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- Title
Cross-cultural measurement invariance of the Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire-Short form across ten countries: the application of Bayesian approximate measurement invariance.
- Authors
Bagheri, Zahra; Chamanpara, Parisa; Jafari, Peyman; Balhara, Yatan Pal Singh; Arya, Sidharth; Ransing, Ramdas; Đorić, Ana; Knez, Rajna; Thi, Tuong-Vi Vu; Huong, Truong Ngoc; Kafali, Helin Yilmaz; Erzin, Gamze; Vally, Zahir; Chowdhury, Mita Rani Roy; Sharma, Pawan; Shakya, Rabi; Campos, Luís Antônio Monteiro; Szczegielniak, Anna Rebeka; Stevanović, Dejan
- Abstract
Background: The Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire-Short Form (Q-LES-Q-SF) is the most frequently used generic quality of life (QOL) measure in many countries and cultures worldwide. However, no single study has been carried out to investigate whether this questionnaire performs similarly across diverse cultures/countries. Accordingly, this study aimed to assess the cross-cultural measurement invariance of the Q-LES-Q-SF across ten different countries. Methods: The Q-LES-Q-SF was administrated to a sample of 2822 university students from ten countries: Bangladesh, Brazil, Croatia, India, Nepal, Poland, Serbia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam. The Bayesian approximate measurement invariance approach was used to assess the measurement invariance of the Q-LES-Q-SF. Results: Approximate measurement invariance did not hold across the countries for the Q-LES-Q-SF, with only two out of 14 items being non-invariant; namely items related to doing household and leisure time activities. Conclusions: Our findings did not support the cross-cultural measurement invariance of the Q-LES-Q-SF; thus, considerable caution is warranted when comparing QOL scores across different countries with this measure. Item rewording and adaptation along with calibrating non-invariant items may narrow these differences and help researchers to create an invariant questionnaire for reliable and valid QOL comparisons across different countries.
- Subjects
QUALITY of life measurement; LEISURE; MIDDLE-income countries; AREA measurement; COUNTRIES; QUALITY of life
- Publication
BMC Psychology, 2022, Vol 10, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2050-7283
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s40359-022-00864-y