Examination of the latent structure of the Ruminative Thoughts Style Questionnaire across countries, gender, and over time
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Examination of the latent structure of the Ruminative Thoughts Style Questionnaire across countries, gender, and over timeAuthor (s)
Date
2022Publisher
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1046-1310; 1936-4733Bibliographic citation
Vidal-Arenas, V., Ibáñez, M.I., Ortet-Walker, J. et al. Examination of the latent structure of the Ruminative Thoughts Style Questionnaire across countries, gender, and over time. Curr Psychol 42, 18549–18557 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03010-4Type
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The present work aimed to extend the evidence of the structure validity of the Ruminative Thought Style Questionnaire (RTSQ) 15-item version testing: (1) the structure of two competing models (i.e., four-factor ... [+]
The present work aimed to extend the evidence of the structure validity of the Ruminative Thought Style Questionnaire (RTSQ) 15-item version testing: (1) the structure of two competing models (i.e., four-factor correlated model vs a second-order factor model); (2) the measurement invariance of the final model across four countries (U.S., Spain, Argentina, and the Netherlands) and gender groups (male and female); and (3) the invariance across three assessment waves in a subsample of Spanish youths. Participants were college students (mean age = 20.87, SD = 4.47) from the U.S. (n = 1875; 67.1% of females), Spain (T1, n = 732, 63.9% females; T2, n = 370, 71.6% females: T3, n = 307, 60.6% females), Argentina (n = 368, 65.6% females) and the Netherlands (n = 295, 74.8% females). Confirmatory Factor Analyses supported both correlated factors and second-order factor structure in the whole sample. Due to similar fit indices being observed for both models, and considering the theoretical and practical advantages, we kept the second-order model to examine its invariance across groups and time. Measurement invariance analyses showed that the second-order model was invariant across countries, gender, and over time. Comparisons of the total mean score and the subfacet mean scores (i.e., Repetitive Thoughts, Counterfactual Thoughts, Problem-focused Thoughts, and Anticipatory Thoughts) reveled only small differences across country and gender groups. The present work extends the structural validity evidence of the RTSQ, and provides the first evidence concerning its longitudinal stability across time. [-]
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Current Psychology, 42 (2023)Funder Name
Universitat Jaume I | Generalitat Valenciana | Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España) | United States | Fondo para la Investigación Científica y Tecnológica | Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
Project code
PREDOC/18/12 | UJI-A2019-08 | AICO/ 2019/197 | MICIU/ICTI2017-2020/RTI2018-099800-B-I00 | T32-AA018108 | PICT 2015–849
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http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100011033
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