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Isiordia, Marilu; Ferrer, Emilio – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2018
A first-order latent growth model assesses change in an unobserved construct from a single score and is commonly used across different domains of educational research. However, examining change using a set of multiple response scores (e.g., scale items) affords researchers several methodological benefits not possible when using a single score. A…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Statistical Analysis, Models, Longitudinal Studies
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Savi Çakar, Firdevs; Tagay, Özlem – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2017
This research is a descriptive study based on the testing of a structural model developed by considering the effects of perceived social support and subjective well-being on adolescents' risky behaviors, and the possible mediating role of self-esteem. Participants consisted of 676 high school students attending formal education institutions,…
Descriptors: Self Esteem, Social Support Groups, Risk, Health Behavior
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Abolfazli, Elham; Saidabadi, Reza Yousefi; Fallah, Vahid – International Education Studies, 2016
The purpose of the present study is to investigate indifference management structural model in education system of Ardabil Province. The research method was integration study using Alli modeling. Statistical society of research was 420 assistant professors of educational science, managers, and deputies of Ardabil's second period of high schools…
Descriptors: Sampling, Structural Equation Models, Questionnaires, Computer Software
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Chen, Yi-Chun; Huang, Hui-Wen; Cheng, Chung-Ping; Hsieh, Hsin-Chin; Huang, Chih-Ling – Health Education Journal, 2016
Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore the ways in which social smoking expectations mediate the relationship between adolescent smoking behaviour and the smoking behaviour of family and peers. Design: Descriptive, cross-sectional survey. Setting: Taiwan, Republic of China. Method: The participants were 921 senior high school students…
Descriptors: Smoking, Health Behavior, Structural Equation Models, Computer Software
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Bauer, Daniel J. – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2003
Multilevel linear models (MLMs) provide a powerful framework for analyzing data collected at nested or non-nested levels, such as students within classrooms. The current article draws on recent analytical and software advances to demonstrate that a broad class of MLMs may be estimated as structural equation models (SEMs). Moreover, within the SEM…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Data Analysis, Computer Software, Evaluation Methods
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Papanastasiou, Elena; Zembylas, Michalinos – International Journal of Science Education, 2004
The purpose of this study was to investigate the 'locality' of the relationship between attitudes towards science, self-beliefs and science achievement for senior high school students in Australia, Cyprus and the USA. These relationships were examined with the use of the structural equation modeling software, AMOS. The data for this study were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Science Achievement, Student Attitudes