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Journal of Child and Family Studies
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies 9/2018

14-06-2018 | Original Paper

Development and Cross-Cultural Validity of a Brief Measure of Separation-Individuation

Auteurs: C. C. Chen, G. B. Richardson, M. H. C. Lai, C. L. Dai, D. G. Hays

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies | Uitgave 9/2018

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Abstract

Separation from parents is a key aspect of adolescent development and has been linked to a variety of important mental and behavioral health outcomes. Separation-individuation measures were developed in the United States and have been used in Asian contexts. However, no cross-cultural studies have demonstrated that measures of separation-individuation tap the same domains across Asian and American adolescents. This article describes two studies conducted to develop and initially validate a scale for measuring adolescent separation-individuation. Study 1 (n = 300) developed a Brief Measure of Separation-Individuation (BMSI) using Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Item Response Theory. The result was a 32-item BMSI that provided comparable test information to the original 148-item measure. Study 2 examined the BMSI for measurement invariance and convergent validity across U.S. and Taiwanese samples (ns = 231 and 323). Findings suggest that functional independence, attitudinal independence, and emotional independence may be culturally invariant separation-individuation constructs. However, conflictual independence seems to be more culturally dependent in that its items were only partially scalar invariant and it was only loosely related to the other separation-individuation factors. Findings are consistent with previous research that recommended against using total scores for the PSI (i.e., scoring a single separation-individuation dimension). This study suggests the BMSI holds promise as a brief measure of separation-individuation that can be used in cross-cultural research.
vorige artikel Psychometric Evaluation of the Multidimensional Co-Parenting Scale for Dissolved Relationships
volgende artikel Factor Structure of Parent- and Adolescent-Perceived Functional Impairment
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Metagegevens
Titel
Development and Cross-Cultural Validity of a Brief Measure of Separation-Individuation
Auteurs
C. C. Chen
G. B. Richardson
M. H. C. Lai
C. L. Dai
D. G. Hays
Publicatiedatum
14-06-2018
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Child and Family Studies / Uitgave 9/2018
Print ISSN: 1062-1024
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2843
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-018-1140-2

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