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Direct linkCarreiras, Diogo; Guilherme, Mariana; Cunha, Marina; Castilho, Paula – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2023
Self-disgust is a complex emotion related to feeling aversion or revulsion about internal and personal physical attributes, personality, functioning and behaviours. The aim of the present study was to adapt, validate and examine the psychometric properties of the Multidimensional Self-Disgust Scale, in a sample of Portuguese adolescents (MSDS-A).…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Concept, Emotional Response, Individual Characteristics
Rodrigues, Pedro F. S.; Pandeirada, Josefa N. S.; Bem-Haja, Pedro; França, Joana – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2021
We present an initial validation of the State Anxiety Scale for Children (SASC) for Portuguese children and adolescents. No significant differences were found between sexes and among school cycle groups. The data revealed good psychometric properties and the 'anxiety-absent' and 'anxiety-present' factors were confirmed. Potential applications of…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Stress Variables, Children, Adolescents
Inman, Richard A.; Costa, Pedro J. C.; Moreira, Paulo A. S. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2023
The study aimed to test the psychometric properties of a Portuguese adaptation of the "Adolescent Students' Basic Psychological Needs at School Scale" (ASBPNSS). For this, we used data from a sample of eighth graders (N = 1648; M[[subscript age] = 14.1 years; 46.9% girls) from Portugal. Cronbach alpha and omega coefficients showed the…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Psychological Needs
Moreira, Paulo; Moreira, Fátima; Cunha, Diana; Inman, Richard A. – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2020
The Transtheoretical Model (TTM) conceptualizes change as a process with five identifiable stages. Each stage has psychological characteristics that are manifestations of an underlying continuum of change. Surprisingly few studies have applied the TTM to understand the process involved with academic development. The objective of this study was to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Measures (Individuals), Academic Achievement, Change
Download full textMorgado, Sofia; Leite, Laurinda; Dourado, Luís – Journal of Turkish Science Education, 2022
Contextualised learning is required for learners to master successfully the 'big ideas' of science and to perceive the relevance of science education. Science curricula can either foster or impair teaching for contextualised learning depending on what science they plan to be taught and the way they recommend this to be done. This paper presents an…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Curriculum, Check Lists, Science Teachers
Rosário Serrão; Pedro Dias; Ana Andrés; Mhairi Bowe; Tyler Renshaw – School Mental Health, 2024
School-based universal well-being screening is proposed within the Multi-tiered Systems of Support approach to collect data on school and individual well-being. Universal screening allows for data-based informed decision, allocating each pupil or set of pupils in universal, selective and/or indicated structured interventions and supports. However,…
Descriptors: Well Being, Screening Tests, Test Validity, Questionnaires
Pereira, Paulo; Santos, Fernando; Marinho, Daniel A. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2023
Purpose: To validate the English version of the L'Echelle de Perception du Climat Motivational within a Portuguese context and analyze students' perceptions of the motivational climate in physical education and its relationship to demographic variables, participation in extracurricular sports, and students' grades. Methods: A total of 476…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation, Physical Education
Kankaraš, Miloš; Feron, Eva; Renbarger, Rachel – OECD Publishing, 2019
Triangulation -- a combined use of different assessment methods or sources to evaluate psychological constructs -- is still a rarely used assessment approach in spite of its potential in overcoming inherent constraints of individual assessment methods. This paper uses field test data from a new OECD Study on Social and Emotional Skills to examine…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Emotional Intelligence, Evaluation Methods, Student Evaluation
Marques, Susana C.; Lopez, Shane J.; Fontaine, Anne Marie; Coimbra, Susana; Mitchell, Joanna – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2014
C. R. Snyder conceptualized hope as a cognitive construct that reflects people's motivation and capacity to strive toward personally relevant goals. Using this definition, Snyder and colleagues developed and validated the Hope Scale (HS). This study is the first study to examine the psychometric properties of the HS in a sample of high school…
Descriptors: Portuguese, High School Students, Psychometrics, Psychological Patterns
Freitas, Pedro; Nunes, Luís Catela; Balcão Reis, Ana; Seabra, Carmo; Ferro, Adriana – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2016
The results of large-scale international assessments such as Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) have attracted a considerable attention worldwide and are often used by policy-makers to support educational policies. To ensure that the published results represent the actual population, these surveys go through a thorough scrutiny…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Student Characteristics, Weighted Scores, Evaluation Problems
Lam, Shui-fong; Jimerson, Shane; Wong, Bernard P. H.; Kikas, Eve; Shin, Hyeonsook; Veiga, Feliciano H.; Hatzichristou, Chryse; Polychroni, Fotini; Cefai, Carmel; Negovan, Valeria; Stanculescu, Elena; Yang, Hongfei; Liu, Yi; Basnett, Julie; Duck, Robert; Farrell, Peter; Nelson, Brett; Zollneritsch, Josef – School Psychology Quarterly, 2014
The objective of the present study was to develop a scale that is appropriate for use internationally to measure affective, behavioral, and cognitive dimensions of student engagement. Psychometric properties of this scale were examined with data of 3,420 students (7th, 8th, and 9th grade) from 12 countries (Austria, Canada, China, Cyprus, Estonia,…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Foreign Countries, Learner Engagement, Psychometrics
DiPaola, Michael F.; da Costa Neves, Paula Maria Mendes – Journal of Educational Administration, 2009
Purpose: Organizational citizenship behaviors (OCB) have been studied in both private and public sector organizations in countries around the globe. The purpose of this study is to compare the perceptions of the OCB construct between American and Portuguese public secondary school teachers and test an operational measure of the construct for…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Behavior, Prosocial Behavior
