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Luo, Ye; Watson, Joshua C.; Lenz, A. Stephen – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2021
This study provided preliminary evidence for a new Social Media Identity Distress Scale (SMIDS) using two subsamples of emerging adults (18-25 years of age) from Amazon Turk (each n = 373). The factor analysis revealed a single-factor scale explaining 72.9% of the variance in the items and supported a 20-item version of the original 66-item…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Social Media, Young Adults
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Moore, C. Missy; Foxx, Sejal Parikh – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2021
Using a multiphased and mixed method approach to instrument development, the ISS-C was composed of 16 items extracted into four factors, which demonstrated adequate model fit. The ISS-C scores showed good internal consistency, convergent validity, and temporal stability, while some aspects of discriminant validity remain suboptimal.
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Anxiety, Counselors, Test Validity
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Pederson, Cathy L.; Gorman-Ezell, Kathleen; Hochstetler Mayer, Greta; Brookings, Jeffrey B. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2021
The Suicide Screening Tool for Chronic Illness assesses suicide risk for persons with chronic, "invisible" illnesses. From an initial pool of 31 items, internal consistency, Rasch, and exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses produced a 14-item scale that is unidimensional, internally consistent, and correlated with measures of…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Screening Tests, At Risk Persons