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Stages of Change in Physical Activity: A Validation Study in Late Adolescence
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Parker, Philip D.; Martin, Andrew J.; Martinez, Carissa; Marsh, Herbert W.; Jackson, Susan A. – Health Education & Behavior, 2010
The present study explores the validity of a recent stages of change (SoC) measure and algorithm among a sample of late adolescents. MANOVA and structural equation modeling are used to assess the relationship between five SoC groups (precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance) and a set of dependent measures including…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Structural Equation Models, Physical Activity Level, Construct Validity
The Self-Description Questionnaire II and Gifted Students; Another Look at Plucker, Taylor, Callahan, and Tomchin's (1997) "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall."
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Marsh, Herbert W.; Plucker, Jonathan A.; Stocking, Vicki B. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2001
Reanalyzed data from the Self-Description Questionnaire II (SDQII) from an earlier study of 376 gifted students, and a new study of 837 gifted students to explore alternative approaches to missing data and data normalization. Results strongly support the construct validity of responses to the SDQII by gifted adolescents. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Construct Validity, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
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Marsh, Herbert W. – International Journal of Educational Research, 1987
The validity of students' evaluations of university teacher effectiveness must be demonstrated through a construct validation approach. Empirical relations between students' evaluations of teaching effectiveness (such as the Students' Evaluation of Educational Quality instrument) and other indicators of effective teaching are examined. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Students, Construct Validity, Postsecondary Education, Professors
Academic Resilience and Its Psychological and Educational Correlates: A Construct Validity Approach
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Martin, Andrew J.; Marsh, Herbert W. – Psychology in the Schools, 2006
This study examines educational and psychological correlates of academic resilience using within-network and between-network validity approaches. Based on a sample of 402 Australian high-school students, a newly developed unidimensional academic resilience construct found within-network validity by way of sound item and factor properties. In terms…
Descriptors: Psychology, Academic Persistence, Validity, Self Efficacy