Design and validation of an evaluation instrument that assesses the pro-environmental behavior of Mexican university students

The purpose of this research was to design and validate a research instrument that delimits the degree of proenvironmental behavior (CPA). For the design and validation, the instrument was subjected to a review with specialists in the area. Subsequently, it was applied to the student community of the Autonomous University of Guerrero (UAGro). To define the adequacy and reliability of the items, along with their comprehension, was applied to a pilot group of 76 students. During the first review, the research instrument was approved by 15 experts, who also made suggestions. The reviewers endorsed the validity of the items’ content, and an optimum reliability score was obtained (Cronbach's alpha: 0.778). It is concluded that the evaluation instrument is valid in content, reliable, and accessible to monitor and evaluate the pro-environmental behavior in students.

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Validity and Reliability of the Amharic Version of the HLS-EU-Q47 Survey Questionnaire among Urban School Adolescents and University students in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

10.21203/rs.3.rs-17073/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Hailemariam Mamo Hassen ◽

Manas Ranjan Behera ◽

Pratap Kumar Jena ◽

Sudhir K Kumar Satpathy

Keyword(s):

Health Literacy ◽

University Students ◽

Goodness Of Fit ◽

Urban School ◽

Survey Questionnaire ◽

Fit Indices ◽

Cronbach’S Alpha ◽

Cronbach's Alpha ◽

Dire Dawa ◽

Ceiling Effects

Abstract Background: Comprehensive tool is not available to assess health literacy status across different languages, contexts and population structures except European health literacy survey scale (HLS-EU-Q47) which is widely used adapted and tested in different countries and languages. However, it was not tested for Ethiopian populations. This study aim was to validate and test the reliability of the Amharic version of the HLS-EU-Q47 survey questionnaire (HLS-Amh) among school adolescents and university students in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. Method: A cross-sectional study with multistage random sampling was done on urban school adolescents and university students from public schools and Dire Dawa University in Dire Dawa city, Ethiopia, Africa. After translating HLS‐EU‐Q47 into Amharic by translation and back- translation, data was collected using a self-reported questionnaire from samples of 744 participants with 9% non-response rate in October and November, 2018. Confirmatory factor analysis and correlation analysis was done using SPSS and AMOS. Goodness of fit indices, item-scale convergent validity, Pearson correlation coefficient, floor and ceiling effects, Cronbach's alpha and split-half spearman-brown coefficient was computed taking the cut-off values from guidelines and literatures. Ethical issue was contemplated and informed consent was obtained from institutions and participants. Result: Amharic version of HLS- EU-Q47, (HLS-Amh) was reliable but weak for its validity to measure health literacy among urban school adolescents and university students in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. Goodness-of-fit indices (GFI, AGFI, CFI and IFI) were within range of 0.90-0.80. Although, RMSEA indices were less 0.10, others have made it insufficient to be said as a good model-data fit and was not tolerable for its validity, and the model lacked strength to meet the model-fit indices satisfaction with higher apparent floor/ceiling effects. However, it showed high levels of internal consistency of reliability with relatively higher Cronbach’s alpha coefficient (α=0.910). Conclusions: HLS-Amh was reliable but weak for its validity on these population groups. It can be used for a general survey on awareness and knowledge other than screening substantial and clinical related inquiries. It needs further adaptation and validation for comprehensiveness for demographic, multi-lingual and cultural contexts in Ethiopia.

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Good practices in normal childbirth: reliability analysis of an instrument by Cronbach’s Alpha

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/1518-8345.2234.3000 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 26 (0) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Leila Bernarda Donato Gottems ◽

Elisabete Mesquita Peres De Carvalho ◽

Dirce Guilhem ◽

Maria Raquel Gomes Maia Pires

Keyword(s):

Scientific Evidence ◽

Federal District ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Public Hospitals ◽

Evaluation Instrument ◽

Cronbach’S Alpha ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Good Practices ◽

