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Examining the Construct Validity of the MIDUS Version of the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ)
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Khalid ALMamari – International Journal of Testing, 2024
The Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ) measures a wide range of personality traits associated with affect and temperament. However, the lengthy administration time may have hindered its widespread use in personality research. The National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS) has adapted a short version of the…
Descriptors: Personality Measures, Questionnaires, Construct Validity, Test Reliability
Multidimensionality and Measurement Invariance of the Revised Developmental Work Personality Scale
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Wu, Rongxiu; Chiu, Chungyi; Dueber, David; Park, Mirang; Lange, Dustin; Umucu, Emre; Strauser, David – International Journal of Testing, 2023
The current study examined the factor structure, measurement invariance, and construct validity of the 14-item Revised Developmental Work Personality Scale (RDWPS) using a sample of 603 college students in a Midwest university of the United States. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis results indicated that the 11-item RDWPS resulted in a…
Descriptors: Test Validity, College Students, Gender Differences, Personality Traits
Beyond Group Comparisons: Accounting for Intersectional Sources of Bias in International Survey Measures
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Rujun Xu; James Soland – International Journal of Testing, 2024
International surveys are increasingly being used to understand nonacademic outcomes like math and science motivation, and to inform education policy changes within countries. Such instruments assume that the measure works consistently across countries, ethnicities, and languages--that is, they assume measurement invariance. While studies have…
Descriptors: Surveys, Statistical Bias, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries
Achievement Motivation among Chinese and Australian School Students: Assessing Differences of Kind and Differences of Degree
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Martin, Andrew J.; Hau, Kit-Tai – International Journal of Testing, 2010
The present study explored motivation and engagement among Chinese and Australian school students. Based on a sample of 528 Hong Kong Chinese 12-13 year olds and an archive sample of 6,366 Australian 12-13 year olds, achievement motivation was assessed using the Motivation and Engagement Scale-High School (MES-HS). Confirmatory factor analysis and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Need, Student Motivation, Learner Engagement
Revision and Development of a Coping Checklist for Sport Based on Test Administration Immediately Following Participation
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Haney, Colleen J. – International Journal of Testing, 2004
The purpose of this study was to revise and develop a coping checklist for sport. A higher order factor (engagement and disengagement coping) was identified to examine coping in sport situations. A revised 50-item Ways of Coping Checklist (WCC) was administered to 106 female athletes immediately after they had participated in a sport competition.…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Coping, Factor Structure, Testing
Adapting and Validating the BarOn EQ?i:YV in the Lebanese Context
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El Hassan, Karma; El Sader, Maliha – International Journal of Testing, 2005
The purpose of this study was to adapt and validate the BarOn Emotional Quotient Inventory: Youth Version (BarOn EQ?i:YV), a measure of emotional intelligence, in the Lebanese context. The scale was translated and adapted into Arabic using a 3-step process involving judgmental, logical, and empirical methods. It was then administered to a…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Semitic Languages, Psychometrics, Age Differences