Truong, T. K. H, Jurek, P., Różycka-Tran, J., & Nguyen, H. H.
Psychometric evaluation of the Vietnamese Benign and Malicious Envy Scale (V-BeMaS)
The present paper aims to validate and examine the psychometric properties of the Vietnamese version of the Benign and Malicious Envy Scale (V-BeMaS; Lange & Crusius, 2015) that has already been used in different cultural groups. In Study 1, exploratory factor (EFA) and reliability analysis was used in a sample of Vietnamese students and adults (N = 591). Study 2 (N = 299) was designed to confirm the two-factor model through confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and to test the validity of the construct by correlating it to the Domain-Specific Envy Scale (DSES; Rentzsch & Gross, 2015). In Study 3, we tested the measurement invariance through multigroup confirmatory factor analysis (MGCFA). The results supported the two-factor structure of the V-BeMaS and confirmed that the scale displayed configural, metric, and scalar invariance across genders, as well as age groups. The V-BeMaS seems to be a valid and reliable scale that can be used in future studies in Vietnam to measure benign and malicious envy. Moreover, our findings show that the V-BeMaS meets the requirements of measurement invariance for cross-cultural comparisons.
Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology, 2022, Vol. 29, pp. 231-239, DOI: 10.4473/TPM29.2.5
