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Psychometric Evidence and Measurement Invariance for Georgia Brief School Climate Inventory Scores from a Predominately Hispanic Rurally-Located Sample
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Lenz, A. Stephen; Burgess, Melanie; Li, Chi – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2023
The current study examined the measurement invariance (MI) of the Georgia Brief School Climate Inventory (GaBSCI) with a rural and predominately Hispanic sample (N = 413). The results present support for the one-factor structure and MI of the GaBSCI across genders and Spanish-speaking groups, but only partially for different school levels.
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Educational Environment, Rural Areas, Hispanic American Students
Construction of the Examination Stress Scale for Adolescent Students
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Sung, Yao-Ting; Chao, Tzu-Yang – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2015
The tools used for measuring examination stress have three main limitations: sample selected, sample sizes, and measurement contents. In this study, we constructed the Examination Stress Scale (ExamSS), and 4,717 high school students participated in this research. The results indicate that ExamSS has satisfactory reliability, construct validity,…
Descriptors: Test Anxiety, Adolescents, Measures (Individuals), Test Construction