scholarly journals Κατασκευή και ψυχομετρικός έλεγχος της Κλίμακας Αξιολόγησης και Καταγραφής Στρατηγικών Παραγωγής Γραπτού Λόγου

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 128
Author(s):  
Κωνσταντίνος Μαστροθανάσης ◽  
Πέτρος Ρούσσος ◽  
Μαρία Κουλιανού
Keyword(s):  
Written Expression ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Final Version ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Psychometric Tool ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

The main objective of the present study was the construction of a psychometric tool for the assessment of strategies on writing designed for students aged 10 to 12 years and based on the theoretical framework of Chamot & O’Malley (1990). The instrument’s validity was tested through exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses on the data collected from a sample of 917 primary school students attending grades 5 and 6. Test-retest reliability and internal consistency were also examined. The final version of the tool is reliable and contains 23 items organized in four factors measuring cognitive, metacognitive, social and emotional strategies of written expression.

Psychometric Assessment of the Short Grit Scale Among Chinese Adolescents

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingguang Li ◽  
Yajun Zhao ◽  
Feng Kong ◽  
Shuailing Du ◽  
Suyong Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Chinese Adolescents ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
School Students ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

This study sought to validate the Short Grit Scale (Grit-S), an instrument that measures perseverance and passion for long-term goals, among Chinese high school students. Confirmatory factor analyses revealed that the scale retains the two-factor structure of the original scale. The scale demonstrated satisfactory internal consistency and test–retest reliability. Evidence for construct validity was found in relation to the Big Five personality traits, self-control, and IQ. Evidence for criterion validity was found via the observation that grit explained unique variance in academic performance. Together, the Grit-S is a sound measure of grit among Chinese adolescents.

French Adaptation of the Childhood Executive Functioning Inventory (CHEXI)

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corinne Catale ◽  
Caroline Lejeune ◽  
Sarah Merbah ◽  
Thierry Meulemans
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Executive Functioning ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Cognitive Measures ◽  
Factor Solution ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Rating Instrument ◽  
Functioning Inventory ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

Thorell and Nyberg (2008 ) recently developed the Childhood Executive Functioning Inventory (CHEXI), a new rating instrument for executive functioning in day-to-day life which can be divided into four subscales: working memory, planning, inhibition, and regulation. Using an exploratory factor analysis on data from young Swedish children attending kindergarten, Thorell and Nyberg (2008 ) found a two-factor solution that taps working memory and inhibition. In the present study, we explored the psychometric characteristics of the French adaptation of the CHEXI. A group of 95 parents of 5- and 6-year-old children completed the CHEXI, 87 of whom were given clinical inhibition and working memory tasks. Confirmatory factor analyses confirmed the two-factor solution based on inhibition and working memory that was identified in the original study of Swedish children. Supplementary results indicated good internal and test-retest reliability for the entire scale, as well as for the two subscales identified. Correlation analyses showed no relationship between cognitive measures and the CHEXI subscales. Possible clinical applications for the CHEXI scales are discussed.

Confirmatory Factor Analyses of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) in a Turkish Adolescent Sample

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dilek Sarıtaş-Atalar ◽  
Tülin Gençöz ◽  
Ayça Özen
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
School Students ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Difficulties In Emotion Regulation ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Adolescent Sample ◽  
Age Appropriate

The aim of the present study was to explore the psychometric properties of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) among Turkish adolescents. A total of 595 high school students (300 females and 295 males) whose ages ranged between 14 and 17 years participated in the study, and were administered the DERS, the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), and the Childhood Depression Inventory (CDI). Confirmatory factor analyses supported the six-factor structure of the DERS among adolescents. In addition, results indicated sound internal consistency as well as concurrent validity. It is concluded that the DERS is a valid age-appropriate measure for investigating emotion regulation difficulties in adolescents.

scholarly journals Developing Scale for Determining the Social Participation Skills for Children and Analyzing Its Psychometric Characteristics

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 92
Author(s):  
Osman Samanci ◽  
Ebru Ocakci ◽  
Ismail Secer
Keyword(s):  
Social Participation ◽  
Model Fit ◽  
Measurement Tool ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
School Students ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
The Social ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Descriptive Survey

The purpose of this research is to conduct validity and reliability studies of the Scale for the Determining Social Participation for Children, developed to measure social participation skills of children aged 7-10 years. During the development of the scale, pilot schemes, validity analyzes, and reliability analyzes were conducted. In this context, the research was carried out with a total of 472 elementary school students in the ages of 7-10 years using the descriptive survey model. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed to examine the factor structure of the scale and it was determined that the scale had a structure consisting of 16 items and one dimension and that this model had a good level of model fit. In order to examine the reliability of the scale, internal consistency and split-half reliability analyzes were performed and it was found that the scale had sufficient reliability. It can be said that the Scale for the Determining Social Participation for Children is a reliable and valid measurement tool that can be used to measure the social participation skills of students aged 7-10 years.

Sport Motivation Orientations: Beware of Jingle-Jangle Fallacies

1994 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 365-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herbert W. Marsh
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Task Orientation ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
School Students ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Sport Motivation ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Validity Studies ◽  
Highly Correlated

The similarity of the constructs measured by the Perceptions of Success Questionnaire (POS; Roberts, 1993) and the Sports Orientation Questionnaire (SOQ; Gill, 1993) were evaluated using (a) confirmatory factor analyses of responses by 395 high school students (217 males, 178 females, ages 12 to 18) to items adapted from the two instruments and (b) relations to external criteria. Although the POS Mastery and SOQ Goal scales were highly related and reflected task orientation, the SOQ Competitiveness scale was more highly correlated with the POS Mastery and SOQ Goal scales than with the POS Competitiveness scale. Apparently, competitiveness assessed by the SOQ reflects a task orientation, whereas the POS Competitiveness scale reflects primarily an ego orientation. Sport psychologists need to beware of jingle (scales with the same label reflect the same construct) and jangle (scales with different labels measure different construct) fallacies, and pursue construct validity studies more vigorously to test the interpretations of measures.

scholarly journals Adaptation of General Belongingness Scale into Turkish for Adolescents: Validity and Reliability Studies

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehmet Ali Yıldız
Keyword(s):  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Original Form ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Scale Test ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

The current research aims to adapt the General Belongingness Scale (GBS), developed by Malone, Pillow, and Osman (2012), into Turkish for adolescents and to conduct the validity and reliability studies for it. Ages of the participants, a total of 567 adolescents including 274 males (48.3%) and 293 females (51.7%) ranged between 14 and 18 (average age= 15.76). For the construct validity of GBS, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted. Factor analyses results indicated that the scale included two factors as it is in the original form. Factor loadings of the items varied between .55 and .84. To provide validity of the GBS, Pearson Correlation Coefficents between belongingness and loneliness (r= -.64), life satisfaction (r= .36), attachment to parents (varied between r= .21 and r= .39) and attachment to peers (r= .33 and r= .39) were computed and they were all significant. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient calculated for the scale reliability was .76 for acceptance/inclusion sub-dimension, .85 for rejection/exclusion and .81 for overall scale. Test-retest reliability of the GBS was run with 97 students, and it was found as .80. The research findings indicated that the GBS was a valid and reliable instrument to assess general belongingness for Turkish adolescents.

Assessing Motivation of Secondary School Students: An Analysis of Promotion and Prevention Orientations as Measured by the Regulatory Focus Questionnaire

2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (7) ◽  
pp. 670-682 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flaviu A. Hodis ◽  
Georgeta M. Hodis
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Regulatory Focus ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
School Students ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Questionnaire Measure ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Zealand Secondary School ◽  
Using Data

Measuring human motivation requires understanding the outcomes individuals value and the strategies they prefer to employ to attain them. Knowledge of promotion and prevention, two pivotal motivation orientations, provide key information regarding these aspects. The Regulatory Focus Questionnaire, which measures these two independent constructs, was validated using data provided by university students and alumni of an elite U.S. university. Thus, little is known whether this instrument provides reliable and valid measures of promotion and prevention in a population of younger respondents from a different culture. To bridge this gap, the study employed data collected from three independent large samples of New Zealand secondary school students and used the jigsaw piecewise technique in combination with confirmatory factor analyses. Findings show that, in this population, items in the Regulatory Focus Questionnaire measure promotion and prevention as theoretically distinct constructs.

Multigroup Confirmatory Component and Factor Analyses of the Italian Version of the Aggression Questionnaire1

2003 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Fossati ◽  
Cesare Maffei ◽  
Elena Acquarini ◽  
Antonella Di Ceglie
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Italian Version ◽  
School Students ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Scale Scores ◽  
Aggression Questionnaire

Summary Multisample confirmatory factor analyses were carried out in samples of Italian university and high school students in order to assess the replicability of the factor structure in the Italian version of the Aggression Questionnaire by Buss and Perry. Item-level multiple-group component analysis confirmed Buss and Perry's 4-factor structure of the Aggression Questionnaire items in both samples. The results of multisample maximum likelihood confirmatory factor analysis of scale scores supported the hypothesis of single aggression latent dimension underlying the four Aggression Questionnaire scales, the structure of which was invariant across the two samples.

Assessing Need for Cognition in Early Adolescence

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franzis Preckel
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Longitudinal Research ◽  
Need For Cognition ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
School Students ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Method Factors

Need for cognition (NFC) refers to “the (enduring) tendency for an individual to engage in and enjoy effortful analytic activity” ( Cacioppo & Petty, 1982, p. 116 ). Yet, NFC has predominantly been assessed in adults. I present a 19-item German NFC scale for children of 10 years and older. 745 secondary-school students were assessed three times in grades 5 and 6 with measures of NFC, intelligence, achievement, and motivational variables. The scale showed good psychometric properties, validity, and suitability for longitudinal research. Confirmatory factor analyses supported a one-dimensional conceptualization of NFC and the need for method factors for the effects of item wording, which were systematically related to students’ ability, achievement, and motivation.

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