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Article: What Happens If We Compare Chopsticks With Forks? The Impact of Making Inappropriate Comparisons in Cross-Cultural Research
Title | What Happens If We Compare Chopsticks With Forks? The Impact of Making Inappropriate Comparisons in Cross-Cultural Research |
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Keywords | bias in regression slopes and means self-esteem measurement invariance cross-cultural comparison construct equivalence |
Issue Date | 2008 |
Citation | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2008, v. 95, n. 5, p. 1005-1018 How to Cite? |
Abstract | It is a common practice to export instruments developed in one culture to another. Little is known about the consequences of making inappropriate comparisons in cross-cultural research. Several studies were conducted to fill in this gap. Study 1 examined the impact of lacking factor loading invariance on regression slope comparisons. When factor loadings of a predictor are higher in the reference group (e.g., United States), for which the scale was developed, than in the focal group (e.g., China), into which the scale was imported, the predictive relationship (e.g., self-esteem predicting life satisfaction) is artificially stronger in the reference group but weaker in the focal group, creating a bogus interaction effect of predictor by group (e.g., self-esteem by culture); the opposite pattern is found when the reference group has higher loadings in an outcome variable. Studies 2 and 3 examined the impact of lacking loading and intercept (i.e., point of origin) invariance on factor means, respectively. When the reference group has higher loadings or intercepts, the mean is overestimated in that group but underestimated in the focal group, resulting in a pseudo group difference. © 2008 American Psychological Association. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/202139 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 6.4 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 3.610 |
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dc.contributor.author | Chen, Fangfang | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-08-22T02:57:43Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-08-22T02:57:43Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2008, v. 95, n. 5, p. 1005-1018 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0022-3514 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/202139 | - |
dc.description.abstract | It is a common practice to export instruments developed in one culture to another. Little is known about the consequences of making inappropriate comparisons in cross-cultural research. Several studies were conducted to fill in this gap. Study 1 examined the impact of lacking factor loading invariance on regression slope comparisons. When factor loadings of a predictor are higher in the reference group (e.g., United States), for which the scale was developed, than in the focal group (e.g., China), into which the scale was imported, the predictive relationship (e.g., self-esteem predicting life satisfaction) is artificially stronger in the reference group but weaker in the focal group, creating a bogus interaction effect of predictor by group (e.g., self-esteem by culture); the opposite pattern is found when the reference group has higher loadings in an outcome variable. Studies 2 and 3 examined the impact of lacking loading and intercept (i.e., point of origin) invariance on factor means, respectively. When the reference group has higher loadings or intercepts, the mean is overestimated in that group but underestimated in the focal group, resulting in a pseudo group difference. © 2008 American Psychological Association. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | - |
dc.subject | bias in regression slopes and means | - |
dc.subject | self-esteem | - |
dc.subject | measurement invariance | - |
dc.subject | cross-cultural comparison | - |
dc.subject | construct equivalence | - |
dc.title | What Happens If We Compare Chopsticks With Forks? The Impact of Making Inappropriate Comparisons in Cross-Cultural Research | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1037/a0013193 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 18954190 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-56349088295 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 95 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 5 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 1005 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 1018 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000260312500001 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0022-3514 | - |