AUTHOR=Lacko David , Čeněk Jiří , Urbánek Tomáš 

TITLE=Psychometric Properties of the Independent and Interdependent Self-Construal Questionnaire: Evidence From the Czech Republic

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 12 - 2021

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.564011

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2021.564011

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<p>This article introduces a validation study of the Czech version of an independent and interdependent self-construal questionnaire (SCS, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B106">Vignoles et al., 2016</xref>) conducted on 330 Czech subjects. In this study, the reliability, convergent validity and factor validity were verified. However, the confirmatory factor analysis revealed unsatisfactory factor structure (<italic>RMSEA</italic> = 0.053 [0.048, 0.057], <italic>SRMR</italic> = 0.080, <italic>CFI</italic> = 0.775, <italic>TLI</italic> = 0.755). These results are discussed with respect to other adaptations of individualism/collectivism scales in countries beyond typical West-East dichotomy. Hence, the article not only critically discusses the shortcoming of the Czech and original versions of the questionnaires, but also the general issues of the individualism-collectivism construct in the cross-cultural context as a whole.</p>