Semantic Differential Factor Structure with Concepts and Subjects from Education

1969 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 34-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert B. Kane
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Semantic Differential

Peer-Concept Ratings in Rural Children

1969 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 461-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evan R. Powell ◽  
William F. White
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Grade Level ◽  
Semantic Differential ◽  
Elementary Level ◽  
Rural Children ◽  
Peer Evaluation ◽  
Poverty Level ◽  
Peer Perceptions

Comparison of peer perceptions of 95 rural Negro and 95 white elementary level students shows substantial differences across race in the factor structure on a form of Osgood's Semantic Differential. Caste, class, race, grade level, poverty level, or other factors should, in further studies, be related to the depressed peer evaluation of Negro samples should this low evaluation reappear.

Reliability and Factor Structure of the Guttentag and Bray Semantic Differential Test

1979 ◽  
Vol 44 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1041-1042
Author(s):  
Frederick Williams ◽  
Frederica Frost
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Semantic Differential ◽  
Sex Stereotypes ◽  
Differential Test

Assessment of the Guttentag and Bray scales for measuring sex stereotypes raised serious questions about their reliability and validity. Results suggested oversimplification in prior assumptions of how boys and girls view sex-role characteristics.

A Psychometric Analysis of an Inventory for Assessing Children's Attitudes Toward Physical Activity1

1981 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 321-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert W. Schutz ◽  
Frank L. Smoll ◽  
Terry M. Wood
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Phase Analysis ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Semantic Differential ◽  
Psychometric Analysis ◽  
Psychometric Characteristics ◽  
Children's Attitudes ◽  
Attitude Behavior

Simon and Smoll's (1974) inventory for assessing children's attitudes toward physical activity (CATPA) has been used in numerous studies of children's at-titudinal dispositions and their relationships to a variety of situational and dispositional variables. Recent research revealing low attitude-behavior relationships and instability across time has raised questions about the psychometric properties of the CATPA inventory. The purpose of this research was to psychometrically analyze the six attitude subdomains of this semantic differential inventory and derive recommendations for its modification. The first of three studies reported herein included a four-phase analysis of the CATPA scores of 1,752 children, the results of which indicated that (a) three of the original eight bipolar adjectives were not good discriminators, (b) internal consistencies were high and were not improved by reciprocal average reweighting, and (c) a seven-factor structure emerged, differing from the underlying six-factor theoretical model. In Study 2 a revised CATPA inventory was administered to 1,895 boys and girls. The findings supported the inventory revisions and suggested the necessity for dichotomizing one of the six original attitude sub-domains. Study 3 incorporated the derived rescoring procedures in the reanalysis of earlier attitudinal investigations. Results revealed that modifying the scales neither changed the nature or strength of attitude-behavior relationships nor did it affect the intraindividual stability of CATPA over a period of time. The revised CATPA inventory was deemed to be an improvement over the original instrument because of its superior psychometric characteristics and reduced length, thereby making it more efficient for administrative purposes.

Patterns of Affective Responses in Two Groups of Pedophiles

1968 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 659-668 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank J. Vanasek ◽  
Louise V. Frisbie ◽  
Harvey F. Dingman
Keyword(s):  
Group Therapy ◽  
State Hospital ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Rating Scales ◽  
Semantic Differential ◽  
Affective Responses ◽  
Social Climate ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
Therapy Treatment

A sample of 143 persons who were on probation or parole who had a history of child molesting were selected and compared with a sample of 215 pedophiles who were selected from a large state hospital. They were then compared on the basis of rating scales for 25 word pairs which were similar to words used by Osgood, et al. (1957) in the study of the semantic differential. The factors derived from the ratings of pedophiles in the community reflected their need to present good stereotypes and acceptable facades. The factors derived from the analysis of patients in an institution seemed to be related to reactions to individual and group therapy treatment. No over-all stereotype of pedophiles' reactions seemed to emerge; rather, the factor structure seemed to be associated with the social climate in which the members of each group were living.

Semantic Differential Factor Structure Stability Across Subject, Concept, and Time Differences

1971 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 451-469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonard Rosenbaum ◽  
William Rosenbaum ◽  
Elliott McGinnies
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Semantic Differential ◽  
Structure Stability
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