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Hosseini, Seyed Ruhollah; Tabbassi, Saeideh Saffar; Mosaferi, Simin; Mousavinezad, Seyyed Hossein; Nooripour, Roghieh; Firoozabadi, Abbas; Ghanbari, Nikzad – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
Psychotic-like experiences (PLEs), or subclinical hallucinations and delusions, are common symptoms among young adults. Therefore, the current study aimed to assess the psychometric properties of the Psychotic-Like Experiences Questionnaire for Children (PLEQ-C) in Iranian school students. The study method was cross-sectional, and the population…
Descriptors: Indo European Languages, Psychosis, Questionnaires, Psychometrics
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Franco-Martínez, Alicia; Alvarado, Jesús M.; Sorrel, Miguel A. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2023
A sample suffers range restriction (RR) when its variance is reduced comparing with its population variance and, in turn, it fails representing such population. If the RR occurs over the latent factor, not directly over the observed variable, the researcher deals with an indirect RR, common when using convenience samples. This work explores how…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Scores, Sampling
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Estrada Aguilar, Leonardo Mario; Yoong Parraga, Cristina Edith; Bustamante Gracia, Karen Stefanie – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop and validate a context-specific scale to assess faculty job satisfaction for Ecuadorian higher education institutions. Design/methodology/approach: A draft questionnaire was developed after reviewing the literature. Then, following a pilot study the questionnaire was administered to a stratified…
Descriptors: Test Construction, College Faculty, Job Satisfaction, Questionnaires
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Yilmaz, Ömer – International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research, 2023
The aim of this research is to adapt the job stress scale developed by Parker in 1983 into Turkish and to conduct a validity and reliability study. Exploratory factor analysis of the job stress scale was conducted on a sample of 167 teachers and confirmatory factor analysis was carried out on a sample of 185 teachers. The 13-item scale was first…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Job Satisfaction, Stress Variables, Turkish
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Branscum, Ann M.; Park, Anna E.; Bihm, Elson M.; Murphy, John J.; Furlong, Michael J. – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
The Social and Emotional Health Survey-Secondary (SEHS-S) is a widely used self-report measure of adolescents' strengths and positive mental health. However, the SEHS-S does not have a proxy (i.e., parent) informant version. A parent form of the SEHS-S could allow school psychologists to gather additional information about students' strengths for…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Mental Health, Parent Attitudes
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Anderson, Lezli Suzanne; McCallum, R. Steve; Castleman, David M.; Fast, Michelle – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
Data collected from 97 educators provide preliminary support for the psychometric integrity of an experimental self-report instrument designed to operationalize emotional intelligence (EI) specifically for educators, the Scale of Emotional Functioning: Educators, or SEF:ED. Data analyses relied in part on results from an exploratory factor…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Emotional Intelligence, Test Construction, Test Validity
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So, Byung Han; Kim, Ji Hyun; Ro, Yun Jeong; Song, Ji Hoon – European Journal of Training and Development, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop a reliable and valid measurement scale of employee engagement that can be used in human resources departments in any industry field. Design/methodology/approach: This study used the measurement development process with three steps. The first step was to generate items for measuring employee…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Employee Attitudes, Test Validity, Foreign Countries
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Baydas Onlu, Ozlem; Abdusselam, Mustafa Serkan; Yilmaz, Rabia Meryem – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2022
This study aimed to develop the "Students' Perception of Instructional Feedback Scale" (SPIFS) determining a framework related to the perception of instructional feedback by students. The sequential exploratory mixed method was used in the study. The study was conducted during the instructional design course offered to sophomores in the…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Feedback (Response), Test Validity, Test Reliability
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Botes, Elouise; van der Westhuizen, Lindie; Dewaele, Jean-Marc; MacIntyre, Peter; Greiff, Samuel – Applied Linguistics, 2022
Foreign language classroom anxiety (FLCA) is a popular construct in applied linguistics research, traditionally measured with the 33-item Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS). However, recent studies have started utilizing the eight-item Short-Form FLCAS (S-FLCAS). There is therefore a need, which this study addressed in five…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Second Language Learning, Anxiety, Measures (Individuals)
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Baysal, Emine Akkas; Ocak, Gürbüz – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2022
This study aimed to develop a reliable and valid scale to reveal the cognitive biases of university students in context of analytical thinking skills. During scale development process, firstly, a 5-point Likert type scale pre-trial form consisting of 60 items was created. The pre-trial form was applied to 450 students in Afyon Kocatepe University.…
Descriptors: College Students, Thinking Skills, Test Reliability, Test Validity
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Kogar, Hakan – International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2022
The purpose of this study is to identify which scale short-form development method produces better findings in different factor structures. A simulation study was designed based on this purpose. Three different factor structures and three simulation conditions were selected. As the findings of this simulation study, the model-data fit and…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Measures (Individuals), Factor Structure, Test Reliability
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Taha O. Alkursheh – Journal of Pedagogical Research, 2024
The importance of understanding student attitudes has become paramount in the successful deployment of blended learning. This study aimed to examine the factorial structure of a scale designed to assess university students' attitudes towards blended learning. Using a descriptive quantitative research approach, the study included a sample of 889…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Validity, Attitude Measures, Student Attitudes
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Khalid ALMamari – International Journal of Testing, 2024
The Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ) measures a wide range of personality traits associated with affect and temperament. However, the lengthy administration time may have hindered its widespread use in personality research. The National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS) has adapted a short version of the…
Descriptors: Personality Measures, Questionnaires, Construct Validity, Test Reliability
Kelly Francis – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The current study involved the development, scaling, and validation of a new, brief, strength-based measure of children's ecological support, as rated by their parents. The scaling and validation of the Child and Youth Ecological Assets Scale--Parent Form (C-YEAS-P) took place through two studies. The first study involved 500 parents who were…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Test Construction, Ability, Children
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Ana Paula Porto Noronha; Leandro S. Almeida; Caroline T. Reppold – International Journal of Testing, 2024
"Grit" is a stable and measurable trait. It refers to the individual's ability to maintain efforts and interest in projects that take time to complete and are useful in educational contexts. In this study we investigated the validity of a short version of the Grit |International Assessment Scale, Portuguese Version (EAGrit-LP) based on…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Psychological Evaluation, Higher Education, Psychometrics
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