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Jule Eilts; Fabio Sticca; Jessica Wilke – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2025
The Bullying Participant Behavior Questionnaire (BPBQ) is widely used to assess bullying roles in different populations. This study aimed to investigate the structure, construct validity, and reliability of a German version of the BPBQ in a sample of 250 German-speaking adolescents aged 10-16 years (M = 12.92; SD = 1.36; 51.6% female). A second…
Descriptors: Bullying, Test Construction, Questionnaires, Adolescents
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Lechner, Clemens M.; Knopf, Thomas; Napolitano, Christopher M.; Rammstedt, Beatrice; Roberts, Brent W.; Soto, Christopher J.; Spengler, Marion – Journal of Intelligence, 2022
Social, emotional, and behavioral (SEB) skills comprise a broad set of abilities that are essential for building and maintaining relationships, regulating emotions, selecting and pursuing goals, or exploring novel stimuli. Toward an improved SEB skill assessment, Soto and colleagues recently introduced the Behavioral, Emotional, and Social Skills…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Personality Traits, Measures (Individuals), Psychometrics
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Christopher J. Anthony; Sepideh Hassani; Susanne Schwab; Abigail P. Howe; Michayla Yost; Stephen N. Elliott; Marwin Löper; Gamze Görel; Frank Hellmich – International Journal of Emotional Education, 2024
The SSIS SEL Brief + Mental Health Scales (SSIS SELb+MHS) are multi-informant assessments developed in the United States to assess the social and emotional learning (SEL) competencies and emotional behavior concerns (EBCs) of school-age youth. Although there are translations of the SEL items of the SSIS SELb+MHS available in other languages, a…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students
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Maïano, Christophe; Thibault, Isabelle; Dreiskämper, Dennis; Henning, Lena; Tietjens, Maike; Aimé, Annie – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2023
The present study sought to examine the psychometric properties of the French and German versions of the Physical Self-Concept Questionnaire for Elementary School Children-Revised (PSCQ-C-R). A sample of 519 children participated in this study. Of those, 197 were French-Canadian and 322 were German. Results support the factor validity and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Self Concept, Human Body, Questionnaires
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Ennigkeit, Fabienne; Hänsel, Frank – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2018
The purpose of the present study was to examine the factorial and convergent validity of the German translation of the Exercise Identity Scale (EIS; Anderson & Cychosz, 1994). We introduce a bifactor model as a possible alternative to the previously discussed one- and two-factor models. Using an online study with 530 participants, our results…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Validity, Adults, Exercise
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Schat, Esther; van der Knaap, Ewout; de Graaff, Rick – Intercultural Communication Education, 2021
Intercultural competence is a crucial element of foreign language education, yet the multifaceted nature of this construct makes it inherently difficult to assess. Although several tools for evaluating intercultural competence currently exist, research on their use in secondary school settings is scarce. This study reports on the development and…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Communicative Competence (Languages), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Leana-Tascilar, Marilena Z. – College Student Journal, 2015
Person-environment interactions are the main focus in Actiotope Model of Giftedness. This is a very new approach for Turkey, which generally uses old versions of intelligence test for identification. In Actiotope Model of Giftedness instead of cognitive identification the focus is on the resources (educational and learning capital) that provide…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Turkish, Test Validity, Factor Structure
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Sparfeldt, Jorn R.; Rost, Detlef H.; Baumeister, Ulrike M.; Christ, Oliver – Learning and Individual Differences, 2013
The distinction of different test anxiety reactions (e.g., worry, emotionality) is well established. Recently, additional relevance has been given to school-subject-specific test anxiety factors. The present study explored a further aspect concerning the structure of test anxiety experiences, specifically oral versus written examination modes. A…
Descriptors: Validity, Measures (Individuals), Grade 9, Test Anxiety
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Bienstein, Pia; Nussbeck, Susanne – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2009
The psychometric properties of a German version of the Questions About Behavioral Function Scale (QABF) (Matson & Vollmer, 1995) were examined in a sample of 522 individuals with intellectual disabilities residing in large facilities participated. The factor structure was first examined by exploratory factor analysis, yielding a…
Descriptors: Self Destructive Behavior, Mental Retardation, Interrater Reliability, Factor Structure
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Bates, Reid; Kauffeld, Simone; Holton, Elwood F., III – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this research is to examine the construct and predictive ability of a German version of the Learning Transfer Systems Inventory (GLTSI), an instrument designed to assess a constellation of 16 factors known to influence the transfer of training in work settings. Design/methodology/approach: The survey data for this study was…
Descriptors: Private Sector, Social Desirability, Construct Validity, Predictive Validity
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Eckes, Thomas; Grotjahn, Rudiger – Language Testing, 2006
What C-tests actually measure has been an issue of debate for many years. In the present research, the authors examined the hypothesis that C-tests measure general language proficiency. A total of 843 participants from four independent samples took a German C-test along with the TestDaF (Test of German as a Foreign Language). Rasch measurement…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Language Proficiency, German, Factor Analysis
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Griesel, Dorothee; Wessa, Michele; Flor, Herta – Psychological Assessment, 2006
In the present study, the psychometric properties of the German version of the Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale (PTDS; A. Ehlers, R. Steil, H. Winter, & E. B. Foa, 1996) were evaluated in a sample of 143 trauma survivors. To investigate convergent and discriminant validity of this questionnaire, the authors assessed posttraumatic stress disorder…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Test Validity, Anxiety
Raatz, Ulrich – 1984
This study describes the convergent, divergent, and factorial validity of a German C-Test in two parallel versions for German pupils in the fifth grade. The study investigated (1) the correlation between the C-Tests and the school grades in German, grammar, and English and with other language tests (convergent validity); (2) the correlation…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Cloze Procedure, Elementary Education, Factor Analysis