scholarly journals Measuring Mechanisms of Student Voice: Development and Validation of Student Leadership Capacity Building Scales

AERA Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 233285842090206
Author(s):  
Lindsay Lyons ◽  
Marc Brasof ◽  
Carol Baron
Keyword(s):  
Capacity Building ◽  
Student Leadership ◽  
Leadership Competencies ◽  
Governance Structure ◽  
Leadership Capacity ◽  
Measurement Scales ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Voice Development ◽  
Development And Validation

This study developed measurement scales on student leadership capacity building through a survey of 280 students from nine U.S. high schools. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses resulted in a personal, interpersonal, organizational, and overall scale for building student leadership capacity. The scales included eight mechanisms that schools can use to enhance student leadership: pedagogy, relationships, radical collegiality, governance structure, research, group makeup, consistency, and recognition. The scale items also reflected three leadership competencies: critical awareness, inclusivity, and positivity. Focus groups and interviews with students and teachers in these nine schools supported survey findings and suggested implications for practice.

Development and Validation of the Romantic Love Myths Questionnaire

2019 ◽  
pp. 088626051989295
Author(s):  
Laura Lara ◽  
Verónica Gómez-Urrutia
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Structure Reliability ◽  
Initial Questionnaire ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Adequate Internal Consistency

The purpose of this study was to develop and validate an instrument to measure love myths among Chilean youth. Items created based on review of available literature were refined through experts’ revisions and participant focus groups. The initial questionnaire was applied to 1,538 high school and university students, aged between 14 and 24 years old. Exploratory factor analysis performed with half of the sample led to a 10-item questionnaire, grouped in two factors: idealization and love–abuse. Confirmatory factor analyses conducted with the other half of the sample corroborated this factorial structure. Reliability analyses indicated an adequate internal consistency, and correlations with dating violence and quality of relationship provide evidence on its concurrent validity. Complementary, results showed that females endorse more idealization and males love–abuse, and adolescents scored higher in both dimensions than emerging adults.

Development and Validation of a Multidimensional Measure of Sport-Specific Psychological Skills: The Athletic Coping Skills Inventory-28

1995 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 379-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald E. Smith ◽  
Robert W. Schutz ◽  
Frank L. Smoll ◽  
J.T. Ptacek
Keyword(s):  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
Female Athletes ◽  
Coping Skills ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Coping Resources ◽  
Psychological Skills ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Mental Preparation ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Development And Validation

Confirmatory factor analysis was used as the basis for a new form of the Athletic Coping Skills Inventory (ACSI). The ACSI-28 contains seven sport-specific subscales: Coping With Adversity, Peaking Under Pressure, Goal Setting/Mental Preparation, Concentration, Freedom From Worry, Confidence and Achievement Motivation, and Coachability. The scales can be summed to yield a Personal Coping Resources score, which is assumed to reflect a multifaceted psychological skills construct. Confirmatory factor analyses demonstrated the factorial validity of the ACSI-28, as the seven subscales conform well to the underlying factor structure for both male and female athletes. Psychometric characteristics are described, and preliminary evidence for construct and predictive validity is presented.

scholarly journals Development and Validation of the Organizational Stressor Indicator for Sport Performers (OSI-SP)

2013 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 180-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Arnold ◽  
David Fletcher ◽  
Kevin Daniels
Keyword(s):  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Structure Study ◽  
Item Pool ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Organizational Stressors ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analyses ◽  
Initial Item ◽  
Development And Validation

The series of related studies reported here describe the development and validation of the Organizational Stressor Indicator for Sport Performers (OSI-SP). In Study 1, an expert and usability panel examined the content validity and applicability of an initial item pool. The resultant 96 items were analyzed with exploratory factor analyses in Study 2, with the factorial structure comprising 5 factors (viz., Goals and Development, Logistics and Operations, Team and Culture, Coaching, Selection) and 33 items. Using confirmatory factor analyses, Studies 3 and 4 found support for the 5-factor structure. Study 4 also provided evidence for the OSI-SP’s concurrent validity and invariance across different groups. The OSI-SP is proposed as a valid and reliable measure of the organizational stressors encountered by sport performers.

scholarly journals Development and Validation of the Mukbang Addiction Scale

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kagan Kircaburun ◽  
Vasileios Stavropoulos ◽  
Andrew Harris ◽  
Filipa Calado ◽  
Emrah Emirtekin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Online Activity ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Excellent Internal Consistency ◽  
Validity Criterion ◽  
Development And Validation

AbstractRecent literature has speculated that some individuals spend lots of time watching mukbang (i.e., combination of the South Korean words ‘eating’ [‘meokneun’] and ‘broadcast’ [‘bangsong’] that refers to eating broadcasts where a person eats a large portion of food on camera whilst interacting with viewers) and compensate different needs using this activity. However, compensating unattained offline needs using a specific online activity could lead to the addictive use of that activity. The present study investigated problematic mukbang watching by developing and validating the Mukbang Addiction Scale (MAS). An online survey was administered to 236 university students (Mage = 20.50 years; 62% female) who had watched mukbang at least once. Construct validity, criterion validity, and reliability analyses indicated that the MAS had good psychometric properties. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses confirmed the unidimensional structure of the scale. The Cronbach’s alpha (α = .95) and composite reliability (CR = .92) suggested that the MAS had excellent internal consistency. Latent class analyses (LCA) revealed two primary profiles, one with high endorsement and one with low endorsement of the items assessed. Item response theory (IRT) findings also indicated a good model fit. IRT findings provisionally supported a cut-off scale raw score of 22 (out of 30). Assessment and clinical-related implications of the findings are illustrated in accordance with other excessive behaviours.

Self-Connection and Well-Being: Development and Validation of a Self-Connection Scale

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristine Klussman ◽  
Austin Lee Nichols ◽  
Nicole Curtin ◽  
Julia Langer ◽  
Edward Orehek
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Incremental Validity ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Empirical Examination ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Self Compassion ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Self Acceptance ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Health And Well Being

Self-connection is composed of three factors: (1) self-awareness, (2) self-acceptance, and (3) self-alignment. Although some promising results suggest that self-connection uniquely contributes to well-being, they have relied on an untested, single-item measure. To advance empirical examination of self-connection and its role in well-being, the current research developed and validated a 12-item Self-Connection Scale (SCS). A total of 1,469 participants were recruited across three studies to examine the SCS and its three underlying components. Using both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, we found evidence supporting the factor structure and inter-item reliability as well as evidence of construct, concurrent, and incremental validity. Importantly, results from three studies suggest that the SCS is associated with multiple important indicators of health and well-being. The scale also demonstrated incremental validity beyond mindfulness, authenticity, self-concept clarity, self-compassion, and self-acceptance in its association with various mental health and well-being indicators. Thus, the SCS provides a valuable tool to measure and study self-connection and its relationship to well-being and other important psychological outcomes.

scholarly journals Development and Validation of Social Motivation Questionnaire

2018 ◽  
Vol 59 (6) ◽  
pp. e664-e673
Author(s):  
Xianmin Gong ◽  
Kendra L Seaman ◽  
Helene H Fung ◽  
Corinna Loeckenhoff ◽  
Frieder R Lang
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Social Motivation ◽  
Younger Adults ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Age Related ◽  
The Social ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Design And Methods

Abstract Background and Objectives Information-seeking (IS) and emotion-regulatory (ER) motivation play meaningful roles in age-related changes in social interaction across adulthood. This study aimed to develop and validate the Social Motivation Questionnaire (SMQ) to assess these two types of motivation. Research Design and Methods Ten items were selected from a pool as the candidate items of SMQ and were administered to 480 German adults (20–91 years old) for validation. These items were also administered to 150 U.S. (18–40 years old) and 131 Hong Kong younger adults (18 to 26 years old) for cultural-invariance examination. Results Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses showed that a two-factor, eight-item structure fits the German adults’ data well with satisfactory reliability. Multigroup comparisons showed cross-age invariance among younger, middle-aged, and older German adults, as well as cross-cultural invariance among German, U.S., and Hong Kong younger adults. Discussion and Implications A new questionnaire, SMQ, was developed and validated to measure IS and ER social motivation across adulthood and across cultures.

scholarly journals Development and Validation of the Moral Disengagement in Sport Scale

2007 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 608-628 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian D. Boardley ◽  
Maria Kavussanu
Keyword(s):  
Moral Disengagement ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Team Sports ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Order Structure ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Convergent And Discriminant Validity ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Factor Study ◽  
Development And Validation

A sport-specific measure of moral disengagement was developed in 2 studies. In Study 1, a 59-item questionnaire was developed and tested with 308 athletes from 5 team sports. A series of confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) testing different models suggested the model that best fitted the data had 6 first-order factors that could be represented by 1 second-order factor. Study 2 involved 305 athletes from the same 5 sports. CFA confirmed the 6-factor, second-order structure for the final 32-item measure. Results from Study 2 supported the construct validity of the scale, providing evidence for the factorial, concurrent, convergent, and discriminant validity. The Moral Disengagement in Sport Scale (MDSS) is proposed as a valid and reliable measure of moral disengagement for use in the sport context.

Disentangling Components of Flexibility via the Hexaflex Model: Development and Validation of the Multidimensional Psychological Flexibility Inventory (MPFI)

Assessment ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 458-482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaci L. Rolffs ◽  
Ronald D. Rogge ◽  
Kelly G. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Acceptance And Commitment Therapy ◽  
Model Development ◽  
Psychological Flexibility ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Commitment Therapy ◽  
Acceptance And Commitment ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Responsiveness To Change

The current study developed the 60-item Multidimensional Psychological Flexibility Inventory (MPFI)—a scale assessing the 12 dimensions of the Hexaflex model. We created an exhaustive pool of 554 items including 22 of the most widely used measures from the acceptance and commitment therapy and mindfulness literatures. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were used in combination with item response theory and responsiveness to change analyses in 3,040 online respondents across three studies ( NStudy 1 = 372; NStudy 2 = 2,150; NStudy 3 = 518) to create the MPFI. Associations between the MPFI subscales and an array of existing measures supported its convergent and discriminant validities. The MPFI offers acceptance and commitment therapy researchers new tools for elaborating treatment effects.

Development and validation of a smoking rationalization scale for male smokers in China

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 472-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinyuan Huang ◽  
Wenjie Fu ◽  
Haiying Zhang ◽  
Hong Li ◽  
Xiaoxia Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Underlying Structure ◽  
Social Acceptability ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analyses ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Chinese Male ◽  
Item Scale

The purpose of this study is to develop a smoking rationalization scale for Chinese male smokers. A total of 35 focus groups and 19 one-on-one interviews were conducted to collect items of the scale. Exploratory factor analyses and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to identify the underlying structure of the scale. Results found a 26-item scale within six dimensions (smoking functional beliefs, risk generalization beliefs, social acceptability beliefs, safe smoking beliefs, self-exempting beliefs, and quitting is harmful beliefs). The scale showed acceptable validity and reliability. Results highlight that smoking rationalization is common among Chinese male smokers, and some beliefs of smoking rationalization seem to be peculiar to China.

Role-based engagement: scale development and validation

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Stephen F. Young ◽  
Lisa A. Steelman ◽  
Matthew D. Pita ◽  
James Gallo
Keyword(s):  
Role Theory ◽  
Training Methods ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Scale Development And Validation ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Role Based ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Engagement Scale

Abstract The purpose of this paper is to build on personal engagement and role theory to develop a conceptual definition of engagement to different organizational roles (job, organization, supervisor, and coworkers) and create and validate the Role-Based Engagement Scale (RBES). Data were collected from four samples (n = 1,302) of employees, including three from multiple organizations and one from an aircraft manufacturer. Results across three studies consistently support the four dimension structure of the RBES, its internal consistency, convergent, discriminant, and predictive validity based on a series of confirmatory factor analyses. The RBES is a psychometrically sound instrument that measures engagement to job, organization, supervisor, and coworkers. This instrument will provide more targeted information for human resource management (HRM) professionals tasked with developing training methods and processes to improve low-scoring dimensions of engagement, optimizing HRM interventions.

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