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Patricia Ayllón-Salas; Mirian Hervás-Torres; José L. Arco-Tirado; Francisco D. Fernández-Martín – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2025
Despite the evolution of the grit conceptualization over the years, the psychometric validity of scales and construct structure remain unclear. Consequently, this study aims to provide new evidence that broadens the current understanding of the grit's dimensional nature in the Spanish population by examining the psychometric properties of the…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Undergraduate Students, Psychometrics, Factor Structure
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María Vicent; Andrea Fuster; María Pérez-Marco; María del Pilar Aparicio-Flores – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2025
Although the original long version of the Hewitt Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (HMPS) has been translated and validated in a Spanish population, no study to date has examined the psychometric properties of a short version of the HMPS with a Spanish-speaking sample. For this reason, the aim of this study is to analyze the psychometric…
Descriptors: Personality Measures, Personality Traits, Spanish, Psychometrics
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García-González, Juan Manuel; Fernández-Muñoz, Juan José; Vergara-Moragues, Esperanza; García-Moreno, Luis Miguel – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2021
Introduction: This article has two objectives: a) to examine the factorial structure of the Spanish version of the EPQR-A through an exploratory factor analysis and b) to perform a confirmatory factor analysis to determine the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the EPQR-A in terms of construct validity in an adult academic…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Extraversion Introversion, Neurosis, Personality Measures
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Vargas, Reyes; Sánchez-Queija, María Inmaculada; Rothwell, Andrew; Parra, Águeda – Education & Training, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to validate the self-perceived employability (SPE) scale (Rothwell et al., 2008) and explore its relationship with sociodemographic variables in Spain. The SPE is an employability scale designed to examine undergraduates' expectations and self-perceptions of employability. The SPE includes internal and…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes
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Abubakar, Amina; van de Vijver, Fons; Alonso-Arbiol, Itziar; He, Jia; Adams, Byron; Aldhafri, Said; Aydinli-Karakulak, Arzu; Arasa, Josephine; Boer, Diana; Celenk, Ozgur; Dimitrova, Radosveta; Ferreira, Maria Cristina; Fischer, Ronald; Mbebeb, Fomba Emmanuel; Frías, María Teresa; Fresno, Andrés; Gillath, Omri; Harb, Charles; Handani, Penny; Hapunda, Given; Kamble, Shanmukh; Kosic, Marianna; Looh, Joseph Lah; Mazrui, Lubna; Mendia, Rafael Emilio; Murugami, Margaret; Mason-Li, Mei; Pandia, Weny Savitry; Perdomo, Cristina; Schachner, Maja; Sim, Samantha; Spencer, Rosario; Suryani, Angela; Tair, Ergyul – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2016
There is hardly any cross-cultural research on the measurement invariance of the Brief Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scales (BMSLSS). The current article evaluates the measurement invariance of the BMSLSS across cultural contexts. This cross-sectional study sampled 7,739 adolescents and emerging adults in 23 countries. A multi-group…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Attitude Measures, Adolescents, Young Adults
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Larrañaga, Nekane; Garcia, Iñaki; Azurmendi, Maria-Jose; Bourhis, Richard – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2016
This study analyses the influence of ethnic identity on the acculturation orientations of Basque undergraduates, towards groups in traditional contact (native Basques and native Spaniards) and towards recent immigrant groups. Five dimensions were used to measure the Basque and/or Spanish identities: linguistic, cultural, political, global, and the…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Ethnic Groups, Intergroup Relations, Acculturation
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López-Bonilla, Jesús Manuel; López-Bonilla, Luis Miguel – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2015
Absenteeism has been a common and very extended problem in university spheres for several years. This problem has become a permanent feature in academic studies in general, yet it has received scarce empirical research attention. This work is focused on the analysis of the factors that determine university absenteeism. It evaluates a series of…
Descriptors: Tourism, Undergraduate Students, Attendance, Average Daily Attendance
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Ochoa, Alma Rosa Aguila; Sander, Paul – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2012
Introduction: Research with the Academic Behavioural Confidence scale using European students has shown that students have high levels of confidence in their academic abilities. It is generally accepted that people in more collectivist cultures have more realistic confidence levels in contrast to the overconfidence seen in individualistic European…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Foreign Countries, Psychology, Mexicans
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Tortella-Feliu, Miquel; Fullana, Miquel A.; Caseras, Xavier; Andion, Oscar; Torrubia, Rafael; Mataix-Cols, David – Behavior Modification, 2006
The factor structure, psychometric properties, and relationship with personality variables of a Spanish version of the Savings Inventory-Revised (SI-R) are investigated in a sample of 381 undergraduate students. A maximum likelihood factor analysis suggests a three-factor structure, which is similar but not identical to that of the original…
Descriptors: Spanish, Psychometrics, Undergraduate Students, Factor Structure