Adaptation and Validation of the LGBTCI to the Spanish LGBT Working Population

2020 ◽  
pp. 106907272098233
Author(s):  
María Luz Rivero-Díaz ◽  
Esteban Agulló-Tomás ◽  
Jose Antonio Llosa
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Turnover Intentions ◽  
Job Insecurity ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Workplace Climate ◽  
Working Population ◽  
Spanish Speaking ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Correlated Factors

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Climate Inventory (LGBTCI) is the only instrument that, from a holistic viewpoint, makes it possible to evaluate the workplace climate of support and/or hostility for LGBT workers. Recently, however its factor structure has been questioned. In addition, there is not a validated version in the Spanish-speaking countries. This study has the aim of adapting and validating the LGBTCI to the Spanish context and to investigate their factor structure through more accurate procedures. 587 LGBT Spanish nationality workers completed the LGBTCI and other scales. Its internal structure was checked by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and by exploratory structural equation modeling. The final scale of 15 items is divided into two-correlated factors (Support and Non-Hostility). Validity was supported by showing that both sub-scales were related negatively to job insecurity and turnover intentions and positively to work satisfaction, life satisfaction, P-O fit, P-J fit. This version has suitable psychometric properties for application and will allow an advance in research on the inclusion of LGBT workers in the Spanish-speaking context.

Validating the Factor Structure of the Stigma of Suicide Scale–Short Form Spanish Version Among Healthcare Students

Crisis ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Ruthmarie Hernández-Torres ◽  
Paola Carminelli-Corretjer ◽  
Nelmit Tollinchi-Natali ◽  
Ernesto Rosario-Hernández ◽  
Yovanska Duarté-Vélez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Small Sample Size ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Spanish Version ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Healthcare Students ◽  
Spanish Speaking

Abstract. Background: Suicide is a leading cause of death among Spanish-speaking individuals. Suicide stigma can be a risk factor for suicide. A widely used measure is the Stigma of Suicide Scale-Short Form (SOSS-SF; Batterham, Calear, & Christensen, 2013 ). Although the SOSS-SF has established psychometric properties and factor structure in other languages and cultural contexts, no evidence is available from Spanish-speaking populations. Aim: This study aims to validate a Spanish translation of the SOSS-SF among a sample of Spanish-speaking healthcare students ( N = 277). Method: We implemented a cross-sectional design with quantitative techniques. Results: Following a structural equation modeling approach, a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) supported the three-factor model proposed by Batterham and colleagues (2013) . Limitations: The study was limited by the small sample size and recruitment by availability. Conclusion: Findings suggest that the Spanish version of the SOSS-SF is a valid and reliable tool with which to examine suicide stigma among Spanish-speaking populations.

How Communication in Organizations Is Related to Foci of Commitment and Turnover Intentions

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Sebastian Holzwarth ◽  
George Gunnesch-Luca ◽  
Roman Soucek ◽  
Klaus Moser
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Communication ◽  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Turnover Intentions ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Communication In Organizations ◽  
Cohesion Theory

Abstract. The current study analyzes how two components of perceived organizational communication (vertical and horizontal) are related to employee turnover intentions via three types of affective commitment foci (organization, supervisor, and team). Using second-order confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling techniques with a large cross-sectional dataset ( n = 3,317), our results show that, in line with social cohesion theory, vertical communication (e.g., supportiveness from the organization) is strongly related to affective organizational commitment, whereas horizontal communication (e.g., supportiveness from colleagues) is primarily related to affective team commitment. Additionally, both communication dimensions are related to affective supervisory commitment. Finally, these three foci of affective commitment incrementally explain and differentially mediate the relationship between perceived organizational communication and turnover intention.

scholarly journals Testing the construct validity and empirical distinctiveness of the Multicultural Identity Styles Scale (MISS) and the bicultural identity integration scale (BIIS-2)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Á Szabó ◽  
Colleen Ward ◽  
A Meca ◽  
SJ Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Bicultural Identity ◽  
Identity Integration ◽  
Identity Styles ◽  
Bicultural Identity Integration ◽  
Multicultural Identity ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

