Publication Date
In 2025 | 0 |
Since 2024 | 0 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 0 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 10 |
Descriptor
Foreign Countries | 12 |
Measures (Individuals) | 9 |
College Students | 5 |
Factor Analysis | 5 |
Factor Structure | 5 |
Psychometrics | 4 |
Adolescents | 3 |
Anxiety | 3 |
Depression (Psychology) | 3 |
Validity | 3 |
Career Choice | 2 |
More ▼ |
Source
Measurement and Evaluation in… | 12 |
Author
Ang, Rebecca P. | 1 |
Bove, Giuseppe | 1 |
Canel-Cinarbas, Deniz | 1 |
Caputi, Peter | 1 |
Chadha, Narender | 1 |
Chang, Lily | 1 |
Cui, Ying | 1 |
Garcia-Fernandez, Jose M. | 1 |
Hidalgo, Maria D. | 1 |
Ingles, Candido J. | 1 |
Jang, Yoo Jin | 1 |
More ▼ |
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 12 |
Reports - Evaluative | 12 |
Education Level
Postsecondary Education | 4 |
Higher Education | 3 |
Audience
Location
United States | 3 |
China | 2 |
Africa | 1 |
Asia | 1 |
Australia | 1 |
India | 1 |
Italy | 1 |
Japan | 1 |
South Africa | 1 |
South Korea | 1 |
Spain | 1 |
More ▼ |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
Beck Depression Inventory | 2 |
Center for Epidemiologic… | 1 |
Maslach Burnout Inventory | 1 |
Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale | 1 |
Work Values Inventory | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Sun, Qiwu; Ng, Kok-Mun; Wang, Chuang – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2012
The authors examined the validity evidence for a newly translated Chinese version of the Dispositional Hope Scale in three samples. Results indicated that the two-factor structure better fit the data than the one-factor structure. Findings provide evidence of configural validity for the scores but only indicate partial factorial invariance across…
Descriptors: Personality Measures, Chinese, Validity, Factor Structure
Jang, Yoo Jin; Lee, Jayoung; Puig, Ana; Lee, Sang Min – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2012
This study aimed to examine the factorial equivalence of the Five Factor Wellness Inventory across U.S. and Korean professional counselors and counselors-in-training. Latent means analyses demonstrated that there were significant differences between U.S. and Korean counselors for the five domains of wellness. (Contains 4 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Counselors, Wellness, Factor Analysis, Measures (Individuals)
Wang, Kenneth T.; Puri, Rohini; Slaney, Robert B.; Methikalam, Bindu; Chadha, Narender – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2012
Psychometric properties of the Almost Perfect Scale and the Family Almost Perfect Scale were evaluated using Indian college students studying in India (N = 132). Three classes of perfectionists--adaptive, maladaptive, and nonperfectionists--that mirrored past studies were compared on self-esteem and depression. (Contains 3 tables and 3 figures.)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indians, College Students, Personality Traits
Pallini, Susanna; Bove, Giuseppe; Laghi, Fiorenzo – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2011
This study applies a multidimensional scaling (MSD) technique to investigate the structural validity of the Work Values Inventory for Adolescents with a sample of Italian students. The MSD results indicated the presence of two underlying orthogonal dimensions: individuality versus sociality and conservation versus exploration. Implications for…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Multidimensional Scaling, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries
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)
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
Ang, Rebecca P.; Lau, Shun; Tan, Ai-Girl; Lim, Kam Ming – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2007
This article describes the validation and refinement of the short, 10-item version of the Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help (E. H. Fischer & J. L. Turner, 1970) scale using 2 separate samples. Confirmatory factor analyses results provided evidence of factorial invariance across both samples, thus supporting the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals), Psychology
Ingles, Candido J.; Marzo, Juan C.; Hidalgo, Maria D.; Zhou, Xinyue; Garcia-Fernandez, Jose M. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2008
The Questionnaire about Interpersonal Difficulties for Adolescents (QIDA) is a self-report instrument designed to measure adolescents' perceived interpersonal anxiety levels in a wide range of relationships with people of different ages, genders, levels of authority, and levels of intimacy and in several contexts: family, school, friends, opposite…
Descriptors: Prevention, Psychologists, Ethnic Groups, Factor Structure
Long, Lirong; Watanabe, Naotaka; Tracey, Terence J. G. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2006
Japanese college students (N = 2,492) completed the translated Personal Globe Inventory (PGI: T. J. G. Tracey, 2002b) Occupational Title scales, and the structural validity of vocational interests was examined. Support was provided for the RIASEC (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, Conventional), octant, and spherical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Interests, College Students, Measures (Individuals)
Kuo, Ben C. H.; Roysircar, Gargi; Newby-Clark, Ian R. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2006
The Cross-Cultural Coping Scale, a scenario-based instrument, was developed in 3 studies. Exploratory factor analyses with Chinese Canadian adolescents (N = 506) showed a 3-factor structure: Collective, Avoidance, and Engagement Coping. The model was reproduced very well in a confirmatory factor analysis. Participant acculturation,…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis, Coping, Factor Structure

Mji, A.; Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2004
R. J. Cruise and E. M. Wilkins's (1980) Statistical Anxiety Rating Scale (STARS), which measures levels of statistics anxiety, was administered to 169 technikon students (70.9% women) in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Evidence of score reliability and validity was provided, suggesting that the STARS can be used with this population.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Validity, Rating Scales, Measurement Techniques
Viney, Linda L.; Caputi, Peter – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2005
Content analysis scales apply rigorous measurement to verbal communications and make possible the quantification of text in counseling research. The limitations of the Origin and Pawn Scales (M. T. Westbrook & L. L. Viney, 1980), the Positive Affect Scale (M. T. Westbrook, 1976), the Content Analysis Scales of Psychosocial Maturity (CASPM; L.…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Psychometrics, Content Analysis, Anxiety