Measurement Invariance of the Brief Multidimensional Student's Life Satisfaction Scale Among Adolescents and Emerging Adults Across 23 Cultural Contexts

被引：30

作者：

Abubakar, Amina ^{[1
,2
]}

van de Vijver, Fons ^{[1
]}

Alonso-Arbiol, Itziar ^{[3
]}

He, Jia ^{[1
]}

Adams, Byron ^{[1
]}

Aldhafri, Said ^{[4
,5
]}

Aydinli-Karakulak, Arzu

Arasa, Josephine ^{[6
]}

Boer, Diana ^{[7
]}

Celenk, Ozgur ^{[1
]}

Dimitrova, Radosveta ^{[8
]}

Ferreira, Maria Cristina ^{[9
]}

Fischer, Ronald ^{[10
,11
]}

Mbebeb, Fomba Emmanuel ^{[12
]}

Frias, Maria Teresa ^{[13
]}

Fresno, Andres ^{[14
]}

Gillath, Omri ^{[15
]}

Harb, Charles ^{[16
]}

Handani, Penny ^{[17
]}

Hapunda, Given ^{[18
]}

Kamble, Shanmukh ^{[19
]}

Kosic, Marianna ^{[20
]}

Looh, Joseph Lah ^{[21
]}

Mazrui, Lubna ^{[22
]}

Mendia, Rafael Emilio ^{[23
]}

Murugami, Margaret ^{[22
]}

Mason-Li, Mei ^{[24
]}

Pandia, Weny Savitry ^{[17
]}

Perdomo, Cristina ^{[1
]}

Schachner, Maja ^{[25
]}

Sim, Samantha ^{[26
]}

Spencer, Rosario ^{[14
]}

Suryani, Angela ^{[1
,17
]}

Tair, Ergyul ^{[27
]}

机构：

[1] Tilburg Univ, NL-5000 LE Tilburg, Netherlands

[2] Univ Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

[3] Univ Basque Country UPV EHU, Barcelona, Spain

[4] Sultan Qaboot Univ, Muscat, Oman

[5] Bahcesehir Univ, Istanbul, Turkey

[6] US Int Univ, Nairobi, Kenya

[7] Univ Koblenz Landau, Koblenz, Germany

[8] Stockholm Univ, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden

[9] Salgado Oliveira Univ, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

[10] Victoria Univ Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

[11] Aarhus Univ, Aarhus Inst Adv Studies, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark

[12] Univ Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon

[13] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico

[14] Univ Talca, Talca, Chile

[15] Univ Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045 USA

[16] Amer Univ Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

[17] Atma Jaya Catholic Univ, Jarkata, Indonesia

[18] Univ Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

[19] Karnatak Univ, Dharwad, Karnataka, India

[20] Slovene Res Inst, Sci Cultural Inst Mandala, Trieste, Italy

[21] Univ Buea, Buea, Cameroon

[22] Kenyatta Univ, Nairobi, Kenya

[23] Univ Rafael Landivar, Guatemala City, Guatemala

[24] Southampton Solent Univ, Southampton, Hants, England

[25] Univ Jena, D-07745 Jena, Germany

[26] Singapore Management Univ, Singapore 178902, Singapore

[27] Bulgarian Acad Sci, BG-1040 Sofia, Bulgaria

来源：

JOURNAL OF PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT | 2016年 / 34卷 / 01期

关键词：

confirmatory factor analysis; factor structure; BMLSS; cross-cultural; invariance; VALIDATION; VALIDITY; RELIABILITY; ADAPTATION; CHILDREN; TURKISH; SAMPLE; DOMAIN;

D O I：

10.1177/0734282915611284

中图分类号：

G44 [教育心理学];

学科分类号：

0402 ; 040202 ;

摘要：

There is hardly any cross-cultural research on the measurement invariance of the Brief Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scales (BMSLSS). The current article evaluates the measurement invariance of the BMSLSS across cultural contexts. This cross-sectional study sampled 7,739 adolescents and emerging adults in 23 countries. A multi-group confirmatory factor analysis showed a good fit of configural and partial measurement weights invariance models, indicating similar patterns and strengths in factor loading for both adolescents and emerging adults across various countries. We found insufficient evidence for scalar invariance in both the adolescents' and the emerging adults' samples. A multi-level confirmatory factor analysis indicated configural invariance of the structure at country and individual level. Internal consistency, evaluated by alpha and omega coefficients per country, yielded acceptable results. The translated BMSLSS across different cultural contexts presents good psychometric characteristics similar to what has been reported in the original scale, though scalar invariance remains problematic. Our results indicate that the BMSLSS forms a brief measure of life satisfaction, which has accrued substantial evidence of construct validity, thus suitable for use in cross-cultural surveys with adolescents and emerging adults, although evaluation of degree of invariance must be carried out to ensure its suitability for mean comparisons.

引用

页码：28 / 38

页数：11

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