An Investigation of Measurement Invariance Across Genders on the Overexcitability Questionnaire–Two

2011/08/01 by Russell T. Warne · 1 citation
Psychology · Mathematics · #Behavioral and Psychological Studies #Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development #Educational and Psychological Assessments #Measurement invariance #Confirmatory factor analysis #Psychology #Raw score #Applied psychology #Item response theory #Clinical psychology #Psychometrics #Developmental psychology #Social psychology #Raw data #Statistics #Structural equation modeling #Mathematics

paper · doi:10.1177/1932202x11414821

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Abstract

The Overexcitability Questionnaire–Two (OEQII) is a quantitative instrument for assessing overexcitabilities as they are described in Dabrowski’s theory of positive disintegration. This article uses multigroup confirmatory factor analysis to examine the measurement invariance of OEQII scores across genders. Results indicate that raw OEQII scores cannot be compared across genders. Caution should be used in interpreting OEQII scores.

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