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Subjective Well-Being of Gifted American College Students: An Examination of Psychometric Properties of the PWI-A
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Sayler, Micheal F.; Boazman, Janette; Natesan, Prathiba; Periathiruvadi, Sita – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2015
This study examined the psychometric properties of the Personal Well-being Index for Adults (PWI-A), a measure of subjective well-being. The study used data from 533 high-ability American college students: honors students and participants in an early college entrance program. In earlier studies using the PWI-A, the instrument appeared to show…
Descriptors: Well Being, Academically Gifted, College Students, Psychometrics
Exploring the Underlying Factor Structure of the Parent Reading Belief Inventory (PRBI): Some Caveats
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Gonzalez, Jorge E.; Taylor, Aaron B.; Davis, Matthew J.; Kim, Minjung – Early Education and Development, 2013
Research Findings: The present study explored the underlying factor structure proposed a priori by the developer of the Parent Reading Belief Inventory (PRBI: B. D. DeBaryshe, 1995) using a local independent sample. The PRBI was developed to assess maternal beliefs about reading aloud to children and was designed to measure attitudes, perceptions,…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Parent Attitudes, Measures (Individuals), Reading Aloud to Others
Measuring Urban Teachers' Beliefs about African American Students: A Psychometric Analysis
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Natesan, Prathiba; Kieftenbeld, Vincent – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2013
Understanding urban teachers' beliefs about African American students has become important because (a) many teachers are reluctant to teach students from other cultures, and (b) most teachers are European American. To construct a psychometrically sound measure of teacher beliefs, the authors investigate the measurement properties of a teacher…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs, African American Students, Teachers
Understanding Criminals' Thinking: Further Examination of the Measure of Offender Thinking Styles-Revised
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Mandracchia, Jon T.; Morgan, Robert D. – Assessment, 2011
The Measure of Offender Thinking Styles (MOTS) was originally developed to examine the structure of dysfunctional thinking exhibited by criminal offenders. In the initial investigation, a three-factor model of criminal thinking was obtained using the MOTS. These factors included dysfunctional thinking characterized as Control, Cognitive…
Descriptors: Criminals, Test Validity, Factor Structure, Factor Analysis
Factor Structure of the Acute Stress Disorder Scale in a Sample of Hurricane Katrina Evacuees
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Edmondson, Donald; Mills, Mary Alice; Park, Crystal L. – Psychological Assessment, 2010
Acute stress disorder (ASD) is a poorly understood and controversial diagnosis (A. G. Harvey & R. A. Bryant, 2002). The present study used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to test the factor structure of the most widely used self-report measure of ASD, the Acute Stress Disorder Scale (R. A. Bryant, M. L. Moulds, & R. M. Guthrie, 2000),…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals), Emergency Shelters, Factor Analysis
The Influence of the Superintendent of Schools on Student Academic Performance
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Hanks, Jeffrey Mark – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to model, through structural equation modeling techniques, the relationships among superintendent practices of collaborative goal-setting, establishment of nonnegotiable goals for achievement and instruction, board alignment with and support of district goals, monitoring goals for achievement and instruction, use of…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Academic Achievement, Factor Structure, Factor Analysis