ERIC Number: EJ1429412
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Jul
Pages: 8
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ISSN: ISSN-1532-8759
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Examining the Psychometric Properties of the Student Behavior Checklist-Brief's Subject Scores: Tests of Measurement Invariance
Jake C. Steggerda; Sandra Yu Rueger; Ana J. Bridges
Children & Schools, v46 n3 p175-182 2024
Authors evaluated the Student Behavior Checklist-Brief (SBC-B) to test whether teacher-reports of student learning approach (i.e., learned helplessness [LH] and mastery orientation [MO]) were invariant across academic subjects. The current sample includes ethnically diverse seventh and eighth grade students (N = 145; 53 percent male) and six teams of five teachers for the core academic subjects. Authors conducted confirmatory factor analyses and measurement invariance tests on ratings for each of the subject-specific SBC-B measures and total SBC-B ratings that were not subject-specific. Results supported full measurement invariance across academic subjects. This evidence supporting the SBC-B's psychometric properties across subjects increases confidence in using the measure in research and clinical settings to identify youth with tendencies toward LH or MO and explore how LH/MO relate to academic functioning and experiences of internalizing symptoms.
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Student Behavior, Check Lists, Scores, Error of Measurement, Middle School Students, Grade 7, Grade 8, Factor Analysis, Helplessness, Mastery Learning
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Elementary Education; Grade 7; Grade 8
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Language: English
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