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Khalid ALMamari – International Journal of Testing, 2024
The Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ) measures a wide range of personality traits associated with affect and temperament. However, the lengthy administration time may have hindered its widespread use in personality research. The National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS) has adapted a short version of the…
Descriptors: Personality Measures, Questionnaires, Construct Validity, Test Reliability
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Ana Paula Porto Noronha; Leandro S. Almeida; Caroline T. Reppold – International Journal of Testing, 2024
"Grit" is a stable and measurable trait. It refers to the individual's ability to maintain efforts and interest in projects that take time to complete and are useful in educational contexts. In this study we investigated the validity of a short version of the Grit |International Assessment Scale, Portuguese Version (EAGrit-LP) based on…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Psychological Evaluation, Higher Education, Psychometrics
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Cristian Zanon; Nan Zhao; Nursel Topkaya; Ertugrul Sahin; David L. Vogel; Melissa M. Ertl; Samineh Sanatkar; Hsin-Ya Liao; Mark Rubin; Makilim N. Baptista; Winnie W. S. Mak; Fatima Rashed Al-Darmaki; Georg Schomerus; Ying-Fen Wang; Dalia Nasvytiene – International Journal of Testing, 2025
Examinations of the internal structure of the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21) have yielded inconsistent conclusions within and across cultural contexts. This study examined the dimensionality and reliability of the DASS-21 across three theoretically plausible factor structures (i.e., unidimensional, oblique three-factor, and…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Depression (Psychology), Psychometrics, Cultural Context
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Fukuda, Eriko; Saklofske, Donald H.; Tamaoka, Katsuo; Fung, Tak Shing; Miyaoka, Yayoi; Kiyama, Sachiko – International Journal of Testing, 2011
This article reports the psychometric properties of two emotional intelligence measures translated into Japanese. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted to examine the factor structure of a Japanese version of the Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale (WLEIS) completed by 310 Japanese university students. A second study employed CFA…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Japanese, Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals)
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Lee, John Chi-kin; Yin, Hongbiao; Zhang, Zhonghua – International Journal of Testing, 2010
This article reports the adaptation and analysis of Pintrich's Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) in Hong Kong. First, this study examined the psychometric qualities of the existing Chinese version of MSLQ (MSLQ-CV). Based on this examination, this study developed a revised Chinese version of MSLQ (MSLQ-RCV) for junior…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Psychometrics, Secondary School Students
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Loutsiou-Ladd, Anthi; Panayiotou, Georgia; Kokkinos, Costantinos M. – International Journal of Testing, 2008
This study extends the psychometric evidence on the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) in a sample of Greek-speaking adults (N = 818). Alpha coefficients for the nine dimensions indicated high consistency among the comprising items of each scale. The convergent and discriminant validity of the Greek-BSI were checked against the personality constructs…
Descriptors: Validity, Factor Structure, Psychopathology, Factor Analysis
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Aroian, Karen J.; Kaskiri, Eleni A.; Templin, Thomas N. – International Journal of Testing, 2008
This study extends prior work with the Russian-language version of the Demands of Immigration Scale (DIS) with former Soviet immigrants and evaluates the reliability and validity of the Arabic-language version of the DIS with Arab immigrants. Three hundred and ninety-four Arab immigrant women completed the Arabic DIS and two measures of mood.…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Immigrants, Females, Arabs
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Govaerts, Sophie; Gregoire, Jacques – International Journal of Testing, 2008
This article describes the development and two studies on the construct validity of the Academic Emotions Scale (AES). The AES is a French self-report questionnaire assessing six emotions in the context of school learning: enjoyment, hope, pride, anxiety, shame and frustration. Its construct validity was studied through exploratory and…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Test Validity, Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals)
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Thomson, Nicole Renick; Zand, Debra H. – International Journal of Testing, 2002
Studied the factor structure and other psychometric properties of S. Harter's (1988) Self-Perception Profile for Adolescents for 174 African American early adolescents. Findings yielded six conceptually relevant factors and also indicated gender differences in several domains. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Factor Structure, Profiles
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Maggi, Stefania – International Journal of Testing, 2001
Developed an Italian version of the Self-Description Questionnaire (SDQ-III) and studied the reliability and factorial validity of this translated instrument. Results show that the translated version has psychometric properties similar to those of the original English version. (SLD)
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Foreign Countries, Psychometrics, Reliability
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Maesschalck, Christine; Vertommen, Hans; Hooghe, An – International Journal of Testing, 2002
Administered the Dutch adaptation of the Psychopathic Personality Inventory (R. Lilienfeld and B. Andrews, 1996) to 314 adults in Flanders and studied the factorial structure and scale characteristics. Results support the usefulness of the instrument. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, Dutch, Factor Structure, Foreign Countries
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El Hassan, Karma; El Sader, Maliha – International Journal of Testing, 2005
The purpose of this study was to adapt and validate the BarOn Emotional Quotient Inventory: Youth Version (BarOn EQ?i:YV), a measure of emotional intelligence, in the Lebanese context. The scale was translated and adapted into Arabic using a 3-step process involving judgmental, logical, and empirical methods. It was then administered to a…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Semitic Languages, Psychometrics, Age Differences