Cronbach's Alpha ◽

Childbirth Care

ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze the internal consistency of the evaluation instrument of the adherence to the good practices of childbirth and birth care in the professionals, through Cronbach’s Alpha Coefficient for each of the dimensions and for the total instrument. Method: this is a descriptive and cross-sectional study performed in obstetric centers of eleven public hospitals in the Federal District, with a questionnaire applied to 261 professionals who worked in the delivery care. Results: The study was attended by 261 professionals, 42.5% (111) nurses and 57.5% (150) physicians. The reliability evaluation of the instrument by the Cronbach Alfa resulted in 0.53, 0.78 and 0.76 for dimensions 1, 2 and 3, after debugging that resulted in the exclusion of 11 items. Conclusions: the instrument obtained Cronbach’s alpha of 0.80. There is a need for improvement in the items of dimension 1 that refer to attitudes, knowledge, and practices of the organization of the network of care to gestation, childbirth, and birth. However, it can be applied in the way it is used to evaluate practices based on scientific evidence of childbirth care.

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Validation of the Dutch version of the Chemotherpy-induced Taste Alteration Scale (CiTAS)

10.21203/rs.3.rs-543006/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Marleen Corremans ◽

Bart Geurden ◽

Sarah Luyten ◽

Dimitri Mortelmans

Keyword(s):

Discriminant Validity ◽

High Reliability ◽

Nutritional Risk ◽

Second Phase ◽

Evaluation Instrument ◽

Cronbach’S Alpha ◽

Dutch Version ◽

Oncological Treatment ◽

Cronbach's Alpha ◽

Taste Alteration

Abstract Purpose: Taste and smell alterations are known side-effects of an oncological treatment with chemotherapy and can cause reduced food intake and lead to malnutrition and cachexia. ESPEN guidelines state that organizations should foresee a protocol to identify patients at nutritional risk and that screening should be available for all patients. The Chemotherapy-induced Taste alteration Scale (CiTAS) is described as a self -reported scale with a high reliability and validity. The aim of this study is to make a back translation and validation of the Chemotherapy-Induced Taste Alteration Scale in Dutch.Methods: The evaluation instrument was constructed in a three-phased project. First, the Japanese version was backtranslated to Dutch and piloted in a cognitive interview. In a second phase, a Delphi procedure was followed. Context validity and Cronbach’s alpha were calculated. In a third phase comfirmatory analysis was tested.Results and conclusion: The overall Cronbach’s alpha was 0.89. The convergent and discriminant validity show us that the items that should be related indeed are, like the items in the construct and that items that shouldn’t, are not, as between the constructs. The scale was successfully backward translated and validated in Dutch and is ready to be used to screen Dutch speaking cancer patients with chemotherapy as a treatment for their cancer diagnosis. This version of CiTAS can be implemented in the Flemish speaking part of Belgium and in the Netherlands.

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Development and Validation of an Eating and Food Literacy Behaviors Questionnaire with Young Adult University Students (FS16-05-19)

Current Developments in Nutrition ◽

10.1093/cdn/nzz050.fs16-05-19 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽

Author(s):

Kwadernica Rhea ◽

Georgianna Tuuri ◽

Melissa Cater

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Factor Analysis ◽

Young Adult ◽

University Students ◽

Food Preparation ◽

Cronbach’S Alpha ◽

Convenience Sample ◽

Food Literacy ◽

Cronbach's Alpha ◽

The Mean

Abstract Objectives The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a survey instrument capable of measuring eating and food literacy behaviors in young adult university students. Methods This study had a cross-sectional design and used an online survey for data collection. Participants included a convenience sample of free-living young adult university students aged 18 to 30 years attending a large public university in the southeastern United States. Descriptive information including age, gender, and race/ethnicity was collected. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA), Cronbach's alpha coefficients, and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were used to develop and validate the instrument. Results Data from 257 students were analyzed in the EFA. Most of the respondents were white (65.8%) and female (65.6%). The mean age of respondents was 20.0 ± 3.4 years. The EFA returned five factors that explained 57.4% of the total variance suggesting acceptable internal structure. Cronbach's alpha values were: 0.89 = health and nutrition, 0.72 = taste, 0.77 = food preparation, 0.64 = planning and decision making, and 0.63 = convenience. Data from 923 students were used in the CFA. Most of the respondents were white (76.4%) and female (50.3%). The mean age of respondents was 20.6 ± 1.8 years. A CFA confirmed that the 5-factor model was an appropriate fit for the data (Chi-squared = 588.05 (142), RMSEA = 0.06, CFI = 0.98, TLI = 0.97, SRMR = 0.05). Conclusions These results suggest that the proposed questionnaire is capable of measuring young adult university students’ eating and food literacy behaviors as they relate to health/nutrition, taste, food preparation, planning and decision making, and convenience. Funding Sources This project was funded in part by Hatch Project #LAB94331.

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Environmental Citizenship Questionnaire (ECQ): The Development and Validation of an Evaluation Instrument for Secondary School Students

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12030821 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 821 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Andreas Ch. Hadjichambis ◽

Demetra Paraskeva-Hadjichambi

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Secondary School ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

Discriminant Validity ◽

High Reliability ◽

Evaluation Instrument ◽

Cronbach’S Alpha ◽

School Students ◽

Cronbach's Alpha ◽

Environmental Citizenship

Environmental citizenship is very important in sustainability research. The criticality of the observed environmental crisis requires capable and competent environmental citizens who can act as agents of change to achieve sustainability. This research presents the validation of the Environmental Citizenship Questionnaire (ECQ) for assessing the environmental citizenship of secondary school students. To this end, Principal Component Analysis has been performed through the use of a Confirmatory Factor Analysis. In addition, there has been a verification of sphericity and a measure of sampling adequacy using the Bartlett’s and Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin (KMO) tests, respectively. Cronbach’s Alpha, eigenvalues and percentage of variance as well as Pearson’s correlation were also estimated. Using the data of 520 students in 10th grade, the ECQ showed very good results in all measurements performed, demonstrating high internal consistency, reliability and discriminant validity. From the factor analysis were derived nine factors with 76 items in total. Cronbach’s Alpha was greater than 0.702, indicating high reliability in all factors. The possible contribution of the ECQ in different contexts and educational frames and in sustainability education is discussed.

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Tutoring fundamental tool for university students

Journal of Teaching and Educational Research ◽

10.35429/jter.2020.18.6.29.40 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 29-40

Author(s):

María Guadalupe Ponce-Contreras ◽

Mireya del Carmen González-Álvarez ◽

Nancy Griselda Pérez-Briones ◽

María Ascención Tello-García

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Personal Growth ◽

Teaching Staff ◽

Cronbach’S Alpha ◽

Cronbach's Alpha ◽

Alpha Reliability ◽

The Subject

The objective is to analyze whether or not there is a relationship between learning, tutorials, and the values presented by the students of the Faculty of Nursing. Population: made up of 480 students. The sample was 178 students and it is non-probabilistic. Instrument, consists of 66 reagents and is divided into 4 sections, a centesimal scale is used. Cronbach's Alpha Reliability of .87. Results, are analyzed: frequencies and percentages, integrational level and all possible regressions. The ages range from 18 to 26 years, the majority are women. The learning that occurs in this is closely related to the reflection that takes place, strengthening in the subject values such as friendship, happiness and trust, improving in the same way personal growth and the development of skills, intelligence is another of the learning values that are improved in the subject when we link it with the tutorials and their tutors. What is intended with the results is to bring together managers and teaching staff and show the results so that relevant decisions are made, especially that it is given the relevance that this program has and the benefit that students obtain by providing them.

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Conocimiento sobre coberturas vivas y disposición a utilizarlas por productores de varios cultivos

Agronomía Mesoamericana ◽

10.15517/ma.v28i2.23403 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 28 (2) ◽

pp. 489

Author(s):

Robin Gómez Gómez ◽

María Isabel González Lutz ◽

Renán Agüero Alvarado ◽

Ramón Mexzón Vargas ◽

Franklin Herrera Murillo ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Costa Rica ◽

Cover Crops ◽

Oil Palm ◽

Native Vegetation ◽

Single Variable ◽

Evaluation Instrument ◽

Global Knowledge ◽

Cronbach’S Alpha ◽

Cronbach's Alpha ◽

Factors Analysis

The objective of this study was to assess the knowledge on cover crops and native vegetation mulches and the willingness to implement them by papaya, oil palm, and banana producers in Costa Rica. An evaluation instrument with twenty eight questions to be answered as true or false was developed, and it was used to yield a knowledge indicator. Seven additional questions with responses on a scale from 0 to 5 were included to explore producers’ willingness to implement cover crops or native vegetation mulches on their farms. The evaluation was completed in 2014, and was filled out by 36 papaya producers, 30 oil palm producers, and 57 banana producers. Item analyses to determine reliability produced Cronbach’s alpha values above 90%. For this study a factors analysis was performed in order to determine the measurement of one single variable, knowledge on cover crops and native vegetation mulches. Global knowledge scores varied signi cantly between producer groups. Banana producers assessments yielded the highest mean with the lowest variability, whereas papaya producers had the lower mean and the highest variability. Likewise, answers to each of the questions differed importantly between producer groups. It was also determined that producers of these crops are willing to implement and get training on cover crops and native vegetation mulches.

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Perceived Freedom in Leisure Scale-25: Testing the construct validity for university students

Journal of Human Sciences ◽

10.14687/jhs.v16i4.5860 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 16 (4) ◽

pp. 1071-1083 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Tennur Yerlisu Lapa ◽

Evren Tercan Kaas

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Test Validity ◽

English Summary ◽

Measurement Tool ◽

Cronbach’S Alpha ◽

Descriptive Research ◽

Cronbach's Alpha ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Important Study ◽

Fit Indexes

Leisure behaviour is an important study area of the literature recently. In apprehending leisure behaviour, perceived freedom in leisure is a significant dimension. The aim of the study is to test validity of “Perceived Freedom in Leisure Scale (PFLS)” by confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Study group of this descriptive research consists of 228 university students. Reliability was calculated by internal consistency coefficient Cronbach’s Alpha. As a result of the CFA, modification indexes were examined and items with high error covariance’s were matched (e9-e10, e13-e14, e16-e20). After the modification the results were as follows: χ2/df(χ2/df=1.56) and other fit indexes: AGFI=0.85, GFI=0.87, NFI=0.95, TLI=0.98, CFI=0.98 and RMSEA=0.050. Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficient was found as 0.93. Consequently after the findings, PFLS could be declared to be used in leisure research as a valid and reliable measurement tool with its 25 items and one factor structure. Extended English summary is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file. Özet Serbest zaman davranışının anlaşılmasında serbest zamanda algılanan özgürlük konusu önemli bir boyut olarak görülmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, “Serbest Zamanda Algılanan Özgürlük Ölçeği (SZAÖÖ)”nin geçerliğinin doğrulayıcı faktör analizi (DFA) ile sınanmasıdır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubu 228 üniversite öğrencisinden oluşturmaktadır. Ölçeğin güvenirliğini belirlemek için ise Cronbach alfa iç tutarlık katsayısı hesaplanmıştır. DFA sonucu, modifikasyon endekslerine bakılarak yüksek hata kovaryanslarına sahip maddeler birbirleri ile eşleştirilmiştir (e9-e10, e13-e14, e16-e20). Yapılan modifikasyon endekslerine göre χ2/df (χ2/df=1.56) ve diğer uyum indeks değerleri: AGFI=0.85, GFI=0.87, NFI=0.95, TLI=0.98, CFI=0.98 ve RMSEA=0.050 olarak tespit edilmiştir. Ölçeğin güvenirlik kat sayısı 0.93 olarak saptanmıştır. Araştırma sonucu, 25 madde ve tek faktörden oluşan SZAÖÖ’nin geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçüm aracı olduğu söylenebilir.

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Classroom Seat Selection from the Perspective of Iranian Medical Sciences` Students and its Relationship with Self-esteem: a Cross Sectional Study

The Journal of Medical Research ◽

10.31254/jmr.2019.5107 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 26-30

Author(s):

Mahin Nomali ◽

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Akram Sanagoo ◽

Farzaneh Sarayloo ◽

Leila Mahasti Jouybari ◽

...

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Medical Sciences ◽

Cronbach’S Alpha ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Important Place ◽

Cronbach's Alpha ◽

Study Setting

Background: Classroom is an important place for university students. Students do not choose their seat at random and many factors may influence their seat selection. On the other hand, where they choose to seat may have a relationship with their self-esteem. Aims and objectives: Determination of classroom seat selection from the perspective of Iranian medical sciences` students and its relationship with self-esteem was the aim of this study. Study Design: We conducted a cross- sectional study. Setting: Different faculties of Golestan University of Medical Sciences (GoUMS, Gorgan, North of Iran) were our study setting. Materials and Methods: 350 students of both sexes and with different fields of study at GoUMS were included in the study by convenience sampling from September to December in 2016. In order to measure university students` perspective, seat selection questionnaire (Cronbach’s alpha =0.82 ) with 9 multiple choice questions (MCQs) was used which answer to each question has been reported with a frequency and percent. Ten- item Rosenberg Self- Esteem (RSE) scale (Cronbach’s alpha=0.74) consisting 5 negative and 5 positive items with 4- point Likert (score of 0 to 3 from completely agree to completely disagree) were used. Range of score was between 0 to 30. Score lower than 15, between 15-25, and more than 25 indicated low, intermediate, and high self- esteem, respectively. Statistics: We analyzed data by SPSS software version 16. Descriptive statistics such as mean, standard deviation (SD), frequency, and partial frequency percentage were used. In order to test the relationship between place and direction of the seat, and self-esteem, the chi-squared test was used with significance level of less than 0.05. Results: 300 out of 350 medical sciences` students with a mean age of 21.5 (2.4) year completed the study (participation rate = 85.7%). 50.3 % of participants were male, and with nursing field of study (28.7%). Proximity to instructor or board, or projector (48.7%) and personal factors such as eyeglasses/hearing aids (19.3%) were the most and the least important factors influencing students` seat selection. And “inability to see/hear properly” was the most important factor that made students change their seats. The majority of students mentioned that they choose the middle of the classroom (43.3%). Low, intermediate and high self- steam were seen among 5 (1.7%), 290 (96.6%), and 5 (1.7%) of students, respectively, and there was no relationship between classroom seat selection and self-esteem of students. Conclusion: From the perspective of Iranian medical sciences` students, classroom seat selection is affected by many factors. And they usually preferred to sit in the middle of the classroom. However, there was no relationship between students seating preferences and self-esteem. Thus, considering to these factors may help instructors and educational policy makers improving the quality of courses, students` performance, and classroom attractiveness.

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SAS-SV Smartphone Addiction Scale in Mexican University Students

Education Research International ◽

10.1155/2020/8832858 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2020 ◽

pp. 1-10

Author(s):

Milka E. Escalera-Chávez ◽

Carlos A. Rojas-Kramer

Keyword(s):

Maximum Likelihood ◽

University Students ◽

Statistical Significance ◽

Final Analysis ◽

Likelihood Method ◽

Smartphone Addiction ◽

Short Version ◽

Cronbach’S Alpha ◽

Cronbach's Alpha ◽

Posteriori Distribution

Objective. The aim of this work was to validate the statistical significance and unidimensionality of the construct formed by the variables of the revised and short version of the Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS-SV), adapted into Spanish, when applied to Mexican university students. Method. The questionnaires were administered to 244 students of Bachelor’s Degree in Administration of the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Mexico; 174 women and 70 men, aged 17 to 30 years, between August and December 2018. A confirmatory factor analysis was performed, and the parameters of the variables were checked by maximum likelihood and also by Bayesian analysis. The reliability of the instrument was verified through Cronbach’s alpha. As a final analysis, estimates of nonstandardized weights for the maximum likelihood method were compared against Bayesian a posteriori distribution estimates. Results. As a result, the model was found to adequately describe the sample data, presenting very small standard error estimates, and it was validated with Cronbach’s alpha of 0.885. In both Bayesian and maximum likelihood analysis, it is consistently evident that the construct is unidimensional. However, for the sample studied, it was observed that 3 of the variables did not reach a significant weight for the model. Conclusion. It concludes that the variables that measure smartphone addiction on the SAS-SV scale adapted to Spanish, indeed, form a unidimensional construct when applied to Mexican university students, which is consistent with results from previous studies. However, it is identified necessary to conduct further studies, in order to explain the low significance obtained for 3 variables of the model.

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