scholarly journals Children’s Perception of Interparental Conflict Scale: Urdu Translation and Validation

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 337-354
Author(s):  
Sana Bukhari ◽  
Sobia Masood
Keyword(s):  
Interparental Conflict ◽  
Model Fit ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Valid Measure ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Model Fit Indices ◽  
Contextual Framework ◽  
Cross Language ◽  
Translation And Validation

Based on the Cognitive Contextual framework, the Children’s Perception of Interparental Conflict (CPIC; Grych, Seid, & Fincham, 1992) scale was developed to measure perception of children about interparental conflict. This paper presents a valid and reliable Urdu translation of CPIC scale, using a sample of 521 adolescents, to make available an instrument that can be used on Pakistani adolescents. The guidelines of Brislin (1970) were used for the translation of CPIC, followed by cross-language validation, which showed significant correlations (p< .01) between original and Urdu-version of CPIC. Confirmatory Factor Analysis and follow-up model fit indices showed a good fit on its original four factor structure (GFI = .90; IFI = .91; CFI = .91; RMSEA = .03), after deletion of certain items. Cronbach’s coefficient indicated sound internal consistency of all subscales. It is concluded that the Urdu-translated version of CPIC is a reliable and valid measure to assess different aspects of interparental conflict in a sample of Pakistani adolescents. Uses and potential implications of an Urdu-translated version of CPIC are discussed.

scholarly journals A study on development of Perceived Quality-Image Scale in Sports Organizations

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 2407
Author(s):  
Yeşim Bayrakdaroglu ◽  
Dursun Katkat
Keyword(s):  
Reliability Analysis ◽  
Model Fit ◽  
Measurement Tool ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Sports Organizations ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Quality Image ◽  
Model Fit Indices ◽  
Marketing Activities

The purpose of this study is to research how marketing activities of international sports organizations are performed and to develop a scale determining the effects of image management on public. The audiences of interuniversity World Winter Olympic sheld in Erzurum in 2011 participated in the research. Explanatory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis, reliability analysis were performed over the data obtained. All model fit indices of 25-item and four-factor structure of quality-image scale perceived in sports organizations applied were found to be at good level. In line with the findings obtained from the explanatory and confirmatory factor analyses and reliability analysis, it can be uttered that the scale is a valid and reliable measurement tool that can be used in field researches.

scholarly journals Pembuktian Validitas terkait Struktur Tes Potensi Akademik Pascasarjana (PAPS) Universitas Gadjah Mada

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 145
Author(s):  
Wahyu Widhiarso
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Factor Loading ◽  
Model Fit ◽  
The Other ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Model Fit Indices ◽  
Academic Potential ◽  
Potential Test

This study examined the construct validity of the Graduate Academic Potential Test (PAPS). The examination was performed on all existing PAPS series (6 forms) to identify the consistency of dimensionality structure of PAPS. Data of this study were analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The results of the analysis support assumption that the structure of the PAPS test is unidimensional. All of the model fit indices support the decision that the unidimensional model fit the data. The study also examined factor loading that the non-verbal components, especially the quantitative components that had a higher factor weight than the other components.

scholarly journals The Precision of the Overall Data-Model Fit for Different Design Features in Confirmatory Factor Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 6766-6774
Author(s):  
D. Almaleki
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Data Model ◽  
Empirical Evaluation ◽  
Model Fit ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Multiple Features ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Model Fit Indices ◽  
Study Context

Factor Analysis (FA) is the study of variance within a group. Within-Subject Variance (WSV) is affected by multiple features in a study context such as the Experimental Design (ED) or the Sampling Design (SD). The aim of this study is to provide an empirical evaluation of the influence of different aspects of ED and SD on WSV in the context of FA in terms of model precision. The study results showed that the precisions of the overall model fit indices TLI and CFI, as functions of VTF, STV, h2, and their interaction, varied, as did the precisions of the overall model fit indices GFI, AGFI, and RMSEA as functions of VTF, STV, and their interactions. Overall, when the VTF is 4:1 or 7:1, the required STV is 16:1 or above 32:1 or above to show precision in factor solution.

Is the Social Physique Anxiety Scale Really Multidimensional? Conceptual and Statistical Arguments for a Unidimensional Model

1997 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 359-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen A. Martin ◽  
W. Jack Rejeski ◽  
Mark R. Leary ◽  
Edward McAuley ◽  
Susan Bane
Keyword(s):  
Factor Model ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Model Fit ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Social Physique Anxiety ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
The Social ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Model Fit Indices

Recent research has suggested that the Social Physique Anxiety Scale (SPAS) is a multidimensional rather than a unidimensional measure. The present study challenged this position on both conceptual and empirical grounds. After deleting three questionable items from the SPAS, a series of confirmatory factor analyses were conducted across four samples of women who had completed the scale. Across all samples, the model fit indices (i.e., all > .90) suggested that a nine-item, single factor model of the SPAS is more parsimonious and conceptually clear than a two-factor model. It is recommended that researchers of social physique anxiety begin to use the nine-item version of the SPAS described in this paper.

scholarly journals Urdu Translation and Validation of Trust in Close Relationship Scale

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-184
Author(s):  
Syeda Shahida Batool ◽  
Hira Jahangier
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Model Fit ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Cross Language ◽  
Translation And Validation ◽  
Trust Scale

