Jaringan Nomologis Rasionalitas Epistemik dengan Inteligensi dan Perfeksionisme

Rationality is a human's ability to think clearly in order to achieve his goals. Rationality has two types, epistemic and instrumental. Epistemic rationality is related judgment and instrumental rationality is related to decision making. This research aimed to validate the nomological network between epistemic rationality, intelligence, and perfectionism. It also aimed to analyze the latent factor of three variables. The subjects of this research were 67 college students from several universities in Yogyakarta. Data collection was held using CBT to measure epistemic rationality and perfectionism while paper and pencil were used to measure intelligence. The result showed that in measurement level, epistemic rationality did not shape the nomological network with intelligence and perfectionism. However, this research found that three variables had two latent factors based on convergence and divergence factor analysis

Measurement invariance of the Brief Multidimensional Student’s Life Satisfaction Scale among adolescents and emerging adults across 23 cultural contexts

Abstract: There is hardly any cross-cultural research on the measurement invariance of the Brief Multidimensional Students’ Life Satisfaction Scales (BMSLSS). The current article evaluates the measurement invariance of the BMSLSS across cultural contexts. This cross-sectional study sampled 7,739 adolescents and emerging adults in 23 countries. A multi-group confirmatory factor analysis showed a good fit of configural and partial measurement weights invariance models, indicating similar patterns and strengths in factor loading for both adolescents and emerging adults across various countries. We found insufficient evidence for scalar invariance in both the adolescents’ and the emerging adults’ samples. A multi-level confirmatory factor analysis indicated configural invariance of the structure at country and individual level. Internal consistency, evaluated by alpha and omega coefficients per country, yielded acceptable results. The translated BMSLSS across different cultural contexts presents good psychometric characteristics similar to what has been reported in the original scale, though scalar invariance remains problematic. Our results indicate that the BMSLSS forms a brief measure of life satisfaction, which has accrued substantial evidence of construct validity, thus suitable for use in cross-cultural surveys with adolescents and emerging adults, although evaluation of degree of invariance must be carried out to ensure its suitability for mean comparisons