Measurement Invariance of the Subjective Happiness Scale Across Countries, Gender, Age, and Time

Kocjan, Gaja Zager; Jose, Paul E.; Sočan, Gregor; Avsec, Andreja

doi:10.1177/1073191121993558

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“…Inspection of item means by group (not reported) revealed that this lack of invariance was due to older participants scoring 0.8 points higher on all Fulfilment items except for "[…] felt that I am growing positively as a person", on which older and younger participants did not differ. This is perhaps unsurprising, and consistent with recent work showing that the Subjective Happiness Scale, a similar measure, also shows only weak invariance by age (26).…”

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confidence: 81%

Validating the Unmind Index as a measure of mental health and wellbeing among adults in USA, Australia, and New Zealand

Travers¹,

Loe²,

Sun³

et al. 2022

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The Unmind Index is a 26-item, 7-subscale measure of mental health and wellbeing designed for use on the Unmind digital workplace mental health platform. The Unmind Index was developed and validated in the UK but is used internationally. This paper reports further psychometric validation of this measure for use in USA, Australia, and New Zealand.Participants in four countries completed the Unmind Index and a battery of existing measures. In Study 1, we use exploratory factor analysis to select questions for the Unmind Index and identify factor structure. In Study 2, we use confirmatory factor analysis to validate the Unmind Index.Study 1 establishes the factor structure, reliability, convergent and discriminant validity, and measurement invariance by age and gender of the Unmind Index separately for USA and for Australia/New Zealand. Study 2 further demonstrates measurement invariance across these locations as well as the UK, and establishes benchmark scores by location, age, and gender.We conclude that the Unmind Index is valid and reliable as a measure of mental health and wellbeing in these locations.

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confidence: 81%

Validating the Unmind Index as a measure of mental health and wellbeing among adults in USA, Australia, and New Zealand

Travers¹,

Loe²,

Sun³

et al. 2022

Preprint

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“…However, the trait of proactive aggression among Iranian adolescents did not include using force to obtain money, considering the poor factor loading of Item 15 in both groups. Because it has been suggested to stop the invariance and group differences assessment in the case of metric noninvariance (Putnick & Bornstein, 2016; Zager Kocjan et al, 2021), this study did not evaluate the scalar invariance, a necessary prerequisite to compare the mean difference between groups (Putnick & Bornstein, 2016; Zager Kocjan et al, 2021). Therefore, this measure cannot be used to capture the difference in the reactive and proactive aggression scores between Iranian boys and girls.…”

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“…In the final step, scalar invariance examine the similarity of item intercepts across groups. The scalar invariance is considered a precondition for comparing the factor means between groups (Putnick & Bornstein, 2016; Zager Kocjan et al, 2021). In each step, the baseline model is compared with the constrained model.…”

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Measurement Invariance and Psychometric Properties of the Reactive and Proactive Aggression Questionnaire (RPQ) Across Genders

Rezaei

Dehghani

2022

Psychological Test Adaptation and Development

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Abstract. Aggression is an important risk factor predisposing adolescents to disruptive and criminal behaviors. The present study aimed to assess the psychometric properties and measurement invariance of the Persian version of the Reactive–Proactive Aggression Questionnaire (RPQ) across genders. A sample of 450 students ( Mage = 14 years, SD = 0.81) were recruited randomly and completed the Persian version of the RPQ, Child Behavior Checklist, and Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. The 2-factor model demonstrated an acceptable fit to the data, supporting the distinction between reactive and proactive aggression among Iranian adolescents. Although the result indicated the equivalence of factor structure of the RPQ across genders, the invariance of the metric model was not confirmed in this study. Suggestions for future research and a more accurate assessment of these two kinds of aggression are further discussed.

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“…Asimismo, las diferencias culturales entre los dos países de comparación revelan la necesidad de llevar a cabo estudios transculturales (Heintz et al, 2019;Kocjan et al, 2021) que, a su vez, atiendan a la variable género. Adil, A., Ishaq, G., & Khan, O.…”

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Fortalezas y virtudes personales, felicidad subjetiva, sentido del humor y personalidad. Análisis según el país y género de los docentes

Torres

González

2021

Revista INFAD de Psicología

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Las variables personales de los docentes, desde la perspectiva de la Psicología Positiva, son de especial relevancia en el ámbito educativo. Al respecto, este trabajo tiene como objetivo principal analizar las fortalezas y virtudes personales, felicidad subjetiva, sentido del humor y personalidad de los docentes en función del país de origen (España y República Dominicana) y el género. Formaron parte del estudio 454 docentes de las diferentes etapas educativas, 76.9 % de España y 23.1% de República Dominicana. En función del género, 156 eran hombres (34.4 %) y 298 mujeres (65.6 %). La edad mínima fue de 19 y la máxima de 66 (Edad media = 40.04 años, DT = 10.51). Para la recogida de información se emplearon los siguientes instrumentos: Valores en Acción Inventario de Fortalezas (VIA-IS), Escala de Felicidad Subjetiva (SHS), Escala Multidimensional del Sentido del Humor (MSHS) e Inventario de Personalidad de los Cinco Factores (BFI-10). Se hallaron diferencias en función del país y el género. Al respecto, los docentes de República Dominicana puntuaron más alto que los de España en fortalezas y virtudes personales, felicidad subjetiva, sentido del humor y en el factor de personalidad Apertura a nuevas experiencias. Los docentes españoles, por su parte, puntuaron más alto en el factor de personalidad Neuroticismo. En función del género, las mujeres alcanzaron valores más altos en la escala Humanidad del VIAIS, en la felicidad subjetiva y en el factor de personalidad Extroversión. Se discute la relevancia del estudio de los constructos psicológicos analizados en los docentes, dado que implican procesos cognitivos, afectivos y motivacionales conducentes a un desempeño exitoso. Igualmente, las diferencias culturales entre los dos países de comparación y en función del género. Se estable la necesidad de llevar a cabo estudios transculturales, así como profundizar en los estudios de género.

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Measurement Invariance of the Subjective Happiness Scale Across Countries, Gender, Age, and Time

Cited by 14 publications

References 60 publications

Validating the Unmind Index as a measure of mental health and wellbeing among adults in USA, Australia, and New Zealand

Validating the Unmind Index as a measure of mental health and wellbeing among adults in USA, Australia, and New Zealand

Measurement Invariance and Psychometric Properties of the Reactive and Proactive Aggression Questionnaire (RPQ) Across Genders

Fortalezas y virtudes personales, felicidad subjetiva, sentido del humor y personalidad. Análisis según el país y género de los docentes

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