Comparing results of an exact versus an approximate (Bayesian) measurement invariance test: A cross-country illustration with a scale to measure 19 human values [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2014 One of the most frequently used procedures for measurement invariance testing is the multigroup confirmatory factor analysis (MGCFA). Muthén and Asparouhov recently proposed a new approach to test for approximate rather than exact measurement invariance ...
Jan eCieciuch +7 more
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Survey Research Methods, 2018 This article addresses the approximate approach to assess measurement invariance with (longitudinal) confirmatory factor analysis. Approximate measurement invariance uses zero-mean, small-variance Bayesian priors to allow minor differences in estimated
Daniel Seddig, Heinz Leitgöb
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Studies investigating differences in mental health problems between self-employed and employed workers have provided contradictory results. Many of the studies utilized scales validated for employed workers, without collecting validity evidence for ...
Louise E. Bergman +4 more
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Cross-national validation of digital health engagement scales: evidence from 30 countries [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthIntroductionReliable cross-national measurement of digital health engagement is essential for understanding how populations use online health information and for monitoring digital health inequalities.
Petra Raudenská
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MethodologyIn social sciences, researchers often compare relations between constructs, referred to as “structural relations”, across a large number of groups. This paper proposes Mixture Multigroup Bayesian SEM (MixMG-BSEM), a novel method for comparing structural ...
Hongwei Zhao +2 more
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Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance Across Gender of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire—Short Form in Italian Workers [PDF]
European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and EducationEating disorders (EDs) are complex conditions that can significantly affect health and productivity, yet their assessment in occupational settings remains underexplored.
Nicola Magnavita, Carlo Chiorri
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The attitudes to inclusion and Teacher Efficacy for Inclusive Practices scales: psychometric properties across Swiss in-service, pre-service, and special education teachers [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyIntroductionThis study examined the psychometric properties of two widely used scales measuring teacher attitudes (Attitudes to Inclusion Scale; AIS) and self-efficacy (Teacher Efficacy for Inclusive Practices Scale; TEIP and its short form TEIP-SF ...
Sergej Wüthrich, Caroline Sahli Lozano
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Testing for approximate measurement invariance of instructional quality in the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) 2018 [PDF]
Humanities & Social Sciences CommunicationsThis study investigates how consistently instructional quality is measured among secondary school teachers across 47 countries and economies using the TALIS 2018 teacher data (N = 127,607).
Guangbao Fang +2 more
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Why Full, Partial, or Approximate Measurement Invariance Are Not a Prerequisite for Meaningful and Valid Group Comparisons [PDF]
Structural Equation Modeling, 2023 Alexander Robitzsch, Oliver Ludtke
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Investigating non-invariance of psychological intimate partner violence measures in the demographic and health surveys: roles of survey design and national context in 19 countries [PDF]
BMC Women's HealthBackground One third of adult women report lifetime psychological intimate partner violence (IPV). Controlling behavior is a common dimension of psychological IPV; however, evidence is mixed on its cross-national and cross-time measurement invariance ...
Kathryn M. Yount +3 more
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