Factor Structure and Criterion Validity of Potential-Based Achievement Goals: Evidence for a Bifactor Model

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-243
Author(s):  
Hoi Kwan Ning
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Achievement Goals ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Criterion Validity ◽  
Bifactor Model ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
General Definition ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Definition Of

Elliot, Murayama, Kobeisy, and Lichtenfeld recently developed a measure to assess students’ self-based potential-approach and potential-avoidance achievement goals. The purpose of this study was to investigate the factor structure and criterion validity of this measure based on data obtained from a sample of Hong Kong university students. Results from confirmatory factor analyses demonstrated that the bifactor model which comprises a general definition of competence factor and two uncorrelated valence of competence group factors yielded the best fit to the data. All three factors accounted for a significant proportion of the common variance and were found to have high internal consistencies. Structural equation modeling also revealed that the general definition factor and the two valence group factors have differential associations with various criterion outcomes examined.

scholarly journals Factor Structure of the Intelligence and Development Scales–2: Measurement Invariance Across the Dutch and German Versions, Sex, and Age

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Grieder ◽  
Marieke Timmerman ◽  
Linda Visser ◽  
Selma Anne José Ruiter ◽  
Alexander Grob
Keyword(s):  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Visual Processing ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Basic Skills ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Selection Procedure ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Final Model

We examined the factor structure of the intelligence and basic skills domains of the German and Dutch versions of an international test battery with 13 representative national standardizations (among others, Italian, Polish, U.K.)—the Intelligence and Development Scales–2 (IDS-2)—with confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) of the standardization samples. This included measurement invariance analyses across the Dutch and German versions and sex using multiple-group CFA, and across age using local structural equation modeling (LSEM). We tested several a priori theoretically (mostly following the Cattell–Horn–Carroll and verbal–perceptual–image rotation models) and empirically (with EFA) determined models and found a second-order model with six first-order factors best represented the Dutch IDS-2 structure. Five IDS-2 factors were confirmed, but Visual Processing and Abstract Reasoning and the intelligence and basic skills domains were not separable. This final model displayed full invariance across the Dutch and German versions and partial scalar invariance across sex, and it was largely invariant across ages 7 to 20 years. Thus, scores derived according to this final model will be comparable across these language versions, sex, and age. The strong general intelligence factor and weak broad ability factors suggest clinical interpretation should mainly be based on the full-scale IQ. We discuss the importance of testing multiple plausible models and adhering to a strict model selection procedure in CFA and implications for intelligence theory and clinical practice.

Validating the Factor Structure of the Stigma of Suicide Scale–Short Form Spanish Version Among Healthcare Students

Crisis ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Ruthmarie Hernández-Torres ◽  
Paola Carminelli-Corretjer ◽  
Nelmit Tollinchi-Natali ◽  
Ernesto Rosario-Hernández ◽  
Yovanska Duarté-Vélez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Small Sample Size ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Spanish Version ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Healthcare Students ◽  
Spanish Speaking

Abstract. Background: Suicide is a leading cause of death among Spanish-speaking individuals. Suicide stigma can be a risk factor for suicide. A widely used measure is the Stigma of Suicide Scale-Short Form (SOSS-SF; Batterham, Calear, & Christensen, 2013 ). Although the SOSS-SF has established psychometric properties and factor structure in other languages and cultural contexts, no evidence is available from Spanish-speaking populations. Aim: This study aims to validate a Spanish translation of the SOSS-SF among a sample of Spanish-speaking healthcare students ( N = 277). Method: We implemented a cross-sectional design with quantitative techniques. Results: Following a structural equation modeling approach, a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) supported the three-factor model proposed by Batterham and colleagues (2013) . Limitations: The study was limited by the small sample size and recruitment by availability. Conclusion: Findings suggest that the Spanish version of the SOSS-SF is a valid and reliable tool with which to examine suicide stigma among Spanish-speaking populations.

