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Direct linkChonody, Jill M.; Gabb, Jacqui; Killian, Mike; Dunk-West, Priscilla – Research on Social Work Practice, 2018
Objective: This study reports on the operationalization and testing of the newly developed Relationship Quality (RQ) scale, designed to assess an individual's perception of his or her RQ in their current partnership. Methods: Data were generated through extended sampling from an original U.K.-based research project, "Enduring Love? Couple…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Relationship, Measures (Individuals), Test Validity
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
Min, Meeyoung O.; Kim, June-Yung; Olgac, Tugba; Francis, Meredith W.; Shon, En-Jung; Yoon, Dalhee – Research on Social Work Practice, 2018
Objective: This study examined the factor structure and psychometric properties of the Urban Hassles Index (UHI). Method: Exploratory factor analyses (EFAs) were conducted via principal axis factoring extraction method. Confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to evaluate the fit of the EFA-derived model using the weighted least squares…
Descriptors: Urban Youth, Adolescents, Factor Structure, Factor Analysis
van Breda, Adrian D. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2017
Purpose: In South Africa, the field of scale development and utilization in social work is referred to as "ecometrics," that is, the measurement of ecological constructs. There is, however, a lack of ecometric tools for social workers, particularly regarding strengths or resilience. Given the high vulnerability of South African youth,…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Social Work, Rating Scales, Guidelines
Åhsberg, Elizabeth; Fahlström, Gunilla; Rönnbäck, Eva; Granberg, Ann-Kristin; Almborg, Ann-Helene – Research on Social Work Practice, 2017
Objective: To construct a needs assessment instrument for older people using a standardized terminology (International classification of functioning, disability, and health [ICF]) and assess its psychometrical properties. Method: An instrument was developed comprising questions to older people regarding their perceived care needs. The instrument's…
Descriptors: Caseworkers, Social Work, Older Adults, Needs Assessment
Nsonwu, Maura Busch; Welch-Brewer, Chiquitia; Heffron, Laurie Cook; Lemke, Melinda A.; Busch-Armendariz, Noel; Sulley, Caitlin; Cook, Sharon Warren; Lewis, Mary; Watson, Elizabeth; Moore, Wayne; Li, Jilan – Research on Social Work Practice, 2017
Objective: This study sought to develop and evaluate the psychometric properties of a tool designed to assess social work students' knowledge of and perceptions and attitudes toward human trafficking. To achieve this aim, the Perceptions, Knowledge, and Attitudes toward Human Trafficking Questionnaire (PKA-HTQ) was developed and its psychometric…
Descriptors: Social Work, Questionnaires, Test Construction, Test Validity
Bessaha, Melissa L. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2017
Objective: Confirmatory factor analysis was used to assess the factor structure of the 6-item version of the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6). Methods: A subsample of emerging adults, aged 18-29 (n = 20,699), from the 2013 National Survey of Drug Use and Health were used in this study. Results: Each of the models (one-factor, two-factor…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Factor Structure, Psychological Testing, Factor Analysis
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
Sun, Qian; Lou, Vivian Weiqun; Law, Ben M. F. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2018
Purpose: This study examined the development and validation of the Effectiveness Scale of Child Familial Influencing Behavior. This measurement is constructed to evaluate the effectiveness of child familial influencing behaviors within three-generational relationships. Methods: The effectiveness of child familial influencing behaviors was rated by…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Child Behavior, Test Construction, Test Validity
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
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
Wegmann, Kate M. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2017
Objective: To determine the suitability of the Elementary School Success Profile for Children (ESSP-C) for assessment and comparison of social support and school belonging between Black/African American and White students. Methods: Multiple-group confirmatory factor analysis and invariance testing were conducted to determine the ESSP-C's validity…
Descriptors: African American Students, White Students, Social Support Groups, Factor Analysis
Wang, Yean; Chui, Ernest – Research on Social Work Practice, 2017
Objective: This article reports a study that developed and validated the Perceived Social Work Competence Scale (PSWCS) for assessing social work students' competence in Mainland China. Method: The indicators were generated by a broad empirical review of recent literature, confirmed by experts, and indigenized by means of two focus groups of…
Descriptors: Social Work, Competence, Foreign Countries, Focus Groups
Chui, Wing Hong; Wu, Joseph; Kwok, Yan Yuen; Liu, Liu – Research on Social Work Practice, 2017
This study examined the factor structure, reliability, and validity of the first part of the Chinese version of the CRIME-PICS II Scale, a self-administrated instrument assessing offending-related attitudes. Data were collected from three samples: male Hong Kong young offenders, female Mainland Chinese prisoners, and Hong Kong college students.…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Questionnaires, Crime, Factor Structure
Prost, Stephanie Grace – Research on Social Work Practice, 2017
Purpose: It is critical to assess hospice professionals' discrimination between adaptive and maladaptive reactions to terminal illness in persons at the end-of-life to assure targeted intervention aimed at maintaining quality of life. The proposed measure, the Hospice Professionals Understanding of Preparatory Grief scale (HPPG), contains…
Descriptors: Grief, Measures (Individuals), Test Construction, Program Validation
