Internet-Based Psychological Research: Strategies and Issues: Evaluating Clinical Assessment Instruments on the Internet: Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Methodological Strategies, and Ethical Issues

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
David S. Richard
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Clinical Assessment ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Assessment Instruments ◽  
Research Strategies ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

Internet Lifestyle of Iranian Users

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir Abedini Koshksaray ◽  
Tayebeh Farahani
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
T Test ◽  
The Internet ◽  
High Effectiveness ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Perceived Importance ◽  
The Mean

One distinguishing factor of individuals is their lifestyles. In the internet, every individual shows a different behavior while some groups have rather similar behaviors. By identifying these groups and their interests and preferences, it becomes possible to offer a product or advertising which is compatible with their wants. This leads to conveying the value presented by the producer to the consumer with high effectiveness. One source of identifying target customers or internet users is their lifestyle in internet space. The present study aims at describing and explaining internet lifestyle (e-lifestyle) of Iranian users. In particular, this study tries to find out the most common e-lifestyle of Iranian users. To this aim, 412 students involved with internet were surveyed. After estimating the construct validity of the study through confirmatory factor analysis, the mean scores of each e-lifestyle were compared by student t-test. The results revealed that Iranian users have mostly entertainment-driven e-lifestyles. The perceived importance-driven, sociability-driven, interest-driven, novelty-driven, need-driven, and uninterested or concern-driven e-lifestyles were respectively identified after that. This is the first study investigating the most common e-lifestyle among Internet users.

Polish adaptation of the Revised Cheek and Buss Shyness scale and a significance of shyness in the context of personality traits and metatraits

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Magdalena Kwiatkowska ◽  
Katarzyna Kwiatkowska ◽  
Radosław Rogoza
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Personality Trait ◽  
Self Report ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Polish Adaptation ◽  
Analysis Models

The aim of the current study is to prepare the Polish adaptation of the Revised Cheek and Buss Shyness Scale and to analyze relations between shyness, loneliness and personality traits. The study was conducted via the Internet, and a total of N = 314 adults participated and completed a set of self-report measures. Via comparisons of several confirmatory factor analysis models we demonstrated that the structure of the Polish adaptation of the scale is unidimensional. Consistent with research hypotheses, shyness was mostly correlated with loneliness and introversion; moreover, shyness was strongly negatively related to the personality metatrait of Plasticity and weakly but also negatively with the metatrait of Stability. In addition, individuals not engaged in romantic relationships scored significantly higher in shyness and loneliness, and lower in extraversion, openness, and Plasticity than individuals engaged in unformalized relationships. The results support the conclusion that shyness is a personality trait that significantly affects behavior by limiting the possibilities for adapting to changing environmental conditions.

scholarly journals Is Financial Advertisement Effectiveness is Dependent on the Type of Media? A Case of Print, Electronic and Online Media

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 8142-8152
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Consumer Attitude ◽  
Comparison Analysis ◽  
Financial Industry ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

The purpose of the paper is to compares the effectiveness of the three media i.e. newspaper, internet and the television utilized by the financial industry so as to get positive consumer attitude. The study identified the important factors present in the specific media which will increase the effectiveness and makes that media preferred ones as compared to other media. Primary data had been collected from the 481 respondents belonging to the northern part of India using the survey method. Exploratory Factor analysis, Confirmatory factor analysis and Manova test was applied to draw the findings. The result reveals that the internet and the newspaper financial advertisements provide the receiver the more detailed, trustworthy, and useful information. The results confirmed that information broadcasted on the television is much slower processed by the audience as compared to information broadcasted on the internet and newspaper. Making the comparison analysis between the three media, the derived results are beneficial for the advertisement designers and makers so that they can focus on the important factors while drafting the financial advertisements. Strategic managers and policymakers can get important insights about the most preferred media so that they can exploit that media which is more effective in bestowing the advertisements.

scholarly journals Psychometric properties and Factor structure of the BRCS in an elderly Spanish sample

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 1030 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Moret-Tatay ◽  
Juan J. Fernández-Muñoz ◽  
Cristina Civera-Mollá ◽  
Esperanza Navarro-Pardo ◽  
Carlos Alcover-de-la-Hera
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Aging Process ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Spanish Language ◽  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
Assessment Instruments ◽  
Spanish Speaking ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Coping Scale

Successful resilience is a variable often related toan optimal aging process. However, literature is rather limited when dealingwith assessment instruments for the elderly in the Spanish language. Theobjective of this work is to validate the Brief Resilient Coping Scale(Sinclair & Wallston, 2004), a four item likert scale, in the Spanishelderly.  For this propose, the scale wasadministrated to a sample of 991 elderly Spanish participants, and the data setanalysed in terms of exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, internalconsistency and criterion validity. The scale demonstrated good psychometricproperties.  Furthermore, the homogeneityindices were higher than the recently literature, reinforcing the dimensionalstructure of the scale.  These resultshave shown higher reliability from previous Spanish versions. Therefore, theBrief Resilient Coping Scale is a valuable assessment instrument that could bevery useful in the assessing of resilience in the Spanish-speaking elderly.

