A Test of the Multidimensionality of the Self-Construal Scale in Thailand and the United States

作者：Christopher Michael S^*; Norris Paul; D'Souza June B; Tiernan Kristin A

来源：Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2012, 43(5): 758-773.

DOI：10.1177/0022022111406119

• self-construal
• independence
• interdependence
• measurement invariance

In this study, the authors examined a series of nested confirmatory factor analytic models to assess the multidimensionality of the Self-Construal Scale (SCS) in Thailand and the United States. The authors compared the original two-factor model with the more recently developed six-factor model and examined model fit for cross-cultural invariance. Results suggested a substantially better fit to the data for the six-factor model in the American sample, replicating Hardin et al.'s findings. However, in the Thai sample, five items did not load on any factor and a number of other items cross-loaded or were significantly related to a different factor than specified by the two-or six-factor models. The failure to demonstrate configural invariance implies that the SCS and perhaps self-construal itself cannot necessarily be assumed to be a universal construct.

• 出版日期2012-7