Confirmatory Factor and Invariance Analyses of the Motivation to Control Prejudiced Reactions Scale

Todd G. Morrison, Melanie A. Morrison, Lorraine McDonagh, Daniel Regan, Sarah-Jane McHugh

Applied Research for Connected Health, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Department of Psychology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
School of Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland.

DOI: 10.4236/ojs.2014.46043                

Abstract

The present research further examines the psychometric properties of the Motivation to Control Prejudiced Reactions Scale (MCPRS). Particular attention is paid to the replicability of its factor structure and its factorial equivalence across samples of university students from Western Canada (n = 235), Eastern Canada (n = 556) and the mid-Western United States of America (n = 404). Confirmatory factor analysis and invariance analysis were carried out using the Analysis of Moment Structures (AMOS) 7.0. Results showed that while the two-factor structure of the MCPRS was replicated across samples, the original model required refinement to produce acceptable model fit (i.e., each sample had a slightly different model). Partial measurement invariance also was demonstrated for a subset of items on the MCPRS. The implications of the results, in terms of future use of the MCPRS are discussed, and limitations of the current study are outlined.

Keywords

Prejudice, Psychometrics, Individual Differences, Measurement

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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