scholarly journals The measurement model of geo-education among trainee teachers in Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 714
Author(s):  
Mat Rahimi Yusof ◽  
Mohd Faiz Mohd Yaakob ◽  
Aliff Nawi ◽  
Hapini Awang ◽  
Dayang Rafidah Syariff M. Fuad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
School Environment ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Trainee Teachers ◽  
Curricular Elements ◽  
Composite Reliability

<p>This study conducted to develop a measurement model for measuring Geo-Education in Malaysia context. This cross-sectional survey involved 245 trainee teachers in Universities and Institut Pendidikan Guru Malaysia (IPGM). The data collection was made through a set of questionnaires and analyzed using SEM-AMOS. There are four main elements measured, which are loading factors, convergent validity, discriminant validity, and composite reliability. The findings indicated that Geo-Education had a significant contribution to the proposed constructs, namely primer, issues, ecosystem, lifestyle, and cross-curricular elements. A model of Geo-Education was successfully developed in this study using these five constructs, namely primer, issues, ecosystem, lifestyle, and cross-curricular elements. This study also identified twenty-five behaviours of Geo-Education among the trainee teachers in Malaysia. The findings of this study are essential as a guideline for Malaysian teachers to implement the concept of Geo-Education in Malaysia. Additionally, the application of this subject as cross-curricular elements in the Malaysian curriculum is essential to ensure the success of the implementation of Education Sustainable Development (ESD) in the school environment.</p>

scholarly journals Psychometric Properties of the Stress Control Mindset Measure in University Students from Australia and the UK

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob J Keech ◽  
Sheina Orbell ◽  
Martin S Hagger ◽  
Frances O'Callaghan ◽  
Kyra Hamilton
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Performance Outcomes ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Stress Control ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
And Performance

Introduction: Beliefs about the consequences of stress, stress mindsets, are associated with health and performance outcomes under stress. This article reports the development and examination of the psychometric properties of a measure of stress mindset: The Stress Control Mindset Measure (SCMM). The measure is consistent with theory on mindsets about self-attributes and conceptualizes stress mindset as the extent to which individuals endorse beliefs that stress can be enhancing. Methods: The study adopted a correlational cross-sectional survey design in two student samples. Undergraduate students from an Australian university (Sample 1, N = 218) and a UK university (Sample 2, N = 214) completed the SCMM and measures of health and wellbeing outcomes. Results: Confirmatory factor analyses supported a four-factor structure and strict measurement invariance across samples (ΔCFI &lt; .01). Reliability, convergent validity, discriminant validity, and concurrent validity of the overall SCMM was supported in both samples. Incremental validity was supported for most outcomes, accounting for significantly more variance (between 2.2% and 5.9%) in health and wellbeing outcomes than an existing measure. Conclusions: Current data provide preliminary support for the SCMM as a reliable and valid measure with good psychometric properties and theoretically consistent relations with health outcomes under stress. Findings provide initial evidence supporting the potential utility of the SCMM in future research examining relations between stress mindsets and health and performance outcomes.

Alliance With an Unguided Smartphone App: Validation of the Digital Working Alliance Inventory

Assessment ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 107319112110153
Author(s):  
Simon B. Goldberg ◽  
Scott A. Baldwin ◽  
Kevin M. Riordan ◽  
John Torous ◽  
Cortland J. Dahl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Working Alliance ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Working Alliance Inventory ◽  
Trial Testing ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

The working alliance may be relevant in unguided smartphone-based interventions, but no validated measure exists. We evaluated the psychometric properties of the six-item Digital Working Alliance Inventory (DWAI) using a cross-sectional survey of meditation app users ( n = 290) and the intervention arm of a randomized trial testing a smartphone-based meditation app ( n = 314). Exploratory factor analysis suggested a single-factor solution which was replicated using longitudinal confirmatory factor analysis. The DWAI showed adequate internal consistency and test–retest reliability. Discriminant validity was supported by a lack of association with social desirability, psychological distress, and preference for a waitlist condition. Convergent validity was supported by positive associations with perceived app effectiveness and preference for an app condition. Supporting predictive validity, DWAI scores positively predicted self-reported and objective app utilization. When assessed at Weeks 3 or 4 of the intervention, but not earlier, DWAI scores predicted pre–post reductions in psychological distress.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Reflective Measurement Models

