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Psychometric Properties of the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II for Chinese College Students and Elite Chinese Athletes
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Zhang, Chun-Qing; Chung, Pak-Kwong; Si, Gangyan; Liu, Jing Dong – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2014
The purpose of the present study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II (AAQ-II) across two samples of Chinese college students (n = 183 and n = 366) and a sample of elite Chinese athletes (n = 330). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses supported the existence of a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Psychometrics, Test Validity
A Psychometric Analysis and Standardization of the Behavior Assessment System for Children-2, Self-Report of Personality, College Version, among a Korean Sample
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Ahn, Christine M.; Ebesutani, Chad; Kamphaus, Randy W. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2014
The present study was the first to examine the psychometric properties of the Korean version of the Behavior Assessment System for Children-2, Self-Report of Personality, College Version (K-BASC-2 SRP-COL), among a Korean national sample. Using 1,000 Korean college students, ages 18 to 25 years, we found support for the reliability (via internal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Behavior Rating Scales, Personality Measures, College Students
The Consequences of Perfectionism Scale: Factorial Structure and Relationships with Perfectionism, Performance Perfectionism, Affect, and Depressive Symptoms
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Stoeber, Joachim; Hoyle, Azina; Last, Freyja – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2013
This study investigated the Consequences of Perfectionism Scale (COPS) and its relationships with perfectionism, performance perfectionism, affect, and depressive symptoms in 202 university students using confirmatory factor analysis, correlations, and regression analyses. Results suggest that the COPS is a reliable and valid measure of positive…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Depression (Psychology), Affective Behavior, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Cross-Cultural Validation of the Beck Depression Inventory-II across U.S. and Turkish Samples
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Canel-Cinarbas, Deniz; Cui, Ying; Lauridsen, Erica – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2011
The purpose of this study was to test the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) for factorial invariance across Turkish and U.S. college student samples. The results indicated that (a) a two-factor model has an adequate fit for both samples, thus providing evidence of configural invariance, and (b) there is a metric invariance but "no"…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evidence, Factor Structure, Depression (Psychology)
Person Heterogeneity of the BDI-II-C and Its Effects on Dimensionality and Construct Validity: Using Mixture Item Response Models
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Wu, Pei-Chen; Huang, Tsai-Wei – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2010
This study was to apply the mixed Rasch model to investigate person heterogeneity of Beck Depression Inventory-II-Chinese version (BDI-II-C) and its effects on dimensionality and construct validity. Person heterogeneity was reflected by two latent classes that differ qualitatively. Additionally, person heterogeneity adversely affected the…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Validity, Depression (Psychology), Item Response Theory
Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Version of the Beck Depression Inventory-II Using the Rasch Model
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Wu, Pei-Chen; Chang, Lily – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2008
The authors investigated the Chinese version of the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II-C; Chinese Behavioral Science Corporation, 2000) within the Rasch framework in terms of dimensionality, item difficulty, and category functioning. Two underlying scale dimensions, relatively high item difficulties, and a need for collapsing 2 response…
Descriptors: Test Items, Foreign Countries, Psychometrics, Behavioral Sciences
The Beck Depression Inventory: Testing and Cross-Validating a Hierarchical Factor Structure for Nonclinical Adolescents.
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Byrne, Barbara M.; Baron, Pierre – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1993
Examined 3 independent samples of high school adolescents (12-18 years of age). Used exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses to test and cross-validate factor structure of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Findings suggest that, when used with normal adolescents, BDI is most adequately defined by three-factor, hierarchical structure of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Factor Analysis, Factor Structure