Abstract
The present study was focused on an evaluation of factorial invariance across gender for the primary symptom dimensions of the SCL‐90 ‐ a multidimensional self‐report symptom inventory. The argument is advanced that evidence of invariance across relevant subject parameters is an essential component of reliability for dimensional constructs. Findings indicated substantial levels of invariance across gender for eight of the nine primary symptom dimensions of the SCL‐90 with moderate levels for the ninth. The implications of invariance, for the SCL‐90 in particular, and clinical measurement in general are related and discussed.
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Measurement invariancePsychologyReliability (semiconductor)Argument (complex analysis)FactorialSubject (documents)Clinical psychologyDevelopmental psychologySocial psychologyConfirmatory factor analysisStructural equation modelingStatisticsMathematicsMedicineComputer science
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- 16
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- 4
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- 347-356
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Leonard R. Derogatis,
Patricia A. Cleary
(1977).
Factorial invariance across gender for the primary symptom dimensions of the SCL‐90.
British Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology
, 16
(4)
, 347-356.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8260.1977.tb00241.x
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