scholarly journals Body Appreciation Scale: Evaluation of Factor structure and Psychometric Properties among Male and Female Turkish University Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Orkide BAKALIM ◽  
Arzu Taşdelen-Karçkay
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Body Appreciation ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Scale Evaluation ◽  
Turkish University Students

scholarly journals Psychometric properties of the Adelaide Diagnostic Learning Inventory - Brief (ADLIB)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harry Minas
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
University Students ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Life Stress ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Factor Congruence ◽  
Order Of Magnitude

Abstract Objective: There has been increased attention in recent years to mental health, quality of life, stress and academic performance among university students, and the possible influence of learning styles. Brief reliable questionnaires are useful in large-scale multivariate research designs, such as the largely survey-based research on well-being and academic performance of university students. The objective of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of a briefer version of the 39-item Adelaide Diagnostic Learning Inventory. Results: In two survey samples - medical and physiotherapy students - a 21-item version Adelaide Diagnostic Learning Inventory - Brief (ADLIB) was shown to have the same factor structure as the parent instrument, and the factor structure of the brief instrument was found to generalise across students of medicine and physiotherapy. Sub-scale reliability estimations were in the order of magnitude of the parent instrument. Sub-scale inter-correlations, inter-factor congruence coefficients, and correlations between ADLIB sub-scale scores and several external measures provide support support for the construct and criterion validity of the instrument.

scholarly journals Psychometric properties of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory in a sample of Brazilian university students

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 292-299
Author(s):  
Thiago Loreto Garcia da Silva ◽  
Victoria Guimarães Ramos ◽  
Julia Candia Donat ◽  
Fernando Rainho de Oliveira ◽  
Gustavo Gauer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Posttraumatic Growth ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Big Five Model ◽  
Posttraumatic Growth Inventory

Abstract Objective: To examine psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI). Method: A total of 300 university students were evaluated though instruments that investigated trauma history, depression and posttraumatic symptoms, and personality traits through the Big Five model. Pearson's correlation was used to assess internal consistency, inter-item reliability and construct validity. Principal component analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were performed to investigate the factor structure of the PTGI. Results: Results confirmed the original five-factor structure. The results showed good internal consistency for the total scale (α = 0.91) and its subscales, ranging from α = 0.85 to α = 0.70. Also, evidence of construct and convergent validity was observed through correlations with posttraumatic and depression symptoms and personality measures. Conclusions: These preliminary results suggest that the Brazilian PTGI is reliable and showed adequate evidence of validity.

Assessing alexithymia in French-speaking samples: psychometric properties of the Observer Alexithymia Scale-French translation

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (7) ◽  
pp. 497-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvie Berthoz ◽  
Mark G. Haviland ◽  
Matt L. Riggs ◽  
Fabienne Perdereau ◽  
Catherine Bungener
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Self Report ◽  
French Translation ◽  
Toronto Alexithymia Scale ◽  
French Speaking

AbstractIn the present study, we evaluated the psychometric properties of the Observer Alexithymia Scale-French translation (OAS-F), a 33-item, observer-rated alexithymia measure. The scale, accessible to lay and professional raters, taps everyday expressions of alexithymia. French university students (N = 159) were asked to rate a person they knew well or ask an acquaintance to rate them. Those being rated (N = 159) were parents, siblings, children, and friends. OAS-F total and subscale scores were comparable to those in the English normative samples. Moreover, OAS scores were reliable, and the scale’s five-factor structure (distant, uninsightful, somatizing, humorless, and rigid) was confirmed. Importantly, too, OAS total scores correlated 0.31 with (self-report) 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS) scores. The OAS-F appears to be a psychometrically sound observer-rated alexithymia measure.

Beliefs and Fears Underlying Type a Behaviour

1984 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 655-662 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald J. Burke
Keyword(s):  
Social Learning ◽  
University Students ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Type A ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Jenkins Activity Survey ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Cognitive Social Learning ◽  
Activity Survey

Price proposed that Type A behaviour allows individuals to cope with fears and anxieties engendered by beliefs they develop about their environment through socialization. This study tests her cognitive social-learning model of Type A behaviour by developing measures of beliefs and fears and validating them against a standardized Type A measure, Jenkins Activity Survey. 153 male and female university students of administration responded to questionnaires, assessing 3 beliefs, 4 fears, and 4 aspects of Type A behaviour. Measures of beliefs and fears had desirable psychometric properties and produced modest relationships with Jenkins' scores.

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