Factorial Validity and Measurement Invariance of the Slovene Version of the Cultural Intelligence Scale

Eva Boštjančič; Luka Komidar; Richard B Johnson

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01499

Factorial Validity and Measurement Invariance of the Slovene Version of the Cultural Intelligence Scale

Front Psychol. 2018 Aug 21:9:1499. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01499. eCollection 2018.

Authors

Eva Boštjančič¹, Luka Komidar¹, Richard B Johnson²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
² Department of Leadership Studies, Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, OH, United States.

Abstract

This study examined the factorial validity of the Slovene version of the cultural intelligence scale (CQS) in a representative sample of 1,000 Slovenian participants (49% were female). The results of confirmatory factor analysis supported the factorial validity of the Slovene CQS and the existence of a general (second-order) cultural intelligence factor. The four scales and the overall (general) CQS scale showed satisfactory internal consistency. The results of multiple-group confirmatory factor analyses supported the hypotheses of partial measurement invariance across gender, and full measurement invariance across type of settlement (urban vs. rural).

Keywords: cultural intelligence; cultural intelligence scale; factorial validity; general cultural intelligence factor; measurement invariance.