scholarly journals Development and Validation of the Trait Test Anxiety Inventory - Short

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Ober ◽  
Cheng Liu ◽  
Matt Carter ◽  
Alison Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Test Anxiety ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Validity Evidence ◽  
Validation Framework ◽  
State Test ◽  
Good Internal Consistency ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
Parental Educational Attainment ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Report Measure

We develop and present validity evidence for a new 12-item self-report measure of test anxiety, the Trait Test Anxiety Inventory - Short (TTAI-S), following Kane’s validation framework. Data were collected from three independent samples of college students in the U.S. (N=552; Mage=22.25 years). Scoring validity was evidenced by good internal consistency and confirmed structure as a single factor. Generalization validity was evidenced by scalar measurement invariance based on the sample (Internet v. community) and subgroups (i.e., gender, race/ethnicity, and parental educational attainment). Extrapolation validity was evidenced by significant associations between the TTAI-S score and two theoretically relevant constructs (state test anxiety, self-efficacy). These findings support the psychometric integrity of the TTAI-S, which may be used to investigate trait test anxiety in a variety of contexts.

The development and validation of the protective factors survey: A self-report measure of protective factors against child maltreatment

2010 ◽  
Vol 34 (10) ◽  
pp. 762-772 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline M. Counts ◽  
Elenor S. Buffington ◽  
Karin Chang-Rios ◽  
Heather N. Rasmussen ◽  
Kristopher J. Preacher
Keyword(s):  
Child Maltreatment ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Report Measure

Relationship between a Behavioral and Several Psychometric Measures of Test Anxiety

1976 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 185-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy W. Smith ◽  
Judi Komaki
Keyword(s):  
Test Anxiety ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Behavioral Measure ◽  
Time Sampling ◽  
General Anxiety ◽  
Psychometric Measures ◽  
Paper And Pencil ◽  
Report Measure

Behavioral time-sampling was compared with various paper-and-pencil, self-report measures of test anxiety in an examination of the utility of the behavioral measure as an in situo index of test anxiety. The behavioral measure was significantly and positively correlated 0.45 with a paper-and-pencil, self-report measure of “facilitative” test anxiety but not with measures of “debilitative” test anxiety ( r = —0.15) or general anxiety ( r = —0.33) for 12 male and 21 female undergraduates.

Development and Validation of the Avoidance of Environmental Tobacco Smoke Scale

1998 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela M. Martinelli
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Environmental Tobacco Smoke ◽  
Tobacco Smoke ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Psychometric Analysis ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Item Scale ◽  
Report Measure

The Avoidance of Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) scale is a self-report measure of the avoidance of ETS by young adults. Initial use of the scale with 30 undergraduate students showed an internal consistency of .84 across 40 items and .90 in a refined 28-item instrument. In a sample of 241 students, a 20-item scale had an internal consistency reliability of .94 and a refined 10-item scale had an internal consistency of .86. In a sample of 95 mothers with a mean age of 36, the 10-item scale had an internal consistency of .81. In three distinct samples, significant known groups’ discrimination was found between smokers and nonsmokers. Psychometric analysis indicates that the scale merits further testing using a more heterogeneous sample from community and clinical populations to ensure its usefulness by clinicians and researchers interested in explaining, predicting, and preventing exposure to ETS.

scholarly journals Development and validation of a new self-report measure of pain behaviors

Pain ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 154 (12) ◽  
pp. 2867-2876 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karon F. Cook ◽  
Francis Keefe ◽  
Mark P. Jensen ◽  
Toni S. Roddey ◽  
Leigh F. Callahan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Self Report ◽  
Pain Behaviors ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Report Measure

Coping Skills of Intellectually Disabled Young Adults: An Exploratory Investigation

1995 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-17
Author(s):  
Vivian Wisniewski ◽  
Erica Frydenberg
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Significant Others ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Exploratory Investigation ◽  
Coping Scale ◽  
Adaptive Behaviours ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
The Unemployed ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Report Measure

