Mean and covariance structures (MACS) analyses of cross-cultural data: Practical and theoretical issues

被引:1069
作者
Little, TD
机构
[1] Max Planck Inst. Hum. Devmt. Educ., 14195 Berlin
关键词
OF-FIT INDEXES; FACTORIAL INVARIANCE; SCHOOL PERFORMANCE; EQUATION MODELS; CONTROL BELIEFS; CHILDREN; AGENCY;
D O I
10.1207/s15327906mbr3201_3
中图分类号
O1 [数学];
学科分类号
0701 ; 070101 ;
摘要
Practical and theoretical issues are discussed for testing (a) the comparability, or measurement equivalence, of psychological constructs and (b) detecting possible sociocultural differences on the constructs in cross-cultural research designs. Specifically, strong factorial invariance (Meredith, 1993) of each variable's loading and intercept (mean-level) parameters implies that constructs are fundamentally the same in each sociocultural group, and thus comparable. Under this condition, hypotheses about the nature of sociocultural differences and similarities can be confidently and meaningfully tested among the constructs' moments in each sociocultural sample. Some of the issues involved in making such tests are reviewed and explicated within the framework of multiple-group mean and covariance structures analyses.
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