Confirmatory Examination of the Multidimensional Aversion to Women Who Work Scale

2003 ◽  
Vol 92 (3) ◽  
pp. 757-762 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean Valentine
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Young Male ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Southwest Usa ◽  
Traditional Roles

The factor structure of the Multidimensional Aversion to Women Who Work Scale was assessed using data collected from 418 predominantly young male and female college students attending one of four colleges or universities located in the south or southwest USA. An exploratory factor analysis using half the data set initially yielded a two-factor solution with unparsimonious loadings. After incompatible items were deleted, another exploratory factor analysis indicated an acceptable two-factor explanation. A confirmatory factor analysis using the second set of observations supported this solution, and the analysis of a second-order factor model suggested that both Employment Skepticism and Traditional Roles Preference were components of Aversion to Women Who Work. The results show that the 5-item scale might be used instead of the 10-item format.

scholarly journals Measuring COVID-19 Related Health Literacy in Healthcare Professionals—Psychometric Evaluation of the HL-COV-HP Instrument

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (22) ◽  
pp. 11959
Author(s):  
Kati Hiltrop ◽  
Nina Hiebel ◽  
Franziska Geiser ◽  
Milena Kriegsmann-Rabe ◽  
Nikoloz Gambashidze ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Psychometric Evaluation ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Instrument Measuring ◽  
Using Data

Background: Thus far, there is no instrument available measuring COVID-19 related health literacy of healthcare professionals. Therefore, the aim of this study was to develop an instrument assessing COVID-19 related health literacy in healthcare professionals (HL-COV-HP) and evaluate its psychometric properties. Methods: An exploratory factor analysis, a confirmatory factor analysis, and descriptive analyses were conducted using data from n = 965 healthcare professionals. Health literacy related to COVID-19 was measured with 12 items, which were adapted from the validated HLS-EU-Q16 instrument measuring general health literacy. Results: Exploratory factor analysis demonstrated that 12 items loaded on one component. After removing one item due to its high standardized residual covariance, the confirmatory factor analysis of a one-factor model with 11 items showed satisfactory model fit (χ2 = 199.340, df = 41, χ2/df = 4.862, p < 0.001, RMSEA = 0.063, CFI = 0.963 and TLI = 0.951). The HL-COV-HP instrument showed good internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha 0.87) and acceptable construct reliability. Conclusions: The HL-COV-HP is a reliable, valid, and feasible instrument to assess the COVID-19 related health literacy in healthcare professionals. It can be used in hospitals or other healt hcare settings to assess the motivation and ability of healthcare professionals to find, understand, evaluate, and use COVID-19 information.

An investigation into the factor structure of the Cognitive Therapy Scale – Revised (CTS-R) in a CBT training sample

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Sarah Beale ◽  
Silia Vitoratou ◽  
Sheena Liness
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Cognitive Therapy ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Single Factor ◽  
Behaviour Therapy ◽  
Cognitive Behaviour ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

Abstract Background: Effective monitoring of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) competence depends on psychometrically robust assessment methods. While the UK Cognitive Therapy Scale – Revised (CTS-R; Blackburn et al., 2001) has become a widely used competence measure in CBT training, practice and research, its underlying factor structure has never been investigated. Aims: This study aimed to present the first investigation into the factor structure of the CTS-R based on a large sample of postgraduate CBT trainee recordings. Method: Trainees (n = 382) provided 746 mid-treatment audio recordings for depression (n = 373) and anxiety (n = 373) cases scored on the CTS-R by expert markers. Tapes were split into two equal samples counterbalanced by diagnosis and with one tape per trainee. Exploratory factor analysis was conducted. The suggested factor structure and a widely used theoretical two-factor model were tested with confirmatory factor analysis. Measurement invariance was assessed by diagnostic group (depression versus anxiety). Results: Exploratory factor analysis suggested a single-factor solution (98.68% explained variance), which was supported by confirmatory factor analysis. All 12 CTS-R items were found to contribute to this single factor. The univariate model demonstrated full metric invariance and partial scalar invariance by diagnosis, with one item (item 10 – Conceptual Integration) demonstrating scalar non-invariance. Conclusions: Findings indicate that the CTS-R is a robust homogenous measure and do not support division into the widely used theoretical generic versus CBT-specific competency subscales. Investigation into the CTS-R factor structure in other populations is warranted.

scholarly journals Psychometric Properties of the Bern Illegitimate Tasks Scale – Spanish Version

