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Quinn-Nilas, Christopher; Kennett, Deborah J.; Maki, Karen – Educational Psychology, 2019
This study tested the factor structure of the explanatory style for failure (ESF) using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), tested measurement invariant across direct entry and transfer students, tested latent mean differences between these groups on the ESF factors, and tested a theoretical path model, whereby ESF explains variance in grades…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Failure, College Transfer Students, Foreign Countries
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Binfet, John Tyler; Gadermann, Anne M.; Schonert-Reichl, Kimberly A. – Psychology in the Schools, 2016
In this study, we sought to create and validate a brief measure to assess students' perceptions of kindness in school. Participants included 1,753 students in Grades 4 to 8 attending public schools in a large school district in southern British Columbia. The School Kindness Scale (SKS) demonstrated a unidimensional factor structure and adequate…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Prosocial Behavior, Psychometrics, Public Schools
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Michael A. Pickering; Ronald C. Plotnikoff – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2009
This study explores the longitudinal and subgroup measurement properties of a 10-item, physical activity decisional balance scale, previously published by Plotnikoff, Blanchard, Hotz, and Rhodes (2001), within a diabetic sample of Canadian adults. Results indicated that a three-factor measurement model consistently improved model fit compared to…
Descriptors: Adults, Diabetes, Factor Structure, Factor Analysis
Chodzinski, Raymond T. – Canadian Counsellor, 1983
Investigated the Career Maturity Inventory (CMI) using 535 Canadian high school students. As expected, intelligence, grade, and sex were significant predictors of the CMI variables. However, evidence for discriminant validity was unsatisfactory and inconsistent with the theoretical framework of CMI. (JAC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Factor Structure, Foreign Countries, High School Students
Gadalla, Tahany – 1999
The factor structure of the responses of girls and boys to the mathematics items on the background questionnaire of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) was examined in an effort to identify the constructs that underlie the students' attitudes toward the study of mathematics. In addition, the hypothesis of equality of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
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Parker, James D. A.; Bond, Barbara J.; Reker, Dana L.; Wood, Laura M. – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2005
The short form of the Conners-Wells Adolescent Self-Report Scale (CASS:Short) is administered to 319 children and 844 adolescents to investigate whether the instrument can be used with respondents under the age of 12. Mothers of all respondents are asked to rate each child using a measure designed to assess a parallel set of problem behaviors. The…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Hyperactivity, Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals)
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LaFreniere, Peter J.; Dumas, Jean E. – Psychological Assessment, 1996
The factor structure and scale characteristics of a shortened version of the Social Competence and Behavior Evaluation Scale (SCBE) are presented for a Quebec (Canada) sample of 910 preschoolers and three U.S. samples totaling 1,736. Also presented are age and gender differences in preschool emotional and behavioral problems. (SLD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Early Childhood Education, Emotional Development
Nyberg, V. R.; Clarke, S. C. T. – 1979
A five-point school subjects attitude scale, based on the semantic differential technique, was developed after two rounds of factor analysis; it contained 24 bipolar adjectives, each representing one of three factors: evaluation, usefulness, and difficulty. The scale was administered to Alberta (Canada) students in grades 5 and 8, who were…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attitude Measures, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education