Measurement invariance across age, gender, ethnicity, and psychopathology of the Psychotic-Like Experiences Questionnaire for Children in a community sample.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The current study aimed to assess the measurement invariance of the 9-item self-report Psychotic-Like Experiences Questionnaire for Children (PLEQ-C) across various demographic (age, gender, ethnicity) and psychopathology profiles in a community sample of children.

Methods

Children aged 9-11 years (n = 613; M age = 10.4 years [SD = 0.8]; 50.9% female) completed questionnaire screening at school, with primary caregivers returning questionnaires by mail from home. Configural, metric, scalar, and residual invariance of the PLEQ-C scores were investigated across groups differentiated by age (9; 10; 11 years), gender (female; male), ethnicity (white; black; other), and by child-reported and caregiver-reported psychopathology (abnormal rating; not abnormal).

Results<

SUBMITTER: Piltz LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10698830 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature