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Marques-Quinteiro, Pedro; Curral, Luis Alberto; Passos, Ana Margarida – Social Indicators Research, 2012
This study aimed to adapt the Revised Self-Leadership Questionnaire (RSLQ) (Houghton and Neck in J Manag Psychol 17(8):672-691, 2002) for the Portuguese population. 720 professionals, and university and post-graduate students participated in this study. The RSLQ factorial structure was accessed through exploratory and multi group confirmatory…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Construction, Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students
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Gomez, Laura E.; Verdugo, Miguel Angel; Arias, Benito; Arias, Victor – Social Indicators Research, 2011
There is considerable debate in the area of individual quality of life research regarding the factor structure of the QOL construct that is focused on the number and composition of QOL factors and domains, and its hierarchical nature. The main goal of this study involve testing by means of confirmatory factor analyses five models that have been…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Comparative Analysis, Models, Factor Analysis
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Cheng, Helen; Bynner, John; Wiggins, Richard; Schoon, Ingrid – Social Indicators Research, 2012
This paper presents an empirical evaluation of the internal consistency and validity of six attitudes scales assessing left-right beliefs, political cynicism, antiracism, libertarian-authoritarian views, and gender equality (two versions) in two large nationally representative samples of the British population born in 1958 and 1970. In the 1958…
Descriptors: Social Attitudes, Validity, Factor Structure, Social Change
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Moghnie, Lamia; Kazarian, Shahe S. – Social Indicators Research, 2012
The present study evaluated the subjective happiness of Lebanese college youth using a multi-item rather than a single-item subjective happiness measure. An Arabic translation of the Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS) was administered to 273 Lebanese college youth from state- and private-run higher institutions of learning, as was the Arabic Adult…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Psychological Patterns, Measures (Individuals), Semitic Languages
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Etienne, Anne-Marie; Dupuis, Gilles; Spitz, Elisabeth; Lemetayer, Fabienne; Missotten, Pierre – Social Indicators Research, 2011
The objective was to determine the interest and psychometric properties of a new QOL self-assessment questionnaire suitable for children 8-12 years old measuring alpha, beta and gamma changes: the "Inventaire Systemique de Qualite de vie pour Enfants" (ISQV-E[C]). This was a cross-sectional validation study. 288 children have completed…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Validity, Questionnaires, Psychometrics
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Lyrakos, George N.; Damigos, Dimitrios; Mavreas, Venetsanos; Georgia, Kostopanagiotou; Dimoliatis, Ioannis D. K. – Social Indicators Research, 2010
The life orientation test-revised (LOT-R) (Scheier et al. in "Journal of Personality and Social Psychology" 67:1063-1078, 1994) is a brief measure for assessing dispositional optimism. The aim of this study was to develop a Greek language version of the LOT-R and to assess the instrument's psychometric properties. The LOT-R was…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Hospitals, Nurses, Test Validity
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Li, Kaigang; Kay, Noy S.; Nokkaew, Nattiporn – Social Indicators Research, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine the performance of the Thai-version of WHOQOL-BREF in assessing the quality of life (QoL) among Thai college students. The psychometric properties of WHOQOL-BREF were assessed in this study. The self-administered WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire was applied. A total of 407 Thai college students (male age = 20.5…
Descriptors: College Students, Quality of Life, Construct Validity, Factor Structure
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Chen, Mei-Yen – Social Indicators Research, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of Wood's Job Satisfaction Questionnaire (JSQ) among Taiwanese workers. The participants were 341 nonprofit sport organization workers (M[subscript age] = 35.89, SD = 9.23) who completed the job satisfaction questionnaire, turnover intention scale, and organizational commitment.…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Test Validity, Factor Structure, Intention
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Gelin, Michaela N.; Carleton, Bruce C.; Smith, M. Anne; Zumbo, Bruno D. – Social Indicators Research, 2004
The present study investigated the factor structure and item analysis of the Mini Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (MiniAQLQ) in a sample of 258 community-dwelling asthmatic adults between the ages of 16 and 87 years. The mean age was 56 years for males (N = 99) and 50 years for females (N = 159). This study compared the fit of three factor…
Descriptors: Gender Bias, Regression (Statistics), Questionnaires, Females