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Chonody, Jill M.; Gabb, Jacqui; Killian, Mike; Dunk-West, Priscilla – Research on Social Work Practice, 2018
Objective: This study reports on the operationalization and testing of the newly developed Relationship Quality (RQ) scale, designed to assess an individual's perception of his or her RQ in their current partnership. Methods: Data were generated through extended sampling from an original U.K.-based research project, "Enduring Love? Couple…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Relationship, Measures (Individuals), Test Validity
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Sanders, Jackie; Munford, Robyn; Thimasarn-Anwar, Tewaporn; Liebenberg, Linda – Research on Social Work Practice, 2017
Purpose: This article reports on an examination of the psychometric properties of the 28-item Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM-28). Methods: Exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, Cronbach's a, "t"-tests, correlations, and multivariate analysis of variance were applied to data collected via interviews from 593…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Test Validity, Test Reliability, Factor Analysis
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Kretschmar, Jeff M.; Butcher, Fredrick; Tossone, Krystel; Beale, Bobbi L. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2018
Objective: The aim of this study is to examine the concurrent validity of the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children (TSCC) using associated behavioral health diagnoses. Methods: The sample included 2,544 youth participating in a juvenile justice diversion program for youth with behavioral health issues. Youth received a full diagnostic assessment…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Trauma, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Check Lists
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Zeitlin, Wendy; Claiborne, Nancy; Lawrence, Catherine K.; Auerbach, Charles – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Objective: Organizational climate has emerged as an important factor in understanding and addressing the complexities of providing services in child welfare. This research examines the psychometric properties of each of the dimensions of Parker and colleagues' Psychological Climate Survey in a sample of voluntary child welfare workers. Methods:…
Descriptors: Program Validation, Psychological Evaluation, Psychological Studies, Child Welfare
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Busiol, Diego – Research on Social Work Practice, 2018
Purpose: This study presents the development and initial validation of a Listening Scale (LS) that was used to assess the listening skills of a sample of Hong Kong counseling professionals and the potential penetration of psychoanalysis among this sample. Method: A total of 217 Hong Kong social workers, psychologists, and counselors were surveyed…
Descriptors: Listening Skills, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries, Psychiatry
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Lee, Sang Jung; Gopalan, Geetha; Harrington, Donna – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Objectives: There has been little examination of the structural validity of the Parenting Stress Index--Short Form (PSI-SF) for minority populations in clinical contexts in the Unites States. This study aimed to test prespecified factor structures (one-factor, two-factor, and three-factor models) of the PSI-SF. Methods: This study used…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Stress Variables, Test Validity, Minority Groups
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Oxhandler, Holly K. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2019
Objective: This article describes the validation of the Religious/Spiritually Integrated Process Assessment Scale (RSIPAS) across five helping professions. The RSIPAS was originally developed to measure clinical social workers' self-efficacy, attitudes, perceived feasibility, behaviors, and overall orientation toward integrating clients' religion…
Descriptors: Religion, Social Work, Caseworkers, Self Efficacy
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Minter, Anthony; Pritzker, Suzanne – Research on Social Work Practice, 2017
Objective: This study examines the psychometric strength, including cross-ethnic validity, of two subscales of Muris' Self-Efficacy Questionnaire for Children: Academic Self-Efficacy (ASE) and Social Self-Efficacy (SSE). Methods: A large ethnically diverse sample of 3,358 early and late adolescents completed surveys including the ASE and SSE.…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Self Efficacy, Psychometrics, Test Validity
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Min, Meeyoung O.; Kim, June-Yung; Olgac, Tugba; Francis, Meredith W.; Shon, En-Jung; Yoon, Dalhee – Research on Social Work Practice, 2018
Objective: This study examined the factor structure and psychometric properties of the Urban Hassles Index (UHI). Method: Exploratory factor analyses (EFAs) were conducted via principal axis factoring extraction method. Confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to evaluate the fit of the EFA-derived model using the weighted least squares…
Descriptors: Urban Youth, Adolescents, Factor Structure, Factor Analysis
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McCrae, Julie S.; Brown, Samantha M. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2018
Purpose: The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act requires child welfare agencies to have provisions in place to refer young children to early intervention services, yet the socioemotional health needs of children are often challenging to recognize and treat effectively. This study reviews the substantive and psychometric properties of…
Descriptors: Child Neglect, Child Abuse, Federal Legislation, Federal Aid
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Nsonwu, Maura Busch; Welch-Brewer, Chiquitia; Heffron, Laurie Cook; Lemke, Melinda A.; Busch-Armendariz, Noel; Sulley, Caitlin; Cook, Sharon Warren; Lewis, Mary; Watson, Elizabeth; Moore, Wayne; Li, Jilan – Research on Social Work Practice, 2017
Objective: This study sought to develop and evaluate the psychometric properties of a tool designed to assess social work students' knowledge of and perceptions and attitudes toward human trafficking. To achieve this aim, the Perceptions, Knowledge, and Attitudes toward Human Trafficking Questionnaire (PKA-HTQ) was developed and its psychometric…
Descriptors: Social Work, Questionnaires, Test Construction, Test Validity
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Sun, Qian; Lou, Vivian Weiqun; Law, Ben M. F. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2018
Purpose: This study examined the development and validation of the Effectiveness Scale of Child Familial Influencing Behavior. This measurement is constructed to evaluate the effectiveness of child familial influencing behaviors within three-generational relationships. Methods: The effectiveness of child familial influencing behaviors was rated by…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Child Behavior, Test Construction, Test Validity
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Chui, Wing Hong; Wu, Joseph; Kwok, Yan Yuen; Liu, Liu – Research on Social Work Practice, 2017
This study examined the factor structure, reliability, and validity of the first part of the Chinese version of the CRIME-PICS II Scale, a self-administrated instrument assessing offending-related attitudes. Data were collected from three samples: male Hong Kong young offenders, female Mainland Chinese prisoners, and Hong Kong college students.…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Questionnaires, Crime, Factor Structure
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Prost, Stephanie Grace – Research on Social Work Practice, 2017
Purpose: It is critical to assess hospice professionals' discrimination between adaptive and maladaptive reactions to terminal illness in persons at the end-of-life to assure targeted intervention aimed at maintaining quality of life. The proposed measure, the Hospice Professionals Understanding of Preparatory Grief scale (HPPG), contains…
Descriptors: Grief, Measures (Individuals), Test Construction, Program Validation
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Young, Daniel Kim-Wan; Ng, Petrus Y. N.; Pan, Jia-Yan; Cheng, Daphne – Research on Social Work Practice, 2017
Purpose: This study aims to translate and test the reliability and validity of the Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness-Cantonese (ISMI-C). Methods: The original English version of ISMI is translated into the ISMI-C by going through forward and backward translation procedure. A cross-sectional research design is adopted that involved 295…
Descriptors: Self Concept Measures, Mental Disorders, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Test Reliability
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