Factor Structure of Newly Designed Verbal Tests

1988 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gagindra Persaud ◽  
Hazel M. Salmon
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Principal Factor ◽  
Total Variance ◽  
Varimax Rotation ◽  
Common Variance ◽  
Factor Solution ◽  
Two Factors

The scores of 61 students on 7 newly constructed verbal tests were analysed using the methods of principal factor solution and varimax rotation. Two factors were extracted whose eigenvalues summed to 4.46 and accounted for 64% of the total variance. The convergent factor, which was responsible for 71% of the total common variance, was comprised of 5 tests, including a remote associates scale with significant loadings. The divergent factor accounted for the remaining 29% of the total common variance and was made up of 2 tests with significant loadings as well.

Further Considerations of the Multidimensionality and Factor Structure of the Rotter Locus of Control Scale

1987 ◽  
Vol 60 (3_part_2) ◽  
pp. 1059-1062
Author(s):  
Howard N. Anderson ◽  
Stephen Madonna ◽  
Glenda K. Bailey ◽  
Andrea L. Wesley
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Principal Components Analysis ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Principal Components ◽  
Total Variance ◽  
Varimax Rotation ◽  
Factor Solution ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Components Analysis

The present study was designed to determine the number and nature of factors involved in Rotter's I-E Scale and to examine the question of the multidimensionality of the scale. Subjects were 329 college undergraduates. Principal components analysis was performed on the 23 pertinent items of the scale, followed by Varimax rotation. Multiple criteria indicated a 10-factor solution which accounted for 61% of the total variance. The first two factors were strongly similar to those reported previously. Results support Rotter's (1975) contention that subclasses within the scale will vary from sample to sample.

Factor Structure of The Beck Depression Inventory in a University Sample

2003 ◽  
Vol 92 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herbert W. Helm ◽  
Mark D. Boward
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Beck Depression Inventory ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Principal Components ◽  
Varimax Rotation ◽  
Common Variance ◽  
Factor Solution ◽  
The Common ◽  
Components Analysis

Factor analysis was performed on the Beck Depression Inventory with a university sample to examine its potential multidimensionality. A principal components analysis with an oblimin and varimax rotation produced a two-factor solution. These factors were labeled Cognitive–Affective and Physiological and accounted for approximately 39% of the common variance. This finding is consistent with multidimensionality of the inventory and with a similar study of college students. The commonalities of the two studies suggest the reliability (internal consistency) of the Cognitive-Affective and Physiological constructs among “minimally” depressed university samples.

Factor Structure of the WISC-R for Children Identified as Learning Disabled

1981 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 891-895 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack A. Naglieri
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Perceptual Organization ◽  
Learning Disabled ◽  
Principal Factor ◽  
Disabled Children ◽  
Factor Solution ◽  
Verbal Comprehension ◽  
Sample Support ◽  
Freedom From Distractibility

The aim of the present investigation was to explore the factor structure of the WISC-R for a sample of children identified as learning disabled. The sample of 140 children were between the ages of 6–2 and 14–8 ( M = 9–7); 96 were males and 44 females. A principal factor analysis yielded a factor solution similar to that reported for the WISC-R standardization sample. Support for the robustness of the Verbal Comprehension, Perceptual Organization, and Freedom from Distractibility factors for this population of learning disabled children resulted.

Multidimensionality of Rotter's Locus of Control Scale

1987 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 273-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas H. McInish ◽  
Mei Yan Lee
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Simple Structure ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Latent Root ◽  
Principal Factor ◽  
Varimax Rotation ◽  
Factor Solution ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Structure Index ◽  
Scree Test

McInish and Srivastava recently examined the multidimensionality of Rotter's Locus of Control Scale for common stock investors. Following principal-component analysis with a varimax rotation, these authors extracted nine factors using the scree test and the latent root criterion. Replication using the Very Simple Structure index yields a single-factor solution. Parkes' two-factor solution using the same Very Simple Structure technique is obtained only if principal-factor analysis is employed to obtain the initial factor pattern.

An Exploratory Attempt to Define the Components of Activation

1974 ◽  
Vol 34 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1137-1138
Author(s):  
James R. Frazier
Keyword(s):  
Principal Factor ◽  
Visual Modality ◽  
Varimax Rotation ◽  
Behavioral Measures ◽  
Factor Method ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Directed Thinking

A battery of physiological and behavioral measures was factor analyzed by the principal factor method in an exploratory attempt to identify components of the activation continuum. Following varimax rotation, three factors were labelled and interpreted within an energy arousal context. Two factors were interpreted and labelled as arousal factors, while a third factor was identified as directed thinking within the visual modality.

scholarly journals Pouzdanost i faktorska struktura Rou upitnika

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomislav Grgin ◽  
Izabela Cvek Sorić
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Social Study ◽  
Common Variance ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Reliability Coefficients

The authors have investigated a sample of 283 3th and 4th grade students in secondary schools of Zadar where they tested the reliability and factor structure of ROU-questionnairc scale measuring classroom psycho-social study atmosphere. On the basis the obtained reliability coefficients (type Cronbach- alfa) the authors established that all scales included in the questionnaire had a satisfactory reliability. Two factors were extracted from the factor analysis and they were: 1. factor of individualisation and personal development and 2. factor of satisfaction with relationship in the class which gave explanation to 52.17 % of common variance of all the results.

