Measurement Invariance of Three Brief Measures of Rumination in Young Adults With and Without a History of Self-Injury

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Kate E. Tonta ◽  
Penelope Hasking ◽  
Mark Boyes ◽  
Joel Howell ◽  
Peter McEvoy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Partial Metric ◽  
Total N ◽  
Thought Style ◽  
Configural Invariance ◽  
Self Injury ◽  
Item Functioning ◽  
History Of ◽  
Scalar Invariance ◽  
Metric Invariance

Abstract. Rumination is central to understanding the onset and maintenance of non-suicidal self-injury. Yet, no study has evaluated whether reported differences in rumination between people with and without a history of self-injury represent genuine group differences. The present study reports an investigation into the measurement invariance of three common measures of rumination in university students with and without a history of self-injury (total N = 1,519). Results revealed configural invariance for the Ruminative Responses Scale (RRS), the Ruminative Thought Style Questionnaire (RTSQ), and the Repetitive Thinking Questionnaire (RTQ). Additionally, the RTSQ and RTQ supported metric invariance, while the RRS supported partial metric invariance. Further, the RTQ demonstrated partial scalar invariance while the RTSQ demonstrated full scalar invariance. The current findings suggest that observed differences using the RTSQ and RTQ reflect genuine differences in rumination between people with and without a history of self-injury, while researchers using the RRS are advised to account for differential item functioning.

scholarly journals Measurement Invariance of Perfectionism Measures in Students with and without a History of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (19) ◽  
pp. 10171
Author(s):  
Kate E. Tonta ◽  
Mark Boyes ◽  
Joel Howell ◽  
Peter McEvoy ◽  
Penelope Hasking
Keyword(s):  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Bifactor Model ◽  
Residual Error ◽  
Group Differences ◽  
Partial Metric ◽  
Total N ◽  
Self Injury ◽  
History Of ◽  
Metric Invariance

Perfectionism is a transdiagnostic process which may be implicated in the onset and maintenance of non-suicidal self-injury. No study has evaluated whether reported differences in perfectionism between individuals with and without a history of self-injury represent genuine group differences or measurement artefacts. The present study reports an investigation of the measurement invariance of two common scales of perfectionism, the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale-Brief (FMPS-Brief) and the Clinical Perfectionism Questionnaire (CPQ), among university students (Mage = 20.48, SDage = 2.22, 75.3% female, 22.8% male) with and without a history of self-injury (total n = 711). Results revealed full residual error invariance for the two-factor model of FMPS-Brief, while the bifactor model of the FMPS-Brief and the two-factor model of the CPQ demonstrated partial metric invariance. Accounting for partial metric invariance, the bifactor model of the FMPS-Brief also demonstrated partial residual error invariance. The current findings suggest that observed differences using the FMPS-Brief reflect genuine differences in perfectionism between individuals with and without a history of self-injury. Further, while researchers using the bi-factor model can have confidence that the general factor can adequately assess group differences, differential item functioning should be considered if using the strivings and concerns factors. Finally, in the current data, the CPQ did not perform as expected in baseline model fit and future research should replicate assessments of measurement invariance in this measure.

scholarly journals Comparing Social Anxiety in Japanese and European Americans: Integrating Measurement Invariance and Prototype Analyses

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Krieg ◽  
Yiyuan Xu ◽  
David C Cicero ◽  
Sousuke Miyamoto ◽  
Hanna Krieg
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Emotional Valence ◽  
Partial Metric ◽  
Configural Invariance ◽  
European Americans ◽  
Scalar Invariant ◽  
The Social ◽  
Item Content ◽  
Scalar Invariance

Objectives: The current studies examined measurement invariance and prototypical symptoms when comparing social anxiety between Japanese and European Americans. Methods: Study 1 investigated configural, metric, and scalar invariance for the Social Phobia Scale (SPS) and the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (SIAS), and their respective short forms (SPS-6 and SISA-6), among 163 Japanese and 193 European Americans. Study 2 examined 20 Japanese and 20 European Americans' responses to a social anxiety prototype vignette and investigated the emotional valence and content themes surrounding the generated descriptions.Results: Study 1 results supported partial scalar invariance of SPS-6 and SIAS-6, partial metric invariance for SIAS, and configural invariance for SPS. Study 2 found that although most descriptors generated by both groups were negative attributes, Japanese mentioned more neutral attributes that European Americans. Both groups mentioned similar percentages of descriptors consistent with the SPS and SIAS, but the non-invariant item content related to physiological anxiety such as fainting and becoming ill were mentioned more often by European Americans whereas the scalar invariant item content related to communication skills, such as mixing comfortably with others and difficulty talking with other people, were mentioned more often by Japanese.Conclusions: These findings highlight the need to integrate evidence of both measurement invariance and cultural validity in understanding and measurement of psychopathology across cultures.

