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Cristian Zanon; Nan Zhao; Nursel Topkaya; Ertugrul Sahin; David L. Vogel; Melissa M. Ertl; Samineh Sanatkar; Hsin-Ya Liao; Mark Rubin; Makilim N. Baptista; Winnie W. S. Mak; Fatima Rashed Al-Darmaki; Georg Schomerus; Ying-Fen Wang; Dalia Nasvytiene – International Journal of Testing, 2025
Examinations of the internal structure of the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21) have yielded inconsistent conclusions within and across cultural contexts. This study examined the dimensionality and reliability of the DASS-21 across three theoretically plausible factor structures (i.e., unidimensional, oblique three-factor, and…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Depression (Psychology), Psychometrics, Cultural Context
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King, Ronnel B.; Watkins, David A. – International Journal of Testing, 2013
The aim of this study is to assess the cross-cultural applicability of the Chinese version of the Inventory of School Motivation (ISM; McInerney & Sinclair, 1991) in the Hong Kong context using both within-network and between-network approaches to construct validation. The ISM measures four types of achievement goals: mastery, performance,…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Reliability, Learning Motivation, Foreign Countries
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Lee, John Chi-kin; Yin, Hongbiao; Zhang, Zhonghua – International Journal of Testing, 2010
This article reports the adaptation and analysis of Pintrich's Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) in Hong Kong. First, this study examined the psychometric qualities of the existing Chinese version of MSLQ (MSLQ-CV). Based on this examination, this study developed a revised Chinese version of MSLQ (MSLQ-RCV) for junior…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Psychometrics, Secondary School Students
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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
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Maggi, Stefania – International Journal of Testing, 2001
Developed an Italian version of the Self-Description Questionnaire (SDQ-III) and studied the reliability and factorial validity of this translated instrument. Results show that the translated version has psychometric properties similar to those of the original English version. (SLD)
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Foreign Countries, Psychometrics, Reliability
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Byrne, Barbara M.; Stewart, Sunita M.; Lee, Peter W. H. – International Journal of Testing, 2004
The primary purpose of this study was to test for the validity of a Chinese version of the Beck Depression Inventory-II (C-BDI-II) for use with Hong Kong community (i.e., nonclinical) adolescents. Based on a randomized triadic split of the data (N = 1460), we conducted exploratory factor analysis on Group1 (n = 486) and confirmatory factor…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Structural Equation Models, Reliability