Multicultural Personality Questionnaire: Development of a Short Form |
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| Authors: | Karen van der Zee Jan Pieter van Oudenhoven Joseph G. Ponterotto Alexander W. Fietzer |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences , University of Groningen , The Netherlands;2. Faculty of Behavioral Sciences , University of Twente, The Netherlands;3. Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences , University of Groningen , The Netherlands;4. Division of Psychological and Educational Services , Fordham University |
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| Abstract: | This study reports on the development of the Multicultural Personality Questionnaire–Short Form among 511 participants. Using a split-sample scale validation design, Study 1 (N = 260) employed a principal component analysis and rigorous item selection criteria to extract a 40-item short form (MPQ–SF) from the original 91-item Multicultural Personality Questionnaire (MPQ; van der Zee & van Oudenhoven, 2000, 2001). In Study 2 (N = 251), the MPQ–SF was subjected to confirmatory factor analysis and resulted in a reasonably good fit to the data (comparative fit index = .94; root mean squared error of approximation = .066). Satisfactory coefficient alphas and high correlations with the original scales were found. Moreover, relationships with related scales were largely in the predicted direction. Specific directions for follow-up research are posited. |
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