Research for Development and Validation of Honesty Behavior of Youths and Measurement Invariance1

Abstract

The behavior of the youth in the community regarding the responsibility of one's own duty, others and society, is the performance of various duties responsibly. This research aimed 1) to analyze exploratory factor of the responsible behavior, 2) to analyze the second-order confirmatory factor of responsible behavior and 3) to examine measurement invariance of the responsible behavior according to residence. The research samples were selected with multistage quota random sampling method which included 2 groups of youths in the communities: 1) the sample cluster for exploratory factory analysis totaling 300 people in Banganjana and Banwangmor 2) the sample cluster for second order confirmatory factor analysis. After that, 300 samples were studied for measurement invariance in Tha-it-lang and Bandownrung The analysis result could be summarized into 3 issues as follows. First, when analyzing the exploratory components of responsibility measurement form, the researcher found that there were 4 components of the measurement model including 1) 1) Work intentions, 2) Responsibility 3) Responsibility to oneself and 4) Corporate social responsibility, totaling 13 items. These could be used to explain variance for 63.24%. Second, when analyzed, the second order confirmatory factor showed that the model was in harmony with empirical data with Chi-Square/ df = 1.62, RMSEA=0.045, NFI=0.97, CFI = 0.99 GFI = 0.96, and AGFI= 0.93. Third, the analysis of model invariance indicated that 1) no form invariance was found and 2) no factorial invariance existed in the community where the youths stayed.