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Hales, Katherine; Sriken, Julie; Erford, Bradley T.; Sherman, Martin F.; Smith, Heather – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2023
The Social Justice Scale (SJS) and various subscales were studied on a sample of 414 human services university undergraduates. Internal consistency ([alpha] = 0.93), discriminant validity, and response bias were adequate. The 4-factor model demonstrated an excellent fit. Implications were discussed for use of the SJS in practice and research.
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Scores, Social Justice, Measures (Individuals)
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Sriken, Julie; Johnsen, Sarah T.; Smith, Heather; Sherman, Martin F.; Erford, Bradley T. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2022
Responses to the Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) scale displayed high score reliability ([alpha] = 0.91) and adequate convergent and divergent validity for college undergraduates. The data provided an adequate to excellent fit to the unidimensional model. Measurement invariance was demonstrated for gender and race.
Descriptors: Test Validity, Factor Analysis, Anxiety Disorders, Gender Differences
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Lancaster, Steven L.; Melka, Stephen E.; Klein, Keith P.; Rodriguez, Benjamin F. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2015
The current study examined the convergent validity and factor structure of the State-Trait Inventory of Cognitive and Somatic Anxiety in a sample of African Americans and European Americans. Validity analyses revealed similar associations; however, the factor analysis failed to support the original factor structure and factorial variance was…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Anxiety, Affective Measures, Test Validity
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Wang, Kenneth T.; Puri, Rohini; Slaney, Robert B.; Methikalam, Bindu; Chadha, Narender – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2012
Psychometric properties of the Almost Perfect Scale and the Family Almost Perfect Scale were evaluated using Indian college students studying in India (N = 132). Three classes of perfectionists--adaptive, maladaptive, and nonperfectionists--that mirrored past studies were compared on self-esteem and depression. (Contains 3 tables and 3 figures.)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indians, College Students, Personality Traits
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Stoeber, Joachim; Hoyle, Azina; Last, Freyja – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2013
This study investigated the Consequences of Perfectionism Scale (COPS) and its relationships with perfectionism, performance perfectionism, affect, and depressive symptoms in 202 university students using confirmatory factor analysis, correlations, and regression analyses. Results suggest that the COPS is a reliable and valid measure of positive…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Depression (Psychology), Affective Behavior, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)