Generalizability of the PSDQ and Its Relationship to Physical Fitness: The European French Connection

2004 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florence Guérin ◽  
Herbert W. Marsh ◽  
Jean-Pierre Famose
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
A Priori ◽  
School Students ◽  
Convergent And Discriminant Validity ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Structural Equivalence ◽  
Overall Stability ◽  
Highly Correlated

Two studies tested the generalizability of support for within- and between-construct validity based on responses to a French translation of the Physical Self-Description Questionnaire (PSDQ) by high school students. The PSDQ is a multidimensional physical self-concept instrument designed to measure 11 components: health, coordination, physical activity, body fat, sports competence, global physical, appearance, strength, flexibility, endurance, and esteem. In the first study (N = 752), preliminary reliability analysis revealed strong internal consistency and overall stability. Confirmatory factor analysis provided support for structural equivalence with the original instrument. In the second study (N = 288), PSDQ factors were related to 13 external criteria of physical fitness; each was predicted a priori to be most highly correlated with one of the PSDQ scales. Bivariate correlations and CFA models supported both the convergent and discriminant validity of the PSDQ responses. These overall results demonstrated good support for the generalizability of the PSDQ with French adolescents.

Construct Validity of Physical Self-Description Questionnaire Responses: Relations to External Criteria

1996 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herbert W. Marsh
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
A Priori ◽  
School Students ◽  
Endurance Strength ◽  
Validity Criterion ◽  
Sports And Exercise ◽  
Highly Correlated

The Physical Self-Description Questionnaire (PSDQ) is a multidimensional physical self-concept instrument with 11 scales: Strength, Body Fat, Activity, Endurance/Fitness, Sports Competence, Coordination, Health, Appearance, Flexibility, Global Physical, and Global Esteem. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the construct validity of PSDQ responses in relation to 23 external criteria, including measures of body composition, physical activity, endurance, strength, and flexibility for 192 (113 boys and 79 girls) high school students. Each external validity criterion was predicted a priori to be most highly correlated with one of the PSDQ scales. In support of the convergent validity of the PSDQ responses, every predicted correlation was statistically significant. In support of the discriminant validity of the PSDQ responses, most predicted correlations were larger than other correlations involving the same criterion. These results support the construct validity of PSDQ responses in relation to external criteria and their potential usefulness in a wide variety of sports and exercise settings.

Physical Self-Description Questionnaire: Psychometric Properties and a Miiltitrait-Meltimethod Analysis of Relations to Existing Instruments

1994 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 270-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herbert W. Marsh ◽  
Garry E. Richards ◽  
Steven Johnson ◽  
Lawrence Roche ◽  
Patsy Tremayne
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
School Students ◽  
Convergent And Discriminant Validity ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
General Physical ◽  
Fitness Sport

Two samples of high school students (n = 315 and n = 395) completed the new Physical Self-Description Questionnaire (PSDQ). Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to demonstrate support for the 11 scales of physical self-concept (Strength, Body Fat, Activity, Endurance/Fitness, Sport Competence, Coordination, Health, Appearance, Flexibility, General Physical Self-Concept, and Self-Esteem) that the PSDQ is designed to measure, the replicability of its good psychometric properties in the two samples, and the replicability of the factor structure over gender. Subjects in Sample 1 also completed responses to the Physical Self-Perception Profile (Fox, 1990) and the Physical Self-Concept Scale (Richards, 1988). CFA models of this multitrait-multimethod data provided support for both the convergent and discriminant validity of responses to the three instruments. Comparisons of psychometric, theoretical, and pragmatic considerations of the three instruments led to the recommendation of the PSDQ in a wide variety of research and applied settings.

Measuring humility in musical contexts: Initial development of the Musical Humility Scale

2020 ◽  
pp. 030573561989641
Author(s):  
William J Coppola ◽  
Anita B Kumar ◽  
Joshua N Hook
Keyword(s):  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Model Building ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Initial Development ◽  
Convergent And Discriminant Validity ◽  
Five Factors ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Musical Engagement ◽  
Testing Criteria

The purpose of this study was to construct and validate a psychometric measure of humility in musical contexts. Using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) ( N = 423), we demonstrated initial evidence for the validity of a theoretical model of musical humility. We used CFA to test an a priori model building from prior research, which confirmed five factors: purposeful musical engagement and collaboration, other-orientedness, lack of superiority, acknowledgment of shortcomings and learnability, and healthy pride. The resulting Musical Humility Scale is comprised of 30 items that may be further tested alongside other psychometric batteries for investigating predictors and correlates of humility in musical participation. We offer limitations and directions for future research, including strategies for refining the testing criteria and suggestions for establishing convergent and discriminant validity.

