Cross-cultural measurement invariance of the multidimensional competitive orientation inventory: Non-clinical samples in South Korea and Hungary.

ABSTRACT: The Multidimensional Competitive Orientation Inventory (MCOI) aims to assess competitive orientations including self-developmental, hypercompetitive, avoidant, and indifferent attitudes. The present study tested its cross-cultural applicability and examined cross-national differences between South Korea (n = 350) and Hungary (n = 343), taking cultural traits into account. Using a revised 10-item version (two low-loading items removed), multi-group CFA with WLSMV supported configural and scalar invariance across countries. Factor variances were invariant, whereas factor covariances were not, indicating that inter-factor correlations differed across countries despite a shared structure. For criterion validity analyses, we conducted cross-group comparisons only for measures that demonstrated

SUBMITTER: Aum T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12742798 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature