Factorial Invariance of the Indecision Scale of the Career Decision Scale: A Multigroup Confirmatory Factor Analysis

2013 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald C. Feldt
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Factorial Invariance ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Multigroup Confirmatory Factor Analysis

scholarly journals Measurement Invariance of the Brief Resilient Coping Scale (BRCS) in Peruvian and Spanish Older Adults

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose M. Tomas ◽  
Tomás Caycho-Rodríguez ◽  
José Ventura-León ◽  
Patricia Sancho ◽  
Cirilo H. García ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Structure Factor ◽  
Applied Research ◽  
Factorial Invariance ◽  
Scalar Invariant ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Coping Scale ◽  
Multigroup Confirmatory Factor Analysis

AbstractAlthough the Brief Resilient Coping Scale (BRCS) has been validated in some European and American countries, there are no studies that evaluate its factorial invariance among different nations. In this sense, the objective of the study is to evaluate the factorial invariance of the BRCS in samples of older adults in Peru and Spain, using multigroup Confirmatory Factor Analysis. 236 older adults from Peru participated (Mean age = 72.8, SD = 6.90) and 133 older adults from Spain (Mean age = 71, SD = 7). In the Peruvian sample 78.4% were women and 21.6% men; while in the Spanish sample the majority were women (69.9%). The BRCS was scalar invariant but not strictly invariant between Spain and Peru. Our results found invariance of the structure, factor loadings and intercepts in both countries. These results support the use of BRCS in studies that compare the resilience between samples of older adults in both countries, and encourage applied research for the development of resilience in older adults in Spain and Peru.

scholarly journals A Measurement Scale for Indecisiveness and its Relationship to Career Indecision and Other Types of Indecision

2002 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veerle Germeijs ◽  
Paul De Boeck
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Career Indecision ◽  
Measurement Scale ◽  
Differential Relation ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

Summary: A scale for indecisiveness was constructed and then used to investigate distinctive features of indecisiveness. In the literature on decision making, the distinction between indecision and indecisiveness is an important issue, but evidence showing that these two constructs are different is lacking. We found clear evidence for such a distinction, from a joint exploratory factor analysis of the indecisiveness scale and a career indecision scale, and from the differential relation of both with self-esteem as a third variable. Furthermore, with confirmatory factor analysis, we found that the correlations between items on career indecision cannot be explained only by indecisiveness, and that also a factor specific to the situation of career decision is needed. These results corroborate the distinction between career indecision and indecisiveness. Although it must be differentiated from specific types of indecision, such as career indecision, indecisiveness turned out to be a correlate of the specific indecisions - one that can explain the intercorrelations between different kinds of more specific indecision.

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