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Filippello, Pina; Buzzai, Caterina; Sorrenti, Luana; Costa, Sebastiano; Abramo, Annarita; Wang, Kennet T. – Applied Developmental Science, 2021
The aim of this manuscript is to examine the perceived parental perfectionism in undergraduate Italian students. Study 1 aimed at exploring the factorial structure, reliability, and construct validity of the Italian version of the Family Almost Perfect Scale (FAPS). The aim of Study 2 was to cross-validate the FAPS structure with a different…
Descriptors: Italian, Personality Measures, Undergraduate Students, Parent Attitudes
Loscalzo, Yura; Rice, Sean P. M.; Giannini, Marco; Rice, Kenneth G. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2019
This study analyzed the psychometric properties of the Italian translation of both the Short Almost Perfect Scale (SAPS) and the Short Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (SMPS), and the academic implications of perfectionism on 414 Italian college students aged between 18 and 58 years. Results revealed some limitations with the SAPS factor…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Academic Achievement, Personality Traits
Karwowski, Maciej; Milerski, Boguslaw – Education Sciences, 2021
This paper introduces and empirically tests the model of tetragonal educational rationality that consists of four interrelated categories: hermeneutic, emancipatory, praxeological, and negational rationalities. Based on a large longitudinal study on primary and middle school students (total N = 1990), we investigated the psychometric properties of…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Factor Structure
Li, Jingguang; Zhao, Yajun; Kong, Feng; Du, Shuailing; Yang, Suyong; Wang, Song – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2018
This study sought to validate the Short Grit Scale (Grit-S), an instrument that measures perseverance and passion for long-term goals, among Chinese high school students. Confirmatory factor analyses revealed that the scale retains the two-factor structure of the original scale. The scale demonstrated satisfactory internal consistency and…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Adolescents, Program Validation, High School Students
Parkin, Jason R.; Beaujean, A. Alexander; Firmin, Michael W.; Qiu, Xiao; Firmin, Ruth L. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2018
In this study, we examined the factor structure, reliability, and external validity of scores from the Comprehensive Test of Nonverbal Intelligence-Second Edition (CTONI-2) using an independent sample of young adults currently enrolled in a postsecondary institution. Although the subtests appear to be measuring general intelligence, the aggregate…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Tests, Intelligence Tests, Factor Structure, Test Reliability
Collaço, Christine M. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The primary purpose of this study was to collect evidence on the construct validity of grit using convergent, discriminant, and predictive validity principles. To accomplish this purpose and extend previous research on grit, college students from two schools completed an instrument comprised of a cognitive ability test, and a questionnaire. The…
Descriptors: College Students, Academic Persistence, Construct Validity, Predictive Validity
Muenks, Katherine; Wigfield, Allan; Yang, Ji Seung; O'Neal, Colleen R. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2017
Duckworth, Peterson, Matthews, and Kelly (2007) defined "grit" as one's passion and perseverance toward long-term goals. They proposed that it consists of 2 components: consistency of interests and perseverance of effort. In a high school and college student sample, we used a multidimensional item response theory approach to examine (a)…
Descriptors: High School Students, College Students, Metacognition, Item Response Theory
Speirs Neumeister, Kristie L.; Fletcher, Kathryn L.; Burney, Virginia H. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2015
This study examined the relationship among subtypes of perfectionism and achievement goal orientations within the context of Gaudreau and Thompson's quadripartite framework. The authors first sought to replicate Campbell and Di Paula's factor analysis to identify subtypes of self-oriented perfectionism (SOP) and socially prescribed perfectionism…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Academic Achievement, Student Motivation, Learning Motivation
Yurdugül, Halil; Menzi Çetin, Nihal – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2015
Problem Statement: Learners can access and participate in online learning environments regardless of time and geographical barriers. This brings up the umbrella concept of learner autonomy that contains self-directed learning, self-regulated learning and the studying process. Motivation and learning strategies are also part of this umbrella…
Descriptors: Correlation, Learning Processes, Outcomes of Education, Self Concept
Chowning, Karolyn; Campbell, Nicole Judice – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2009
Four studies present the validation of a self-report scale capturing "academic entitlement," which is defined as the tendency to possess an expectation of academic success without a sense of personal responsibility for achieving that success. The Academic Entitlement scale possesses a 2-factor structure (Study 1); 10 items measure students'…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Academic Achievement, Factor Structure, College Students
Makiewicz, Monica Kathleen – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this work was to understand the concept of trust, its meaning, antecedents, and outcomes as they applied to teacher trust in principals. Since there are very few in-depth studies specifically on trust in a school principal, research on trust from an organizational perspective was consulted. This body of research has numerous and…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Student Characteristics, Trust (Psychology), Academic Achievement
Poropat, Arthur E. – Psychological Bulletin, 2009
This article reports a meta-analysis of personality-academic performance relationships, based on the 5-factor model, in which cumulative sample sizes ranged to over 70,000. Most analyzed studies came from the tertiary level of education, but there were similar aggregate samples from secondary and tertiary education. There was a comparatively…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Age, Academic Achievement, Personality Traits
Kaminski, Jennifer Wyatt; David-Ferdon, Corinne; Battistich, Victor A. – Journal of Research in Character Education, 2009
The Social and Character Development (SACD) research program was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of seven elementary-school-based programs developed to promote social and emotional competence, positive behavior, a positive school climate, and academic achievement, and to decrease negative behavior. Procedures undertaken by the SACD…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Academic Achievement, Factor Structure, Personality
Shaughnessy, Michael F.; And Others – 1993
This study explored personality variables measured by the 16 Personality Factor (16PF) test and their relevance to success, as defined by the final course grade, in college calculus courses with 94 students. Two personality variables were significant predictors of success as determined by the final course grade. A Statistical Analysis System…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Calculus, College Students, Factor Structure
FRYE, ROLAND – 1967
TO DETERMINE IF THERE WERE DIFFERENCES IN THE FACTOR STRUCTURE OF BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION DATA OF EXECUTIVES, IT WAS HYPOTHESIZED THAT FACTOR STRUCTURE WOULD BE RELATED TO FUNCTIONAL ASSIGNMENT AND THE EMPHASIS GIVEN THAT FUNCTION BY THE ORGANIZATION. A SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE WAS ADMINISTERED TO 382 LATIN AMERICAN EXECUTIVES. A PRINCIPLE COMPONENT…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrators, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure
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