The perceived constraints subscale of the Sense of Mastery Scale: dimensionality and measurement invariance.
Purpose: A number of studies have reported differences in sense of mastery and perceived control across different subgroups. Yet, few have examined measurement invariance, an important prerequisite for valid comparisons. This study examines the factorial structure and measurement invariance of the p...
| Published in: | Quality of Life Research Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 127 - 139 |
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Springer Nature
Jan2017
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=120784727&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 120784727 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 09629343 GPQ jtl: Quality of Life Research issn: 09629343 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jan2017 vid: 26 iid: 1 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 120784727 120784727 NLM27383745 120784727 10.1007/s11136-016-1359-6 NLM27383745 120784727 ppf: 127 ppct: 12 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: The perceived constraints subscale of the Sense of Mastery Scale: dimensionality and measurement invariance. aug: au: Clench-Aas, Jocelyne Nes, Ragnhild Aarø, Leif Nes, Ragnhild Bang Aarø, Leif Edvard affil: Mental and Physical Health , Norwegian Institute of Public Health , NO-0403 Nydalen, Oslo Norway sug: subj: Psychometrics Methods Quality of Life Psychosocial Factors Factor Analysis Perception Aged, 80 and Over Male Middle Age Female Adolescence Adult Young Adult Aged Human Scales Aged, 80 & over Middle Aged: 45-64 years Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years Aged: 65+ years Male Female ab: Purpose: A number of studies have reported differences in sense of mastery and perceived control across different subgroups. Yet, few have examined measurement invariance, an important prerequisite for valid comparisons. This study examines the factorial structure and measurement invariance of the perceived constraints (PC) facet of Pearlin and Schooler's (1981) Sense of Mastery Scale (SM) which is a commonly used short form of the widely used SM scale.Methods: Confirmatory factor analyses using AMOS and Mplus were conducted to explore dimensionality and test for measurement invariance in factor structure, factor loadings, intercepts, and residual variances across gender, age, education, income, and employment status in a large (N = 19,858), nationally representative sample of Norwegian males and females aged 16-100.Results: The data supported a modified unidimensional model specifying correlations between the error terms of items 4 and 5, or possibly two highly correlated dimensions (r = 0.90). Metric invariance of the scale was shown for age, education, and employment, whereas invariance at the strong and strict levels was shown for gender and income. Partial invariance at the strong level was shown for age.Conclusions: This Norwegian study supported a modified unidimensional structure for the abbreviated SM scale. Invariance testing indicated that comparisons across genders and income levels are unproblematic, whilst comparing mean scores across education and employment status is not justified. Latent, but not sum score means are comparable across age. Future studies using all 7 items of SM scale should provide more information on dimensionality and measurement invariance. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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