Moderated mediating effects of gender among the components of critical thinking disposition in undergraduate students.

ABSTRACT: Critical thinking disposition (CTD), as a facet of the critical thinking (CT) framework, is regarded as the activation of critical thinking skills (CTS). Although studies regarding gender difference of CTD can be found, there is a scarcity of studies on the relationships among CTD components and their mediating effects concerning gender. Additionally, traditional gender comparison of latent means neglected the influence of scales, which leads to doubt about the results on whether the difference is caused by scales or gender characteristic distinction. Measurement invariance (MI) is suggested to be confirmed before performing comparisons. Previous research has had fewer MI results for CTD inventories. Thus, this study aims to analyze the gender equality of the Employer-Employee-Supported Cr

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10070609 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature