Factorial invariance of pediatric patient self-reported fatigue across age and gender: a multigroup confirmatory factor analysis approach utilizing the PedsQL™ Multidimensional Fatigue Scale

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (9) ◽  
pp. 2581-2594 ◽  
Author(s):  
James W. Varni ◽  
A. Alexander Beaujean ◽  
Christine A. Limbers
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Pediatric Patient ◽  
Factorial Invariance ◽  
Analysis Approach ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Multidimensional Fatigue Scale ◽  
Multigroup Confirmatory Factor Analysis

Composite Respect for Animals Scale

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 505-525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph Randler ◽  
Janine Binngießer ◽  
Christian Vollmer
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Convenient Method ◽  
Meat Consumption ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
And Gender

AbstractA valid and convenient method to measure nonhuman animal attitudes contributes to feasible survey studies and the evaluation of educational programs. There are established scales for measuring animal attitudes but only some have acceptable psychometric properties: others address only a small fraction of the constructs, and some are overly long. We therefore aimed to develop a short, practicable measurement of animal attitudes that contains the constructs developed previously. Two studies were conducted: in the first one, 127 items were subjected to an exploratory factor analysis, which extracted 51 items in 10 factors. The scale was reduced to 20 items retaining all of the initial constructs with 13 positive and 7 negative items, which were subjected to a confirmatory factor analysis in study 2. Correlations with personality, meat consumption, age, and gender provide evidence for validity. We suggest using this short, unidimensional Composite Respect for Animals Scale covering a broad construct.

scholarly journals Measurement Invariance of the Brief Resilient Coping Scale (BRCS) in Peruvian and Spanish Older Adults

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose M. Tomas ◽  
Tomás Caycho-Rodríguez ◽  
José Ventura-León ◽  
Patricia Sancho ◽  
Cirilo H. García ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Structure Factor ◽  
Applied Research ◽  
Factorial Invariance ◽  
Scalar Invariant ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Coping Scale ◽  
Multigroup Confirmatory Factor Analysis

AbstractAlthough the Brief Resilient Coping Scale (BRCS) has been validated in some European and American countries, there are no studies that evaluate its factorial invariance among different nations. In this sense, the objective of the study is to evaluate the factorial invariance of the BRCS in samples of older adults in Peru and Spain, using multigroup Confirmatory Factor Analysis. 236 older adults from Peru participated (Mean age = 72.8, SD = 6.90) and 133 older adults from Spain (Mean age = 71, SD = 7). In the Peruvian sample 78.4% were women and 21.6% men; while in the Spanish sample the majority were women (69.9%). The BRCS was scalar invariant but not strictly invariant between Spain and Peru. Our results found invariance of the structure, factor loadings and intercepts in both countries. These results support the use of BRCS in studies that compare the resilience between samples of older adults in both countries, and encourage applied research for the development of resilience in older adults in Spain and Peru.

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