scholarly journals Determinants of Visitors’ Loyalty to Religious Sacred Event Places: A Multigroup Measurement Invariance Model

2021 ◽  
pp. 004728752110576
Author(s):  
Vasanth Kamath ◽  
Manuel Alector Ribeiro ◽  
Kyle Maurice Woosnam ◽  
Jyothi Mallya ◽  
Giridhar Kamath
Keyword(s):  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Spiritual Growth ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Religious Experiences ◽  
Behavioral Loyalty ◽  
Shared Beliefs ◽  
Structural Test ◽  
Emotional Solidarity ◽  
International Visitors ◽  
Invariance Model

Places hosting religious sacred events provide opportunities for visitors to find spiritual growth and also afford glimpses into the local culture, community, and hosting religious group. This study looks at tourists’ intended behavioral loyalty to a religious sacred event place as determined through motivations, shared beliefs, and emotional solidarity with other visitors, and memorable religious experiences. Data were collected from 985 visitors (556 domestic and 429 international) during the 2019 Kumbh Mela, held in Prayagraj, India. Contrary to previous studies, results indicated that emotional solidarity did not significantly influence attendees’ intended behavioral loyalty (among domestic visitors). Furthermore, in employing an invariance structural test for paths mentioned in the model, results revealed that the effects of shared beliefs, motivations, emotional solidarity, and memorable religious experiences differed among domestic and international visitors. Study implications and limitations are provided at the close of the paper, giving way to future research opportunities.

Measurement invariance of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale in parents of individuals with disabilities

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (10) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Eun-Young Park ◽  
Joungmin Kim
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Epidemiologic Studies ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Invariance Model

We aimed to verify the factor model and measurement invariance of the abbreviated Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale by conducting a confirmatory factor analysis using data from 761 parents of individuals with intellectual disabilities who completed the scale as part of the 2011 Survey on the Actual Conditions of Individuals with Developmental Disabilities, South Korea, and 7,301 participants from the general population who completed the scale as part of the 2011 Welfare Panel Study and Survey by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, South Korea. We used fit indices to assess data reliability and Amos 22.0 for data analysis. According to the results, the 4-factor model had an appropriate fit to the data and the regression coefficients were significant. However, the chi-square difference test result was nonsignificant; therefore, the metric invariance model was the most appropriate measurement invariance model for the data. Implications of the findings are discussed.

The role of internalizing and externalizing liability factors in accounting for gender differences in the prevalence of common psychopathological syndromes

2007 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark D. Kramer ◽  
Robert F. Krueger ◽  
Brian M. Hicks
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Common Mental Disorders ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Latent Factor ◽  
Gender Invariance ◽  
Co Morbidity ◽  
Best Fitting ◽  
Invariance Model ◽  
Internalizing And Externalizing

BackgroundWe hypothesized that gender differences in average levels on the internalizing and externalizing factors that account for co-morbidity among common psychopathological syndromes in both men and women account for gender differences in the prevalence of specific syndromes.MethodThe latent structure of 11 syndromes was examined in a middle-aged (mean age=52.66 years, s.d.=5.82) sample of 2992 (37% men) members of the community-based Minnesota Twin Registry (MTR) assessed using 10 scales of the Psychiatric Diagnostic Screening Questionnaire (PDSQ) and an adult antisocial behavior scale. Confirmatory factorial invariance models were applied to a best-fitting, internalizing–externalizing model.ResultsA ‘strong gender invariance model’ fit best, indicating that gender differences in the means of individual syndromes were well accounted for by gender differences in mean levels of internalizing and externalizing. Women exhibited higher mean levels of internalizing (d=0.23) and lower mean levels of externalizing (d=−0.52) than men.ConclusionsThese findings suggest that risk factors for common mental disorders exhibiting gender differences may influence prevalence at the latent factor level. Future research may benefit from focusing on both the latent factor and individual syndrome levels in explaining gender differences in psychopathology.

scholarly journals Evaluating Sensitivity of Parameters of Interest to Measurement Invariance in Latent Variable Models

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel L. Oberski
Keyword(s):  
Monte Carlo ◽  
Monte Carlo Simulations ◽  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Latent Variable ◽  
Measurement Equivalence ◽  
Latent Variable Models ◽  
Parameter Change ◽  
Electronic Appendix ◽  
Invariance Model ◽  
Parameters Of Interest

