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Psychometric Properties of an Arabic Version of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS)
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Moussa, Miriam Taouk; Lovibond, Peter; Laube, Roy; Megahead, Hamido A. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2017
Objective: To translate and evaluate the psychometric properties of an Arabic-language version of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS). Method: The items were translated, back translated, refined, and tested in an Australian immigrant sample (N = 220). Results: Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the Arabic DASS discriminates between…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Measures (Individuals), Depression (Psychology), Anxiety
Screening for Elder Abuse among Turkish Older People: Validity of the Hwalek-Sengstock Elder Abuse Screening Test (H-S "East")
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Özmete, Emine; Megahead, Hamido A. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2017
Objective: This study aims to adapt "The Hwalek-Sengstock Elder Abuse Screening Test (H-S "East")" (Neale, Hwalek, Scott, Sengstock, & Stahl, 1991) to Turkish and to assess its validity and reliability while determining the factors that affect elder abuse. Method: The sample of the study is composed of 465 elderly women and…
Descriptors: Elder Abuse, Foreign Countries, Older Adults, Regression (Statistics)
Gender Invariance of Family, School, and Peer Influence on Volunteerism Scale
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Law, Ben; Shek, Daniel; Ma, Cecilia – Research on Social Work Practice, 2015
Objective: This article examines the measurement invariance of "Family, School, and Peer Influence on Volunteerism Scale" (FSPV) across genders using the mean and covariance structure analysis approach. Method: A total of 2,845 Chinese high school adolescents aged 11 to 15 years completed the FSPV scale. Results: Results of the…
Descriptors: Volunteers, Gender Differences, Gender Issues, Peer Influence
Factor Structure of the Chinese Virtues Questionnaire
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Duan, Wenjie; Ho, Samuel M. Y.; Yu, Bai; Tang, Xiaoqing; Zhang, Yonghong; Li, Tingting; Yuen, Tom – Research on Social Work Practice, 2012
Objectives: The present study examined the factorial invariance and functional equivalence of the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS) among the Chinese. Methods: A total of 839 undergraduate students completed the 240-item Simplified Chinese version of the VIA-IS online. Another 40 students participated in qualitative interviews to…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Questionnaires, Asian Culture, Social Work
Validation of a McKinney-Vento Act Implementation Scale
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Canfield, James P.; Teasley, Martell L.; Abell, Neil; Randolph, Karen A. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2012
Objective: The McKinney-Vento Act (MVA) is the primary federal policy addressing homelessness in America with specific mandates designed to ameliorate the effects homelessness has on educational attainment for school-age children. The extent to which this policy is implemented may have far-reaching effects for homeless children. The MVA…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Measures (Individuals), Social Work, School Social Workers
Testing the Cross-Ethnic Construct Validity of the Brief Symptom Inventory
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Hoe, Maanse; Brekke, John – Research on Social Work Practice, 2009
Objective: The purpose of the present study was to examine the cross-ethnic construct validity of the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI). Method: The sample consisted of 1,166 individuals diagnosed with severe and persistent mental illness who were receiving treatment in community-based mental health programs. Multiple-group confirmatory factor…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Mental Disorders, Mental Health Programs, Construct Validity
An Examination of the Factor Structure for the Youth Self Report on a Multiethnic Population
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O'Keefe, Maura; Mennen, Ferol; Lane, Christianne Joy – Research on Social Work Practice, 2006
The Youth Self Report (YSR) is a popular and widely used instrument assessing adolescent emotional and behavioral functioning. The goals of the present study were to address some of the limitations of the YSR, to examine its factor structure and equivalence across four racial/ethnic groups, and to determine if another combination of items could…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Ethnic Groups, Factor Structure, Self Disclosure (Individuals)