The Structure of the Emotional Processing Scale (EPS-25)

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Marco Lauriola ◽  
Maria Anna Donati ◽  
Cristina Trentini ◽  
Manuela Tomai ◽  
Stefano Pontone ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Emotional Processing ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Emotional Experience ◽  
Gastrointestinal Symptoms ◽  
Good Health ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Medical Patients ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Mean Differences

Abstract. The Emotional Processing Scale (EPS) assesses emotional processing in terms of suppression, signs of unprocessed emotion, controllability of emotions, avoidance of emotional triggers, and impoverished emotional experience. Previous confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) yielded insufficient fit and questioned the EPS factors’ discriminant validity. The present study aimed to test unidimensional, five-factor, and bifactor models using exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) and CFA. We administered the scale to 350 Italian participants in good health and 346 gastrointestinal patients referred for endoscopy because of mild-to-severe gastrointestinal symptoms. ESEM models outperformed corresponding CFA models. The bifactor ESEM model was a good fit in single group analyses and achieved metric and scalar invariance in multigroup analyses. The inspection of latent mean differences revealed a consistent trend for patients to avoid emotional triggers and have less general emotional processing difficulties. The study clarified the EPS factor structure and supported its use to assess the emotional processing of medical patients and community participants.

Privacy helplessness on social media: its constituents, antecedents and consequences

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hichang Cho
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Antecedents And Consequences

PurposeMany internet users exhibit signs of privacy helplessness and entirely give up online privacy management. However, we know little about what privacy helplessness is, when users are likely to experience it and its implications for privacy behavior. The objectives of this study were twofold: (a) the conceptual explication of privacy helplessness as a novel construct in privacy research and (b) the development of a theoretical model that specifies the antecedents and consequences of privacy helplessness.Design/methodology/approachA research model of privacy helplessness that contains three subcomponents of privacy helplessness, five antecedents and one outcome was developed. The model was empirically examined based on survey data collected from 589 Facebook users in the USA.FindingsThe results of exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses showed that privacy helplessness is adequately assessed by a three-factor model with affective, cognitive and motivational components. The results of structural equation modeling indicated that these three aspects of privacy helplessness are uniquely predicted by five theoretical factors: (a) prior experience of privacy risks, (b) personal mastery, (c) perceived costs of adaptive privacy actions, (d) perceived rewards of privacy inactions and (e) perceived vulnerability. Furthermore, it was found that helplessness as motivational deficits (and cognitive helplessness via this) impedes adaptive privacy actions, while cognitive helplessness promotes adaptive privacy actions when they do not result in motivational deficits.Originality/valueThis study pioneers investigation in understanding key constituents, attributes and processes underlying privacy helplessness. First, the present study developed the first theory-derived, successively validated measurement model of privacy helplessness. Second, this research proposed a theoretical model of privacy helplessness, specifying antecedents and consequences of privacy helplessness.

Overlapping dimensional phenotypes of impulsivity and compulsivity explain co-occurrence of addictive and related behaviors

CNS Spectrums ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (04) ◽  
pp. 426-440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeggan Tiego ◽  
Sanne Oostermeijer ◽  
Luisa Prochazkova ◽  
Linden Parkes ◽  
Andrew Dawson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Impulse Control ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Bifactor Model ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Control Problems ◽  
Addictive Behaviors ◽  
Obsessive Beliefs ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Amazon's Mechanical Turk

ObjectiveImpulsivity and compulsivity have been implicated as important transdiagnostic dimensional phenotypes with potential relevance to addiction. We aimed to develop a model that conceptualizes these constructs as overlapping dimensional phenotypes and test whether different components of this model explain the co-occurrence of addictive and related behaviors.MethodsA large sample of adults (N = 487) was recruited through Amazon’s Mechanical Turk and completed self-report questionnaires measuring impulsivity, intolerance of uncertainty, obsessive beliefs, and the severity of 6 addictive and related behaviors. Hierarchical clustering was used to organize addictive behaviors into homogenous groups reflecting their co-occurrence. Structural equation modeling was used to evaluate fit of the hypothesized bifactor model of impulsivity and compulsivity and determine the proportion of variance explained in the co-occurrence of addictive and related behaviors by each component of the model.ResultsAddictive and related behaviors clustered into 2 distinct groups: Impulse-Control Problems, consisting of harmful alcohol use, pathological gambling, and compulsive buying, and Obsessive-Compulsive-Related Problems, consisting of obsessive-compulsive symptoms, binge eating, and internet addiction. The hypothesized bifactor model of impulsivity and compulsivity provided the best empirical fit, with 3 uncorrelated factors corresponding to a general Disinhibition dimension, and specific Impulsivity and Compulsivity dimensions. These dimensional phenotypes uniquely and additively explained 39.9% and 68.7% of the total variance in Impulse-Control Problems and Obsessive-Compulsive-Related Problems.ConclusionA model of impulsivity and compulsivity that represents these constructs as overlapping dimensional phenotypes has important implications for understanding addictive and related behaviors in terms of shared etiology, comorbidity, and potential transdiagnostic treatments.

