caa a22 4500 606180680 CHVBK 20210128100807.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11136-015-0999-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11136-015-0999-2 Gender differences in psychological well-being: tests of factorial invariance [Elektronische Daten] [Ren-Hau Li, Chih-Mei Kao, Yi-Ying Wu] Purpose: This research investigated gender differences in the six factors of Li's 18-item version of Ryff's psychological well-being (PWB) scale by using factorial invariance procedures. This version improved on Ryff's shorter PWB scale in regard to the reliability of each subscale. Methods: The sample comprised 653 adult participants, specifically, 271 men and 382 women. Factorial invariance tests were conducted using multigroup confirmatory factor analysis. Results: The results showed that the Li's version of Ryff's PWB scale has configural invariance, factor loading invariance, intercept invariance, partial invariance of factor variances and covariances, partial invariance of latent means, and partial invariance of error variances. According to latent means, women had significantly less autonomy (AU) and more environmental mastery (EM) than men did. Moreover, based on interfactor correlations, the correlation of EM and self-acceptance was higher for men than for women, and the correlation of positive relations with others and AU was lower for men than for women. Conclusions: Gender differences in PWB can be found at the subscale levels of Li's version, which exhibits metric and scalar invariance. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2015 Gender difference nationallicence Factorial invariance nationallicence Psychological well-being (PWB) nationallicence Multigroup confirmatory factor analysis nationallicence Li Ren-Hau Department of Psychology, Chung-Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan aut Kao Chih-Mei Department of Psychology, Chung-Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan aut Wu Yi-Ying College of Management, Yuan-Zi University, Taoyuan, Taiwan aut Quality of Life Research Springer International Publishing 24/11(2015-11-01), 2577-2581 0962-9343 24:11<2577 2015 24 11136 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-015-0999-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 brief-communication jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-015-0999-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Li Ren-Hau Department of Psychology, Chung-Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kao Chih-Mei Department of Psychology, Chung-Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wu Yi-Ying College of Management, Yuan-Zi University, Taoyuan, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Quality of Life Research Springer International Publishing 24/11(2015-11-01), 2577-2581 0962-9343 24:11<2577 2015 24 11136