Psychometric validation and cross‐cultural comparison of the Romantic Inclination Scale

Abstract

AbstractResearch on romantic involvement among young adults in non‐Western populations is very sparse. In Study 1, using data from 718 young adults from India, we tested the factorial structure and measurement invariance (MI) of a 30‐item Romantic Inclination Scale (RIS). The results showed that a seven‐factor, 23‐item solution fitted the data well. MI analysis demonstrated partial metric invariance across gender and partial scalar invariance across relationship history. In Study 2, involving participants from India (n = 424) and the United States (n = 459), we compared the psychometric properties of the RIS. The seven‐factor, 23‐item version of the RIS fitted the data adequately, and partial metric invariance was achieved across the Indian and US samples. Cross‐cultural research implications and future directions are discussed.