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Subjective Well-Being of Gifted American College Students: An Examination of Psychometric Properties of the PWI-A
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Sayler, Micheal F.; Boazman, Janette; Natesan, Prathiba; Periathiruvadi, Sita – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2015
This study examined the psychometric properties of the Personal Well-being Index for Adults (PWI-A), a measure of subjective well-being. The study used data from 533 high-ability American college students: honors students and participants in an early college entrance program. In earlier studies using the PWI-A, the instrument appeared to show…
Descriptors: Well Being, Academically Gifted, College Students, Psychometrics
Exploring the Underlying Factor Structure of the Parent Reading Belief Inventory (PRBI): Some Caveats
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Gonzalez, Jorge E.; Taylor, Aaron B.; Davis, Matthew J.; Kim, Minjung – Early Education and Development, 2013
Research Findings: The present study explored the underlying factor structure proposed a priori by the developer of the Parent Reading Belief Inventory (PRBI: B. D. DeBaryshe, 1995) using a local independent sample. The PRBI was developed to assess maternal beliefs about reading aloud to children and was designed to measure attitudes, perceptions,…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Parent Attitudes, Measures (Individuals), Reading Aloud to Others
Understanding Criminals' Thinking: Further Examination of the Measure of Offender Thinking Styles-Revised
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Mandracchia, Jon T.; Morgan, Robert D. – Assessment, 2011
The Measure of Offender Thinking Styles (MOTS) was originally developed to examine the structure of dysfunctional thinking exhibited by criminal offenders. In the initial investigation, a three-factor model of criminal thinking was obtained using the MOTS. These factors included dysfunctional thinking characterized as Control, Cognitive…
Descriptors: Criminals, Test Validity, Factor Structure, Factor Analysis
Factor Structure of the Acute Stress Disorder Scale in a Sample of Hurricane Katrina Evacuees
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Edmondson, Donald; Mills, Mary Alice; Park, Crystal L. – Psychological Assessment, 2010
Acute stress disorder (ASD) is a poorly understood and controversial diagnosis (A. G. Harvey & R. A. Bryant, 2002). The present study used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to test the factor structure of the most widely used self-report measure of ASD, the Acute Stress Disorder Scale (R. A. Bryant, M. L. Moulds, & R. M. Guthrie, 2000),…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals), Emergency Shelters, Factor Analysis