The Beliefs in the Inheritance of Risk Factors for Suicide Scale (BIRFSS): Cross-Cultural Validation in Estonia, Malaysia, Romania, the United Kingdom, and the United States

2008 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 688-698 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Voracek ◽  
Lisa Mariella Loibl ◽  
Viren Swami ◽  
Mona Vintilă ◽  
Kairi Kõlves ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Cultural Validation ◽  
Risk Factors For Suicide

scholarly journals Internet Motives of Users in Jordan, UAE and KSA: A Cross-Cultural Validation of the Web Motivation Inventory (WMI)

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamza Salim Khraim
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
The United States ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Validation ◽  
The Web

<p>The aim of this study is to replicate the Web Motivation Inventory (WMI) in new context. To date, the scale has only been tested on consumers in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and South Korea. This research replicates the WMI using consumers from three Arab countries namely Jordan, UAE, and KSA. Results show that the same four-factor structure has been produced for the three countries, providing evidence of the scales cross cultural stability. Additional results show that there were differences in the four motives; research, communicate, surf, and shop in the three countries.</p>

scholarly journals Measurement Invariance of Three Narcissism Questionnaires Across the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany

Assessment ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-43
Author(s):  
Eunike Wetzel ◽  
Felix J. Lang ◽  
Mitja D. Back ◽  
Michele Vecchione ◽  
Radoslaw Rogoza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
The United States ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Pathological Narcissism ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Pathological Narcissism Inventory ◽  
The U.S

With a recent surge of research on narcissism, narcissism questionnaires are increasingly being translated and applied in various countries. The measurement invariance of an instrument across countries is a precondition for being able to compare scores across countries. We investigated the cross-cultural measurement invariance of three narcissism questionnaires (Brief Pathological Narcissism Inventory [B-PNI], Narcissistic Personality Inventory [NPI], and Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Questionnaire [NARQ]) and mean-level differences across samples from the United States ( N = 2,464), the United Kingdom ( N = 307), and Germany ( N = 925). Overall, the B-PNI and NARQ functioned equivalently for the U.S. and U.K. participants. More violations of measurement invariance were found between Germany and the combined U.S. and U.K. samples, and for the NPI. In the B-PNI and NARQ, Americans scored higher than individuals from the United Kingdom regarding agentic aspects (self-sacrificing self-enhancement, admiration), while Germans scored lower than both Americans and U.K. individuals regarding antagonistic (entitlement rage, rivalry) and neurotic (hiding the self, contingent self-esteem) aspects. More inconsistent results were found for NPI facets. When noninvariance was present, observed means yielded biased results. Thus, the degree of measurement invariance across translated instrument versions should be considered in cross-cultural comparisons, even with culturally similar countries.

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