A Test of the Multidimensionality of the Self-Construal Scale in Thailand and the United States

Autor:	Paul Norris, Kristin A. Tiernan, Michael S. Christopher, June Bernadette D’souza
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	Cultural Studies Social Psychology Psychometrics Scale (ratio) Anthropology Statistics Measurement invariance Sample (statistics) Construal level theory Test validity Multidimensional scaling Big Five personality traits Psychology
Zdroj:	Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 43:758-773
ISSN:	1552-5422 0022-0221
DOI:	10.1177/0022022111406119
Popis:	In this study, the authors examined a series of nested confirmatory factor analytic models to assess the multidimensionality of the Self-Construal Scale (SCS) in Thailand and the United States. The authors compared the original two-factor model with the more recently developed six-factor model and examined model fit for cross-cultural invariance. Results suggested a substantially better fit to the data for the six-factor model in the American sample, replicating Hardin et al.’s findings. However, in the Thai sample, five items did not load on any factor and a number of other items cross-loaded or were significantly related to a different factor than specified by the two- or six-factor models. The failure to demonstrate configural invariance implies that the SCS and perhaps self-construal itself cannot necessarily be assumed to be a universal construct.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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