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Eliana Santos de Farias; Bruno Bonfá-Araujo; Tatiana de Cassia Nakano; Carolina Rosa Campos – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2025
This study aimed to adapt the Malevolent Creativity Behavior Scale (MCBS) to Brazilian Portuguese and to estimate validity evidence based on the internal structure and relationships with other variables and reliability. The sample consisted of 382 Brazilians aged between 18 and 71 (M = 32.18, SD = 12.89), of which 68.06% were female. Through the…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Creativity, Creativity Tests, Aggression
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Busse, R. T.; Flowers, Jaime M. – Contemporary School Psychology, 2018
Researchers have found self-esteem neither to be strongly related to achievement nor to anti-social behaviors in children and adolescents. Due to the inconclusive findings on the benefits of higher self-esteem, an additional concept may be warranted. Other-esteem was coined by Philip Hwang as respect, acceptance, caring, valuing, and promotion of…
Descriptors: Caring, Altruism, Test Construction, Rating Scales
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Yusof, Noradlin; Ang, Rebecca P.; Oei, Tian Po S. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2017
This study examined the psychometric properties of the school engagement measure (SEM) in Singapore. The sample consisted of 1,027 students from a multi-ethnic Singapore adolescent community. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) confirmed that the two-factor solution, namely, (a) Emotional and (b) Cognitive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychometrics, Learner Engagement, Measures (Individuals)
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Levpušcek, Melita Puklek; Inglés, Candido J.; Marzo, Juan C.; García-Fernández, Jose M. – Psychology in the Schools, 2015
The purpose of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of the School Anxiety Inventory (SAI) using a sample of 646 Slovenian adolescents (48% boys), ranging in age from 12 to 19 years. Single confirmatory factor analyses replicated the correlated four-factor structure of scores on the SAI for anxiety-provoking school situations…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Affective Measures, Anxiety, Reliability
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Sette, Stefania; Baumgartner, Emma; MacKinnon, David P. – Early Education and Development, 2015
Research Findings: The main goals of this study were to examine the factor validity of the Social Competence and Behavior Evaluation (SCBE-30) scale using exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis and to test factor invariance across gender in a sample of Italian preschool-age children (241 boys, 252 girls). The concurrent…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Interpersonal Competence, Behavior Problems
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Mercer, Sterett H.; Zeigler-Hill, Virgil; Wallace, Marion; Hayes, DeMarquis M. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2011
The present article describes the development and initial validation of the Inventory of Microaggressions Against Black Individuals (IMABI) using a sample of 385 undergraduates who self-identified as Black or African American. The IMABI is a 14-item, unidimensional measure of racial microaggressions that captures both microinsults and…
Descriptors: Race, Social Desirability, Construct Validity, Psychology
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Hastings, Mark E.; Krishnan, Shilpa; Tangney, June P.; Stuewig, Jeffrey – Psychological Assessment, 2011
The present study examines the predictive and incremental validity of Violence Risk Appraisal Guide scores in a sample of 328 male and 145 female jail inmates held on felony charges. Significant gender differences were observed in VRAG item and total score means, as well as in correlations between the VRAG and concurrent measures of aggression.…
Descriptors: Recidivism, Institutionalized Persons, Predictive Validity, Gender Differences
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Miller, Joshua D.; Gaughan, Eric T.; Maples, Jessica; Gentile, Brittany; Lynam, Donald R.; Widiger, Thomas A. – Assessment, 2011
Lynam and colleagues recently developed a new self-report inventory for the assessment of psychopathy, the Elemental Psychopathy Assessment (EPA). Using a sample of undergraduates (N = 227), the authors examined the construct validity of the EPA by examining its correlations with self and stranger ratings on the Five-Factor Model, as well as…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Construct Validity, Intimacy, Social Cognition
Wendy M. Reinke; Melissa Stormont; Keith C. Herman; Sean Wachsmuth; Lori Newcomer – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2015
Schools are increasingly using multi-tiered prevention models to address the academic and behavior needs of students. The foundation of these models is the implementation of universal, or Tier 1, practices designed to support the academic and behavioral needs of the vast majority of students. To support teachers in the use of effective Tier 1…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Behavior Modification, Intervention
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Schrodt, Paul; Finn, Amber N. – Communication Education, 2011
Given recent questions regarding the construct validity of Cahn and Shulman's Feelings of Understanding/Misunderstanding scale, two studies were conducted to develop a low-inference, behavioral measure of students' perceived understanding in the college classroom. In Study One (N = 265), a pilot inventory was developed to measure students'…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Construct Validity, Aggression, Measures (Individuals)
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Marsh, Herbert W.; Nagengast, Benjamin; Morin, Alexandre J. S.; Parada, Roberto H.; Craven, Rhonda G.; Hamilton, Linda R. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2011
Existing research posits multiple dimensions of bullying and victimization but has not identified well-differentiated facets of these constructs that meet standards of good measurement: goodness of fit, measurement invariance, lack of differential item functioning, and well-differentiated factors that are not so highly correlated as to detract…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Test Bias, Bullying, Structural Equation Models
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Tonkin, Matthew; Howells, Kevin; Ferguson, Eamonn; Clark, Amanda; Newberry, Michelle; Schalast, Norbert – Psychological Assessment, 2012
The social climate of correctional (forensic) settings is likely to have a significant impact on the outcome of treatment and the overall functioning of these units. The Essen Climate Evaluation Schema (EssenCES) provides an objective way of measuring social climate that overcomes the content, length, and psychometric limitations of other…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Social Environment, Foreign Countries, Psychometrics
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Jonason, Peter K.; Webster, Gregory D. – Psychological Assessment, 2010
There has been an exponential increase of interest in the dark side of human nature during the last decade. To better understand this dark side, the authors developed and validated a concise, 12-item measure of the Dark Triad: narcissism, psychopathy, Machiavellianism. In 4 studies involving 1,085 participants, they examined its structural…
Descriptors: Personality Measures, Test Validity, Test Reliability, Psychological Patterns
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Kleinman, Kimberly E.; Saigh, Philip A. – Behavior Modification, 2011
The efficacy of the Good Behavior Game was examined in a multiethnic New York City public high school. Classroom rules were posted and students were divided into two teams. A reinforcement preference questionnaire was used to select daily and weekly prizes. The classroom teacher indicated that he was going to place a check on the board after every…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Behavior Problems, High School Students, Questionnaires
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Witte, Tricia H.; Kendra, Rachel – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2010
The objective of this study was to determine whether female victims of physical forms of intimate partner violence (IPV) displayed deficits in risk recognition, or the ability to detect danger, in physically violent dating encounters. A total of 182 women watched a video depicting a psychologically and physically aggressive encounter between…
Descriptors: Prevention, Risk, Family Violence, Females
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