Metric invariance of the French version of the Contingencies of Self-Worth Scale^1,2,3

Abstract

The Contingencies of Self-Worth Scale is a self-report questionnaire assessing seven types of 'reward' for self-worth. To test its construct validity, the French version was administered to 787 undergraduate students of both sexes and the data submitted to confi rmatory factor analyses (CFA) with the robust MLM or WLSMV estimators. The reliability of the 7-factor structure as well as its sex invariance were checked with the multiple-group factor model for orderedcategorical measures. The correlated 7-factor structure fi tted the data in both sex groups separately fi rst, and then in a simultaneous analysis, confi rming the adequacy of the measurement model. Metric invariance was also supported. CFA statistical tests, fi t statistics, and parameter estimates as well as indices of local ill-fi t were analyzed keeping as basic goal to preserve the questionnaire in its original form. Scalar equivalence across gender was not supported. The exploration of method biases, interacting with gender, as well as with alternative models, could allow to test whether diff erent measurement theories might underlie the data gathered with the French version of the CSWS.

A comprehensive analysis of the psychometric properties of the contingencies of self-worth scale (CSWS)

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