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denisse Lizette Valdivieso Portilla ◽  
Angélica Gonzalez Rosero ◽  
Geovanny Alvarado-Villa ◽  
Jorge Moncayo-Rizzo
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Informed Consent ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Work Stress ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Spanish Version ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Written Informed Consent

In recent years, a new factor for work stress has been studied along with stress as an offense to self-theory. Illegitimate tasks refer to assignments that are unnecessary or are not related to the employee’s role. Because of this, the Bern Illegitimate Tasks Scale was developed, which measures illegitimate tasks in terms of unreasonable tasks and unnecessary tasks. There are no studies in Latin America on illegitimate tasks, so the purpose of this research is to translate and validate the Bern Illegitimate Tasks Scale. The study was performed with a sample of nursing staff from a hospital in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Written informed consent was obtained from each of the participants. The reliability of the questionnaire was evaluated and its structural validity was verified by exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. The internal consistency of the whole scale, measured by Cronbach’s alpha, was 0.857. Moreover, the unnecessary and unreasonable subscales measure were 0.846 and 0.841, respectively. The exploratory factor analysis supported a two-factor model that explained 73.96% of the variance. Additionally, the confirmatory factor analysis showed good indexes of fit (GFI = 0.915, CFI = 0.955, TLI = 0.933, SRMR = 0.084, and RMSEA = 0.087). The Spanish version of the Bern Illegitimate Tasks Scale presents good psychometric properties and can be applied to nurses in the Ecuadorian population.

scholarly journals The structure of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in four cohorts of community-based, healthy older people: the HALCyon program

2010 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 559-571 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catharine R. Gale ◽  
Michael Allerhand ◽  
Avan Aihie Sayer ◽  
Cyrus Cooper ◽  
Elaine M. Dennison ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Older People ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Hospital Anxiety ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

ABSTRACTBackground: The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) is widely used but evaluation of its psychometric properties has produced equivocal results. Little is known about its structure in non-clinical samples of older people.Methods: We used data from four cohorts in the HALCyon collaborative research program into healthy aging: the Caerphilly Prospective Study, the Hertfordshire Ageing Study, the Hertfordshire Cohort Study, and the Lothian Birth Cohort 1921. We used exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis with multi-group comparisons to establish the structure of the HADS and test for factorial invariance between samples.Results: Exploratory factor analysis showed a bi-dimensional structure (anxiety and depression) of the scale in men and women in each cohort. We tested a hypothesized three-factor model but high correlations between two of the factors made a two-factor model more psychologically plausible. Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the sizes of the respective item loadings on the two factors were effectively identical in men and women from the same cohort. There was more variation between cohorts, particularly those from different parts of the U.K. and in whom the HADS was administered differently. Differences in social-class distribution accounted for part of this variation.Conclusions: Scoring the HADS as two subscales of anxiety and depression is appropriate in non-clinical populations of older men and women. However, there were differences between cohorts in the way that individual items were linked with the constructs of anxiety and depression, perhaps due to differences in sociocultural factors and/or in the administration of the scale.

Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Maslach Burnout Inventory to Measure Burnout Syndrome in Critical Care Nurses

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. E18-E29
Author(s):  
Alexander Schneider ◽  
Jeri E. Forster ◽  
Meredith Mealer
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Critical Care ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽  
The United States ◽  
Critical Care Nurses ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

Background and PurposeBurnout syndrome is common in critical care nursing. The Critical Care Societies Collaborative recently released a joint statement and call to action on burnout in critical care professionals.MethodsWe conducted an exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of the 22-item MBI.ResultsThe exploratory factor analysis identified three factors but after questions were removed; we were left with a 2-factor, 10-item abridged version of the MBI-HSS to test with CFA modeling. The CFA indicated conflicting fit indices.Conclusionswe conducted an exploratory and CFA of the abridged MBI-HSS in critical care nurses from the United States and found the two-factor model was the best fit achieved.

Translation, Validation and Factor Structure of the Handling Bullying Questionnaire in Pakistan

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 497-510
Author(s):  
Namra Shahzadi ◽  
Bushra Akram ◽  
Saima Dawood ◽  
,Fayyaz Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Five Factor Model ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Translation Validation ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Two Phases

The current study was aimed to adapt, translate and validate The Handling Bullying Questionnaire (THBQ; Bauman, Rigby & Hoppa, 2008) into Urdu language. Present study was conducted in two phases, at the first phase THBQ was translated into Urdu language through standard procedures. Linguistic equivalence between Urdu and English version scale of THBQ was found (r = 0.75**) in pilot study. In the second phase of the study psychometric properties were established through Exploratory Factor Analysis and Confirmatory Factor Analysis. A sample of 400 participants was selected for administration of scale. Exploratory Factor Analysis retrieved 6 factors solutions in 22 items. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) confirmed five factor model with 16 items. Thus, findings indicted the Urdu version of THBQ may be valid and reliable. The questionnaire can be used in future research for the assessment of handling bullying behaviors among school children by teachers and counselors.

