Exploratory structural equation modeling for event-related potential data – an all-in-one approach? Psychophysiology. DOI 10.1111/psyp.13303 osf pdf
Scharf, F., & Nestler, S. (2019c). Should regularization replace simple structure rotation in Exploratory Factor Analysis? Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 26, 576-590. osf pdf
Scharf, F., & Nestler, S. (2018). Principles behind variance misallocation in tem-poral exploratory factor analysis for ERP data: Insights from an inter-factor covariance decomposition. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 128, 119-136. osf pdf
