2008;45:199-205. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.03.016.

Analyses of measurement equivalence across gender in the Mentoring Functions Questionnaire (MFQ-9).

Personality and Individual Differences

Changya Hu

UIID-EM: 106 Bookshelf ID: 2008-07715-003 DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.03.016

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the measurement equivalence/invariance (ME/I) of the 9-item Mentoring Functions Questionnaire (MFQ-9) across gender. Although ME/I is a prerequisite for examining cross-group differences, this assumption is rarely examined in mentoring research, particularly for comparing gender differences in mentoring functions protégés receive. Following Vandenberg and Lance's (2000) suggestion, a series of multi-group confirmatory factor analyses (MGCFAs) were conducted to investigate ME/I of the MFQ-9 across male (N = 201) and female (N = 312) protégés. The results supported full configural invariance, full metric invariance, full scalar invariance, partial uniqueness invariance and partial factor variance-covariance matrix invariance across gender. Implications and application of the study findings are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved). (journal abstract)

Keywords: measurement equivalence; measurement invariance; Mentoring Functions Questionnaire; Test Administration

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