Bifactorial structure of Locus of Control cross-culturally invariant across Spain, Chile and United Kingdom

 

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Autores: Suárez-Álvarez, Javier, García-Cueto, Eduardo, Pedrosa, Ignacio, Muñiz, José
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Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2015
Descripción:Locus of control (LOC) is an often studied variable owing to the important role it plays in different contexts. Nonetheless, there is no unanimous agreement about how many dimensions make up the factorial structure of the locus of control. The goal of this research was to add new evidence of cross cultural validity in relation to the bifactorial invariance of the LOC. The test was given to a total of 1,781 participants from Spain (697), Chile (890) and The United Kingdom (194). The study of the factorial invariance between the groups was carried out using multigroup confirmatory factor analysis models for ordered-categorical data. The progressive evaluation of factorial invariance confirms that factor loadings, thresholds and error variances are invariant across groups. Relevant cross-cultural differences in LOC between Spain, Chile, and United Kingdom were not found (PS < .50).
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lenguaje:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/18494
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/actualidades/article/view/18494
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Palabra clave:Locus of control
cross-cultural validity
factorial invariance
Multigroup Confirmatory Factor Analysis
ordered-categorical data.
Locus de control
Validez transcultural
Invarianza factorial
Análisis Factorial Confirmatorio Multigrupo
Datos categóricos.