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Original Article

Factorial Invariance of the German Version of the Marital Offence-Specific Forgiveness Scale (MOFS)

Analysis of Couples’ Data

Published Online:August 16, 2017https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000429

Abstract

Abstract. Spousal forgiveness is positively linked to aspects of relationship satisfaction, as well as to the physical and psychological health of both partners. Oftentimes, the respective values for men and women are compared under the untested assumption of measurement invariance of the assessment tool. In order to investigate the factorial invariance (configural, metric, scalar, and residual) of the German version of the Marital Offence-Specific Forgiveness Scale (MOFS; Paleari et al., 2009), we conducted several multigroup confirmatory factor analyses. In the context of comparing increasingly stringent models, tests of measurement invariance indicated at least partial measurement invariance. These findings suggest that the MOFS operates in a similar fashion among men and women, thus supporting the assessment of spousal forgiveness with the German MOFS.

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