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Multiple Group IRT Measurement Invariance Analysis of the Forms of Self-Criticising/Attacking and Self-Reassuring Scale in Thirteen International Samples
Halamová, Júlia Kanovský, Martin Gilbert, Paul Troop, Nicholas A. Zuroff, David C. Petrocchi, Nicola
Hermanto, Nicola Krieger, Tobias Kirby, James N. Asano, Kenichi
Halamová, Júlia
Kanovský, Martin
Gilbert, Paul
Troop, Nicholas A.
Zuroff, David C.
Hermanto, Nicola
Krieger, Tobias
Kirby, James N.
Asano, Kenichi
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the measurement invariance of the Forms of Self-Criticising/Attacking & Self-Reassuring Scale (FSCRS) in terms of Item Response Theory differential test functioning in thirteen distinct samples (N = 7714) from twelve different countries. We assessed differential test functioning for the three FSCRS subscales, Inadequate-Self, Hated-Self and Reassured-Self separately. 32 of the 78 pairwise comparisons between samples for Inadequate-Self, 42 of the 78 pairwise comparisons for Reassured-Self and 54 of the 78 pairwise comparisons for Hated-Self demonstrated no differential test functioning, i.e. measurement invariance. Hated-Self was the most invariant of the three subscales, suggesting that self-hatred is similarly perceived across different cultures. Nonetheless, all three subscales of FSCRS are sensitive to cross-cultural differences. Considering the possible cultural and linguistic differences in the expression of self-criticism and self-reassurance, future analyses of the meanings and connotations of these constructs across the world are necessary in order to develop or tailor a scale which allows cross-cultural comparisons of various treatment outcomes related to self-criticism.
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2019
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Self-criticism, Self-reassurance, Measurement invariance, Differential test functioning, Cross-cultural studies
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Halamová, Júlia, Martin Kanovský, Paul Gilbert, Nicholas A. Troop, David C. Zuroff, Nicola Petrocchi, Nicola Hermanto, et al. “Multiple Group IRT Measurement Invariance Analysis of the Forms of Self-Criticising/Attacking and Self-Reassuring Scale in Thirteen International Samples.” Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy 37 (4): 411–44. 2019.