Measurement invariance of the World Assumptions Questionnaire across race/ethnic group, sex, and sexual orientation. | Zendy

Angela M. Haeny | Zendy; Jacqueline Woerner | Zendy; Cassie Overstreet | Zendy; Terrell A. Hicks | Zendy; Manik Ahuja | Zendy; Ananda B. Amstadter | Zendy; Carolyn E. Sartor | Zendy

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Measurement 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 theory research practice and policy

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) - sexual orientation , measurement invariance , ethnic group , race (biology) , psychology , social psychology , group (periodic table) , gender studies , structural equation modeling , sociology , mathematics , confirmatory factor analysis , statistics , physics , anthropology , quantum mechanics

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.

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