Testing the Measurement Invariance of Political Trust across the Globe: A Multiple Group Confirmatory Factor Analysis

Abstract: Today, comparative social scientists have ample survey data to test the generalizability of theories related to political trust. Unless its measurement invariance has been established, they run the risk of drawing invalid conclusions though. Based on different sets of items and dimensional models, previous studies have yielded diverging results regarding the measurement invariance of political trust in Europe and former Soviet countries. Using a set of six items and contrasting three competing dimensional models, this study tests the measurement invariance of political trust across the globe in 32 electoral and liberal democracies. It uses multiple group confirmatory factor analysis and draws on data from the World Values Survey (wave 6, 2010-2014). Configural invariance of a revised two-dimensional model of trust in implementing and representative political institutions was established in 19 democracies when excluding trust in civil service. Full invariance of this model was estab

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Testing the Measurement Invariance of Political Trust across the Globe: A Multiple Group Confirmatory Factor Analysis ; volume:12 ; number:1 ; year:2018 ; pages:7-45 ; Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; Methods, data, analyses ; 12, Heft 1 (2018), 7-45

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Breustedt, Wiebke

Further information

• DOI: 10.12758/mda.2017.06
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2019072015101614581105
• Rights: Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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