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Title: Development and Cross-Cultural Validity of a Brief Measure of Separation-Individuation.
Authors: Chen, C. C., Richardson, G. B., Lai, M. H. C., Dai, C. L., Hays, D. G.
Source: Journal of Child & Family Studies. Sep2018, Vol. 27 Issue 9, p2797-2810. 14p. 1 Diagram, 4 Charts, 1 Graph.
Subjects: Cross-cultural studies, Separation-individuation, Confirmatory factor analysis, Item response theory, Emotions, Experimental design, Factor analysis, Individuation (Philosophy), Research methodology, Psychology, Research evaluation, Separation anxiety, Ethnology research, Theory, Social attitudes, Research methodology evaluation
Geographic Terms: Taiwan, United States
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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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