scholarly journals Social Capital’s Effect on Physical Education and Teachers’ Job Satisfaction

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 164
Author(s):  
Okan Gültekin
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Significant Finding ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Fit Index ◽  
The Impact

This study tested the impact of physical education (PE) teachers’ social capital on job satisfaction and explained levels of social capital for job satisfaction. Study participants were 210 PE teachers. The research methodology used the correlational survey model, and the instruments administered were the Social Capital Scale,and the Minnesota Job Satisfaction Scale. For conducting scales’ confirmatory factor analyses and structural equation modeling, SPSS 23.0 and AMOS 17.0 software were used. The model’s goodness fit index was: RMSEA = 0.081; SRMR = 0.082; CMIN\DF = 2.523; GFI = 0.922; CFI = 0.923; AGFI = 0.843; NFI = 0.913; Chi squared = 2832.001; df = 976 and p = 0.000. According to these results, the model fit index reached an acceptable and desired level. The effect of social capital on job satisfaction and the rate of explaining job satisfaction were tested. In relation to the study’s first hypothesis, it was revealed that PE teachers’ social capital level and job satisfaction were positively and significantly affected. In regard to the second hypothesis, there was a significant relationship between social capital levels and PE teachers’ job satisfaction. The study’s most significant finding was that social capital significantly predicted PE teachers’ job satisfaction.

Referencing in the Virtual World

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 12-29
Author(s):  
G. K. Deshmukh ◽  
Sanskrity Joseph
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Virtual World ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Reference Group ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Buying Behavior ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Negative Comments ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Impact

The fact that ‘Man is a social being' is seen and felt in real as well as in virtual world. The paper discusses the advent of concept of social customer. All customers who use social media to share their experience through their positive or negative comments related with goods and services used as well as those who browse social media for getting reference to arrive at a decision to buy or choose are social customers. In the above backdrop the researchers have tried to highlight following issues: (i) definition of Social Customers, (ii) impact of Social media as a reference group on social customer. The researchers have conducted an empirical study and analyzed the data through Structural equation modeling and provided guidelines to marketers on the impact of social media in general and e-WOM in particular on buying behavior of social customers.

scholarly journals Reporting Skill: The Missing Ingredient in Concussion Reporting Intention Assessment

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 416-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dee Warmath ◽  
Andrew P. Winterstein
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Level Of Evidence ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Concussion Knowledge ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Reporting Intentions

Background: Extant literature suggests that a substantial portion of athletes may not report a possible concussion and that concussion knowledge is insufficient to predict concussion reporting behavior. One area that has not been explored is reporting skill; that is, mastery of the actions required to report a concussion. This study evaluated the relationship between reporting skill and reporting intention, introducing a measure of the reporting skill construct. Hypotheses: Reporting intentions will be more closely associated with reporting skill than with concussion/symptom knowledge. The relationship between concussion (or symptom) knowledge and reporting intentions will differ by level of reporting skill. Study Design: Repeated cross-sectional study. Level of Evidence: Level 2. Methods: A set of items was administered to young adults aged 18 to 24 years from the Survey Sampling International panel. Exploratory/confirmatory factor analyses were conducted on 2 waves of data to develop the scale (n = 899). Hypotheses were tested using structural equation modeling on the responses from the third wave of participants (n = 406). Results: Knowing the actions to take in reporting was more important than having knowledge of concussions or concussion symptoms. Reporting skill, not concussion or concussion symptom knowledge, was associated with higher intentions to report symptoms. Among those with higher levels of reporting skill, concussion symptom knowledge (but not general concussion knowledge) was associated with higher intentions to report symptoms. Conclusion: Reporting skill is an important and, until now, missing ingredient in the concussion literature and practice. Clinical Relevance: Incorporating reporting skill development in concussion education and team activities to teach athletes how to report is likely to improve actual reporting intentions. While further study is needed with particular sports and additional age groups, reporting skill holds promise as a new avenue for increased concussion reporting.

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