A Short Version of the Self Description Questionnaire II: Operationalizing Criteria for Short-Form Evaluation With New Applications of Confirmatory Factor Analyses.

2005 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herbert W. Marsh ◽  
Louise A. Ellis ◽  
Roberto H. Parada ◽  
Garry Richards ◽  
Bernd G. Heubeck
Psico-USF ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helder Kamei ◽  
Maria Cristina Ferreira ◽  
Felipe Valentini ◽  
Mario Fernando Prieto Peres ◽  
Patricia Tobo Kamei ◽  
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Abstract This study aimed to show evidence of validity for the Brazilian short version (12 items) of the Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ-12). Three independent samples participated in the study, totaling 1771 subjects (64.3% women, 32.9% men and 2.9% undeclared), aged 18-79 years (M = 38.59, SD = 12.98). Confirmatory factor analyses showed acceptable adjustment indices for the four-factor structure (self-efficacy, hope, resilience and optimism) and for a second-order structure with a general factor of psychological capital explaining the four primary factors. Multi-group confirmatory factor analyses found configural, metric and scalar invariance of the measure for the different samples as well as for men and women. Finally, convergent validity analyses found a positive and moderate correlation of PCQ-12 with satisfaction with life and subjective happiness, as well as a negative and moderate correlation with perceived stress and depression.


Author(s):  
V. I. Morosanova ◽  
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N. G. Kondratyuk

The study examined the psychometric characteristics of a short version of the wildly used «Self-regulation profile questionnaire –SRPQM», developed by V. I. Morosanova. The questionnaire can be used for measuring conscious selfregulation of human behavior in common life situations. The results of confirmatory factor analyses supported the seven-factor structure of the questionnaire, good internal consistency and test-retest reliability. The validity of the method was confirmed.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Man Yee Ho ◽  
Siya Liang

The Forbearance Scale (FS) is a 16-item self-report measure of forbearance. In this study, we examined the psychometric properties of the FS subscale and composite scores and developed a 9-item short form of the measure (FS-SF 9). A sample of 1,137 participants was drawn from community, NGO, and college settings. The sample was split into a derivation sample (n = 567) and a validation sample (n = 570). Exploratory factor analyses of the derivation sample data were used to select short-form items. Using the validation sample, confirmatory factor analyses were used to assess fit for proposed item-to-factor assignments. The results of the confirmatory factor analyses supported that the FS-SF 9 had a theoretically congruent factor structure and that all the subscale and composite scores displayed high internal consistency. Correlations with scores from established measures of a lack of forgiveness and emotion regulation also supported the validity of the FS-SF 9. Our data suggest that the FS-SF 9 subscales and composite score retained the psychometric strengths of their longer FS counterparts. Overall, the short form of the FS provides a brief assessment of the construct measured by the full form. Theoretical and practical applications are discussed.


2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie Geurten ◽  
Corinne Catale ◽  
Philippe Gay ◽  
Sandrine Deplus ◽  
Joël Billieux

Objective: Impulsivity is a multifaceted construct known to play a crucial role in the development and maintenance of a wide range of problematic behaviors and psychological disorders in children. Method: In this study, we adapted the short French adult version of the UPPS-P (urgency–premeditation–perseverance–sensation seeking–positive urgency) Impulsive Behaviors Scale for use with children (short UPPS-P-C) and tested its psychometric properties. Results: Confirmatory factor analyses conducted on a sample of 425 children (aged 8-14 years) supported the five-factor structure of the scale. Additional analyses emphasized the good internal and test–retest reliability of the short UPPS-P-C. Furthermore, our results also revealed that lack of premeditation, positive urgency, and negative urgency subscales were able to discriminate between children diagnosed with ADHD and their matched controls. Conclusion: These results suggest that the short UPPS-P-C may be considered as a promising time-saving tool to assess impulsivity traits in healthy children and in children with psychiatric disorders.


2003 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 142-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florence Guérin ◽  
Herbert W. Marsh ◽  
Jean-Pierre Famose

Summary: This investigation is a French validation of the Self-Description Questionnaire (SDQ) II, an instrument derived from the Marsh and Shavelson model and designed to measure adolescent self-concept. Previous theoretical and methodological considerations in SDQ research provided guidelines for the instrument “within-construct” validity. 480 students completed the questionnaire. Reliability and confirmatory factor analyses were used to demonstrate support for the good psychometric properties, the well-defined 11 facets of the multidimensional self-concept, the two remarkably distinct higher order academic areas, and the weak hierarchical ordering. Third-order HCFA models resulted in a hierarchical general self-concept modestly related to most nonacademic self-concepts and rather weakly to academic self-concepts. The present research strongly supports the multifaceted nature of self-concept, but cannot supply clear evidence for the usefulness of hierarchical representations of adolescent self-concept.


2016 ◽  
Vol 118 (3) ◽  
pp. 1011-1038
Author(s):  
Lufei Zhang ◽  
Wendy W. N. Wan ◽  
Chung-Leung Luk ◽  
Vicky C. W. Tam ◽  
Peiguan Wu

The present study developed a new scale to measure children's attributions of intentions for parental behaviors. The scale has 180 items (18 intentions that children may use to explain why parents perform each of 10 parental behaviors), and was administered to 1973 Chinese students (age range = 9–16 years; M = 12.5, SD = 1.70; 1024 boys and 949 girls). Using half of the sample, 10 exploratory factor analyses were conducted (variance accounted for ranged from 64.24% to 73.32%, M = 69.9%), each on the 18 items associated with one of the 10 parental behaviors. Four factors with eigenvalues over one emerged. The items associated with two of the 10 stimulus behaviors were selected to form a short version. Using the other half of the sample, confirmatory factor analyses on the short version were conducted and provided further support for the four-factor structure. Concurrent validity was assessed by correlations with parental psychological and behavioral control, and gender, age, and grade of the respondents. Test–retest reliability was assessed among 159 of the respondents over a one-month separation.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Bertrams

Abstract The ten-item short form of the Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ-10) has been used to efficiently assess autistic traits in the general population; however, the psychometric properties of the AQ-10 in terms of its internal reliability and its unifactorial structure have recently been questioned. In the present study (N = 797), whether the internal reliability is increased when the AQ-10 is applied with six rather than the conventional four response categories has been investigated. Moreover, correlational and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to examine the reason for potential inhomogeneity within the AQ-10. The results suggest that the internal reliability of the AQ-10 was slightly increased but is still unsatisfactory, likely due to the incompatibility of items from two subdimensions: attention to detail and imagination. With six of the AQ-10 items, crucial aspects of the autistic personality may be measured, but other important aspects would be neglected; thus, the measure requires further psychometric development.


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