Validation and Measurement Invariance of the Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE) in a Spanish General Sample
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants and Procedure
2.2. Instruments
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Dimensionality
3.2. Measurement Invariance for Gender
3.3. Test–Retest Reliability and Item-Total Corrected Polyserial Correlations
3.4. Convergent and Concurrent Validity
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
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χ2 | df | χ2/df | CFI | RMSEA | RMSEA 90% CI | SRMR | |
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(1) 1 factor | 695.205 * | 54 | 3.39 | 0.793 | 0.121 | 0.113, 0.129 | 0.076 |
(2) 2 factors (P and N) | 648.994 * | 54 | 12.02 | 0.808 | 0.117 | 0.109, 0.125 | 0.198 |
(3) 2 correlated factors (P and N) | 354.873 * | 53 | 6.53 | 0.902 | 0.084 | 0.076, 0.092 | 0.048 |
(4) 2 correlated factors (P and N) with correlated errors a | 204.428 * | 51 | 4.01 | 0.950 | 0.061 | 0.052, 0.070 | 0.043 |
Model | χ2 | df | Δχ2 | Δgl | CFI | RMSEA | RMSEA 90% CI | ΔCFI | ΔRMSEA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Men | 114.709 * | 51 | 0.950 | 0.064 | 0.048, 0.080 | ||||
Women | 157.537 * | 51 | 0.958 | 0.056 | 0.046, 0.065 | ||||
Configural | 271.327 * | 102 | - | - | 0.955 | 0.058 | 0.050, 0.067 | - | - |
Metric | 274.807 * | 112 | 3.246 | 10 | 0.957 | 0.054 | 0.046, 0.063 | 0.002 | −0.004 |
Scalar | 319.048 * | 122 | 46.192 | 10 | 0.948 | 0.057 | 0.050, 0.065 | 0.009 | 0.003 |
Convergent Validity Model | Concurrent Validity Model | |||||||
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SPANE-P | SPANE-N | PANAS-P | PANAS-N | SPANE-P | SPANE-N | SWLS | OPT | |
FS | 0.560 (0.057) | −0.421 (0.053) | 0.492 (0.058) | −0.282 (0.053) | ||||
PANAS-N | −0.433 (0.043) | 0.763 (0.039) | −0.187 (0.050) | |||||
PANAS-P | 0.684 (0.030) | −0.481 (0.041) | ||||||
SPANE-N | −0.673 (0.035) | |||||||
SPANE-N | −0.676 (0.035) | |||||||
SWLS | 0.711 (0.027) | −0.559 (0.037) | ||||||
OPT | 0.673 (0.029) | −0.632 (0.031) | 0.638 (0.032) | |||||
PES | −0.535 (0.039) | 0.550 (0.039) | −0.560 (0.039) | −0.766 (0.032) |
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Espejo, B.; Checa, I.; Perales-Puchalt, J.; Lisón, J.F. Validation and Measurement Invariance of the Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE) in a Spanish General Sample. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 8359. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17228359
Espejo B, Checa I, Perales-Puchalt J, Lisón JF. Validation and Measurement Invariance of the Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE) in a Spanish General Sample. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(22):8359. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17228359
Chicago/Turabian StyleEspejo, Begoña, Irene Checa, Jaime Perales-Puchalt, and Juan Francisco Lisón. 2020. "Validation and Measurement Invariance of the Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE) in a Spanish General Sample" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 22: 8359. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17228359
APA StyleEspejo, B., Checa, I., Perales-Puchalt, J., & Lisón, J. F. (2020). Validation and Measurement Invariance of the Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE) in a Spanish General Sample. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(22), 8359. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17228359