Development of physical education safety awareness scale for middle school students using multi-facets Rasch model and group classification through latent profile analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 973-988
Author(s):  
Sae-Hyung Kim ◽  
Hyeoi-Jin Kim
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Rasch Model ◽  
Latent Profile Analysis ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
Group Classification ◽  
School Students ◽  
Safety Awareness ◽  
Latent Profile

scholarly journals Examination of Latent Test Anxiety Profiles in a Sample of U.S. Adolescents

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
Patricia A. Lowe
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Test Anxiety ◽  
Grade Level ◽  
Latent Profile Analysis ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
School Students ◽  
Treatment And Prevention ◽  
Best Fitting ◽  
And Gender

The present study examined latent test anxiety profiles in a sample of 592 U.S. adolescents in grades 6-12 using latent profile analysis (LPA). The adolescents were administered a multidimensional measure of test anxiety in their schools. The results of LPA indicated that a three-profile test anxiety model provided the best fitting model. The three latent test anxiety subgroups were named low, medium, and high test anxiety. In addition, grade-level and gender were added as covariates to the model and LPA was performed again. Grade-level and gender were found to differentially predict membership in the latent test anxiety subgroups, with females more likely to be in the high latent test anxiety subgroup than in the medium and low latent test anxiety subgroups and middle school students were more likely to be in the high latent test anxiety subgroup than in the low latent test anxiety subgroup. Middle school students were also more likely to be in the medium latent test anxiety subgroup than in the low latent test anxiety subgroup. Implications for the development of measures, treatment, and prevention of test anxiety in the U.S. adolescent population are discussed.

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