Factor Structure and Subtest Differences on the Preschool Behavior Questionnaire in a Latino, African-American, Euro-American, and Asian Preschool Population

1999 ◽  
Vol 84 (3) ◽  
pp. 936-942
Author(s):  
Ronn Johnson ◽  
Francisco C. Gomez ◽  
Kathy Sanders-Phillips
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Head Start ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Factor Solution ◽  
Significant Group ◽  
Asian Children ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
American Children ◽  
Three Factor

This study examined the factor structure of the Preschool Behavior Questionnaire in a sample of African-American, Euro-American, Asian, and Hispanic children. The sample consisted of 304 children (141 boys, 163 girls) 3- and 4-yr.-old and enrolled in Head Start. A principal component analysis with a varimax rotation was conducted and two- and three-factor solutions were extracted. A two-factor solution produced a clear interpretive structure representing Fowler and Park's 1979 Aggressive-Hyperactive-Distractible and Anxious-Fearful factors. Even though a three-factor solution was statistically appropriate, extracting more than two factors yielded dimensions difficult to interpret. Examination of subscale differences among ethnic groups indicated significant group effect for ethnicity. Further examination showed that Euro-American children are rated significantly higher on the Anxious subtest than Latino, African-American, and Asian children, but there were no other subscale differences. Clinical and research implications ate discussed.

Satiation: A New Source of Stylistic Response Variance in Psychometric Measurement

1983 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 779-787 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick C Thauberger ◽  
Sonja A. Ruznisky ◽  
John F. Cleland
Keyword(s):  
Response Styles ◽  
Total Variance ◽  
Common Variance ◽  
Factor Analytic ◽  
Response Variance ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Psychometric Measures ◽  
Separate Factor ◽  
The Common ◽  
Psychometric Measurement

Structural convergences among two sets of measures of response styles were examined in two separate factor analytic studies. Three factors accounting for 61.7% of the total variance were extracted in the first study involving 11 psychometric measures and two factors accounting for 56.7% of the total variance in the second study of five measures. Emerging as a separate factor in both studies (accounting for 10.1 and 22.0% of the total variance and 8.4 and 36.5% of the common variance, respectively) was a factor labelled Satiation. This variance was attributed to differences in boredom/enthusiasm among individuals completing the psychometric questionnaires. This source of variance warrants attention in investigations involving questionnaires with numerous items, especially when the items are on a limited number of topics.

scholarly journals The BDI-II factor structure in pregnancy and postpartum: Two or three factors?

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 334-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Carvalho Bos ◽  
Ana Telma Pereira ◽  
Mariana Marques ◽  
Berta Maia ◽  
Maria João Soares ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Postpartum Women ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Varimax Rotation ◽  
Factor Solution ◽  
Somatic Anxiety ◽  
Affective Factor ◽  
Pregnancy And Postpartum ◽  
Scree Test ◽  
In Pregnancy

AbstractThe purpose of the present study was to investigate the factor structure of the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) in pregnancy and postpartum. Women were asked to fill in the BDI-II in their last trimester of pregnancy and at 3 months after delivery. A total of 331 pregnant women, with a mean age of 29.7 years (SD = 4.6), and 354 mothers, aged 30.6 years (SD = 4.6 years), answered the BDI-II. The first group was mainly nulliparas (65.6%) and the second group was mostly primiparas (57.4%). Factor analyses with principal components solution and varimax rotation were performed. Based on the scree test of Cattell a 2-factor solution and a 3-factor solution were explored. The 2-factor solution was identical in pregnancy and postpartum. Items loading in the Cognitive–Affective factor and in the Somatic–Anxiety factor were almost the same, though the Cognitive–Affective factor explained more of the BDI-II total variance in pregnancy, whereas in postpartum both factors explained similar total variances. The 3-factor solution of the BDI-II in pregnancy and postpartum slightly diverged. Besides the Cognitive–Affective and the Somatic–Anxiety factors, a third factor, Fatigue, was obtained in pregnancy while Guilt was the third factor identified in postpartum. This study reveals that the BDI-II 3-factor solution might be more appropriate to assess depressive symptoms in pregnancy and postpartum.

Self-Perceptions of Aging: Factorial Structure and Invariance by Gender

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shelbie G Turner ◽  
Karen Hooker ◽  
G John Geldhof
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Latent Structure ◽  
Factor Solution ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Perceptions Of Aging ◽  
Item Scale

Abstract Background and Objectives Self-perceptions of aging (SPA)—the appraisals people place on their own aging processes—predict well-being in later life. Researchers are increasingly hypothesizing that the overarching construct of SPA is comprised of two factors—positive SPA and negative SPA—and that SPA are gendered. The purpose of this study was to empirically test the hypothesized two-factor structure of SPA and to analyze how the two-factor structure varies between men and women. Research Design and Methods Data come from the 2012 wave of the Health and Retirement Study (N = 7,029; Mage = 68.08), which includes an 8-item SPA scale. We used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to assess (i) the positive SPA and negative SPA two-factor solution for the 8-item scale and (ii) whether the two-factor solution had configural, strong, or weak invariance across men and women. Results CFAs indicated a two-factor latent structure of the 8-item scale, with SPA being comprised of both a positive SPA factor and a negative SPA factor. The latent structure was the same for both men and women. Discussion and Implications Results suggest that SPA is a broader construct made up of positive and negative latent factors. Researchers should consider separating the SPA by positive and negative factors to analyze how each factor uniquely shapes health. Moreover, the two-factor solution was equivalent across men and women, possibly because of the generalized nature of the 8-item scale. Researchers can use the 8-item scale similarly for men and women and should continue to elucidate possible gender differences in SPA.

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