The present study explores how Black and White youth respond to measures of subjective well-being within the context of critical race theory (CRT). Three levels of measurement invariance (i.e., configural, metric and scalar) were examined for indicators of subjective well-being. We hypothesized that there would be limited measurement invariance across groups based on the premise established by CRT that youth of color experience and perceive life differently than their White peers, which was supported. The findings of this study demonstrate that the measures work as expected within groups, but there is a considerable lack of invariance across groups. This study also provides some evidence that racial/ethnic differences cannot be taken for granted when assessing SWB in youth.

本研究探讨了黑人和白人青年如何在批判种族理论 (CRT) 的背景下对主观幸福感的测量做出反应。检查了三个水平的测量不变性（即配置、度量和标量）的主观幸福感指标。我们假设，根据 CRT 建立的前提，即有色人种的年轻人体验和感知生活的方式与白人同龄人不同，因此各组之间的测量不变性有限，这一点得到了支持。这项研究的结果表明，这些措施在组内按预期工作，但在组间相当缺乏不变性。这项研究还提供了一些证据，表明在评估青年 SWB 时不能将种族/民族差异视为理所当然。