title: Assessing cross-cultural differences through use of multiple-group invariance analyses.
abstract: The use of structural equation modeling in cross-cultural personality research has become a popular method for testing measurement invariance. In this report, we present an example of testing measurement invariance using the Sense of Coherence Scale of Antonovsky (1993) in 3 ethnic groups: Chinese, Japanese, and Whites. In a series of increasingly restrictive constraints on the measurement models of the 3 groups, we demonstrate how to assess differences among the groups. We also provide an example of construct validation.
authors.affiliation: UCLA Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563, USA. jastein@ucla.edu
authors.forename: Judith A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.forename: Jerry W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Patricia S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D006801:Humans; D015233:Models, Statistical; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D025341:Principal Component Analysis; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology