Abstract
Abstract The Contingencies of Self-Worth Scale is a self-report questionnaire assessing seven types of ‘reward’ for self-worth. To test its construct validity, the French version was administered to 787 undergraduate students of both sexes and the data submitted to confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) with the robust MLM or WLSMV estimators. The reliability of the 7-factor structure as well as its sex invariance were checked with the multiple-group factor model for ordered-categorical measures. The correlated 7-factor structure fitted the data in both sex groups separately first, and then in a simultaneous analysis, confirming the adequacy of the measurement model. Metric invariance was also supported. CFA statistical tests, fit statistics, and parameter estimates as well as indices of local ill-fit were analyzed keeping as basic goal to preserve the questionnaire in its original form. Scalar equivalence across gender was not supported. The exploration of method biases, interacting with gender, as well as w...
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