Academic resilience refers to students' capacity to perform highly despite a disadvantaged
background. Although most studies using international large-scale assessment (ILSA) data …

One of the most important considerations in psychological and educational assessment is
the extent to which a test is free of bias and fair for groups with diverse backgrounds …

Meaningful comparisons of means or relationships between latent constructs across groups
require evidence that measurement is equivalent across the studied groups–a property …

Body image research has grown rapidly to include new cultural and linguistic populations,
but this gives rise to a need for measurement instruments that are sensitive to local …

This book gives an up-to-date overview of methodological and data-analytical issues of
cross-cultural studies. Written by leading experts in the field, it presents the most important …

We examine changes in inequality in socio-emotional skills very early in life in two British
cohorts born 30 years apart. We construct comparable scales using two validated …

Previous research shows that psychological hardiness is an important factor contributing to
stress resilience in individuals. Of the various instruments available to measure hardiness …

Abstract In 2019, Gaming Disorder (GD) was officially recognised by the World Health
Organization (WHO) as an official mental health disorder. Currently, the Gaming Disorder …

Developmental invariance is important for making valid inferences about child development
from longitudinal data; however, it is rarely tested. We evaluated developmental and gender …

The present study aimed to examine the measurement invariance of the information,
communication and technology (ICT) engagement questionnaire in the Programme for …