ABSTRACTThe coping actions of a group of young people with an intellectual disability were investigated using an adapted version of The Adolescent Coping Scale (ACS; Frydenberg & Lewis, 1993a). Generally, the coping of this population has been addressed by focusing on adaptive behaviours that, generally, have been determined on the basis of reports by significant others rather than by self-report instruments. The lack of suitable instruments rarely gives these young people opportunities to reflect on their behaviour. In this exploratory investigation, an adapted version of the ACS, a recently developed Australian self-report measure of coping, was administered to young people with intellectual disabilities who were in employment (n = 4) or who were unemployed (n = 18). It was found that employed young people coped in more positive ways than did the unemployed group. The only distinguishing characteristic between the ways in which males and females coped was a declaration by females that they lacked the strategies with which to cope. There was a general concurrence between self-reported coping actions and those reported by significant others. The findings suggest that an adapted version of the ACS may be useful with this population of young people. Further development and validation of the instrument with this population are recommended.

scholarly journals Development and Validation of a Scale on Lay Beliefs about Boredom

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katy Yuen Yan Tam ◽  
Wijnand A. P. van Tilburg ◽  
Christian Shaunlyn Chan
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Lay Beliefs ◽  
Good Internal Consistency ◽  
Meaningful Relationships ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
Development And Validation

The present study developed and validated a 15-item self-report measure for boredom beliefs, the Boredom Beliefs Scale (BBS). We generated a pool of items on people’s lay beliefs about boredom from a series of qualitative interviews, and then administered it via an online questionnaire in Hong Kong Chinese (N = 231) and American (N = 498) samples. We identified 3 lay boredom beliefs—the extent to which people recognize the functions of boredom (boredom functionality), affectively dislike this emotion (boredom dislike) and normalize its experience (boredom normalcy). The 3-factor BBS was found to be measurement invariant across a two-week time interval and across the two cultural groups. Three subscales showed good internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and meaningful relationships with emotion beliefs, emotion acceptance, and boredom proneness. Implications of the scale in clinical and educational contexts were discussed.

scholarly journals The Nightmare Disorder Index: development and initial validation in a sample of nurses

SLEEP ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica R Dietch ◽  
Daniel J Taylor ◽  
Kristi Pruiksma ◽  
Sophie Wardle-Pinkston ◽  
Danica C Slavish ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Psychosocial Functioning ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Sleep Diaries ◽  
Dsm 5 ◽  
High Risk Populations ◽  
Good Internal Consistency ◽  
Nightmare Disorder ◽  
Report Measure

Abstract Study Objectives Nurses are a group at high risk for nightmares, yet little is known about the rate of nightmare disorder and associated psychosocial factors in this group in part attributable to the lack of a self-report questionnaire to assess DSM-5 criteria for nightmare disorder. Aims of the current study were to (1) report on development and initial validity of a self-report measure of DSM-5 nightmare disorder, and (2) examine the rate and associated factors of nightmare disorder among nurses. Methods Nurses (N = 460) completed baseline measures online including Nightmare Disorder Index (NDI), psychosocial and demographic questionnaires. A subset (n = 400) completed 14 days of sleep diaries and actigraphy. Results NDI demonstrated satisfactory psychometric characteristics as indicated by good internal consistency (α = 0.80), medium inter-item correlations (r = 0.50), medium to large item-total (r = 0.55–0.85) and convergent correlations (0.32–0.45), and small to medium discriminant correlations (–0.12–0.33). Per NDI, 48.7% of nurses reported no nightmares in the past month, 43.9% met partial/subthreshold criteria and 7.4% met full criteria for probable nightmare disorder. Nurses with nightmare disorder demonstrated significantly poorer psychosocial functioning (i.e. posttraumatic stress, depression, anxiety, stress) than those with subthreshold nightmare symptoms, who had poorer functioning than those with no nightmares. Conclusions NDI is an efficient and valid self-report assessment of nightmare disorder. Nurses have high rates of nightmares and nightmare disorder which are associated with poorer psychosocial functioning. We recommend increased nightmare screening particularly for high-risk populations such as healthcare workers.

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