Open AccessMeasurement invariance of the World Assumptions Questionnaire across race/ethnic group, sex, and sexual orientation.
Author(s) -
Angela M. Haeny,
Jacqueline Woerner,
Cassie Overstreet,
Terrell A. Hicks,
Manik Ahuja,
Ananda B. Amstadter,
Carolyn E. Sartor
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
psychological trauma
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.059
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1942-9681
pISSN - 1942-969X
DOI - 10.1037/tra0001001
Subject(s) - measurement invariance , psychology , sexual orientation , confirmatory factor analysis , ethnic group , social psychology , structural equation modeling , statistics , mathematics , sociology , anthropology
The World Assumptions Questionnaire (WAQ) was developed to assess optimism and assumptions about the world, which often shift after traumatic events. However, no known study has investigated whether the WAQ holds similar meaning across demographic groups. The objective of this study was to investigate measurement invariance of the WAQ across race/ethnic group, sex, and sexual orientation.