Psychometric validation and cross-cultural comparison of the Romantic Inclination Scale

Research on romantic involvement among young adults in non-Western populations is very sparse. In Study 1, using data from 718 young adults from India, we tested the factorial structure and measurement invariance (MI) of a 30-item Romantic Inclination Scale (RIS). The results showed that a seven-factor, 23-item solution fitted the data well. MI analysis demonstrated partial metric invariance across gender and partial scalar invariance across relationship history. In Study 2, involving participants from India (n = 424) and the United States (n = 459), we compared the psychometric properties of the RIS. The seven-factor, 23-item version of the RIS fitted the data adequately, and partial metric invariance was achieved across the Indian and US samples. Cross-cultural research implications and future directions are discussed.