Work Engagement in South Korea

2017 ◽  
Vol 120 (3) ◽  
pp. 561-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Won Ho Kim ◽  
Jong Gyu Park ◽  
Bora Kwon
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Utrecht Work Engagement Scale ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Three Factor ◽  
Engagement Scale

This study aims to validate Korean versions of the 9-item Utrecht Work Engagement Scale, testing for its factor pattern validity through Exploratory Factor Analysis and Confirmatory Factor Analysis, reliability, and convergent and discriminant validity. The 9-item Utrecht Work Engagement Scale was translated according to the guidelines of the International Test Commission and tested with two Korean samples. First, the Exploratory Factor Analysis found that both two-factor and three-factor solutions were viable options with the first sample. Second, comparison validations of these two solutions were tested by confirming the dimensionality of their structures through the Confirmatory Factor Analyses with the second sample, with the conclusion that the three-factor model solution was the most parsimonious model. Finally, the three-factor model of the 9-item Utrecht Work Engagement Scale was demonstrated to have good discriminant validity and convergent validity, as well as internal consistency of its subscales.

A confirmatory factor analysis of the structure of schizotypy

1995 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 271-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliver Mason
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Psychotic Disorders ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Factor Solution ◽  
Factor Analytic ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Three Factor

Recent research into schizotypal traits has been concerned with the number and nature of these personality dimensions. Earlier exploratory factor analytic work using a wide variety of scales (the CSTQ) has generated a four‐factor solution but other solutions have been provided by other investigators. This study uses confirmatory factor analysis on a large sample to compare several plausible models of the relationships between scales. These models include a two‐factor model separating ‘positive’ from ‘negative’ schizotypal features, a three‐factor model including features of cognitive disorganization, and the four‐factor model generated previously by exploratory factor analysis. Results offer support for the four‐factor solution as the only structure meeting multiple criteria for goodness of fit. The relevance of Eysenck's dimensions, and the P scale in particular, to the results is discussed. Attention is drawn to the possibility that the factors describe predispositions of risk of psychotic disorders beyond that of schizophrenia.

A Study on Exploring the Factors Influencing Celebrity Endorsement Credibility

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 494-509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramendra Pratap Singh ◽  
Neelotpaul Banerjee
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Source Credibility ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Demographic Profiles ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
The One ◽  
Post Hoc ◽  
Indian Perspective ◽  
Test Result

This study tries to explore the factors contributing to the source credibility of celebrities as brand endorsers and, subsequently, develops a conceptually integrated scale for the same in Indian perspective. To conduct an empirical investigation, a survey is conducted consisting of 432 participants. In this study, exploratory factor analysis (EFA) followed by confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) has been con-ducted. Exploratory factor analysis resulted in three factors or dimensions. All the indicators are strongly loaded into their respective construct. The Cronbach’s alpha, composite factor reliability and variance extracted measure for validity checks are found to be satisfactory. All pairs of inter-construct correlation are found to be positive and significant. The issue of multicollinearity did not bear a serious threat to the data. Common method effect of Harmen’s one-factor post hoc test result indicates that multidimensional three-factor model fits the data well than the one-factor model. These results are also invariant across different demographic profiles, namely, gender, educational qualification and age.

scholarly journals Validity Evidence for the Reduced Version of the Young Parenting Inventory (YPI)

2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (56) ◽  
pp. 293-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felipe Valentini ◽  
Joao Carlos Alchieri ◽  
Jacob Arie Laros
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Five Factor Model ◽  
Family Processes ◽  
Validity Evidence ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Five Factors ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

To gain more insight in family processes, psychometrically tests are required. The present study aimed to adapt a reduced version of the Young Parenting Inventory (YPI) to the Portuguese language and to obtain evidence of its validity. The instrument was administered to a sample of 920 persons (59% female) with an average age of 21.3 years. Exploratory factor analysis indicated the existence of five factors explaining approximately 45% of the variance. Confirmatory factor analysis showed fit indices above.80. In comparison with other models, the five factor model showed a better fit to the data. Between the YPI and Familiograma (another test of family processes) moderate correlations were observed. The results of this study suggest satisfactory evidence of the validity for the YPI in Brazil.

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