Latent variable models can only be compared across groups when these groups exhibit measurement equivalence or “invariance,” since otherwise substantive differences may be confounded with measurement differences. This article suggests examining directly whether measurement differences present could confound substantive analyses, by examining the expected parameter change (EPC)-interest. The EPC-interest approximates the change in parameters of interest that can be expected when freeing cross-group invariance restrictions. Monte Carlo simulations suggest that the EPC-interest approximates these changes well. Three empirical applications show that the EPC-interest can help avoid two undesirable situations: first, it can prevent unnecessarily concluding that groups are incomparable, and second, it alerts the user when comparisons of interest may still be invalidated even when the invariance model appears to fit the data. R code and data for the examples discussed in this article are provided in the electronic appendix (http://hdl.handle.net/1902.1/21816).

scholarly journals The Effects of Manifest Residual Variances, Indicator Communality, and Sample Size on the χ2-Test Statistic of the Metric Invariance Model

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Klopp ◽  
Stefan Klößner
Keyword(s):  
Sample Size ◽  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Practical Implication ◽  
Residual Variance ◽  
Test Statistic ◽  
Monte Carlo Studies ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Metric Measurement ◽  
Invariance Model

In this contribution, we investigate the effects of manifest residual variance, indicator communality and sample size on the χ2-test statistic of the metric measurement invariance model, i.e. the model with equality constraints on all loadings. We demonstrate by means of Monte Carlo studies that the χ2-test statistic relates inversely to manifest residual variance, whereas sample size and χ2-test statistic show the well-known pro- portional relation. Moreover, we consider indicator communality as a key factor for the size of the χ2-test statistic. In this context, we introduce the concept of signal-to-noise ratio as a tool for studying the effects of manifest residual error and indicator commu- nality and demonstrate its use with some examples. Finally, we discuss the limitations of this contribution and its practical implication for the analysis of metric measurement invariance models.

scholarly journals Does Social Media Marketing and Brand Community Play the Role in Building a Sustainable Digital Business Strategy?

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (16) ◽  
pp. 6417 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ching-Wei Ho ◽  
Yu-Bing Wang
Keyword(s):  
Business Strategy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Purchase Intentions ◽  
Customer Relationships ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Behavioral Loyalty ◽  
Community Identification ◽  
Retail Channels

This study investigates the effects of customer relationships on a brand’s social network website (BSN) for virtual and physical retail channels in the digital business environment. The authors also further explore the sustainable customer relationships with virtual and physical retail channels (i.e., consumer–community identification, CCI; and consumer–retailer love, C-R Love) and customer attitudinal/behavioral loyalty toward a retailer (re-purchase and word of mouth, WOM). The authors develop a framework to describe and examine the connections among customer relationships for BSN, CCI, C-R Love, and user loyalty for a retailer. Furthermore, it tests the mediating effects of virtual (i.e., CCI) and physical (i.e., C-R Love) channels on the correlation between BSN relationships and customer loyalty. The model and hypotheses in this study employ structural equation modeling with survey data. The study shows that partial customer relationships in BSNs directly or indirectly influence CCI and C-R Love, and both CCI and C-R Love positively influence re-purchase intentions and WOM communications. This study contributes a unique model for a process by which the customer relationships in BSNs can affect a sustainable retail loyalty through the virtual/physical channels. This finding can be viewed as pioneering and as setting a benchmark for future research.

Current Research in Children's Conceptions of Death: A Critical Review

2001 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenda L. Kenyon
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Development ◽  
Developmental Trajectories ◽  
Verbal Ability ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Religious Experiences ◽  
Emotional Factors ◽  
Physically Based ◽  
Methodological Problems ◽  
Theoretical Issues ◽  
Children’S Conceptions

After almost 60 years of research, how children come to understand death and what factors contribute to this development continue to generate interest. This paper critically reviews published research since the early 1980s, with a specific focus on the development of components of the death concept in children. Studies are reviewed with respect to the effects of age, cognitive development, type of object inquired about, culture and SES, experience with death, and emotional factors on the development of children's understanding of death. While these studies indicate that by 10 years of age most children have mastered the components of irreversibility, universality, non-functionality, personal mortality, and causality, acquisition of individual components appears to be differentially affected by several factors. Cognitive development, verbal ability, and cultural and religious experiences appear to influence the acquisition of abstract components such as universality. Direct experience appears to affect the acquisition of physically-based components, such as non-functionality and irreversibility. In addition, the components appear to have different developmental trajectories. Emotional factors appear to play a significant role in how children respond to questions about death and might be highly influential in the development of their understanding of death. Directions for future research are presented with attention to theoretical issues and the ongoing methodological problems in the study of children's conceptions of death.

scholarly journals Measuring teacher job satisfaction: Assessing invariance in the Teacher Job Satisfaction Scale (TJSS) across six countries

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 396-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Pepe ◽  
Loredana Addimando ◽  
Guido Veronese
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Teacher Job Satisfaction ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
Organizational Contexts ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Measurement Tools ◽  
Routine Basis

