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Direct linkBricker, Jonathan B. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2005
Despite anecdotal evidence suggesting that air travel is personally demanding, little research has examined air travel stress. To address these issues, the author developed and evaluated the 1st known measure of air travel stress-the Air Travel Stress Scale-in 3 studies. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis indicated 3 components: (a)…
Descriptors: Travel, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Factor Analysis
Smith, Page A.; Hoy, Wayne K. – Journal of School Leadership, 2004
This study is an analysis of the nature and meaning of bullying in schools. First, the literature on student bullying is reviewed and a definition of bullying is proposed. Next, we developed a set of items to operationalize teacher perceptions of student bullying. An initial, exploratory factor analysis suggested two rather distinct aspects of…
Descriptors: Bullying, Factor Structure, Factor Analysis, Gender Differences
Brown, Timothy A.; White, Kamila S.; Forsyth, John P.; Barlow, David H. – Behavior Therapy, 2004
The psychometric properties of the Anxiety Control Questionnaire (ACQ) were evaluated in 1,550 outpatients with DSM-IV anxiety and mood disorders and 360 nonclinical participants. Counter to prior findings, exploratory factor analyses produced a 3-factor solution (Emotion Control, Threat Control, Stress Control) based on 15 of the ACQ's original…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Comparative Analysis, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis
Download full textChen, Yi-Hsin; Rendina-Gobioff, Gianna; Dedrick, Robert F. – Online Submission, 2007
Method effects associated with item wording have been explored in a variety of instruments and found that the practice of using positively- and negatively- worded items may introduce systematic measurement errors that disrupt analyses and interpretations of the results. Therefore, the first purpose in the present study was to explore if method…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Self Concept Measures, Measures (Individuals), Path Analysis
Bates, Reid; Kauffeld, Simone; Holton, Elwood F., III – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this research is to examine the construct and predictive ability of a German version of the Learning Transfer Systems Inventory (GLTSI), an instrument designed to assess a constellation of 16 factors known to influence the transfer of training in work settings. Design/methodology/approach: The survey data for this study was…
Descriptors: Private Sector, Social Desirability, Construct Validity, Predictive Validity
Styron, Ronald A., Jr.; Maulding, Wanda S.; Hull, Portia – College Student Journal, 2006
This manuscript addresses the question of who makes the better university professor.--Is it the person with experience in the field as a K-12 administrator or the one directly out of college with only in-depth knowledge of educational administration theory? The study was performed at a southern university using graduate educational leadership and…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Administration, Student Attitudes
Essau, Cecilia A.; Sasagawa, Satoko; Frick, Paul J. – Assessment, 2006
This study examined the structure, distribution, and correlates of a new measure of self-reported callous-unemotional (CU) traits in 1,443 adolescents (774 boys, 669 girls) between the ages of 13 to 18 years. The Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits was subjected to exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. Exploratory…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Personality Measures
Appleton, James J.; Christenson, Sandra L.; Kim, Dongjin; Reschly, Amy L. – Journal of School Psychology, 2006
A review of relevant literatures led to the construction of a self-report instrument designed to measure two subtypes of student engagement with school: cognitive and psychological engagement. The psychometric properties of this measure, the Student Engagement Instrument (SEI), were assessed based on responses of an ethnically and economically…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Student Participation, Measurement Techniques, Psychometrics
Marquez, David X.; McAuley, Edward; Motl, Robert W.; Elavsky, Steriani; Konopack, James F.; Jerome, Gerald J.; Kramer, Arthur F. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2006
This study examined the validity of Geriatric Depression Scale--5 (GDS-5) scores among older sedentary adults based on its structural properties and relationship with external criteria. Participants from two samples (Ns = 185 and 93; M ages = 66 and 67 years) completed baseline assessments as part of randomized controlled exercise trials.…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Geriatrics, Factor Analysis, Depression (Psychology)
Diamond, Pamela M.; Magaletta, Philip R. – Assessment, 2006
The 12-item short form of the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (BPAQ-SF) was originally developed by Bryant and Smith (2001) and modified and confirmed using confirmatory factor analysis with mentally ill offenders by Diamond, Wang, and Buffington-Vollum (2005). In the current study, construct validity of the BPAQ-SF was assessed with a sample…
Descriptors: Aggression, Personality Assessment, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis
Russell, Beth S.; Britner, Preston A. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2006
Recent estimates of Shaken Baby Syndrome awareness suggest that approximately half of all American adults have not heard of the often devastating risks of shaking an infant. Using a sample of 288 undergraduate students, we developed a measure of attitudes around infant care practices. A total of 264 community participants completed a revised…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Caregiver Attitudes, Factor Structure, Infants
Brouwers, Symen A.; Mishra, Ramesh C.; van de Vijver, Fons J. R. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2006
The confounding of chronological and educational age and of schooling and socioeconomic status are persistent problems in the study of the cognitive consequences of schooling. The educational system among the Kharwar in India provides a natural experiment to overcome these problems, since it shows neither source of confounding. The sample…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Factor Structure, Foreign Countries, Cognitive Development
O'Keefe, Maura; Mennen, Ferol; Lane, Christianne Joy – Research on Social Work Practice, 2006
The Youth Self Report (YSR) is a popular and widely used instrument assessing adolescent emotional and behavioral functioning. The goals of the present study were to address some of the limitations of the YSR, to examine its factor structure and equivalence across four racial/ethnic groups, and to determine if another combination of items could…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Ethnic Groups, Factor Structure, Self Disclosure (Individuals)
Junttila, Niina; Voeten, Marinus; Kaukiainen, Ari; Vauras, Marja – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2006
The Multisource Assessment of Social Competence Scale was developed, based on the School Social Behavior Scale and examined to test the factor pattern and the consistency of the ratings of self, peers, teachers, and parents. The findings of the confirmatory factor analysis supported a four-factor solution consistent with two main dimensions…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Social Behavior, Interpersonal Competence, Empathy
Lecavalier, Luc; Aman, Michael G.; Scahill, Lawrence; McDougle, Christopher J.; McCracken, James T.; Vitiello, Benedetto; Tierney, Elaine; Arnold, L. Eugene; Ghuman, Jaswinder K.; Loftin, Rachel L.; Cronin, Pegeen; Koenig, Kathleen; Posey, David J.; Martin, Andres; Hollway, Jill; Lee, Lisa S.; Kau, Alice S. M. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2006
The factor structure, internal consistency, and convergent validity of the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R) algorithm items were examined in a sample of 226 youngsters with pervasive developmental disabilities. Exploratory factor analyses indicated a three-factor solution closely resembling the original algorithm and explaining 38% of…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Measures (Individuals), Measurement Techniques, Autism
