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Examining the Construct Validity of the MIDUS Version of the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ)
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Khalid ALMamari – International Journal of Testing, 2024
The Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ) measures a wide range of personality traits associated with affect and temperament. However, the lengthy administration time may have hindered its widespread use in personality research. The National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS) has adapted a short version of the…
Descriptors: Personality Measures, Questionnaires, Construct Validity, Test Reliability
Internal Structure and Invariance Analysis of the EAGrit-LP-R Scale for Grit Assessment
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Ana Paula Porto Noronha; Leandro S. Almeida; Caroline T. Reppold – International Journal of Testing, 2024
"Grit" is a stable and measurable trait. It refers to the individual's ability to maintain efforts and interest in projects that take time to complete and are useful in educational contexts. In this study we investigated the validity of a short version of the Grit |International Assessment Scale, Portuguese Version (EAGrit-LP) based on…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Psychological Evaluation, Higher Education, Psychometrics
Psychometric Properties of the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21) across Nine Countries/Regions
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Cristian Zanon; Nan Zhao; Nursel Topkaya; Ertugrul Sahin; David L. Vogel; Melissa M. Ertl; Samineh Sanatkar; Hsin-Ya Liao; Mark Rubin; Makilim N. Baptista; Winnie W. S. Mak; Fatima Rashed Al-Darmaki; Georg Schomerus; Ying-Fen Wang; Dalia Nasvytiene – International Journal of Testing, 2025
Examinations of the internal structure of the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21) have yielded inconsistent conclusions within and across cultural contexts. This study examined the dimensionality and reliability of the DASS-21 across three theoretically plausible factor structures (i.e., unidimensional, oblique three-factor, and…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Depression (Psychology), Psychometrics, Cultural Context
Multidimensionality and Measurement Invariance of the Revised Developmental Work Personality Scale
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Wu, Rongxiu; Chiu, Chungyi; Dueber, David; Park, Mirang; Lange, Dustin; Umucu, Emre; Strauser, David – International Journal of Testing, 2023
The current study examined the factor structure, measurement invariance, and construct validity of the 14-item Revised Developmental Work Personality Scale (RDWPS) using a sample of 603 college students in a Midwest university of the United States. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis results indicated that the 11-item RDWPS resulted in a…
Descriptors: Test Validity, College Students, Gender Differences, Personality Traits
Refining the Antisocial Subscale of the Dimensional Clinical Personality Inventory 2: Failed Improvements or Did We Reach the Mountain Top
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de Francisco Carvalho, Lucas; Santos, Camila Grillo; Fernandes, Nelson, Junior; da Rocha, Rafael Moreton Alves; Flores, Talita Meireles; Machado, Gisele Magarotto – International Journal of Testing, 2023
We aimed to refine the previously proposed antisocial subscale for the Dimensional Clinical Personality Inventory 2 (IDCP-ASPD). The sample involved 628 Brazilian adults between 18 and 81 years old. We administered the revised ASPD subscale (IDCP-ASPD-R), the Affective and Cognitive Measure of Empathy (ACME), the Crime and Analogous Behavior Scale…
Descriptors: Personality Measures, Personality Traits, Antisocial Behavior, Empathy
Beyond Group Comparisons: Accounting for Intersectional Sources of Bias in International Survey Measures
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Rujun Xu; James Soland – International Journal of Testing, 2024
International surveys are increasingly being used to understand nonacademic outcomes like math and science motivation, and to inform education policy changes within countries. Such instruments assume that the measure works consistently across countries, ethnicities, and languages--that is, they assume measurement invariance. While studies have…
Descriptors: Surveys, Statistical Bias, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries