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Rodrigo Moreta-Herrera; Alberto Rodríguez-Lorenzana; Nazuri Santillán; Micaela Jiménez-Borja; Carlos José Jiménez-Mosquera; Xavier Oriol-Granado; Sergio Domínguez-Lara – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
The aim of this study is to find evidence of factorial validity, measure equivalence by gender, and internal consistency of the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) in a sample of Ecuadorian teenagers. The study uses a psychometric design to explore the validity and reliability of the measure. Participants of the study were 1154 teenagers…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Mental Health, Questionnaires, Foreign Countries
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Kamran, Muhammad; Ameer, Iqra; Saleh, Warda; Aslam, Sarfraz; Benyo, Ahmed – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
Creativity has long been emphasized as an essential skill identified and developed in classrooms by eminent psychologists. A high level of creativity is required to adapt to the changing world of innovation. University-level students are privileged as they get multiple opportunities to learn creative skills. They are facilitated with autonomy and…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Creativity Tests, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure
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Imelu G. Mordeno; I Marie Joy S. Gallemit; Judith L. Ducay; Sittiehara P. Abdullah; Salihah Marjannah S. Suba; Nashren D. Edaros – Psychology in the Schools, 2024
Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item Scale (GAD-7) has been found to accurately assess the presence of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) in various populations. However, despite showing good psychometric properties in assessing GAD symptoms, there is a need to further validate GAD-7 in milieu of the pandemic, considering that recent…
Descriptors: Anxiety Disorders, COVID-19, Pandemics, Measures (Individuals)
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McNulty, Richard J.; Floyd, Randy G. – Psychology in the Schools, 2021
This study examined the factor structure of the Detroit Tests of Learning Abilities, Fifth Edition (DTLA-5) using principal axis factoring, multiple factor extraction criteria, and the Schmid-Leiman orthogonalization procedures not utilized by test publishers. Results suggest that the publisher's six-factor structure model was over factored.…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Ability, Factor Structure, Factor Analysis
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Gazal Bharara; Scott Duncan – Psychology in the Schools, 2024
The transition to secondary school can be a challenging period for adolescents. Although several questionnaires exist to measure transition-related concerns, there is a need to develop a comprehensive survey for assessing the knowledge and skills that adolescents require to adapt effectively to a new school. Thus, the purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: Surveys, Psychometrics, Construct Validity, Test Reliability
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Aghebati, Asma; Javaherirenani, Razieh; Amin, Razieh; Pazhooyan, Mahdiye; Farahani, Hojjatollah; Ahadianfard, Pantea – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
Purpose: This study explores the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Child and Youth Resilience Measure--Revised (CYRM-R) in adolescent population. Method: A sample of 323 Iranian adolescents (12-18 years old) completed the CYRM-R, Resilient Scale (RS), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II), and Mental Health Continuum Short Form…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Translation, Indo European Languages, Resilience (Psychology)
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Danuza, Teuta; Masten, Robert – Psychology in the Schools, 2021
The study examined the validity of the scores produced by the Albanian version of the Olweus Bullying Questionnaire-Revised (OBQ-R), a self-reported measure for assessing the phenomena of bullying among school students. A sample of third to ninth grade students (N = 3262) completed the OBQ-R and the data were analyzed using an exploratory factor…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bullying, Questionnaires, Elementary School Students
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Noorazar, Seyed Gholamreza; Mohebbi, Mina; Alizadeh-Maralani, Fatemeh – Psychology in the Schools, 2021
Examining the long-term impact of bullying can facilitate using retrospective bullying experiences questionnaire (RBEQ) which provides information regarding bystander, bully and victim through childhood to adolescence. This study aimed to investigate the validity and reliability of this questionnaire in Iranian samples. A total of 92 male and 283…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Bullying, Psychometrics, College Students
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Lipien, Lodi; Ismajli, Flandra; Rigg, Khary K. – Psychology in the Schools, 2021
"LifeSkills Training" (LST) is a popular drug prevention program shown to be effective at preventing youth substance use. The Middle School Health Survey (MSHS) is a questionnaire that was created by the developers of the LST curriculum to measure changes in knowledge and attitudes about drugs and life skills among youth. Despite the…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Drug Abuse, Prevention, Drug Education
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Carnazzo, Katherine; Dowdy, Erin; Furlong, Michael J.; Quirk, Matthew P. – Psychology in the Schools, 2019
Students with learning disabilities (LD) represent a vulnerable population and are at higher risk for social and emotional challenges compared to their peers without LD. A strengths-based orientation is recommended to encourage building resilience factors to counteract the negative effects of LD over the lifespan. To identify areas of strength and…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Learning Disabilities, Social Development, Emotional Development
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Dombrowski, Stefan C.; Golay, Philippe; McGill, Ryan J.; Canivez, Gary L. – Psychology in the Schools, 2018
Bayesian structural equation modeling (BSEM) was used to investigate the latent structure of the Differential Ability Scales-Second Edition core battery using the standardization sample normative data for ages 7-17. Results revealed plausibility of a three-factor model, consistent with publisher theory, expressed as either a higher-order (HO) or a…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Bayesian Statistics, Factor Analysis, Aptitude Tests
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Hall, William J. – Psychology in the Schools, 2016
This article describes the development and preliminary validation of the Bullying, Harassment, and Aggression Receipt Measure (BullyHARM). The development of the BullyHARM involved a number of steps and methods, including a literature review, expert review, cognitive testing, readability testing, data collection from a large sample, reliability…
Descriptors: Bullying, Aggression, Middle School Students, Readability
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Quirk, Matthew; Mayworm, Ashley; Edyburn, Kelly; Furlong, Michael J. – Psychology in the Schools, 2016
This study examined the dimensionality and measurement invariance of the Kindergarten Student Entrance Profile (KSEP) when used to rate the school readiness of children from different ethnic backgrounds (Latino or White, non-Latino), as well as from households where a different language was predominant (Spanish or English). Teachers rated the…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Screening Tests, School Readiness, Factor Analysis
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Xu, Jianzhong; Fan, Xitao; Du, Jianxia – Psychology in the Schools, 2015
This study presents a psychometric evaluation of the Homework Management Scale (HMS) for mathematics, consisting of five subscales for measuring homework management strategies. Confirmatory factor analyses were conducted with a sample of middle school students (N = 796). Results indicated that the factor structure of the Chinese version of the HMS…
Descriptors: Homework, Psychometrics, Measures (Individuals), Middle School Students
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Myunghee Ahn, Christine; Ebesutani, Chad – Psychology in the Schools, 2015
Korean middle school students are experiencing high rates of behavioral and emotional problems, suggesting a need for comprehensive screening instruments with strong psychometric properties in school settings. The present study investigated the utility of the Behavior Assessment System for Children-2 Self-Report of Personality, Adolescent Form…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Behavior Problems, Emotional Problems
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