Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Psych J. 2021 Aug;10(4):635-648. doi: 10.1002/pchj.436. Epub 2021 Mar 2.
Associations between unmet interpersonal needs and different aspects of suicide have been observed in both Western and non-Western cultures using the Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire (INQ). However, measurement invariance is a prerequisite for comparing differences between culturally different groups, and to date, no studies have examined measurement invariance of INQ across cultures. This study aimed to (a) validate Chinese versions of the INQ, (b) assess measurement invariance across gender for the Chinese INQ, (c) assess measurement invariance across Australian and Chinese cultures for the INQ, and (d) comprehensively assess the association of interpersonal needs with suicide ideation. A sample of 469 Australian undergraduates and a sample of 854 Chinese undergraduates were used in this study. For testing measurement invariance across gender, the sample of Chinese undergraduates was split by gender into the Chinese male and Chinese female samples. Five versions of INQ (10-, 12-, 15-, 18- and 25-item) were tested. The 10- and 15-item Chinese INQ demonstrated adequate psychometric properties through various analyses (i.e., reliability, confirmatory factor analysis, and structural equation modeling) and also demonstrated measurement invariance across gender via multigroup confirmatory factor analysis. The 10-item INQ demonstrated measurement invariance across Australian and Chinese cultures. Of the two interpersonal factors, only perceived burdensomeness was significantly associated with suicide ideation. Multigroup structural equation modeling demonstrated that perceived burdensomeness may be a greater risk factor of suicide among Australian undergraduates than among Chinese undergraduates. Practical and theoretical contributions of this study are discussed.
使用人际需求问卷（INQ），在西方和非西方文化中都观察到了未满足的人际需求与自杀的不同方面之间的关联。然而，测量不变性是比较文化不同群体之间差异的前提，迄今为止，尚无研究检验 INQ 在跨文化中的测量不变性。本研究旨在：（a）验证 INQ 的中文版本，（b）评估 INQ 在中国性别之间的测量不变性，（c）评估 INQ 在澳大利亚和中国文化之间的测量不变性，以及（d）全面评估人际需求与自杀意念的关联。本研究使用了 469 名澳大利亚本科生和 854 名中国本科生的样本。为了测试性别之间的测量不变性，将中国本科生样本按性别分为中国男性和中国女性样本。测试了 INQ 的五个版本（10、12、15、18 和 25 项）。通过各种分析（即可靠性，验证性因素分析和结构方程建模），10 项和 15 项中文 INQ 显示出了足够的心理测量学特性，并且通过多组验证性因素分析也显示出了性别之间的测量不变性。10 项 INQ 显示出了在澳大利亚和中国文化之间的测量不变性。在这两个人际因素中，只有感知负担与自杀意念显著相关。多组结构方程建模表明，感知负担可能是澳大利亚本科生比中国本科生自杀的更大风险因素。讨论了本研究的实际和理论贡献。