© 2020 American Psychological Association. The Bicultural Identity Integration Scale (BIIS-2) and the Multicultural Identity Styles Scale (MISS) were designed to assess different aspects of bicultural identity. The BIIS-2 captures characteristics of a bicultural identity in the domains of affect (harmony vs. conflict) and cognition (blendedness vs. compartmentalization). The MISS measures 2 distinct strategies (hybrid and alternating identity styles) used to achieve and maintain a bicultural identity. The aims of the present study were to investigate the factor structures of MISS and BIIS-2 scores using confirmatory factor analysis and to examine potential construct overlap between the 2 measures using exploratory structural equation modeling. Measures were administered twice (11 days apart) to a sample of 836 Hispanic young adults in the United States. Confirmatory factor analytic results supported the 2-factor structure of the MISS. The BIIS-2 items patterned onto 4 factors: harmony, conflict, blendedness, and compartmentalization. Configural, metric, and scalar equivalence of the factor structures of both measures were established across time. The exploratory structural equation modeling indicated no salient cross-loadings between the MISS and the BIIS-2 subscales, and this independence was consistent across time. Interfactor correlations indicated a strong, positive relationship between the hybrid identity style and BII-blendedness subscales. Scores on the alternating identity style subscale were positively related to the BII-conflict, BII-compartmentalization, and BII-blendedness subscales. Overall, findings provide evidence for the construct validity of the MISS and its empirical distinctiveness from the BIIS-2 and suggest a 4-factor structure for the BIIS-2. The study suggests that the Multicultural Identity Styles Scale and the Bicultural Identity Integration Scale assess distinct aspects of a bicultural identity. Additionally, findings confirm the construct validity of the Multicultural Identity Styles Scale with a sample of Hispanic young adults and indicate a potential four-factor structure for the Bicultural Identity Integration Scale.

scholarly journals Psychosocial Working Conditions and Well-Being of Migrant Workers in Spain

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 2547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Díaz Bretones ◽  
Aditya Jain ◽  
Stavroula Leka ◽  
Pedro A. García-López
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Latent Variables ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Working Population ◽  
Psychosocial Working Conditions ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
The Relationship

This study examines the relationship beween employment and psychosocial working conditions and well-being of native and migrant workers in the working population of Spain. Data from the 7th Spanish Survey of Working Conditions was used to conduct a confirmatory factor analysis (n = 8508) to identify the main latent variables that influenced well-being. Using structural equation modeling and multivariate analysis, we found different patterns and perceptions of well-being and working conditions in these two groups. We discuss the reasons for these differences and suggest directions for further research in this area.

The Psychobiosocial States (PBS-S) Scale

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 658-665 ◽  
Author(s):  
Montse C. Ruiz ◽  
Claudio Robazza ◽  
Asko Tolvanen ◽  
Juri Hanin
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Core State ◽  
Practice Session ◽  
Factor Solution ◽  
Feeling States ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Perceived Impact

Abstract. This study examined the factor structure and reliability of the Psychobiosocial States (PBS-S) scale in the assessment of situational performance-related experiences. We administered the scale to 483 Finnish athletes before a practice session to assess the intensity and perceived impact of their performance-related feeling states. The hypothesized two-factor structure indicating functional effects (10 items) and dysfunctional effects (10 items) toward performance was examined via exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Regarding the intensity and perceived impact dimensions of reported states, ESEM and CFA showed a good fit for a two-factor solution of a 14-item PBS-S scale (seven functional and seven dysfunctional items). For both intensity and impact ratings, core state functional modalities were bodily, cognitive, and volitional, while core state dysfunctional modalities were volitional, operational, and anxiety. Findings support the use of a 14-item PBS-S scale to measure a range of preperformance states.

Coworkers, supervisors and frontline restaurant employees: social judgments and the mediating effects of exhaustion and cynicism

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 353-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego Bufquin
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Turnover Intentions ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Social Judgments ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Social Traits ◽  
The Social ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Restaurant Employees

PurposeThe current study assesses the relationships between the social judgments made by frontline restaurant employees toward their direct supervisors and coworkers and employees' cynicism, exhaustion and turnover intentions. The mediating effects of cynicism and exhaustion are also examined.Design/methodology/approachThe model was tested on 477 frontline restaurant employees using a questionnaire survey. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling, which included bootstrapping.FindingsResults indicate that the aforementioned social judgments significantly decrease frontline restaurant employees' exhaustion and cynicism, which are then positively related to turnover intentions. Furthermore, exhaustion and cynicism mediate the relationships between employees' evaluations of their supervisors and coworkers and turnover intentions.Originality/valueThis study is the first to analyze the effects of warmth, competence and morality – which represent fundamental social traits that people use to evaluate others – on turnover intentions via cynicism and exhaustion.

scholarly journals A New Story on the Multidimensionality of the MSPSS: Validity of the Internal Structure through Bifactor ESEM

2022 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 935
Author(s):  
César Merino-Soto ◽  
Alicia Boluarte Carbajal ◽  
Filiberto Toledano-Toledano ◽  
Laura A. Nabors ◽  
Miguel Ángel Núñez-Benítez
Keyword(s):  
Internal Structure ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Detailed Examination ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
General Factor ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Bifactor Models ◽  
Correlated Factors

The internal structure of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) in adolescents has been evaluated with some factorial analysis methodologies but not with bifactor exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM), and possibly the inconsistency in the internal structure was dependent on these approaches. The objective of the study was to update evidence regarding its internal structure of MSPSS, by means of a detailed examination of its multidimensionality The participants were 460 adolescents from an educational institution in the Callao region, Lima, Peru. The structure was modeled using unidimensional, three-factor and bifactor models with confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and ESEM approaches. The models showed good levels of fit, with the exception of the unidimensional model; however, the multidimensionality indicators supported the superiority of the bifactor ESEM. In contrast, the general factor was not strong enough, and the interfactorial correlations were substantially lower. It is concluded that the MSPSS can be interpreted by independent but moderately correlated factors, and there is possible systematic variance that potentially prevented the identification of a general factor.

scholarly journals Testing the construct validity and empirical distinctiveness of the Multicultural Identity Styles Scale (MISS) and the bicultural identity integration scale (BIIS-2)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Á Szabó ◽  
Colleen Ward ◽  
A Meca ◽  
SJ Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Bicultural Identity ◽  
Identity Integration ◽  
Identity Styles ◽  
Bicultural Identity Integration ◽  
Multicultural Identity ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

© 2020 American Psychological Association. The Bicultural Identity Integration Scale (BIIS-2) and the Multicultural Identity Styles Scale (MISS) were designed to assess different aspects of bicultural identity. The BIIS-2 captures characteristics of a bicultural identity in the domains of affect (harmony vs. conflict) and cognition (blendedness vs. compartmentalization). The MISS measures 2 distinct strategies (hybrid and alternating identity styles) used to achieve and maintain a bicultural identity. The aims of the present study were to investigate the factor structures of MISS and BIIS-2 scores using confirmatory factor analysis and to examine potential construct overlap between the 2 measures using exploratory structural equation modeling. Measures were administered twice (11 days apart) to a sample of 836 Hispanic young adults in the United States. Confirmatory factor analytic results supported the 2-factor structure of the MISS. The BIIS-2 items patterned onto 4 factors: harmony, conflict, blendedness, and compartmentalization. Configural, metric, and scalar equivalence of the factor structures of both measures were established across time. The exploratory structural equation modeling indicated no salient cross-loadings between the MISS and the BIIS-2 subscales, and this independence was consistent across time. Interfactor correlations indicated a strong, positive relationship between the hybrid identity style and BII-blendedness subscales. Scores on the alternating identity style subscale were positively related to the BII-conflict, BII-compartmentalization, and BII-blendedness subscales. Overall, findings provide evidence for the construct validity of the MISS and its empirical distinctiveness from the BIIS-2 and suggest a 4-factor structure for the BIIS-2. The study suggests that the Multicultural Identity Styles Scale and the Bicultural Identity Integration Scale assess distinct aspects of a bicultural identity. Additionally, findings confirm the construct validity of the Multicultural Identity Styles Scale with a sample of Hispanic young adults and indicate a potential four-factor structure for the Bicultural Identity Integration Scale.

Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance of the MHC-SF in the USA

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 521-525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohsen Joshanloo
Keyword(s):  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Item Functioning ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
The Usa

Abstract. This study examines the factor structure of the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) in a sample of 23,674 students at 26 American universities. The measurement invariance of the scale is also examined across gender, nationality, and sexual orientation. Exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) are used for data analysis. The results support the three-dimensional factor structure of the scale as well as full or partial measurement invariance across the groups. Results show that Item 13 (related to autonomy) demonstrates differential item functioning across gender.

Factor Structure of the Dyadic Adjustment Scale

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 326-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dóra Vajda ◽  
Barna Konkolÿ Thege ◽  
Sándor Rózsa
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Dyadic Adjustment ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
General Factor ◽  
Dyadic Adjustment Scale ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Dyadic Satisfaction ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Relationship Of

Abstract. The Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS) is one of the most widely used instruments for measuring relationship quality. Considering the discrepancies across studies regarding the relationship of the underlying constructs of the DAS, the aim of the present study was to examine the factor structure of the scale by applying bifactor models using confirmatory factor analytic (CFA) and exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) approaches. The sample consisted of 483 couples recruited in Hungary. The analysis revealed that the bifactor-ESEM yielded the best fit to the data (CFI = .90, RMSEA = .05, WRMR = .88). Further, strict invariance between the sexes was observed for this model. Omega hierarchical coefficients indicated outstanding reliability for the general factor (.86), acceptable estimates for the Dyadic Consensus (.60) and Cohesion (.57) subdomains, but poor reliability for the Dyadic Satisfaction (.22) and Affectional Expression (.36) factors; suggesting that the individual interpretation of these latter two subconstructs must be made with caution.

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