Development, Reliability, and Validity Testing of the Ethical Behavior Test: A Measure for Nurses’ Ethical Behavior

1997 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernadette Dierckx de Casterlé ◽  
Mieke Grypdonck ◽  
Magda Vuylsteke-Wauters
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Behavior ◽  
Ethical Reasoning ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Validity Testing ◽  
Many Instruments ◽  
New Instrument ◽  
Optimal Mix ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Substantial Degree ◽  
Behavior Test

The need for reliable and valid measures for ethical behavior of nurses has encouraged the authors to develop a new instrument to measure students’ ethical behavior in daily nursing dilemmas. Characteristic of the instrument presented is the inclusion of two fundamental components of ethical behavior: (1) ethical reasoning (and the resulting decision), and (2) the actual implementation of the ethical decision. As for many instruments, Kohlberg’s theory of moral development has been used as the conceptual framework. However, Kohlberg’s abstract justice orientation was refined by a care perspective and representative nursing dilemmas were used to make the instrument conceptually more appropriate for measuring nurses’ ethical behavior. The analysis of the psychometric properties of the instrument has provided several relevant indications for the reliability and validity of the ethical reasoning and implementation scores. The revealed inconsistencies in the Ethical Behavior Test could be satisfactorily interpreted in terms of Kohlberg’s theory and related empirical research findings, supporting the reliability of the ethical behavior scores. The content validity rests upon the careful development of the instrument resulting in an optimal mix of dilemmas, arguments and care situations to reveal nurses’ ethical behavior and in a substantial degree of correspondence between the concept and operationalization. The congruency between the patterns of ethical behavior and Kohlberg’s theoretical insights about ethical reasoning and practice support the construct validity of the instrument.

The Psychometric Properties of the Measure of Adolescent Relationship Harassment and Abuse (MARSHA) With a Nationally Representative Sample of U.S. Youth

2021 ◽  
pp. 088626052098548
Author(s):  
Emily F. Rothman ◽  
Carlos A. Cuevas ◽  
Elizabeth A. Mumford ◽  
Eva Bahrami ◽  
Bruce G. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Representative Sample ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Adolescent Dating ◽  
Dating Abuse ◽  
New Instrument ◽  
Convergent And Divergent Validity ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Adolescent Relationship

This article describes a new instrument that assesses adolescent dating abuse (ADA) victimization and perpetration. The Measure of Adolescent Relationship Harassment and Abuse (MARSHA) is a comprehensive instrument that includes items on physical, sexual, and psychological ADA, as well as cyber dating abuse, social control, and invasion of privacy. Data for this study came from a population-based, nationally representative sample of adolescents ages 11 to 21 years old ( N = 1,257). Exploratory factor analysis was conducted for the victimization and perpetration versions of the MARSHA, and convergent and divergent validity were assessed using the Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationships Inventory (CADRI) and the juvenile victimization questionnaire (JVQ), respectively. Results suggest that the MARSHA has good reliability and validity, and that each subscale had good internal consistency. The authors propose that the MARSHA may be a strong alternative to the CADRI or the conflict tactics scale (CTS) because it reflects contemporary forms of abuse, such as online harassment and pressure to send nude selfies, and the nonconsensual dissemination of sexually explicit images.

A Tool to Measure Entrepreneurial Skill among Agripreneurs

2021 ◽  
pp. 91-97
Author(s):  
S. Elakkiya ◽  
M. Asokhan
Keyword(s):  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Capacity Development ◽  
Cognitive Skill ◽  
Technical Skill ◽  
Item Selection ◽  
Validity Testing ◽  
Communication Competency ◽  
Managerial Skill

Entrepreneurship skills are an individual’s ability to make business in a profitable way. The study focused on to develop a tool to measure the entrepreneurial skill among the agripreneurs by reviewing of literature. Item selection and scoring procedure had been included in this study. Based on the reliability and validity testing, this study finalized the instruments to yielding seven indicators, namely, marketing dimension, psychological magnitude, managerial skill, behavioural skill, technical skill, communication competency, cognitive skill. It is recommended that future researchers apply and thereby extend the developed measure by cross-examining the instruments presented in this study across different entrepreneurs study. The results obtained will be helpful in planning and implementing the capacity development programmes. Among seven indictors and the respective sub indicators, the indicators and sub indicators having above 0.75 relative weightage score had taken for final index. The study found that marketing skill (0.88), psychological magnitude (0.89), behavioural skill (0.79), technical skill (0.83), communication competency (0.93) and cognitive skill (0.89) were the major skill of the agri entrepreneurs, should possess to run their business effectively and efficiently.

