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Punia, Poonam; Berwal, Sandeep – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2017
Introduction: The present study was undertaken to develop a valid and reliable scale for measuring a feeling of alienation in students with visual impairments (that is, those who are blind or have low vision). Methods: In this study, a pool of 60 items was generated to develop an Alienation Scale for Visually Impaired Students (AL-VI) based on a…
Descriptors: Alienation, Visual Impairments, Item Banks, Likert Scales
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Li, Shaofeng – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2016
A meta-analysis was conducted to examine the construct validity of language aptitude by synthesizing the existing research that has been accumulated over the past five decades. The study aimed to provide a thorough understanding of the construct by aggregating the data reported in the primary research on its correlations with other individual…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Construct Validity, Language Skills, Correlation
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Musa, Ahmad S. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
A review of the nursing and health-related literature on spirituality revealed that no valid and reliable research tool exists in Arabic for measuring spiritual beliefs and practices for Arab Muslim population. This study translated the Spiritual Involvement and Beliefs Scale (SIBS) into Arabic and examined the psychometric properties of the…
Descriptors: Muslims, Nursing Education, Factor Analysis, College Students
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Jagers, Robert J.; Mock, Lynne O. – Journal of Black Psychology, 1995
Provides data on the construct validity of a newly developed Communalism Scale (CS) by exploring its relationship with indexes of collectivistic and individualistic tendencies. Results from 86 college students show that the CS scores were negatively correlated with individualistic attitudes. Positive relationships were found between communalism…
Descriptors: Blacks, College Students, Construct Validity, Correlation