scholarly journals Internet Skills for Expediting Students’ Learning

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 1893-1897
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Research Question ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Strategic Design ◽  
Technology Teachers ◽  
Internet Skills ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
The One

The accomplishment of any educational system despite the strategic design depends to a large extent on the quality of teachers. Therefore, this study was carried out to determine the internet skills needs of vocational and technology teachers to facilitate students’ learning in Nigeria technical and vocational institutions. The study adopted a survey research design. The population for the study consisted of 215 technology and vocational education teachers from Six (6) south western states of Nigeria. A research question was developed to guide the study. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from the respondents which was duly validated by experts. Cronbach Alpha reliability technique was used to determine the internal consistency of the questionnaire items at 0.91. Data collected were analysed through Confirmatory factor Analysis (CFA) using Statistics Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and Analysis Moment of statistics (AMOS). After a preliminary analysis (descriptive), data from respondents were found suitable for inclusion in Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The CFA was performed and the results of the analysis support the one-factor model of the internet skills component for facilitating students’ learning. The study found that technology teachers require nine (9) internet proficiencies under investigation. Thus, it was recommended that conferences, workshops, seminars, training and retraining programmes should be organized at regular interval for teachers in order to enhance their competency for the purpose of boosting their performance in teaching

scholarly journals Differences on Information Commitments in Consumption Domain

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hung-Ming Lin
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Search Strategy ◽  
Online Shopping ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Information Searching ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

Information commitments are a profile of evaluative standards and information searching strategies on the Internet. The purpose of this study is to examine the reliability and validity of the information commitments instrument in consumption domain, and differences among scales underlying the instrument. A total of 258 university students participated in the survey who have experiences in online shopping. Using confirmatory factor analysis technical, this study has identified valid measures for each construct underlying information commitments in consumptions domain. The results indicate that participants preferred to utilize “content” to judge the usefulness of the information, and use “multiple sources” to evaluate the correctness of information, that they oriented to use search strategy “elaboration” in verifying online consumption information. Gender differences are also revealed on standard of the “multiple sources” and the “content”.

Evidence-based subtypes in functional dyspepsia with confirmatory factor analysis: Psychosocial and physiopathological correlates

2001 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. A51-A52 ◽  
Author(s):  
B FISCHLER ◽  
J VANDENBERGHE ◽  
P PERSOONS ◽  
V GUCHT ◽  
D BROEKAERT ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Functional Dyspepsia ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

The French Version of the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS) in a Nonclinical Sample

2015 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 119-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martine Bouvard ◽  
Anne Denis ◽  
Jean-Luc Roulin
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Generalized Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Child Anxiety ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Generalized Anxiety ◽  
French Version ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

This article investigates the psychometric properties of the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS). A group of 704 adolescents completed the questionnaires in their classrooms. This study examines potential confirmatory factor analysis factor models of the RCADS as well as the relationships between the RCADS and the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders-Revised (SCARED-R). A subsample of 595 adolescents also completed an anxiety questionnaire (Fear Survey Schedule for Children-Revised, FSSC-R) and a depression questionnaire (Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale, CES-D). Confirmatory factor analysis of the RCADS suggests that the 6-factor model reasonably fits the data. All subscales were positively intercorrelated, with rs varying between .48 (generalized anxiety disorder-major depression disorder) and .65 (generalized anxiety disorder-social phobia/obsessive-compulsive disorder). The RCADS total score and all the RCADS scales were found to have good internal consistency (> .70). The correlations between the RCADS subscales and their SCARED-R counterparts are generally substantial. Convergent validity was found with the FSSC-R and the CES-D. The study included normal adolescents aged 10 to 19. Therefore, the findings cannot be extended to children under 10, nor to a clinical population. Altogether, the French version of the RCADS showed reasonable psychometric properties.

The Hierarchical Model of Exercise Dependence

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 247-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gayatri Kotbagi ◽  
Laurence Kern ◽  
Lucia Romo ◽  
Ramesh Pathare
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Physical Exercise ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Large Population ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Preliminary Version

Abstract. Physical exercise when done excessively may have negative consequences on physical and psychological wellbeing. There exist many scales to measure this phenomenon. The purpose of this article is to create a scale measuring the problematic practice of physical exercise (PPPE Scale) by combining two assessment tools already existing in the field of exercise dependency but anchored in different approaches (EDS-R and EDQ). This research consists of three studies carried out on three independent sample populations. The first study (N = 341) tested the construct validity (exploratory factor analysis); the second study (N = 195) tested the structural validity (confirmatory factor analysis) and the third study (N = 104) tested the convergent validity (correlations) of the preliminary version of the PPPE scale. Exploratory factor analysis identified six distinct dimensions associated with exercise dependency. Furthermore, confirmatory factor analysis validated a second order model consisting of 25 items with six dimensions and four sub-dimensions. The convergent validity of this scale with other constructs (GLTEQ, EAT26, and The Big Five Inventory [BFI]) is satisfactory. The preliminary version of the PPPE must be administered to a large population to refine its psychometric properties and develop scoring norms.

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