Ā | MLQ-P (Bonferroni Ī±ā=ā0.003) | MLQ-P-4 (Bonferroni Ī±ā=ā0.004) | MLQ-P-4 1122345 (Bonferroni Ī±ā=ā0.004) |
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Item | DIF Measure (DIF S.E.) | Contrast | MH | DIF Measure (DIF S.E.) | Contrast | MH | DIF Measure (DIF S.E.) | Contrast | MH |
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Ā | AU | SA | NZ | Ā | Ā | AU | SA | NZ | Ā | Ā | AU | SA | NZ | Ā | Ā |
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1 | 0.38 (0.08) | -0.28 (0.08) | 0.16 (0.07) | AUā>āSA | AUā>āSA NZā>āSA | 0.36 (0.10) | -0.28 (0.11) | 0.19 (0.09) | AUā>āSA | AUā>āSA | 0.45 (0.13) | -0.41 (0.13) | 0.25 (0.12) | AUā>āSA NZā>āSA | AUā>āSA NZā>āSA |
4 | 0.32 (0.08) | -0.12 (0.08) | 0.30 (0.07) | Ā | AUā>āSA NZā>āSA | 0.25 (0.10) | 0.00 (0.10) | 0.41 (0.09) | Ā | NZā>āSA | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā |
5 | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | -0.76 (0.12) | -0.15 (0.11) | -0.89 (0.11) | SAā>āNZ | SAā>āAU SAā>āNZ | -0.97 (0.14) | -0.24 (0.12) | -1.07 (0.12) | SAā>āAU SAā>āNZ | SAā>āAU SAā>āNZ |
9a
| -0.79 (0.10) | 0.41 (0.07) | -0.19 (0.08) | SAā>āAU | SAā>āAU NZā>āAU SAā>āNZ | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā |
- Note. MLQ-P original Presence of Meaning subscale of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire, MLQ-P-4 MLQ-P with item 9 removed, MLQ-P-4 1122345 MLQ-P-4 with response categories 1 and 2 collapsed and categories 3 and 4 collapsed, Bonferroni Ī± Bonferroni-corrected significance level, DIF measure item challenge for the particular country, DIF S.E. standard error of item challenge for the particular country, Contrast if the DIF contrast (i.e., the difference between the two countriesā DIF measures) was larger than or equal to 0.64, the countries are specified in this column, MH if the p-value of the Mantel-Haenszel test was smaller than Bonferroni Ī±, the countries are specified in this column, AU Australian sample, SA South African sample, NZ sample from New Zealand. In columns DIF Contrast and MH, xā>āy implies that respondents from country x found it significantly harder to endorse the item than respondents from country y given equal levels of presence of meaning
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aThe original item 9 was reversed in these analyses