The current study aimed to translate Trust in Close Relationship Scale in Urdu for married couples in Pakistan and to establish its psychometric properties. The forward and backward translation method was used for the translation of the scale followed by the try-out phase.  After determining the cross language validation, in order to confirm the factor structure of the scale, a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was run.  The sample comprised of 250 participants of different age groups (M = 39.7, SD = 10.1). The results of CFA supported the original three-factor structure of the scale (viz., Avoidance, Benevolence and Retaliation) by providing a good model fit to the data with values of X2 = 229.61 (df = 110, p < .001), CFI =.91, GFI = .91, and RMSEA = .06. Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficient of the scale was α= .87. The convergent validity of the scale was determined on a sample of 100 participants by finding its correlation with Trust Scale (r = .72, p < .001). The results support that the scale has promising.    

scholarly journals Professional Fulfillment: Concept and Instrument Proposition

Psico-USF ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-39
Author(s):  
Ligia Carolina Oliveira-Silva ◽  
Juliana Barreiros Porto ◽  
John Arnold
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Model Fit ◽  
Career Goals ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Model Fit Indices ◽  
The Right ◽  
Professional Fulfillment

Abstract This paper aims to propose a concept and an instrument of professional fulfillment (PF), which is theoretically defined as the perception of having attained or being on the right track for attaining one’s most important career goals. The Professional Fulfillment Scale (PFS) was developed in order to operationalize PF, being tested across two studies. Regarding Study 1, in which 406 workers took part, results from exploratory factor analysis evidenced construct validity for PFS. In Study 2, in which 270 workers took part, results from confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling presented satisfactory model fit indices for PFS. We conclude that both the professional fulfillment concept and the scale are useful for mapping people’s importance and achievement of career goals and evaluation of progress, working as a diagnostic tool for career management.

Pure Emotion-loaded Materials in the International Affective Digitized Sounds (IADS): A Study on Intensity Ratings in Chinese University Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-208
Author(s):  
Jiawei Wang ◽  
Yanli Jia ◽  
Xu Shao ◽  
Chu Wang ◽  
Wei Wang
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Model Fit ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Chinese University ◽  
Five Factors ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Model Fit Indices

Background: Materials loaded with pure emotion are essential for basic and clinical research on sounds. The International Affective Digitized Sounds (IADS) is one of the widely-used emotional tools, but its materials are not clearly labeled with specific emotions. We have hypothesized that the IADS contains pure vectors of at least disgust, erotica (or erotism), fear, happiness, sadness and neutral emotions. Methods: We therefore selected 48 IADS sounds with saturate emotions, and invited 271 male and 353 female university students to rate the intensity of the emotions conveyed in each sound. The ratings were then analyzed with the exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. Results: Five factors were observed, namely: erotica, fear-sadness, happiness, neutrality, and disgust. Later, as two facets, sounds of fear-sadness were separated. Thirty sounds under six facets were finally retained with good model-fit indices and satisfactory factor internal reliabilities. Moreover, males scored significantly higher on erotica than females did. Conclusion: Our study purified a series of emotion-loaded IADS sounds, which might help clarify the pure effects of sound emotion in future research and clinical management of affective disorders.

Examining the Structure of the PERMA Theory of Well-Being in Veterans With Mental Illnesses

2020 ◽  
pp. 003435522095709 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emre Umucu
Keyword(s):  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Functional Limitations ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Model Fit ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Order Model ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Model Fit Indices

Assessing and improving veterans’ well-being, especially those veterans who are at risk for or experiencing mental illnesses, has received national attention. We examined (a) the structural validity of the Positive emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Accomplishment (PERMA) theory of well-being and (b) psychometric properties of the PERMA-Profiler in veterans with mental illnesses. The sample consisted of one-hundred and fifty-six veterans with mental illnesses. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and hierarchical CFA were conducted to test one-factor, five-factor, and a second-order PERMA model. Our findings indicated that re-specified second-order model was found to have best model fit indices. The subconstructs of the PERMA were correlated with resilience and functional limitations in theoretically expected direction. The PERMA-Profiler scale was found to have strong internal consistency and acceptable concurrent validity in a sample of veterans with mental illnesses. Rehabilitation counseling clinicians and researchers can use the PERMA-Profiler to screen the five pillars of well-being and overall well-being in veterans with mental illnesses through the lens of an empirical PERMA theory of well-being.

Is That Measure Really One-Dimensional?

Methodology ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 188-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esther T. Beierl ◽  
Markus Bühner ◽  
Moritz Heene
Keyword(s):  
Model Fit ◽  
Nuisance Parameters ◽  
Factorial Validity ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Analysis Model ◽  
Factor Analysis Model ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis Model ◽  
Cutoff Values ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

Abstract. Factorial validity is often assessed using confirmatory factor analysis. Model fit is commonly evaluated using the cutoff values for the fit indices proposed by Hu and Bentler (1999) . There is a body of research showing that those cutoff values cannot be generalized. Model fit does not only depend on the severity of misspecification, but also on nuisance parameters, which are independent of the misspecification. Using a simulation study, we demonstrate their influence on measures of model fit. We specified a severe misspecification, omitting a second factor, which signifies factorial invalidity. Measures of model fit showed only small misfit because nuisance parameters, magnitude of factor loadings and a balanced/imbalanced number of indicators per factor, also influenced the degree of misfit. Drawing from our results, we discuss challenges in the assessment of factorial validity.

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