Background: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a transdiagnostic approach which aims to increase psychological flexibility. Higher psychological flexibility has been associated with reduced psychological distress, mental health symptoms and improvements in well-being and functioning. Reviews of ACT for children and young people (CYP)…

This study focuses on the adaptation of the Georgia School Personnel Survey (GSPS) to assess perceptions of school climate among Portuguese educational professionals, including teachers and support staff. Data from two samples (n[subscript 1] = 1965; n[subscript 2] = 2884) were analysed in the study. Through confirmatory factor analysis, the…

ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence powered chat tool that accomplishes essential work with its language understanding and text generation capabilities, has started to benefit education and many other areas with new updates. This study predicted the ability to create a number sense achievement test with ChatGPT version 3.5. It showed that the test…

The Career Adapt-Abilities Scale (CAAS) is one of the most widely used measures to assess career adaptabilities. Despite intensive worldwide use across heterogeneous populations, no study has assessed its factorial validity in the not in education, employment, or training (NEET) population. This study aims to extend evidence of CAAS factorial…

It is important to determine the level of pedagogical content knowledge of teachers regarding skills. The aim of this study is to establish the theoretical framework of skill-specific pedagogical content knowledge and to develop a reliable and valid scale to measure teachers' entrepreneurship pedagogical content knowledge. The draft scale form was…

In this exploratory study, we adapted items from a previously developed measure of job satisfaction, the Measure of Job Satisfaction (MJS), an instrument first developed for use with community nurses in the UK, to create a brief, 15-item instrument (Job Satisfaction--Brief) applicable to practitioners of school psychology from Pennsylvania (N =…

Assessment literacy is currently gaining attention because of its relevance to teachers' instructional practices and students' performance. Previous studies showed that Filipino teachers have low to mid-level assessment literacy. Therefore, it is crucial to determine how teachers view their assessment literacy. This study aimed to develop and…

Objectives: Work performance is a critical aspect of daily living, significantly impacted by the characteristics of ADHD. However, current research lacks sophisticated, theoretically, and empirically supported instruments for assessing work performance in this context. Therefore, this study aimed to develop a comprehensive and psychometrically…

Executive function (EF) is frequently an area of vulnerability in conditions associated with intellectual disability, like Down syndrome (DS). However, current EF evaluation approaches are not designed for children with underlying neurodevelopmental conditions and may not demonstrate construct validity due to interpretational confounds. The…

Academic engagement plays a crucial role in students' learning and performance. One of the most popular measures for assessing this construct is the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale for Students (UWES-S), which is based on a tridimensional conceptualization consisting of dedication, vigor, and absorption. However, prior research on its factor…

The KeyMath-3 Diagnostic Assessment (KM-3) is an individually-administered math assessment used in educational placement and diagnostic decisions. It includes 10 subtests making up Basic Concepts, Operations, and Applications indexes and a "Total Test" composite that measures overall math ability. Here, covariances among subtests from…

The aim of this study is to find evidence of factorial validity, measure equivalence by gender, and internal consistency of the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) in a sample of Ecuadorian teenagers. The study uses a psychometric design to explore the validity and reliability of the measure. Participants of the study were 1154 teenagers…

Objective: This study examines the psychometrics of the 15-item version of the Five-Factor Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ-15). Participants: An ethnically diverse sample of 538 college students participated in this study. Methods: The factor structure was evaluated through confirmatory factor analyses fitting 64 alternative models with and…

This study presents the Cebeci Test of Creativity (CTC), a novel computerized assessment tool designed to address the limitations of traditional open-ended paper-and-pencil creativity tests. The CTC is designed to overcome the challenges associated with the administration and manual scoring of traditional paper and pencil creativity tests. In this…

Negative attitudes toward persons with disabilities (PWDs) can lead to stigmatization and exclusion, underscoring the need for effective tools to measure and address such attitudes in educational settings. This study compares the psychometric properties of two scales used to assess attitudes toward PWDs among health science learners: the…