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Graham, Steve; Harbaugh-Schattenkirk, Allen G.; Aitken, A. Angelique; Harris, Karen R.; Ng, Clarence; Wilson, John M.; Wdowin, Jeanne – Educational Psychology Review, 2023
This study examined the factorial and construct validity of a multi-dimensional measure of motives for writing with middle school students. The Writing Motivation Questionnaire included 28 items assessing seven motives for writing. Two motives assessed intrinsic reasons for writing (curiosity, involvement); three motives addressed extrinsic…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Questionnaires, Factor Structure, Test Validity
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Bento, Carmen; Pereira, Ana Telma; Azevedo, Julieta; Saraiva, Jorge; Flett, Gordon L.; Hewitt, Paul L.; Macedo, Antonio – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2020
The objective of the present study was to develop and assess the validity of a short form of the Child-Adolescent Perfectionism Scale (CAPS). Two Portuguese samples composed of 756 adolescents were used to cross-validate the factorial structure of a nine-item Child-Adolescent Perfectionism Scale--Short Form (CAPS-SF). The CAPS-SF consists of a…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Personality Measures, Children
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Karwowski, Maciej; Milerski, Boguslaw – Education Sciences, 2021
This paper introduces and empirically tests the model of tetragonal educational rationality that consists of four interrelated categories: hermeneutic, emancipatory, praxeological, and negational rationalities. Based on a large longitudinal study on primary and middle school students (total N = 1990), we investigated the psychometric properties of…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Factor Structure
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Sun, Binghai; Shao, YuTing; Richardson, Michael J.; Weng, Yuanyuan; Shen, Jiliang – Educational Psychology, 2017
The present research, comprised of two studies, examines the features and factor structure of the Teacher Caring Questionnaire, a measure of teacher caring developed in the Zhejiang province of China. In the first study, features of teacher caring were derived from open-ended teacher and student descriptions of caring teacher behaviour. A second…
Descriptors: Caring, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Student Relationship, Questionnaires
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Pishghadam, Reza; Saboori, Fahime; Samavarchi, Laila; Hassanzadeh, Tahereh – Issues in Educational Research, 2016
The present study pursued two goals: first, to construct and validate a masculinity/femininity scale (MFS); and second, to reveal and compare the dominant gender identity of English, Arabic, and Persian teachers. Regarding the first goal, a 30- item gender identity scale was designed and, using the data collected from 300 junior high school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sexual Identity, Language Teachers, Masculinity
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Myunghee Ahn, Christine; Ebesutani, Chad – Psychology in the Schools, 2015
Korean middle school students are experiencing high rates of behavioral and emotional problems, suggesting a need for comprehensive screening instruments with strong psychometric properties in school settings. The present study investigated the utility of the Behavior Assessment System for Children-2 Self-Report of Personality, Adolescent Form…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Behavior Problems, Emotional Problems
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Demaray, Michelle Kilpatrick; Summers, Kelly Hodgson; Jenkins, Lyndsay N.; Becker, Lisa Davidson – Journal of School Violence, 2016
The current study further establishes the reliability and validity of the Bullying Participant Behaviors Questionnaire (BPBQ), a self-report survey that allows for an examination of participation in various bullying participant role behaviors including bully, assistant to the bully, victim, defender of the victim, and outsider. The study included…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Bullying, Test Reliability, Test Validity
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Ahn, Christine M.; Ebesutani, Chad; Kamphaus, Randy – School Psychology Quarterly, 2014
The psychometric properties of the Korean version of the Behavior Assessment System for Children-2, Self-Report of Personality, Child Form (K-BASC-2 SRP-C) are reported. A total of 1100 Korean children ages 8-11 years participated in the study to establish normative data. The results of this study generally supported the factor structure and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychometrics, Personality Measures, Behavior Rating Scales