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Development and Initial Validation of a Social Media Identity Distress Scale among Emerging Adults
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Luo, Ye; Watson, Joshua C.; Lenz, A. Stephen – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2021
This study provided preliminary evidence for a new Social Media Identity Distress Scale (SMIDS) using two subsamples of emerging adults (18-25 years of age) from Amazon Turk (each n = 373). The factor analysis revealed a single-factor scale explaining 72.9% of the variance in the items and supported a 20-item version of the original 66-item…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Social Media, Young Adults
The Development and Initial Validation of the Interpersonal Stress Scale-Counselor
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Moore, C. Missy; Foxx, Sejal Parikh – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2021
Using a multiphased and mixed method approach to instrument development, the ISS-C was composed of 16 items extracted into four factors, which demonstrated adequate model fit. The ISS-C scores showed good internal consistency, convergent validity, and temporal stability, while some aspects of discriminant validity remain suboptimal.
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Anxiety, Counselors, Test Validity
Using the Beck Anxiety Inventory among South Africans Living with HIV: Exploratory and Higher Order Factor Analyses
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Kagee, Ashraf; Coetzee, Bronwyne; Saal, Wylene; Nel, Adriaan – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2015
We administered the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) to 101 adults receiving HIV treatment. Exploratory factor analysis yielded a single anxiety factor that accounted for 68.7% of the variance in the data. A single score may be used to indicate the overall level of anxiety of individuals receiving HIV treatment in South Africa.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Anxiety, Affective Measures, Adults
Ethnicity and Anxiety: A Psychometric Evaluation of the STICSA
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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
School Anxiety Inventory-Short Version: Factorial Invariance and Latent Mean Differences Across Gender and Age in Spanish Adolescents
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Ingles, Candido J.; Garcia-Fernandez, Jose M.; Marzo, Juan C.; Martinez-Monteagudo, Maria C.; Estevez, Estefania – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2015
This study examined the factorial invariance and latent mean differences of the School Anxiety Inventory-Short Version across gender and age groups for 2,367 Spanish students, ranging in age from 12 to 18 years. Configural and measurement invariance were found across gender and age samples for all dimensions of the School Anxiety Inventory-Short…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Anxiety, Affective Measures, Gender Differences
Conceptualization and Utility of University Mattering: A Construct Validity Study
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France, Megan K.; Finney, Sara J. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2010
The purpose of this study was to gather validity evidence for the University Mattering Scale. Theoretically based factor structures were tested, resulting in the four-factor conceptualization of mattering being championed. As predicted, university mattering related positively to academic motivational and relatedness constructs and negatively to…
Descriptors: College Students, Student School Relationship, Construct Validity, Affective Measures