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Ortega-Barón, J.; Machimbarrena, J. M.; Montiel, I.; Buelga, S.; Basterra-González, A.; González-Cabrera, J. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2021
For the Z-Generation, the Internet has become a very important experimentation laboratory for the discovery and validation of their identity. Despite the importance of the process of building the self in the adolescent, there are hardly any validated instruments that measure the self online. The aim of this research was to design and validate the…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Test Construction, Test Validity, Self Concept Measures
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Farrell, Albert D.; Bettencourt, Amie F.; Mehari, Krista R. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2019
This study investigated the structure and concurrent validity of the Beliefs About Fighting Scale (BAFS). Participants were 2,118 students from three urban middle schools who completed measures of their beliefs, frequency of physical aggression, victimization, and nonviolent intentions. Ratings of students' frequency of physical aggression,…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Beliefs, Aggression, Victims
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Zhang, Linlin; Eggum-Wilkens, Natalie D. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2018
The purpose of this study was to examine the differentiation and correlates of shyness and unsociability during early adolescence in urban and rural China. Participants were 93 urban and 229 rural Chinese sixth- to eighth-graders. Students rated their shyness, unsociability, fear of negative evaluation, self-efficacy for peer interactions, and…
Descriptors: Correlation, Shyness, Rural Areas, Cultural Context
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Virtanen, T. E.; Pakarinen, E.; Lerkkanen, M.-K.; Poikkeus, A.-M.; Siekkinen, M.; Nurmi, J.-E. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2018
This study examined the reliability and validity of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System-Secondary (CLASS-S) in Finnish classrooms. Trained observers coded classroom interactions based on video recordings of 46 Grade 6 classrooms (450 cycles). Concurrent associations were investigated with respect to teacher self-ratings (e.g., efficacy beliefs…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Classroom Observation Techniques, Foreign Countries, Factor Structure