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Direct linkLawson, Michael A.; Alameda-Lawson, Tania; Byrnes, Edward – Research on Social Work Practice, 2017
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the construct and predictive validity of the Adult-Adolescent Parenting Inventory (AAPI-2). Methods: The validity of the AAPI-2 was evaluated using multiple statistical methods, including exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and latent class analysis. These analyses were…
Descriptors: Low Income, Factor Structure, Validity, Reliability
Lee, Eunyoung – Research on Social Work Practice, 2018
Objectives: Many Asian Americans tend to report receiving lower quality services from direct service providers. Improving the cultural competence of social workers and other professionals who work with Asian Americans may address this dissatisfaction. To date, there are few tools to help educators and supervisors evaluate the level of cultural…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Asian Americans, Content Validity, Social Work
Lower, Leeann M.; Newman, Tarkington J.; Anderson-Butcher, Dawn – Research on Social Work Practice, 2017
Purpose: This study examines the psychometric properties of the Teamwork Scale for Youth, an assessment designed to measure youths' perceptions of their teamwork competency. Methods: The Teamwork Scale for Youth was administered to a sample of 460 youths. Confirmatory factor analyses examined the factor structure and measurement invariance of the…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Likert Scales, Youth, Construct Validity
Sanders, Jackie; Munford, Robyn; Thimasarn-Anwar, Tewaporn; Liebenberg, Linda – Research on Social Work Practice, 2017
Purpose: This article reports on an examination of the psychometric properties of the 28-item Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM-28). Methods: Exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, Cronbach's a, "t"-tests, correlations, and multivariate analysis of variance were applied to data collected via interviews from 593…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Test Validity, Test Reliability, Factor Analysis
Auerbach, Charles; Zeitlin, Wendy; Augsberger, Astraea; McGowan, Brenda G.; Claiborne, Nancy; Lawrence, Catherine K. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2015
Objective: This research examines the psychometric properties of the Perceptions of Child Welfare Scale (PCWS). This instrument is designed to assess child welfare workers' understanding of how society views their role and their work. Methods: Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was utilized to analyze data on 538 child welfare workers. Results:…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Psychometrics, Measures (Individuals), Social Work
Lee, Sang Jung; Gopalan, Geetha; Harrington, Donna – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Objectives: There has been little examination of the structural validity of the Parenting Stress Index--Short Form (PSI-SF) for minority populations in clinical contexts in the Unites States. This study aimed to test prespecified factor structures (one-factor, two-factor, and three-factor models) of the PSI-SF. Methods: This study used…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Stress Variables, Test Validity, Minority Groups
Lev, Sagit; Ayalon, Liat – Research on Social Work Practice, 2018
Objective: To describe the quantitative validation of a unique questionnaire to measure moral distress among social workers in long-term care facilities in Israel. Method: Overall, 216 long-term care facilities' social workers took part in the pilot study that included psychometric evaluation and construct validation. Moral distress was examined…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Social Work, Emotional Disturbances, Intervention
Lee, Jaegoo; Crolley-Simic, Josie; Vonk, M. Elizabeth – Research on Social Work Practice, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this research is to provide an initial validation of a revision of the Transracial Adoption Parenting Scale-Revised (TAPS-R) with international transracial adoptive parents. Method: This study employed a cross-sectional, online survey design to recruit transracial adoptive parents from a parent support group, "Families…
Descriptors: Adoption, Racial Differences, Parent Child Relationship, Online Surveys
Law, Ben M. F.; Shek, Daniel T. L.; Ma, Cecilia M. S. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2013
Social systems, particularly family, school, and peer, are especially critical in influencing adolescents to participate in volunteer service; however, no objective measures of this construct exist. Objectives: This study examined the psychometric properties of the Family, School, and Peer Influence on Volunteerism scale (FSPV) among Chinese…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Measures (Individuals), Validity, Foreign Countries
King, Steve, Jr.; Holosko, Michael J. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2012
Empathy is a core principle essential to social work. Despite this emphasis, minimal empirical research of empathy has been undertaken by social work researchers. The purpose of this study was to develop and initially validate the Empathy Scale for Social Workers (ESSW). The ESSW is a 41-item self-report inventory designed to assess empathy in…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis, Psychometrics
Hong, Philip Young P.; Polanin, Joshua R.; Pigott, Therese D. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2012
Objectives: The Employment Hope scale (EHS) was designed to measure the empowerment-based self-sufficiency (SS) outcome among low-income job-seeking clients. This measure captures the psychological SS dimension as opposed to the more commonly used economic SS in workforce development and employment support practice. The study validates the EHS and…
Descriptors: Employment, Low Income, Construct Validity, Validity
Duan, Wenjie; Ho, Samuel M. Y.; Bai, Yu; Tang, Xiaoqing – Research on Social Work Practice, 2013
Objectives: The present study examined the psychometric properties of the Chinese Virtues Questionnaire (CVQ). The reliability, factor structure, construct validity, and temporal stability of the inventory were examined. Method: A university student sample ("n" = 878) and a working adult sample ("n" = 153) were recruited.…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Questionnaires, Social Work, Educational Practices
Mallett, Christopher A. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2014
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the historical construction and empirical support of two child and adolescent behaviorally based mental health disorders: oppositional defiant and conduct disorders. Method: The study utilized a historiography methodology to review, from 1880 to 2012, these disorders' inclusion in…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Reliability
Roest, Jesse; van der Helm, Peer; Strijbosch, Eefje; van Brandenburg, Mariëtte; Stams, Geert Jan – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Purpose: This study examined the construct validity and reliability of a therapeutic alliance measure (Children's Alliance Questionnaire [CAQ]) for children with psychosocial and/or behavioral problems, receiving therapeutic residential care or day care in the Netherlands. Methods: Confirmatory factor analysis of a one-factor model ''therapeutic…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Construct Validity, Test Reliability, Questionnaires
Smith, Scott; Chonody, Jill M. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2010
The authors report a validation study of the Teen Court Peer Influence Scale (TCPIS), a newly developed scale, to examine its factor structure, reliability, and evidence of validity. Methods: The scale was disseminated to 202 participants in six teen courts in the state of Florida, and the authors conducted exploratory factor analyses. Content…
Descriptors: Courts, Content Validity, Construct Validity, Validity
