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"Help", "Teach", "Counsel": How Terminology Changes in the ProQOL-5 Impact Score Reliability
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Jennifer D. Deaton; Megan A. Whitbeck – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2024
Objective: This study evaluated score reliability of the Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQoL) when contextualizing "help" to a relevant derivative. Method: The researchers evaluated score reliability across three datasets among school-based professionals (n = 122), teachers (n = 216), and mental health professionals (n = 543)…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Quality of Life, School Personnel, Teachers
Evaluation of Spanish Versions of Meaning in Life and Hope Measures with Latinx Students
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Vela, Javier Cavazos; Karaman, Mehmet A.; Garcia, Christian; Aguilar, Alma – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2020
Psychometric properties of measures of hope and meaning in life in Spanish among Latina/o college students were investigated. A confirmatory factor analysis was used to evaluate structural validity of instruments. Findings provided support for the reliability and validity of scores on the Disposition Hope Scale and Meaning in Life Questionnaire…
Descriptors: Spanish, Factor Analysis, Psychometrics, Hispanic American Students
The Development and Initial Validation of the Cultural Humility and Enactment Scale in Counseling
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Zhu, Peitao; Liu, Yanhong; Luke, Melissa M.; Wang, Qiu – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2022
Researchers developed and initially validated a client-report measure of counselors' cultural humility, entitled the Cultural Humility and Enactment Scale (CHES). The sample includes 434 adults recruited from web-based surveys. Exploratory factor analyses were performed to examine the initial factor structure of the CHES. Bivariate correlations…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Measures (Individuals), Construct Validity, Predictive Validity
Stability of Scores on Super's Work Values Inventory-Revised
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Leuty, Melanie E. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2013
Test-retest data on Super's Work Values Inventory-Revised for a group of predominantly White ("N" = 995) women (mean age = 23.5 years, SD = 8.07) and men (mean age = 21.5 years, SD = 5.80) showed stability in mean-level scores over a period of 1 year for the sample as a whole. However, low raw score and rank order stability coefficients…
Descriptors: Robustness (Statistics), Scores, Individual Differences, Item Analysis
Understanding Internal Consistency Reliability Estimates: A Conceptual Primer on Coefficient Alpha.
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Henson, Robin K. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2001
Although often ignored, reliability is critical when interpreting study effects and test results. Accordingly, this article focuses on the most commonly used estimate of reliability, internal consistency coefficients, with emphasis on coefficient alpha. An interpretive framework is provided for applied researchers and others seeking a conceptual…
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Item Analysis, Reliability, Research Methodology
A Cross-Validation Study of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory
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Sheikh, Alia I.; Marotta, Sylvia A. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2005
This article is a cross-validation of R. G. Tedeschi and L. G. Calhoun's (1996) original study of the development of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI). It describes several psychometric properties of scores on the PTGI in a sample of middle- to old-aged adults with a history of cardiovascular disease. The results did not support the…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Program Validation, Item Analysis, Misconceptions