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Gazal Bharara; Scott Duncan – Psychology in the Schools, 2024
The transition to secondary school can be a challenging period for adolescents. Although several questionnaires exist to measure transition-related concerns, there is a need to develop a comprehensive survey for assessing the knowledge and skills that adolescents require to adapt effectively to a new school. Thus, the purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: Surveys, Psychometrics, Construct Validity, Test Reliability
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Kiera Coulter; Melissa Y. Delgado; Rajni L. Nair; Lorey A. Wheeler; Rayni Thomas – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2024
Background: The positive youth development (PYD) framework orients developmental scholarship to focusing on youth's strengths rather than deficits, however, validity evidence on PYD measures among ethnic-minority youth is limited. Objectives: The objectives of the current study were to (a) examine the factor structure of a PYD measure within a…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Test Construction, Construct Validity, Adolescent Development
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Isis Angelica Segura; Hugo Cogo-Moreira; Ali Nouri; Monica Carolina Miranda; Sabine Pompéia – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2024
Cultural background can influence cognition, including executive functions (EFs), abilities that encompass skills responsible for self-regulation of thoughts and behavior. The seminal unity and diversity model of EFs proposes the existence, in adulthood, of at least three correlated but separable EF latent (shared variance in more than one…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Cross Cultural Studies, Factor Structure, Foreign Countries