Three-Dimensional Model of Strengths: Examination of Invariance Across Gender, Age, Education Levels, and Marriage Status.
Strengths are positive qualities that significantly contributed to well-being of individuals and community. Therefore, a reliable and valid measure of strengths for research and practice is needed. The Brief Strengths Scale (BSS) is a newly developed tool for measuring the three-dimensional strengths model (i.e., temperance, intellectual, and interpersonal strength). However, empirical support for the measurement invariance of the BSS has not been obtained. This study examined the three-factor structure of BSS across gender, age, education, and marriage groups in a community sample (n = 375) using multi-group confirmatory factor analysis. After removing one item of each subscale from the original version, the revised model provided a good fit to the data at different subgroups. The revised nine-item BSS indicated that measurement invariance across gender and age groups was achieved. In addition, the measurement was more influenced by social-cultural factors than biological factors.
Department of Sociology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China. duan.w@whu.edu.cn.
Wenjie
0000-0002-1251-3685
W
Duan
Department of Applied Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Samuel Mun Yin
SM
Ho
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004522:Educational Status; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017533:Marital Status; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011594:Psychometrics; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
Equivalence; MG-CFA; Measurement invariance; Strengths; Three-dimensional strengths model