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Improving the Factor Structure of Psychological Scales: The Expanded Format as an Alternative to the Likert Scale Format
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Zhang, Xijuan; Savalei, Victoria – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2016
Many psychological scales written in the Likert format include reverse worded (RW) items in order to control acquiescence bias. However, studies have shown that RW items often contaminate the factor structure of the scale by creating one or more method factors. The present study examines an alternative scale format, called the Expanded format,…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Psychological Testing, Alternative Assessment, Test Items
The Beck Depression Inventory: A Cross-Validated Test of Second-Order Factorial Structure for Bulgarian Adolescents.
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Byrne, Barbara M.; Baron, Pierre; Balev, Jorj – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1998
The validity of a higher order factorial structure of a Bulgarian version of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) (A. Beck et al, 1961) for nonclinical adolescents was studied with 3 samples totaling 691. Findings yielded strong support for the hypothesized second-order factor, adding to a growing cross-cultural agglomerate of construct validity…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Construct Validity, Depression (Psychology), Factor Structure
Validity of the Beck Depression Inventory with Eating Disorder Patients.
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Pulos, Steven – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1996
The factor structure of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) was studied with a subsample of 93 bulimic women from a total sample of 110 women with eating disorders. Results suggested that the BDI appears to assess a unidimensional construct in patients with eating disorders. (SLD)
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Eating Disorders, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure