caa a22 4500 606179399 CHVBK 20210128100801.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11136-015-0972-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11136-015-0972-0 Measurement invariance of English and French Health Education Impact Questionnaire (heiQ) empowerment scales validated for cancer [Elektronische Daten] [Jennifer Brunet, Sophie Lauzier, H. Campbell, Lise Fillion, Richard Osborne, Elizabeth Maunsell] Purpose: If measurement invariance (MI) is demonstrated for a scale completed by respondents from two different language groups, it means that the scale measures the same construct in the same way in both groups. We assessed MI of the French- and English-language versions of the five Health Education Impact Questionnaire (heiQ) empowerment scales validated for the cancer setting. Methods: Data came from two cross-sectional studies of Canadian cancer survivors (704 English, 520 French). Single-group confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to test whether the hypothesized factor structure of the French-language heiQ empowerment scales fit the data. Multi-group CFAs were conducted to assess different levels of MI conditions (configural, metric, scalar, strict, as well as MI of factor variances, covariances, and latent means) of the French- and English-language heiQ empowerment scales. Results: The correlated five-factor model showed good fit in both language groups (goodness-of-fit indices: CFI≥.97; RMSEA≤.07). Goodness-of-fit indices and tests of differences in fit between models supported MI of the five-factor model across the two language groups (∆CFI≤−.010 combined with ∆RMSEA≤.015). Conclusions: The French- and English-language heiQ empowerment scales measure the same five dimensions of empowerment in the same way across both language groups. Thus, any observed similarities or differences between French- and English-speaking respondents completing these scales are valid and reflect similarities or differences in empowerment across language groups, not measurement artifact. Consequently, heiQ empowerment data from English- and French-speaking respondents can be directly pooled or contrasted in data analyses. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2015 Empowerment nationallicence Cancer nationallicence Language invariance nationallicence Validation studies nationallicence Outcome assessment (health care) nationallicence Translation nationallicence Brunet Jennifer School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, 125 University, Montpetit Hall, Room 339, K1N 6N5, Ottawa, ON, Canada aut Lauzier Sophie Faculty of Pharmacy, Université Laval, G1K 7P4, Québec, QC, Canada aut Campbell H. Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, N2L 3G1, Waterloo, ON, Canada aut Fillion Lise Faculté des sciences infirmières, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, QC, Canada aut Osborne Richard Public Health Innovation, Population Health Strategic Research Centre, Deakin University, Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, 3125, Melbourne, VIC, Australia aut Maunsell Elizabeth Département de médecine sociale et préventive, Faculté de médecine, Université Laval, 2180 Chemin Sainte-Foy, G1K 7P4, Québec, QC, Canada aut Quality of Life Research Springer International Publishing 24/10(2015-10-01), 2375-2384 0962-9343 24:10<2375 2015 24 11136 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-015-0972-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-015-0972-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Brunet Jennifer School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, 125 University, Montpetit Hall, Room 339, K1N 6N5, Ottawa, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lauzier Sophie Faculty of Pharmacy, Université Laval, G1K 7P4, Québec, QC, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Campbell H. Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, N2L 3G1, Waterloo, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fillion Lise Faculté des sciences infirmières, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, QC, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Osborne Richard Public Health Innovation, Population Health Strategic Research Centre, Deakin University, Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, 3125, Melbourne, VIC, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Maunsell Elizabeth Département de médecine sociale et préventive, Faculté de médecine, Université Laval, 2180 Chemin Sainte-Foy, G1K 7P4, Québec, QC, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Quality of Life Research Springer International Publishing 24/10(2015-10-01), 2375-2384 0962-9343 24:10<2375 2015 24 11136