Translation and reliability and validity testing of a Japanese version of the Intermittent Self-Catheterization Questionnaire among disposable and reusable catheter users

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 1356-1362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikako Yoshida ◽  
Yasuhiko Igawa ◽  
Shiho Higashimura ◽  
Motofumi Suzuki ◽  
Aya Niimi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Japanese Version ◽  
Validity Testing

Reliability and Validity A Quick Review

2007 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 775-780 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Fitzner
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
External Validity ◽  
Diabetes Education ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Management Training ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Validity Testing ◽  
Education Practice ◽  
Rigorous Testing ◽  
Diabetes Educators

The purpose of this article is to provide a brief review of reliability and validity testing. These concepts are important to researchers who are choosing techniques and/or developing tools that will be applied and evaluated in diabetes education practice. Several types of reliability and validity testing are defined, and an easy-to-use check sheet is provided for research purposes. Following testing for the basic aspects of reliability and validity such as face and construct validity, a tool may be appropriate for use in practice settings. Those conducting comprehensive outcomes evaluations, however, may desire additional validation such as testing for external validity. Diabetes educators can and should incorporate rigorous testing for these important aspects when conducting assessments of techniques and tools relating to diabetes self-management training.

ANALISIS PENGARUH PENALARAN ETIS DAN SENSITIVITAS ETIKA TERHADAP PERILAKU ETIS MAHASISWA

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-35
Author(s):  
Lia Anggriati ◽  
Muslichah M
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Behavior ◽  
Ethical Reasoning ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Accounting Students ◽  
Ethical Sensitivity ◽  
Significant Positive Effect ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

Along with the violations of ethics that occur frequently committed by accountants, both publicaccountants, and internal company accountants and government accountants and based on the resultsof research that has been done before producing different results, this study aims to examine the effectof ethical reasoning and ethical sensitivity to behavior ethical students. The population in this studywere accounting students at STIE Malangkucecwara. Research samples were taken using a simple randomsampling technique. The total sample used in the study was 184 accounting students. This study usesthe Partial Least Square (PLS) method. The results of this study indicate that (1) Ethical sensitivityhas a significant positive effect on ethical behavior. (2) Ethical sensitivity has a significant positiveeffect on ethical reasoning. (3) Ethical reasoning has a significant positive effect on ethical behavior.(4) Ethical reasoning does not mediate the relationship between ethical sensitivity on ethicalbehavior.

Development and validation of an instrument to measure undergraduate chemistry students’ critical thinking skills

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-78
Author(s):  
Stephen M. Danczak ◽  
Christopher D. Thompson ◽  
Tina L. Overton
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Chemistry Education ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Internal Reliability ◽  
Validity Testing ◽  
Chemistry Students ◽  
Undergraduate Chemistry

The importance of developing and assessing student critical thinking at university can be seen through its inclusion as a graduate attribute for universities and from research highlighting the value employers, educators and students place on demonstrating critical thinking skills. Critical thinking skills are seldom explicitly assessed at universities. Commercial critical thinking assessments, which are often generic in context, are available. However, literature suggests that assessments that use a context relevant to the students more accurately reflect their critical thinking skills. This paper describes the development and evaluation of a chemistry critical thinking test (the Danczak–Overton–Thompson Chemistry Critical Thinking Test or DOT test), set in a chemistry context, and designed to be administered to undergraduate chemistry students at any level of study. Development and evaluation occurred over three versions of the DOT test through a variety of quantitative and qualitative reliability and validity testing phases. The studies suggest that the final version of the DOT test has good internal reliability, strong test–retest reliability, moderate convergent validity relative to a commercially available test and is independent of previous academic achievement and university of study. Criterion validity testing revealed that third year students performed statistically significantly better on the DOT test relative to first year students, and postgraduates and academics performed statistically significantly better than third year students. The statistical and qualitative analysis indicates that the DOT test is a suitable instrument for the chemistry education community to use to measure the development of undergraduate chemistry students’ critical thinking skills.

Validation of an S-O-R Model for Situation, Enduring, and Response Components of Involvement

1982 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 505-516 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raj Arora
Keyword(s):  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Analysis Approach ◽  
Matrix Approach ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Linear Structural Relations ◽  
Structural Relations

Despite the importance of the concept of involvement, it remains misunderstood. No attempt has been made to establish the reliability and validity of the concept. To resolve apparently conflicting research findings, Houston and Rothschild posit a paradigm which classifies involvement as situational, enduring, and response. The author assesses the reliability and validity of this tripartite classification of involvement by using a multitrait-multimethod matrix approach and a linear structural relations analysis approach. Subsequently, the S-O-R formulation and causality are also tested.

Self-Administered Version of the Stevens Placement Readiness Scale

1986 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 329-330
Author(s):  
Walter D. Tropf ◽  
Cheryl E. Green
Keyword(s):  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
The Self ◽  
New Instrument ◽  
Satisfactory Approximation ◽  
Original Scale

A self-administered version of the Stevens Placement Readiness Scale is presented. Reliability and validity of the self-administered scale were assessed and the new instrument was a satisfactory approximation of the original scale.

scholarly journals Reliability and Validity Testing of the Physical Resilience Measure

2011 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 643-652 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Resnick ◽  
E. Galik ◽  
S. Dorsey ◽  
A. Scheve ◽  
S. Gutkin
Keyword(s):  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Validity Testing
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