Entitlement in Higher Education: Evaluating the Measurement Invariance Properties of the Academic Entitlement Questionnaire

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (7) ◽  
pp. 750-755 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jam Khojasteh ◽  
Ashley Keener
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Academic Entitlement ◽  
Partial Metric ◽  
Behavioral Sciences ◽  
Invariance Properties ◽  
Scalar Invariance ◽  
Metric Invariance

Self-report instruments are commonly used in the educational and behavioral sciences. The purpose of this study was to investigate the measurement invariance properties of the Academic Entitlement Questionnaire (AEQ) developed by Kopp, Zinn, Finney, and Jurich, across gender and college rank (i.e., lower classmen, upper classmen, and graduate students). Partial metric and scalar invariance was established for the AEQ across gender. In relation to college rank, partial metric invariance was met, but scalar invariance did not hold. The results of the study may benefit educational researchers who are interested in using the AEQ or examining attributes that may be associated with academic entitlement.

scholarly journals Measurement invariance of the distress tolerance scale among university students with and without a history of non-suicidal self-injury

PeerJ ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. e10915
Author(s):  
Ashley Slabbert ◽  
Penelope Hasking ◽  
Danyelle Greene ◽  
Mark Boyes
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Lower Order ◽  
Distress Tolerance ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Order Model ◽  
Self Injury ◽  
History Of ◽  
Order Four

Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is the intentional damage to one’s body tissue in the absence of suicidal intent. NSSI primarily serves an emotion regulation function, with individuals engaging in self-injury to escape intense or unwanted emotion. Low distress tolerance has been identified as a mechanism that underlies self-injury, and is commonly assessed using the self-report Distress Tolerance Scale. There are mixed findings regarding the factor structure of the Distress Tolerance Scale, with some researchers utilising a higher-order distress tolerance score (derived from the scores on the four lower-order subscales) and other researchers using the four subscales as unique predictors of psychological outcomes. Neither of these factor structures have been assessed among individuals with a history of self-injury. Of note, an inability to tolerate distress (thought to underlie NSSI) may limit an individual’s capacity to accurately observe and report specific thoughts and emotions experienced in a state of heightened distress, which may impact the validity of scores on the Distress Tolerance Scale. Therefore, measurement invariance should be established before attributing NSSI-related differences on the scale to true differences in distress tolerance. We compared the Distress Tolerance Scale higher-order model with the lower-order four factor model among university students with and without a history of NSSI. Our results indicated that the lower-order four factor model was a significantly better fit to the data than the higher-order model. We then tested the measurement invariance of this lower-order factor model among individuals with and without a history of NSSI, and established configural and full metric invariance, followed by partial scalar and full residual error invariance. These results suggest the four subscales of the Distress Tolerance Scale can be used to confidently discern NSSI-related differences in distress tolerance.

scholarly journals Measurement Invariance of the Career Futures Inventory–Revised Across General and Client Samples

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 711-725
Author(s):  
Chan Jeong Park ◽  
Patrick J. Rottinghaus ◽  
Ze Wang ◽  
Ti Zhang ◽  
Nikki A. Falk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Scale Validation ◽  
Career Adaptability ◽  
Analysis Model ◽  
Factor Analysis Model ◽  
Student Sample ◽  
Configural Invariance ◽  
Validation Procedure ◽  
Scalar Invariance ◽  
Latent Means

Establishing measurement invariance has been emphasized as an important scale validation procedure for group comparisons. The 28-item Career Futures Inventory–Revised (CFI-R) is a widely used measure of career adaptability that has demonstrated initial validity with various samples. The purpose of the present study is to further examine the validity of the CFI-R by testing measurement invariance between a general university student sample and a client sample. First, a five-factor confirmatory factor analysis model was tested with each group. Then, measurement invariance tests were conducted through subsequently examining configural invariance, metric invariance, and scalar invariance. Test of invariance was achieved until partial scalar invariance, suggesting that the CFI-R is similarly applicable to both clinical and nonclinical samples. In addition, the comparisons of latent means between two groups revealed that clients showed significantly lower latent means than general students for four factors: Career Agency, Occupational Awareness, Support, and Work–Life Balance.

Measurement Invariance of Three Brief Emotion Regulation Questionnaires in People With and Without a History of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 835-841 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenn Kiekens ◽  
Penelope Hasking ◽  
Mark Boyes
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Psychometric Evaluation ◽  
Cognitive Emotion Regulation ◽  
Statistical Inferences ◽  
Self Injury ◽  
Difficulties In Emotion Regulation ◽  
History Of

Abstract. In this study, we investigated the factor structure and measurement invariance of three brief emotion regulation questionnaires in samples of young adults (17–30 years) with and without a history of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI; n = 705–836). Results revealed configural, full metric, and full scalar invariance for the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale – Short Form (DERS-SF) and the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire – Short (CERQ-S). In addition, the CERQ-S also showed full residual error invariance. In contrast, the proposed factor structure of the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) was not confirmed in either sample. Further, we observed that some items function differently for people who self-injure and people who do not, which could result in artificial differences being reported in use of cognitive reappraisal. While the current findings offer confidence that observed differences using the DERS-SF and CERQ-S reflect reliable discrepancies in emotion regulation processes between people who self-injure and do not, the validity of statistical inferences using the ERQ could not be ensured and need further psychometric evaluation.

scholarly journals Finding clusters of groups with measurement invariance: Unraveling intercept non-invariance with mixture multigroup factor analysis

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim De Roover
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Behavioral Research ◽  
Invariant Factor ◽  
Factor Loadings ◽  
Latent Constructs ◽  
Daunting Task ◽  
Scalar Invariance ◽  
Metric Invariance ◽  
Latent Means

Comparisons of latent constructs across groups are ubiquitous in behavioral research and, nowadays, often numerous groups are involved. Measurement invariance of the constructs across the groups is imperative for valid comparisons and can be tested by multigroup factor analysis. For many groups, metric invariance (invariant factor loadings) often holds, whereas scalar invariance (invariant intercepts) is rarely supported. Scalar invariance is a prerequisite for comparing latent means, however. One may inspect group-specific intercepts to pinpoint non-invariances, but this is a daunting task in case of many groups. This paper presents mixture multigroup factor analysis (MMG-FA) for clustering groups based on their intercepts. Clusters of groups with scalar invariance are obtained by imposing cluster-specific intercepts and invariant loadings whereas unique variances, factor means and factor (co)variances can differ between groups. Thus, MMG-FA ties down the number of intercepts to inspect and generates clusters of groups wherein latent means can be validly compared.

Factor Structure of the Greek Version of the Emotional Contagion Scale and its Measurement Invariance Across Gender and Cultural Groups

2008 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 121-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars-Olov Lundqvist ◽  
Pantelis Kevrekidis
Keyword(s):  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Five Factor Model ◽  
Emotional Contagion ◽  
Partial Metric ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Multiple Group ◽  
Configural Invariance ◽  
English Speaking World

Theories regarding susceptibility to emotional contagion, which address the ease of “catching” the emotions expressed by others, have recently received growing interest in the field of social psychology and health. Despite the theoretical and empirical importance, reliable and valid instruments to assess emotional contagion in men and women from cultures outside the English-speaking world are not well developed. The present study examines the psychometric properties and factor structure of the Greek adaptation of the Emotional Contagion Scale (ECS), and is a first attempt to test its measurement invariance across gender and culture groups (Greece and Sweden). Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of competing models supports a five-factor model that includes the five basic emotions of anger, fear, sadness, happiness, and love. Using multiple-group CFA and a sequence of nested tests, configural invariance and partial metric and partial scalar invariance across gender and culture groups of the five-factor model were demonstrated. The results show that meaningful comparisons of ECS can be made across men and women from different cultures and support the hypothesis that susceptibility to emotional contagion operates at a differential emotions level.

Assessing Perceptions of Programming Education Among P-12 School Teachers and Principals: A Multigroup Invariance Analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 718-729 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siu-Cheung Kong ◽  
Yi-Qing Wang
Keyword(s):  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Comprehensive Understanding ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Programming Education ◽  
Scalar Invariance ◽  
Metric Invariance

This study aims to establish a robust measurement to obtain a comprehensive understanding of perceptions of programming education (POPE) of teacher and principal groups. In this study, the POPE scale contains three dimensions: (a) understanding in programming (UP), (b) support for programming (SP), and (c) expectation of programming (EP). Self-reported questionnaires were administrated among 258 teachers and 229 principals. Multigroup analyses were used among the two groups. The results of measurement invariance tests show that configural and metric invariance are fully supported, and scalar invariance is partially supported, suggesting the factor structures, loadings, and most item intercepts of the POPE scale are equivalent across the groups examined. Implications of the study are discussed.

scholarly journals Finding clusters of groups with measurement invariance: Unraveling intercept non-invariance with mixture multigroup factor analysis

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim De Roover
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Behavioral Research ◽  
Invariant Factor ◽  
Factor Loadings ◽  
Latent Constructs ◽  
Daunting Task ◽  
Scalar Invariance ◽  
Metric Invariance ◽  
Latent Means

Comparisons of latent constructs across groups are ubiquitous in behavioral research and, nowadays, often numerous groups are involved. Measurement invariance of the constructs across the groups is imperative for valid comparisons and can be tested by multigroup factor analysis. For many groups, metric invariance (invariant factor loadings) often holds, whereas scalar invariance (invariant intercepts) is rarely supported. Scalar invariance is a prerequisite for comparing latent means, however. One may inspect group-specific intercepts to pinpoint non-invariances, but this is a daunting task in case of many groups. This paper presents mixture multigroup factor analysis (MMG-FA) for clustering groups based on their intercepts. Clusters of groups with scalar invariance are obtained by imposing cluster-specific intercepts and invariant loadings whereas unique variances, factor means and factor (co)variances can differ between groups. Thus, MMG-FA ties down the number of intercepts to inspect and generates clusters of groups wherein latent means can be validly compared.

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