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Stylos, Georgios; Sargioti, Aikaterini; Mavridis, Dimitrios; Kotsis, Konstantinos T. – International Journal of Science Education, 2021
Although students are expected to finish school having a solid understanding of scientific concepts, they graduate from universities maintaining their former misconceptions in several fields, like physics. This study aims at validating the Thermal Concept Evaluation (TCE) test for university student's misconceptions of thermal concepts in everyday…
Descriptors: Heat, Concept Formation, Misconceptions, Scientific Literacy
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Anagnostopoulos, Fotios; Griva, Fay – Social Indicators Research, 2012
In this article we examine the factorial structure of the Greek version of the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (ZTPI; Zimbardo and Boyd in "J Personal Soc Psychol" 77:1271-1288, 1999), in a sample of 337 university students, using principal axis factoring (PAF) with oblique rotation, and its dimensionality using parallel analysis.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Health, Test Validity, Factor Structure
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Diareme, Stavroula; Tsiantis, John; Tsitoura, Stella – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1997
Greek parents (N=320) were given the Child Abuse Potential (CAP) Inventory and results were compared with American scores. Internal consistency reliability was high for four scales (abuse, distress, rigidity, and inconsistency). The Greek and American versions had similar factorial structures. Comparison found that Greek scores were significantly…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Cultural Influences, Culture Fair Tests, Factor Analysis