Verifying online information: Development and validation of a self-report scale

The main goal of our research was to develop a new measure of persistence and to assess its construct validity and psychometric proprieties. First, we discuss the history of the psychological construct of persistence, defined here as the tendency to remain engaged in specific goal-related activities, despite difficulties, obstacles, fatigue, prolonged frustration or low perceived feasibility. The developed scale, measuring motivational persistence, contains three-factors: long-term purposes pursuing, current purposes pursuing and recurrence of unattained purposes. The results of the two validation studies conducted, employing both exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, advocate the hypothesized structure. Also, the Pearson and canonical correlations between the three factors of the new self-report scale and other three related measures (and their factors) indicate good levels of convergent and divergent validity of the new scale.

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Metacognitive beliefs about alcohol use: Development and validation of two self-report scales

Addictive Behaviors ◽

10.1016/j.addbeh.2007.10.011 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 33 (4) ◽

pp. 515-527 ◽

Cited By ~ 43

Author(s):

Marcantonio M. Spada ◽

Adrian Wells

Keyword(s):

Alcohol Use ◽

Self Report ◽

Metacognitive Beliefs ◽

Development And Validation

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The development and validation of a self-report instrument to assess attitudes and self-efficacy of preservice teachers toward teaching linguistically and culturally diverse PE classes

Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science ◽

10.1080/1091367x.2018.1483375 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 23 (1) ◽

pp. 28-38

Author(s):

Mirko Krüger

Keyword(s):

Preservice Teachers ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Culturally Diverse ◽

Self Report ◽

Development And Validation

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The Adolescent Distress-Eustress Scale: Development and Validation

SAGE Open ◽

10.1177/2158244019865802 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 215824401986580 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Victoria Branson ◽

Matthew J. Dry ◽

Edward Palmer ◽

Deborah Turnbull

Keyword(s):

Stress Response ◽

Scale Development ◽

Psychometric Properties ◽

Stress Responses ◽

Self Report ◽

Scale Development And Validation ◽

Stress Research ◽

Stress Models ◽

Development And Validation

Lay definitions tend to conceptualize stress as negative, undesirable, and maladaptive. However, contemporary stress models emphasize the differentiation between negative and positive stress responses, known as distress and eustress. Despite prominent theoretical conceptualisations accepting the existence of eustress, the vast majority of stress measures tend to focus exclusively on the distress response. The current study introduces the Adolescent Distress-Eustress Scale (ADES) which holistically captures both aspects of the stress response, bridging the gap between theory and measurement and counteracting the typically negatively focused approach to stress research. The ADES was systematically developed and tested in a socio-educationally diverse sample of 981 adolescents ( Mage = 15.19, 50.62% female). The finalized self-report scale consists of two 5-item subscales, individually indexing distress and eustress. Initial psychometric properties of the ADES are promising, and the scale has the potential to meet the needs of researchers, schools, and organizations.

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