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Direct linkSchwartz, Jonathan Peter; Kelley, Frances A.; Kohli, Nidhi – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
The development and initial psychometric investigation of the Dating Attitudes Inventory (DAI) is reported. The DAI was created, to fill a gap in the literature and to measure specific masculine ideology and traditional gender attitudes that rationalize the abuse of women. Using a sample (n = 164) of male college students, a 20-item measure was…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Psychometrics, College Students, Dating (Social)
Morean, Meghan E.; Corbin, William R.; Treat, Teresa A. – Psychological Assessment, 2012
Alcohol expectancy (AEs) research has enhanced our understanding of how anticipated alcohol effects confer risk for heavy drinking and alcohol-related problems. However, extant AE measures have limitations within 1 or more of the following areas: assessing a comprehensive range of effects, specifying the hypothetical number of drinks consumed,…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Alcohol Abuse, Psychometrics, Young Adults
Gilbert, Paul A.; Rhodes, Scott D. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2012
Social support is protective for a variety of health outcomes, and individuals living outside their country of origin ("sojourners") might use social support in distinctive ways. The authors performed a confirmatory factor analysis of the 18-item Index of Sojourner Social Support (ISSS) using data obtained from 190 Spanish-speaking…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Reliability, Factor Structure, Factor Analysis
Download full textSockalingam, Nachamma; Rotgans, Jerome; Schmidt, Henk – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2012
This study evaluated the construct validity and reliability of a newly devised 32-item problem quality rating scale intended to measure the quality of problems in problem-based learning. The rating scale measured the following five characteristics of problems: the extent to which the problem (1) leads to learning objectives, (2) is familiar, (3)…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Problem Based Learning, Rating Scales, Factor Analysis
Demirkasimoglu, Nihan; Aydin, Inayet; Erdogan, Cetin; Akin, Ugur – Educational Studies, 2012
The main aim of this research is to examine teachers' opinions about functions of school rules, reasons for rule-breaking and results of rule-breaking in relation to their locus of control, gender, age, seniority and branch. 350 public elementary school teachers in Ankara are included in the correlational survey model study. According to the…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Opinions, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Cam, Aylin; Topcu, Mustafa Sami; Sulun, Yusuf; Guven, Gokhan; Arabacioglu, Sertac – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2012
The purpose of this study was to translate the original version of the Epistemic Belief Inventory developed by Schraw, Bendixen, and Dunkle (2002) for pre-service teachers in a Turkish context and validate its construct. Studies on the epistemological beliefs of Turkish students have been heretofore limited in number and have been largely…
Descriptors: Expertise, Beliefs, Measures (Individuals), Epistemology
Whitt, Ahmed; Howard, Matthew O. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2012
Objectives: The Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) is widely used in juvenile justice settings; however, little is known regarding its factor structure in antisocial youth. The authors evaluated the BSI factor structure in a state residential treatment population. Methods: 707 adolescents completed the BSI. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Suicide, Factor Structure, Adolescents
Anzai, Shinobu; Paik, Chie Matsuzawa – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2012
Two-year colleges in Japan have traditionally absorbed the major portion of female college entrants due to long-held gender stereotypes. Recently, Japanese women began to explore selfhood outside the traditional realm of marriage and motherhood. However, two-year colleges in Japan today continue to enroll mostly female students and few male…
Descriptors: Sex Stereotypes, Marriage, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries
Vecchione, Michele; Alessandri, Guido; Barbaranelli, Claudio – Assessment, 2012
This study investigates the measurement equivalence of a five-factor measure of personality across two groups applying for jobs, who completed the same questionnaire using either a paper-and-pencil (n = 429) or a web online answer format (n = 651). The data were collected using the Big Five Questionnaire-2 (BFQ-2; which is a measure of the Five…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Personality Assessment, Computer Assisted Testing, Measures (Individuals)
McEachern, Amber D.; Dishion, Thomas J.; Weaver, Chelsea M.; Shaw, Daniel S.; Wilson, Melvin N.; Gardner, Frances – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2012
The measurement of parenting behaviors is important to the field of psychology and the goal of remediating problematic parenting as a means of reducing child problem behaviors. The Parenting Young Children (PARYC) is a self-report measure designed to address parenting behaviors relevant for the caregivers of young children, and was assessed in…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Caregivers, Validity, Child Rearing
Toplak, Maggie E.; Sorge, Geoff B.; Flora, David B.; Chen, Wai; Banaschewski, Tobias; Buitelaar, Jan; Ebstein, Richard; Eisenberg, Jacques; Franke, Barbara; Gill, Michael; Miranda, Ana; Oades, Robert D.; Roeyers, Herbert; Rothenberger, Aribert; Sergeant, Joseph; Sonuga-Barke, Edmund; Steinhausen, Hans-Christoph; Thompson, Margaret; Tannock, Rosemary; Asherson, Philip; Faraone, Stephen V. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2012
Objective: To examine the factor structure of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in a clinical sample of 1,373 children and adolescents with ADHD and their 1,772 unselected siblings recruited from different countries across a large age range. Hierarchical and correlated factor analytic models were compared separately in the ADHD and…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Siblings, Factor Structure, Adolescents
Pyatt, Kevin; Sims, Rod – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2012
This study investigated the learning dimensions that occur in physical and virtual inquiry-based lab investigations, in first-year secondary chemistry classes. This study took place over a 2 year period and utilized an experimental crossover design which consisted of two separate trials of laboratory investigation. Assessment data and attitudinal…
Descriptors: Investigations, Student Attitudes, Measures (Individuals), Program Effectiveness
Overland, Klara; Thorsen, Arlene Arstad; Storksen, Ingunn – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2012
This Q methodological study explores beliefs of daycare staff and teachers regarding young children's reactions related to divorce. The Q factor analysis resulted in two viewpoints. Participants on the viewpoint "Child problems" believe that children show various emotional and behavioral problems related to divorce, while those on the "Structure…
Descriptors: Divorce, Q Methodology, Factor Analysis, Preschool Teachers
Feeling Disrespected by Parents: Refining the Measurement and Understanding of Psychological Control
Barber, Brian K.; Xia, Mingzhu; Olsen, Joseph A.; McNeely, Clea A.; Bose, Krishna – Journal of Adolescence, 2012
This study investigated parental psychological control of adolescents when construed as disrespect of individuality. First, 120 adolescents from 5 cultures were interviewed and asked to identify specific parental behaviors that communicated to them that they were disrespected as individuals. The interview data were coded and 8 new survey items…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Structural Equation Models, Adolescents, Psychological Patterns
Baytiyeh, Hoda; Naja, Mohamad – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2012
The transition from university to a career in engineering is a challenging process. This study examined the perceptions of engineering graduates regarding the difficulties they encountered in their transition from the university to the workplace. Lebanese practising engineers (n=217), living around the world, were surveyed to identify their…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Graduates, Factor Analysis, Engineering
