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Arens, A. Katrin; Hasselhorn, Marcus – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2015
This study aimed to address two underexplored research questions regarding support for the separation between competence and affect self-perceptions due to differential relations to outcome criteria. First, it is tested whether higher relations between affect self-perceptions and effort than between competence self-perceptions and effort can also…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Factor Analysis, Elementary School Students, Generalization
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Ockey, Gary J.; Abercrombie, Sara – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2013
For decades, research has indicated that preadolescents' self-concept is comprised of subject-specific academic factors, a general academic factor, and several nonacademic factors. More recently, there have been some indications that academic self-concept might further be differentiated into competence and affect factors, at least for some…
Descriptors: Preadolescents, Self Concept, Competence, Affective Behavior
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Tezer, Murat; Ozcan, Deniz – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2015
Attitudes of the students towards mathematics lessons are very important in terms of their success and motivation. The purpose of this study is to develop a scale for the assessment of primary school students' attitudes towards mathematics courses in the 2nd and 3rd grades, to analyse its validity-reliability structure and to determine the…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Validity, Reliability, Student Attitudes
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Bushman, Bryan B.; Crowley, Susan L. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2010
Although studies investigating the validity of positive affectivity and negative affectivity in children have been supportive, investigations of changes in the structure of affect across childhood have demonstrated mixed results. The current study used confirmatory factor analytic techniques to test one-factor, two-factor correlated, and…
Descriptors: Investigations, Affective Behavior, Grade 6, Evaluation Methods
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Albiero, Paolo; Matricardi, Giada; Speltri, Daniela; Toso, Diana – Journal of Adolescence, 2009
The present study examined the validity of the Basic Empathy Scale (BES) [Jolliffe, D., & Farrington, D. P. (2006a). Development and validation of the Basic Empathy Scale. "Journal of Adolescence," 29, 589-611; Jolliffe, D., & Farrington, D. P. (2006b). Examining the relationship between low empathy and bullying. "Aggressive…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Aggression, Factor Structure, Adolescents
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Lynch, Mervin D.; Foley-Peres, Kathleen; Sullivan, Stefanie – Educational Research Quarterly, 2008
The purposes of the present study were to develop and validate a mood scale measure for elementary grade school children. Graduate students generated a sampling of mood state items, 30 to use in a pilot study and 60 to use in a study to develop and validate this scale. Ratings were obtained on five point scale choices on each of the items from a…
Descriptors: Test Reliability, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis, Anxiety