title: Invariance of measures to understand decision-making for pursuing living donor kidney transplant.
abstract: Living donor kidney transplant is the ideal treatment option for end-stage renal disease; however, the decision to pursue living donor kidney transplant is complex and challenging. Measurement invariance of living donor kidney transplant Decisional Balance and Self-Efficacy across gender (male/female), race (Black/White), and education level (no college/college or higher) were examined using a sequential approach. Full strict invariance was found for Decisional Balance and Self-Efficacy for gender and partial strict invariance was found for Decisional Balance and Self-Efficacy across race and education level. This information will inform tailored feedback based on these constructs in future intervention studies targeting behavior change among specific demographic subgroups.
authors.affiliation: The University of Rhode Island, USA leslie_brick@my.uri.edu.
authors.forename: Leslie Ann
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Brick
authors.affiliation: The University of Rhode Island, USA.
authors.forename: Donya
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sorensen
authors.affiliation: The University of Rhode Island, USA.
authors.forename: Mark L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Robbins
authors.affiliation: The University of Rhode Island, USA.
authors.forename: Andrea L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Paiva
authors.affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Peipert
authors.affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
authors.forename: Amy D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Waterman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003657:Decision Making; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000523:psychology*; D019520:Living Donors / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008923:Missouri; D011594:Psychometrics; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012737:Sex Factors; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology
keywords: behavioral medicine; ethnicity; health behavior; inequalities; kidney; methodology; organ transplantation; quantitative methods; race