Universal Happiness? Cross-Cultural Measurement Invariance of Scales Assessing Positive Mental Health
Universal Happiness? Cross-Cultural Measurement Invariance of Scales Assessing Positive Mental Health
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DOI：
10.1037/pas0000353
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发表时间：
2017-04-01
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3.6
通讯作者：
Margraf, Juergen
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作者：
Bieda, Angela;Hirschfeld, Gerrit;Margraf, Juergen
随着心理学家更多地了解到积极过程在精神障碍的发展和过程中的保护作用，以及它们在促进精神健康方面的重要作用，对心理积极方面的研究正在增长。随着全球化的发展，人们对研究跨文化的积极构念产生了浓厚的兴趣。为了获得有效的跨文化比较，必须建立评估积极构念的量表的测量不变性。本研究旨在评估社会支持（Fydrich, Sommer, tydesks, & Brahler, 2009）、幸福（主观幸福量表；Lyubomirsky & Lepper, 1999）、生活满意度（Diener, Emmons, Larsen, & Griffin, 1985）、积极心理健康量表（Lukat, Margraf, Lutz, van der Veld, & Becker, 2016）、乐观（修正的生活取向测试[lo - r]）、乐观（修正的生活取向测试[lo - r]）、乐观（修正的生活取向测试[lo - r]）、乐观（修正的生活取向测试[lo - r]）、乐观（修正的生活取向测试[lo - r]）、乐观（修正的生活取向测试[lo - r]）的跨文化测量不变性。Scheier, Carver, & Bridges, 1994)和Resilience （Schumacher, Leppert, Gunzelmann, Strauss, & Brahler, 2004）。参与者包括德国（n = 4,453）、俄罗斯（n = 3,806）和中国（n = 12,524）的大学生。验证性因子分析和测量不变性检验表明，除LOT-R和主观幸福感量表外，所有量表至少具有部分强测量不变性。构念的潜在平均比较显示了国家群体之间的差异。讨论了群体间差异的潜在方法和文化解释。
Research into positive aspects of the psyche is growing as psychologists learn more about the protective role of positive processes in the development and course of mental disorders, and about their substantial role in promoting mental health. With increasing globalization, there is strong interest in studies examining positive constructs across cultures. To obtain valid cross-cultural comparisons, measurement invariance for the scales assessing positive constructs has to be established. The current study aims to assess the cross-cultural measurement invariance of questionnaires for 6 positive constructs: Social Support (Fydrich, Sommer, Tydecks, & Brahler, 2009), Happiness (Subjective Happiness Scale; Lyubomirsky & Lepper, 1999), Life Satisfaction (Diener, Emmons, Larsen, & Griffin, 1985), Positive Mental Health Scale (Lukat, Margraf, Lutz, van der Veld, & Becker, 2016), Optimism (revised Life Orientation Test [LOT-R]; Scheier, Carver, & Bridges, 1994) and Resilience (Schumacher, Leppert, Gunzelmann, Strauss, & Brahler, 2004). Participants included German (n = 4,453), Russian (n = 3,806), and Chinese (n = 12,524) university students. Confirmatory factor analyses and measurement invariance testing demonstrated at least partial strong measurement invariance for all scales except the LOT-R and Subjective Happiness Scale. The latent mean comparisons of the constructs indicated differences between national groups. Potential methodological and cultural explanations for the intergroup differences are discussed.