Sport Motivation Orientations: Beware of Jingle-Jangle Fallacies

1994 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 365-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herbert W. Marsh
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Task Orientation ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
School Students ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Sport Motivation ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Validity Studies ◽  
Highly Correlated

The similarity of the constructs measured by the Perceptions of Success Questionnaire (POS; Roberts, 1993) and the Sports Orientation Questionnaire (SOQ; Gill, 1993) were evaluated using (a) confirmatory factor analyses of responses by 395 high school students (217 males, 178 females, ages 12 to 18) to items adapted from the two instruments and (b) relations to external criteria. Although the POS Mastery and SOQ Goal scales were highly related and reflected task orientation, the SOQ Competitiveness scale was more highly correlated with the POS Mastery and SOQ Goal scales than with the POS Competitiveness scale. Apparently, competitiveness assessed by the SOQ reflects a task orientation, whereas the POS Competitiveness scale reflects primarily an ego orientation. Sport psychologists need to beware of jingle (scales with the same label reflect the same construct) and jangle (scales with different labels measure different construct) fallacies, and pursue construct validity studies more vigorously to test the interpretations of measures.

scholarly journals Validity and Reliability Evidence for Assessing Holland's Career Types

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (62) ◽  
pp. 307-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Everson Meireles ◽  
Ricardo Primi
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Multidimensional Analysis ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
School Students ◽  
Latent Factors ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
And Function

ABSTRACTProfessional interests are a synthesis of personal characteristics and function as a guiding factor for one's career choice. This study shows evidence of validity and reliability for the interpretation of the scores of a measure of career types. The responses of 1,265 high school students to 154 items from the Escala de Avaliação dos Tipos Profissionais de Holland (ATPH) ENT#091;Assessment Scale of Holland's Career TypesENT#093; were used. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses showed that the six-factor structure is appropriate and consistent to represent the RIASEC types. Evidence of convergent-discriminant validity of parcels of items was demonstrated to represent the latent factors of the ATPH Scale. Results of multidimensional analysis and phi correlation phi partially confirmed the hypothesis of circularity and congruence among the career types, which are organized in the acronym RASIEC. The implications of these results and study limitations are discussed.

scholarly journals Nurture interest-driven creators in programmable robotics education: an empirical investigation in primary school settings

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Siu-Cheung Kong ◽  
Yi-Qing Wang
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
School Students ◽  
Robotics Education ◽  
Convergent And Discriminant Validity ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractIn response to the call from the founders of the Interest-Driven Creator (IDC) theory, this study aimed to explore the relationship of the interest loop with creativity in the context of robotics education. Specifically, we designed a programmable robotics course for primary school students. We attempted to explore in detail how interest loop, i.e., triggering interest, immersing interest, and extending interest, exerts influences on students’ robotics creation. Eight hundred one online questionnaires were collected from students who participated in our designed programmable robotics activities. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was first used for validation of each study variable, and results suggested a good fit of the study variables in terms of convergent and discriminant validity. Then, structural equation modeling (SEM) was conducted for examining the potential relationships between them, and results indicated significant and positive paths from triggering interest to immersing interest, and from immersing interest to extending interest, suggesting the valid theoretical proposition of interest loop of IDC theory. In addition, immersing interest is positively related to robotics creation, which in turn increases the chance of extending interest. Our findings suggested the importance of raising students’ interest in robotics learning such that young students can become life-long interest-driven creators. Implications of the study were discussed at the end of the paper.

scholarly journals Heat and temperature metacognition awareness inventory: A confirmatory factor analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 389
Author(s):  
Moh. Irma Sukarelawan ◽  
Dwi Sulisworo ◽  
Jumadi Jumadi ◽  
Heru Kuswanto ◽  
Siti Anisatur Rofiqah
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Factor Loading ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

<span lang="EN-US">This cross-sectional study aimed to validate students' metacognition awareness inventory in Heat and Temperature material. A total of 167 public senior high school students in Yogyakarta, Indonesia were selected through convenience sampling technique. The heat and temperature metacognition awareness inventory (HeTMAI) inventory consists of six factors, namely: 1) Knowledge of cognition; 2) Planning; 3) Monitoring; 4) Evaluation; 5) Debugging; and 6) Information management. HeTMAI used a 5-point Likert scale. The data was analyzed using the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) method through the Maximum Likelihood approach. All statistics were found to meet acceptance values. The four GOF indices (χ2/df=2.36, CFI=0.97, TLI=0.97, and SRMR=0.06) have supported the fit of the six-factor HeTMAI model. Standardized factor loading (SFL), construct reliability (CR), average variance extracted (AVE) and discriminant values provide evidence that HeTMAI has sufficient convergent and discriminant validity. Cronbach's alpha value of 0.96 indicated HeTMAI has very adequate evidence of reliability.</span>

scholarly journals CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS TO KNOW THE INFLUENCING FACTORS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ SELF-CONCEPT IN JETIS SUB DISTRICT, BANTUL REGENCY

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 196-202
Author(s):  
Firmansyah Firmansyah ◽  
Rozanah Katrina Herda ◽  
Angga Damayanto ◽  
Fajar Sidik
Keyword(s):  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Load Factor ◽  
School Students ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Convergent And Discriminant Validity ◽  
Fourth Grade Students ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Average Variance ◽  
The Subject

This research aimed to know the factors that influenced elementary students’ self-concept in Jetis Sub District, Bantul Regency, Yogyakarta. The subject of this research consisted of 200 fourth grade students from four different elementary schools in Jetis Sub District. The result showed the fit model with one dimension. The value of each fit parameter of GFI, RMSEA, NFI, IFI, CFI, TLI, and AGFI was 0.958, 0.066, 0.953, 0.976, 0.976, 0.967, and 0.958. All factors or dimensions in self-concept instrument had good reliability by looking at the value of CR ≥ 0,7 categorizing as good reliability, while the value between 0,6 and 0,7 considered to acceptable reliability by underlining that the indicator has load factor that matched the criteria. The internal consistency could be measured by using Average Variance Extracted (AVE). The AVE value that was recommended was ≥ 0,5. This clearly showed that self-concept has validity evidence of internal structure. Moreover, self-concept has convergent and discriminant validity. The self-concept reliability was considered good, so it will give a relatively consistent result when there is re-measurement.

scholarly journals CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS TO KNOW THE INFLUENCING FACTORS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ SELF-CONCEPT IN JETIS SUB DISTRICT, BANTUL REGENCY

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 196-202
Author(s):  
Firmansyah Firmansyah ◽  
Rozanah Katrina Herda ◽  
Angga Damayanto ◽  
Fajar Sidik
Keyword(s):  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Load Factor ◽  
School Students ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Convergent And Discriminant Validity ◽  
Fourth Grade Students ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Average Variance ◽  
The Subject

This research aimed to know the factors that influenced elementary students’ self-concept in Jetis Sub District, Bantul Regency, Yogyakarta. The subject of this research consisted of 200 fourth grade students from four different elementary schools in Jetis Sub District. The result showed the fit model with one dimension. The value of each fit parameter of GFI, RMSEA, NFI, IFI, CFI, TLI, and AGFI was 0.958, 0.066, 0.953, 0.976, 0.976, 0.967, and 0.958. All factors or dimensions in self-concept instrument had good reliability by looking at the value of CR ≥ 0,7 categorizing as good reliability, while the value between 0,6 and 0,7 considered to acceptable reliability by underlining that the indicator has load factor that matched the criteria. The internal consistency could be measured by using Average Variance Extracted (AVE). The AVE value that was recommended was ≥ 0,5. This clearly showed that self-concept has validity evidence of internal structure. Moreover, self-concept has convergent and discriminant validity. The self-concept reliability was considered good, so it will give a relatively consistent result when there is re-measurement.

Evaluating the Psychometric Properties of the Short Dark Triad (SD3) in Italian Adults and Adolescents

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 185-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonella Somma ◽  
Delroy L. Paulhus ◽  
Serena Borroni ◽  
Andrea Fossati
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Dark Triad ◽  
School Students ◽  
Italian Translation ◽  
Convergent And Discriminant Validity ◽  
Adolescent Sample ◽  
Information Item

Abstract. The term Dark Triad refers to three socially aversive personality dimensions (i.e., Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy) that are evident in the normal range of personality. Jones and Paulhus (2014) developed the Short Dark Triad (SD3) as a 27-item measure of the three constructs. To assess the psychometric properties of the Italian translation, 678 adult university students and 442 adolescent high school students were sampled. Cronbach’s α values for the subscales were acceptable in both samples. Subscale intercorrelations ranged from .29 to .55 in adults and .29 to .53 in adolescents. Although subscale means were higher in the adolescent sample, the two item correlation matrices did not differ significantly. A confirmatory factor analysis using multidimensional full-information item response theory showed that a three-correlated-factor model provided the best fit in both adults and adolescents. When controlled for overlap, SD3 subscales showed adequate convergent and discriminant validity coefficients in both samples. The current research contributes to the literature on dark personalities in two ways: (a) It provides detailed psychometric support for the Italian translation of SD3 and (b) it directly compares SD3 performance in younger and older students.

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