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Aberdine R. Dwight; Amy M. Briesch; Jessica A. Hoffman; Christopher Rutt – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2024
Background: Although the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales, Short Form (DASS-21) was developed for adults, its authors noted no compelling reasons to not use the measure with youth as young as 12 years. Despite increasingly widespread use with youth, psychometric evidence in support of its use with this population needs to be investigated to fully…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Measures (Individuals), Anxiety, Stress Variables
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Raykov, Tenko; Pohl, Steffi – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2013
A method for examining common factor variance in multiple-component measuring instruments is outlined. The procedure is based on an application of the latent variable modeling methodology and is concerned with evaluating observed variance explained by a global factor and by one or more additional component-specific factors. The approach furnishes…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Factor Structure, Scores, Models
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Li, Hongli; Fortner, C. Kevin; Lei, Xiaoxuan – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2015
In this study, we examined relationships between the use of test results and US students' math, reading, and science performance in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2009. Based on a literature review, we hypothesized that the 16 items in the PISA school questionnaire, which are related to the use of test results, can be…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Tests, Evaluation Utilization, Mathematics Achievement