title: The assessment of factorial invariance in need for cognition using Hispanic and Anglo samples.
abstract: The Need for Cognition Scale-Short Form (NCS-SF; J. T. Cacioppo, R. E. Petty, & C. F. Kao, 1984) is a commonly administered measure in the behavioral sciences, but little research has assessed its applicability across cultures. A sample of undergraduates in the southeastern United States and a sample of undergraduates at a southwestern U.S. university completed the NCS-SE Hispanic respondents did not differ from Anglos in their mean NCS-SF scores. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed that factor parameter estimates and item intercepts were partially measurement invariant across samples.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, The University of Texas, El Paso, USA.
authors.forename: Scott E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Culhane
authors.forename: Osvaldo F
authors.initials: OF
authors.lastname: Morera
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Watson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003071:Cognition; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D044465:White People