Work and organizational psychology has long been concerned with measuring job satisfaction in organizational contexts, and this has carried across to the field of education, leading to a research focus on the work-related satisfaction of teachers. Today, a myriad of organizations continue to assess employees’ job satisfaction on a routine basis (Liu, Borg, & Spector, 2004). Unfortunately, a sort of balkanization of the field has resulted in the production of dozens of specific measurement tools, making it difficult to cross-compare samples and contexts. The present paper tested the measurement invariance of the Teacher Job Satisfaction Scale (TJSS) in six international cohorts (Netherlands, United States, Russia China, Italy and Palestine) of in-service teachers (N = 2,819). Confirmatory factor analysis and multi-group invariance tests were applied. The TJSS-9 displayed robust psychometric proprieties and no substantial departures from measurement invariance (configural and metric). Future research is required to further test equivalence across additional countries, with view to developing a truly international tool for measuring job satisfaction in teaching.

scholarly journals Measurement invariance of the Illness Invalidation Inventory (3*I) across language, rheumatic disease and gender

2013 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
pp. 551-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianne Belia Kool ◽  
Rens van de Schoot ◽  
Isabel López-Chicheri García ◽  
Ricarda Mewes ◽  
José A P Da Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatic Disease ◽  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Rheumatic Diseases ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Dutch Version ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Online Study ◽  
Multiple Group ◽  
Antecedents And Consequences ◽  
And Gender

ObjectivesThe Illness Invalidation Inventory (3*I) assesses patients’ perception of responses of others that are perceived as denying, lecturing, not supporting and not acknowledging the condition of the patient. It includes two factors: ‘discounting’ and ‘lack of understanding’. In order to use the 3*I to compare and pool scores across groups and countries, the questionnaire must have measurement invariance; that is, it should measure identical concepts with the same factor structure across groups. The aim of this study was to examine measurement invariance of the 3*I across rheumatic diseases, gender and languages.MethodsParticipants with rheumatic disease from various countries completed an online study using the 3*I, which was presented in Dutch, English, French, German, Portuguese and Spanish; 6057 people with rheumatic diseases participated. Single and multiple group confirmatory factor analyses were used to test the factorial structure and measurement invariance of the 3*I with Mplus.ResultsThe model with strong measurement invariance, that is, equal factor loadings and thresholds (distribution cut-points) across gender and rheumatic disease (fibromyalgia vs other rheumatic diseases) had the best fit estimates for the Dutch version, and good fit estimates across the six language versions.ConclusionsThe 3*I showed measurement invariance across gender, rheumatic disease and language. Therefore, it is appropriate to compare and pool scores of the 3*I across groups. Future research may use the questionnaire to examine antecedents and consequences of invalidation as well as the effect of treatments targeting invalidation.

scholarly journals Civic Intentions and Actions: Exploring Civic Engagement among College Students in Mainland China

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Civic Attitudes

For the study discussed in this article, the authors developed a survey instrument to assess civic engagement among college students in China. Derived from focus-group interviews and extant literature on civic engagement, the survey was administered to 587 students from three universities in Southern China. Exploratory factor analysis was conducted on a randomly split-half sample, and a subsequent confirmatory factor analysis was conducted on the other split-half sample to evaluate measurement structure and measurement invariance of the survey. A total of 22 items were included in the final measurement model. The authors identified five first-order factors from the survey (i.e., helping others, community service, acting on social problems, civic salience, and civic responsibilities), which loaded on two second-order factors (i.e., civic actions and civic attitudes). The authors also tested measurement invariance across male and female participants in the sample. Implications of the second-order factor structures and measurement invariance in future research on civic engagement in China are discussed.

scholarly journals Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Irrational Procrastination Scale: Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance Across Gender

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Shaw ◽  
Jennifer J. Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Mainland Chinese ◽  
Convergent And Divergent Validity ◽  
The One ◽  
Internal Construct Validity

The present paper reports on the preliminary validation of a Chinese version of Steel’s Irrational Procrastination Scale (IPS). To this end, the nine items of the IPS were translated into Chinese and data were collected from a sample of 2,361 mainland Chinese college students. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to examine the dimensional structure of the IPS, and multigroup CFA (MG CFA) was carried out to evaluate the measurement invariance across gender. Results revealed that the Chinese IPS had adequate internal consistency reliability, adhered to the one-factor structure, and exhibited strong or scalar invariance across the two gender subgroups, thereby providing support for the internal construct validity of the scale. Additionally, the IPS scores were found to be strongly and negatively related to the Conscientiousness personality trait while showing weak correlations with the other traits, which provided some support for the convergent and divergent validity of the Chinese IPS. Study limitations and future research directions (e.g., expanding the empirical evidence for the scale’s criterion-related validity) are discussed.

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