2021 ◽  
pp. 75-90
Author(s):  
Joseph F. Hair ◽  
G. Tomas M. Hult ◽  
Christian M. Ringle ◽  
Marko Sarstedt ◽  
Nicholas P. Danks ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Path Model ◽  
Model Assessment ◽  
Measurement Models ◽  
Reflective Measurement ◽  
Composite Reliability

AbstractThe goal of reflective measurement model assessment is to ensure the reliability and validity of the construct measures and therefore provides support for the suitability of their inclusion in the path model. This chapter introduces the key criteria that are relevant in reflective measurement model assessment: indicator reliability, internal consistency reliability (Cronbach’s alpha, reliability coefficient rhoA, and composite reliability rhoC), convergent validity, and discriminant validity. We illustrate their use by means of the SEMinR package and a well-known model on corporate reputation.

scholarly journals CONCEPTUALIZING AND ASSESSING AN INTEGRATED HIERARCHICAL LEADERSHIP CONSTRUCT IN EDUCATION CONTEXT

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-30
Author(s):  
Lei Mee Thien ◽  
S. Mostafa Rasoolimanesh ◽  
Ashley Yoon Mooi Ng ◽  
T. Ramayah
Keyword(s):  
Transactional Leadership ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Model Misspecification ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Transformational And Transactional Leadership

The issues of measurement model misspecification and multicollinearity in leadership literature has provoked the current study to conceptualize and assess an integrated hierarchical Bass’s (1985) transformational and transactional leadership construct in education context. This study employed quantitative cross-sectional survey method. Data were collected from 322 teachers who were selected from 20 Malaysian secondary schools. Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) approach with WarpPLS 5.0 was used to analyze the data. Convergent and discriminant validity of the six reflective first-order constructs were warranted. Results of redundancy analysis, significant weights, and acceptable variance inflation factor values supported the proposed third-order integrated hierarchical leadership construct. Results inform an implication on generating new knowledge regarding a hierarchical perspective of transformational and transactional leadership. Using PLS-SEM approach with new algorithms to assess the integrated hierarchical leadership construct can be a methodological contribution of this study. Limitations, implications, and suggestions for future studies were discussed.

scholarly journals Psychometric properties of the Bulgarian version of Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 396-404
Author(s):  
Donka Keskinova ◽  
Rositsa Dimova ◽  
Rumyana Stoyanova
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Patient Safety Culture ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Global And Local

Abstract Objective To explore the psychometrics of the Bulgarian version of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (B-HSOPSC) and its suitability for use in Bulgaria. Design A national web-based cross-sectional survey of the safety patient culture. Setting The hospitals’ staffs from 28 administrative areas in the country. Interventions Web-based self-administered questionnaire. Participants Physicians and non-physicians such as nurses, midwifes, etc., working at hospitals. Main Outcome Measures Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was performed to assess the psychometric properties of the original US structure. Assessment of construct validity included convergent validity, discriminant validity, and nomological validity of constructs. Results A total of 525 valid cases were included in the analysis. The results of CFA revealed acceptable values for absolute indices and lower for the incremental index, comparative fit index. Due to the very low convergence validity, the dimension ‘staffing’ was removed from the model. Additionally, one item was removed from another dimension. The B-HSOPSC included 11 dimensions and 37 items. Conclusions The B-HSOPSC had acceptable levels of global and local fits. Its safety culture dimensions were sufficiently distinguishable and correlated with outcome variables.

scholarly journals A Brief Propensity Index for Conduct Disorder (BPI-CD): Development, Validity and Reliability

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rotimi Oguntayo ◽  
Abayomi Oladele Olaseni ◽  
Miracle O Kehinde ◽  
Helen. O. Osinowo ◽  
Yakubu Isaa Isaac
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Conduct Disorder ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Deviant Behavior ◽  
Screening Tools ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional

ABSTRACTConduct Disorder (CD) can pose serious concerns to parents, home and the society, meanwhile assessing this construct in clinical practice has been based on western concepts which limited the cultural factors implicated in CD. This study presents a reliable and valid screening tools for conduct disorder among juveniles and general population respectively. Existing scales that assessed deviant behavior or CD were reviewed. A qualitative study was conducted using juveniles and college students between the age 10 to 19; this is to determine salient constructs related to CD. Themes were generated, and those related to specific predictors of CD were used to generate a 17-item of Brief Propensity Index for Conduct Disorder (BPI-CD). A cross-sectional survey was then conducted among 125 juveniles and college students to assess the reliability and validity of the scale. The participants were purposively selected. Construct validity using exploratory factor analysis was factored and Varimax rotated the scale into six components (KMO = .685, df=171, p&lt;.001). Convergent validity results showed a significant relationship between BPI-CD and Youth Deviant Behavior Variety Scale (r=.338, p&lt;.01), while discriminant validity results revealed a non-significant relationship between (BPI-CD) and Social Skills Scale (r=.101, p&gt;.05), thus showing a strong validity. The reliability dimensions and subscales have meritorious reliability (Aggression to People/Animals, α =.76, Serious Violation of rule and destruction of property, α =.73; Deceitfulness and theft, α =.68). The overall Cronbach’s Alpha was 0.86. BPI-CD is therefore recommended as reliable and valid screening tool for conduct disorder tendency.

An empirically verified project risk maturity model

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Budi Hartono ◽  
Deo F.N. Wijaya ◽  
Hilya M. Arini
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Face Validity ◽  
Maturity Model ◽  
Maturity Level ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Project Risk ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Risk Maturity

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop and to empirically verify a model of project risk management maturity (PRMM). Design/methodology/approach – Theoretical work to develop the initial model of risk maturity. Empirical study by a cross-sectional survey to the Indonesian construction industry. Findings – A new model of PRMM is developed and empirically tested. The model is valid (face validity, content validity, discriminant validity, convergent validity, and criterion validity) and reliable. Research limitations/implications – A more comprehensive, follow-up study is required to gain more insights on the actual maturity level of Indonesian construction industry. Practical implications – The model is applicable to assess the organizational maturity level which in turn could be used for improving organization performance. Originality/value – The work demonstrates a novel approach in developing models by emphasizing on the empirical verification.

scholarly journals The measurement performance of the EQ-5D-5L versus EQ-5D-3L in patients with hidradenitis suppurativa

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Bató ◽  
Valentin Brodszky ◽  
L. Hunor Gergely ◽  
Krisztián Gáspár ◽  
Norbert Wikonkál ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Hidradenitis Suppurativa ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
Intraclass Correlation ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Measurement Properties ◽  
Economic Evaluations ◽  
Health State ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional

Abstract Purpose Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that affects up to 1% of the population in Europe. The EQ-5D is the most commonly used generic instrument for measuring health-related quality of life among HS patients. This study aims to compare the measurement properties of the two adult versions of EQ-5D (EQ-5D-3L and EQ-5D-5L) in patients with HS. Methods We recruited 200 consecutive patients with HS (mean age 37 years, 38% severe or very severe HS) to participate in a multicentre cross-sectional survey. Patients completed the EQ-5D-3L, EQ-5D-5L, Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) and Skindex-16 questionnaires. Results More than twice as many different health state profiles occurred in the EQ-5D-5L compared to the EQ-5D-3L (101 vs. 43). A significant reduction in ceiling effect was found for the mobility, self-care and usual activities dimensions. A good agreement was established between the EQ-5D-3L and EQ-5D-5L with an intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.872 (95% CI 0.830–0.903; p < 0.001) that was confirmed by a Bland-Altman plot. EQ-5D-5L improved both the absolute and relative informativity in all dimensions except for anxiety/depression. EQ-5D-3L and EQ-5D-5L demonstrated similar convergent validity with DLQI and Skindex-16. EQ-5D-5L was able to better discriminate between known groups of patients based on the number of comorbidities and disease severity (HS-Physician's Global Assessment). Conclusion In patients with HS, the EQ-5D-5L outperformed the EQ-5D-3L in feasibility, ceiling effects, informativity and known-groups validity for many important clinical characteristics. We recommend using the EQ-5D-5L in HS patients across various settings, including clinical care, research and economic evaluations.

Abstract 17275: Evaluating the Convergent and Discriminant Validity of Four Frailty Instruments in Adults With Heart Failure: Results From the Frame-HF Study

Circulation ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 138 (Suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Julee McDonagh ◽  
Yenna Salamonson ◽  
Roslyn Prichard ◽  
Sunita R Jha ◽  
Caleb Ferguson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Karnofsky Performance Scale ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Frailty Phenotype ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Frailty Status ◽  
Convergent And Discriminant Validity ◽  
Nyha Classification

Introduction: Frailty assessment has become increasingly common in those with heart failure. The most frequently used frailty instrument is the Frailty Phenotype (FP). The validity of this instrument in those with heart failure is yet to be determined. Aim: To examine the convergent and discriminant validity of four frailty instruments: i) the FP ii) a Questionnaire-only version of FP [q-FP]; iii) St. Vincent’s Frailty [SVF]; and iv) the Frailty Instrument for Primary Care of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe [SHARE-FI] for assessing the frailty status of adults with heart failure. Methods: Using a cross-sectional survey design, individuals aged ≥ 18 years, diagnosed with heart failure were recruited from the inpatient cardiology ward and outpatient heart failure clinic of a metropolitan academic hospital. In addition to assessing all items of the frailty instruments, other data collected included: a) NYHA classification; b) quality of life and health status using the EQ-5D-5L; c) physical status using the Australian-modified Karnofsky Performance Scale (AKPS); and d) 10-item Depression in Medically Ill (DMI) measure. Results: A total of 131 participants were recruited and included in the analyses, there were wide variations in frailty status across the four frailty instruments (Figure 1). Inter-correlations were highest between SVF and SHARE-FI instruments ( r = 0.62). The NYHA classification were correlated with SVF ( r = 0.46) and SHARE-FI ( r = 0.42). Similarly, all EQ-5D-5L dimensions were correlated with both SVF and SHARE-FI but not with FP or q-FP. The SVF differentiated between high and low AKPS scores (χ 2 = 11.70, df : 2, p = 0.003) and DMI scores (χ 2 = 7.28, df : 2, p = 0.026). Similarly, the SHARE-FI also had good discriminant validity using AKPS scores (χ 2 = 9.25, df : 2, p = 0.010) and DMI scores (χ 2 = 14.32, df : 2, p = 0.001). Conclusions: The SVF and SHARE-FI demonstrated good convergent and discriminant validity. Both instruments provide a valid alternative to the FP for the assessment of frailty in those with heart failure. Figure 1: Classification of frailty categories: FP, Questionnaire-only FP, SVF and SHARE-FI

scholarly journals Validation of the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory in Pharmacists

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
Olajide O. Fadare ◽  
Michael Andreski ◽  
Matthew J. Witry
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Community Pharmacists ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Criterion Validity ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Valid Instrument ◽  
Practice Methods

Objectives: This study aimed to 1) determine the validity of the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI) for use in the assessment of burnout in a sample of pharmacists using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and 2) use the CBI items and other measures of work-life to assess burnout in pharmacists employed in various types of practice. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was administered to a sample of 2,582 pharmacists in a single Midwestern US state. The survey included the three subscales of the CBI, each of which measures personal, work-related, and patient-related dimensions of burnout. Other items included demographics, practice type, workload, and work-life balance. CFA was used to measure fit, and Cronbach’s alpha was used to assess reliability. Correlation was used to assess criterion validity of the CBI. Logistic regression and bivariate analyses were used to assess pharmacist burnout based on demographics. Results: Following the removal of 2 items from the measurement model, a 17-item 3-factor CBI was found to possess satisfactory psychometric properties for use in pharmacists. The CBI correlated with measures of work-life demonstrating criterion validity. A logistic regression showed that younger pharmacists and community pharmacists experience higher burnout than older pharmacists and clinical pharmacists. Community pharmacists also more often reported high workloads and poorer work-life integration. Both community and clinic pharmacists desired more time providing patient care services and less time dispensing. Conclusion: The CBI is a psychometrically reliable and valid instrument for assessing burnout in pharmacists. Younger pharmacists and community pharmacists warrant attention due to their higher degree of burnout.

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