Van de Schoot, RensLugtig, PeterHox, Joop2016-06-292016-06-292012Van de Schoot, R. et al. 2012. A checklist for testing measurement invariance. European journal of developmental psychology, 9(4):486-492. [http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/pedp20/current]1740-56291740-5610 (Online)http://hdl.handle.net/10394/17882http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17405629.2012.686740#abstractDOI:10.1080/17405629.2012.686740The analysis of measurement invariance of latent constructs is important in research across groups, or across time. By establishing whether factor loadings, intercepts and residual variances are equivalent in a factor model that measures a latent concept, we can assure that comparisons that are made on the latent variable are valid across groups or time. Establishing measurement invariance involves running a set of increasingly constrained structural equation models, and testing whether differences between these models are significant. This paper provides a step-by-step guide to analysing measurement invarianceenConfirmatory factor analysisvaliditymeasurement invarianceArticle