Reasons for Living Inventory: cross-cultural construct validity.
The construct validity of the Reasons for Living Inventory was explored with a sample of 340 Italian students. The results of confirmatory factor analysis did not support strongly the six-factor structure previously identified. An exploratory factor analysis indicated a three-factor structure, suggesting that researchers should be cautious in assuming the validity of the six-factor structure in cross-cultural settings.
Pompili
Maurizio
M
Department of Psychiatry, Sant'Andrea Hospital, "Sapienza", University of Rome, Italy. maurizio.pompili@uniroma1.it
Girardi
Paolo
P
Tatarelli
Roberto
R
Lester
David
D
Rogers
James R
JR
D001290:Attitude; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires