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Mind Your Words: Positive and Negative Items Create Method Effects on the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire
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Van Dam, Nicholas T.; Hobkirk, Andrea L.; Danoff-Burg, Sharon; Earleywine, Mitch – Assessment, 2012
Mindfulness, a construct that entails moment-to-moment effort to be aware of present experiences and positive attitudinal features, has become integrated into the sciences. The Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ), one popular measure of mindfulness, exhibits different responses to positively and negatively worded items in nonmeditating…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis, Questionnaires
A Rasch Rating Scale Modeling of the Schutte Self-Report Emotional Intelligence Scale in a Sample of International Students
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Kim, Do-Hong; Wang, Chuang; Ng, Kok-Mun – Assessment, 2010
This study examined the psychometric properties of the Schutte Self-Report Emotional Intelligence (SSREI) scale in a sample of international students studying in the U.S. universities using Rasch analysis. The results indicated that the original five-category rating structure may not function effectively for the international student sample. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Emotional Intelligence, Rating Scales, Psychometrics
The Factor Structure of the Beck Depression Inventory-II: An Evaluation
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Vanheule, Stijn; Desmet, Mattias; Groenvynck, Hans; Rosseel, Yves; Fontaine, Johnny – Assessment, 2008
The Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) is a frequently used scale for measuring depressive severity. BDI-II data (404 clinical; 695 nonclinical adults) were analyzed by means of confirmatory factor analysis to test whether the factor structure model with a somatic-affective and cognitive component of depression, formulated by Beck and…
Descriptors: Adults, Foreign Countries, Models, Factor Structure
Depression as Measured by the Beck Depression Inventory-II among Injecting Drug Users
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Johnson, Mark E.; Neal, David B.; Brems, Christiane; Fisher, Dennis G. – Assessment, 2006
This study conducts a confirmatory factor analysis of the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) with a sample of 598 individuals who reported recent injecting drug use. Findings indicate that out of four models tested, the best model for this sample is a three-factor solution (somatic, affective, and cognitive) previously reported by Buckley,…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Factor Analysis, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Psychiatry