Psychology: Research and Review
From: Factorial validity and measurement invariance of the Psychosocial Uncertainty Scale
Gender | Sociocultural levels (SCL) | Group of origin | Age | |||||
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Male | Female | Lower | Middle | Upper | Students | Active professionals | ||
Complete sample (N = 1596) | 468 (29.3%) | 1128 (70.7%) | 576 (36.1%) | 318 (19.9%) | 702 (44.0%) | 888 (55.6%) | 708 (44.4%) | 26.88 (8.61) |
EFA (Sample 1) (N = 827) | 255 (30.8%) | 572 (69.2%) | 310 (37.5%) | 162 (19.6%) | 355 (42.9%) | 475 (57.4%) | 352 (42.6%) | 27.21 (9.14) |
CFA1 (Sample 2) (N = 382) | 121 (31.7%) | 261 (68.3%) | 126 (33%) | 76 (19.9%) | 180 (47.1%) | 194 (50.8%) | 188 (49.2%) | 26.67 (8.2) |
CFA2 (Sample 3) (N = 387) | 92 (23.8%) | 295 (76.2%) | 140 (36.2%) | 80 (20.7%) | 167 (43.2%) | 219 (56.6%) | 168 (43.4%) | 26.35 (7.77) |
Sample Comparison X2 (df) | 7.68 (2) | 2.75 (4) | 4.87 (2) | Anova for age: F(2, 1573) = 1.44, p = .237, η2 =.002 There are no differences between samples in terms of age | ||||
Sample Comparison p value | .02 | .60 | .09 |