Measurement invariance in the social sciences: Historical development, methodological challenges, state of the art, and future perspectives

H Leitgöb, D Seddig, T Asparouhov, D Behr… - Social science …, 2023 - Elsevier
This review summarizes the current state of the art of statistical and (survey) methodological
research on measurement (non) invariance, which is considered a core challenge for the …

[PDF][PDF] A review of different scaling approaches under full invariance, partial invariance, and noninvariance for cross-sectional country comparisons in large-scale …

A Robitzsch, O Lüdtke - Psychological Test and …, 2020 - psychologie-aktuell.com
One of the primary goals of international large-scale assessments (ILSAs) in education is the
comparison of country means in student achievement. The present article introduces a …

The fear of COVID-19 scale: Its structure and measurement invariance across 48 countries.

AJ Sawicki, M Żemojtel-Piotrowska… - Psychological …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been a source of fear around the world. We
asked whether the measurement of this fear is trustworthy and comparable across countries …

Cross-National Comparative Research—Analytical Strategies, Results, and Explanations.

HJ Andreß, D Fetchenhauer… - Kölner Zeitschrift für …, 2019 - search.ebscohost.com
This introductory article reviews the history of cross-national comparative research,
discusses its typical research designs and research questions, and ultimately summarizes …

Theory Development in Comparative Social Research.

C Kroneberg - Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und …, 2019 - search.ebscohost.com
While questions of methodology and research design have received a lot of attention, less is
known about theory development in comparative social research. As theoretical objectives …

Measurement invariance of the scale of positive and negative experience across 13 countries

V Jovanović, M Joshanloo, M Martín-Carbonell… - …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE) is widely used to measure
emotional experiences, but not much is known about its cross-cultural utility. The present …

Are individualistic societies really more narcissistic than collectivistic ones? A five-world region cross-cultural re-examination of narcissism and its facets

R Fatfouta, A Sawicki, M Żemojtel-Piotrowska - Personality and Individual …, 2021 - Elsevier
People from societies with increased individualism are assumed to be more narcissistic, yet
previous research has produced highly contradictory results. Using a large international …

Internalizing symptoms, rumination, and problematic social networking site use: a cross national examination among young adults in seven countries

VO Chentsova, AJ Bravo, L Mezquita, A Pilatti… - Addictive …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background As daily engagement with social networking sites (SNS) increases globally,
identifying and understanding the risk factors associated with problematic SNS use is of …

Measurement invariance: Testing for it and explaining why it is absent

K Meitinger, E Davidov, P Schmidt… - Survey Research Methods, 2020 - zora.uzh.ch
There has been a significant increase in cross-national and longitudinal data production in
social science research in recent decades. Before drawing substantive conclusions based …

Testing the underlying structure of unfounded beliefs about COVID-19 around the world

P Brzóska, M Żemojtel-Piotrowska… - Thinking & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Unfounded—conspiracy and health—beliefs about COVID-19 have accompanied the
pandemic worldwide. Here, we examined cross-nationally the structure and correlates of …