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Cross-cultural measurement invariance of the purpose in life test - Short form (PIL-SF) in seven Latin American countries
Author(s)
Caycho‐Rodríguez, Tomás
Private University of the North
Vilca, Lindsey W.
Universidad Norbert Wiener
Cervigni, Mauricio
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Gallegos, Miguel
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Martino, Pablo
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Calandra, Manuel
National University of Rosario
Anacona, Cesar Armando Rey
Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia
López-Calle, Claudio
University of Cuenca
Moreta‐Herrera, Rodrigo
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Chacón-Andrade, Edgardo René
Universidad Tecnológica de El Salvador
Lobos-Rivera, Marlon Elías
Universidad Tecnológica de El Salvador
del Carpio, Perla
Universidad de Guanajuato
Quintero, Yazmín
Universidad de Guanajuato
Robles, Erika
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
Lombardo, Macerlo Panza
Universidad Nacional del Este
Gamarra Recalde, Olivia
Figares, Andrés Buschiazzo
White, Michael
Burgos Videla, Carmen
University of Atacama
Carbajal‐León, Carlos
Peruvian University of Applied Sciences
Date Issued
28 de julio de 2022
Type
Article
Volume
42
Issue
27
Series/Report No.
Current Psychology
Start Page
23772
End Page
23787
ISSN
1046-1310
1936-4733
Abstract
The aim was to test the cross-cultural measurement invariance of the PIL-SF in a sample of people from seven Latin American countries. Additionally, the characteristics of the PIL-SF items were evaluated and to assess the relationship between purpose in life, as measured by the PIL-SF, and fear of COVID-19. A total of 4306 people from seven Latin American countries participated in the study. The results indicated that the PIL-SF is invariant in the seven participating countries and, therefore, there is evidence that the items reflect the purpose of life in the same way in all countries. This allows comparisons of purpose in life between countries that are free of bias, reflecting the true differences in how countries respond to items. From IRT, the discrimination parameters are adequate and indicate that the items cover a wide range of the purpose in life construct. The difficulty parameters are adequate and increase monotonically. This indicates that people would need a higher level of purpose in life to respond to the higher response categories. Thus, the PIL-SF items would be useful in determining people with a relatively high degree of purpose in life. Identifying people with different levels of purpose in life would allow them to be part of intervention programs, either to support those with low levels or to maintain and reinforce their purpose in life. The evidence of cross-country measurement invariance of the PIL-SF provides a measure to be used in cross-cultural studies about the meaning of life.
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