Savahl, ShazlyAdams, SabirahFlorence, Maria Ann2021-01-112021-01-112020Savahl, S. et al. (2020). Afrikaans adaptation of the children’s hope scale: Validation and measurement invariance. Cogent Psychology ,7(1),18530102331-190810.1080/23311908.2020.1853010http://hdl.handle.net/10566/5631The overarching aim of this study was to validate the Afrikaans version of Snyder’s (1997) Children’s Hope Scale in a sample of children from Cape Town, South Africa. Within this process, the study aimed to test the measurement invariance across the English and Afrikaans language versions. The study used a cross-sectional survey design, with a two-stage stratified random sample of 1022 children between the ages of 11- to 12-years-old. We selected the participants from 15 schools located in low and middle socio-economic status communities in the Cape Town Metropole. We used confirmatory factor analysis to analyse the data. The results indicated a good fit for the overall model using the pooled sample (X2 = 35.692; df = 7; p =.00; CFI =.984; RMSEA =.063; SRMR =.023). Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis further demonstrated the tenability of metric and scalar invariance.enAdaptationAdolescentsConfirmatory factor analysisHopeSnyder’s children’s hope scaleArticle