Factorial Invariance of Scores on the Inner Wealth Inventory: A Nation-Wide Sample of Adults in the United States.

The professional counselor : research and practice Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI:10.15241/mtk.14.2.198

Michael T Kalkbrenner, Stephanie L Zackery, Yuxuan Zhao

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The Inner Wealth Inventory (IWI) is a screening tool for measuring inner wealth (IW), a wellness-based construct centered on empowering clients to inherently value themselves for being who they are. The initial IWI score validation study was conducted with samples of child welfare professionals. If the IWI's psychometric properties are confirmed with a normative sample of U.S. adults, it has potential to offer professional counselors a tool for measuring IW. The purpose of the present study was to test the factorial invariance and convergent validity evidence of scores on the IWI with a national sample (N = 840) of U.S. adults, stratified by the census data for gender, ethnoracial identity, geographic location, and age. The results of factorial invariance and convergent validity testing revealed strong support for the psychometric properties of U.S. adults' scores on the unidimensional IWI, including equivalence in the meaning of IW across gender, ethnoracial identity, help-seeking history, education, and income in our sample.

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内在财富量表得分的阶乘不变性：美国全国成年人样本。

内在财富量表（IWI）是一种衡量内在财富（IW）的筛选工具，这是一种以健康为基础的结构，旨在让客户内在地重视自己是谁。最初的IWI评分验证研究是在儿童福利专业人员的样本中进行的。如果IWI的心理测量特性在美国成年人的标准样本中得到证实，它有可能为专业咨询师提供一种测量IW的工具。本研究的目的是通过性别、民族身份、地理位置和年龄的人口普查数据对840名美国成年人的IWI评分进行分层，以检验其因子不变性和收敛效度证据。析因不变性和收敛效度检验的结果显示，美国成年人在单维IWI得分上的心理测量特征得到了强有力的支持，包括我们样本中不同性别、种族认同、求助史、教育程度和收入的IWI含义相等。

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