Measurement Invariance of the Short Home Attachment Scale: A Cross-Cultural Study.

ABSTRACT: The home environment is a particularly significant part of life that is supposed to satisfy inhabitants' needs, form their identity, and contribute to psychological wellbeing. The construct of home attachment is especially relevant for students as a most mobile social group. This study is devoted to the validation of the Short Home Attachment Scale (SHAS) in a student sample from five countries (Armenia, India, Indonesia, Russia, and Ukraine). A total of 1,349 (17-26 years; M_age = 19.82, SD_age = 2.14; 78% females) university students participated in the study and filled in the 14 items of HAS. In order to avoid redundant items with high error covariances damaging the model, a new scale-the SHAS was developed by eliminating seven items. The shorten

SUBMITTER: Nartova-Bochaver S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8961976 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature