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Chao, Tzu-Yang; Sung, Yao-Ting – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2023
This study developed an Adolescents' Uncertainty Scale (AUS), with the aim of understanding individual differences in uncertainty among adolescents. In the pretest phase, 507 ninth-grade students were recruited. After exploratory factor analyses, a 25-item AUS with four dimensions--irresoluteness, instability, lack of self-knowledge, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Anxiety, Ambiguity (Context)
Monopoli, W. John; Evans, Steven W.; Benson, Kari; Allan, Nicholas P.; Owens, Julie Sarno; DuPaul, George J.; Bunford, Nóra – Grantee Submission, 2020
Objectives: Despite advances in understanding associations among attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), emotion dysregulation (ED), and related outcomes, there is incongruity between ADHD-relevant conceptualizations of ED and available measures of ED. To assess the psychometric properties of a parent-report questionnaire of ED…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Emotional Problems, Test Validity, Psychometrics
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Fletcher, Richard B.; Crocker, Peter – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2014
The present study investigated the social physique anxiety scale's factor structure and item properties using confirmatory factor analysis and item response theory. An additional aim was to identify differences in response patterns between groups (gender). A large sample of high school students aged 11-15 years (N = 1,529) consisting of n =…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Human Body, Factor Analysis, Item Response Theory
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Siu, Angela F. Y. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2011
This study examines the reliability and validity of a Chinese-translated version of the Substance Use Risk Profile Scale (SURPS) and explores the effect of gender and age on each of the subscales. The sensitivity of SURPS in differentiating substance users and nonusers using the SURPS is also investigated. Data were collected from a convenience…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Adolescents, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis
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Zhou, Xinyue; Xu, Qian; Ingles, Candido J.; Hidalgo, Maria D.; La Greca, Annette M. – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2008
This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (SAS-A) in a sample of 296 adolescents (49% boys) in Grades 7, 8, 9, 10, and 12 with a mean age of 15.52 years. Confirmatory factor analysis replicated the three-factor structure of the SAS-A in the Chinese sample: Fear of Negative…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Anxiety, Adolescents, Test Validity
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Lambert, Sharon F.; McCreary, Beth T.; Joiner, Thomas E.; Schmidt, Norman B.; Ialongo, Nicolas S. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2004
In this study, the authors examined the validity of the tripartite model of anxiety and depression (L. A. Clark & D. Watson, 1991) in a community epidemiological sample of 467 urban African American youth. Participants completed the Baltimore How I Feel (N. S. Ialongo, S. G. Kellam, & J. Poduska, 1999), a measure of anxiety and depressive…
Descriptors: African American Students, Secondary School Students, Urban Youth, Factor Analysis