scholarly journals Propiedades psicométricas del Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire-2 en universitarios mexicanos (Factor composition of the Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire-2 in Mexican university students)

Retos ◽  
2017 ◽  
pp. 80-84
Author(s):  
Ana Citlalli Díaz-Leal ◽  
Luis Humberto Blanco Ornelas ◽  
Zuliana Paola Benitez Hernández ◽  
Susana Ivonne Aguirre Vásquez ◽  
Ramón Candia Luján
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Behavioral Regulation ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Intrinsic Regulation ◽  
Identified Regulation

El presente estudio pretende validar las propiedades psicométricas propuestas por Moreno, Cervelló y Martínez (2007) para la versión en español del Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire-2 en universitarios mexicanos. Participaron un total de 533 universitarios (M = 20.99 y DS = 2.61 años). La estructura factorial del cuestionario se analizó a través de análisis factoriales confirmatorios, mostrando que una estructura de cuatro factores es viable y adecuada. Los cuatro factores (regulación intrínseca, regulación identificada, regulación introyectada y regulación externa), atendiendo a criterios estadísticos y sustantivos, han mostrado adecuados indicadores de ajuste de fiabilidad y validez; sin embargo, el modelo obtenido no coincide totalmente con el planteado por Moreno y colaboradores, aunque continúa avalando el componente multifactorial de la motivación hacia el ejercicio. Además, la estructura factorial, las cargas factoriales y los interceptos se consideran invariantes entre mujeres y hombres, existiendo diferencias en las puntuaciones entre ambas poblaciones en el factor regulación intrínseca. Futuras investigaciones deberían replicar estos hallazgos en muestras más amplias.Abstract: The current study tries to replicate the psychometric results proposed by Moreno et al. (2007) for the Spanish Version of the Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire-2 in Mexican university students. A total of 533 Mexican university students participated in this study (M = 20.99 and SD = 2.61 years). The factor structure of the questionnaire was conducted by confirmatory factor analyses, which showed a feasible and adequate four-factor structure. The four factors (intrinsic regulation, identified regulation, introjected regulation, and external regulation), attending to statistical and substantive criteria, have shown fit indices of reliability and validity; despite not fully coinciding with the model propose by Moreno et al., the obtained model continues giving support to the multifactorial component of motivation towards the exercise. Moreover, the factor structure, loads, and the intercepts were considered as invariables between women and men, obtaining differences in the punctuations of factor intrinsic regulation. Future research should replicate these findings in wider samples.

scholarly journals Composition and Factorial Invariance for the Assessment of Body Image Dissatisfaction Questionnaire in Mexican Adolescents

Children ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 789
Author(s):  
Raúl Josué Nájera-Longoria ◽  
José René Blanco ◽  
Carolina Jiménez-Lira ◽  
Susana Ivonne Aguirre ◽  
Humberto Blanco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Emotional Distress ◽  
Body Image Dissatisfaction ◽  
Factorial Invariance ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

Body image is a mental representation that a person has, which could become a body dissatisfaction due to the pressure exerted by the culture, affecting several life stages specially in adolescents. The aim of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties and factorial invariance of the questionnaire to assess body image dissatisfaction. The sample consisted of 552 Mexican teenagers, 259 female, and 293 male, with a mean age of 12.91 ± 0.96 years. Confirmatory Factor Analyses show that a five-factor structure is viable and adequate. The five-factor structure (perceptual, emotional distress, behavioral, proposal to change, and fear of gaining weight) show adequate fit indices and validity, even though the obtained model does not completely correspond to that proposed by the authors of the scale, it continues to endorse the multifactorial component of body dissatisfaction. On the other hand, the factorial structure, the factor loadings, and the intercepts are considered invariant in both populations; however, there are differences between the populations for the means of the perceptual, emotional distress, and fear of gaining weight factors. This study serves as a premise for future research on the study of instruments for measuring body image in populations with different personal and cultural factors.

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.

scholarly journals How to Measure Baha’i Religiosity: The CRSi-20 for Baha’is as a First Reliable and Valid Measurement

Religions ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Demmrich
Keyword(s):  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Psychology Of Religion ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Public Practice ◽  
Valid Measurement ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Emic Perspective

The concepts and measurements in psychology of religion often adhere to its Judeo-Christian roots, which causes problems when measuring non-Christian religiosity. In this paper, two successive studies are presented. The first study applied Huber’s CRS-15, while the second study used the CRSi-20. Both samples consisted of believers of the non-Christian, Abrahamic Baha’i religion in Germany. In the first study, in which N = 472 participated (MAge = 43.22, SDAge = 15.59, 60.0% female), the reliability and validity issues related to items of public practice and experience of the CRS-15 were uncovered. After modifying the content of these items and adding the five additional items of the interreligious CRSi-20, which was tested among N = 324 participants (MAge = 47.12, SDAge = 17.06, 59.6% female) in a second study, most reliability issues were solved. Confirmatory factor analyses revealed that the CRSi-20 model describes the data appropriately with adequate fit indices. Therefore, the CRSi-20 for Baha’is offers the first reliable and valid measurements of Baha’i religiosity, being at the same time capable of taking the emic perspective fully into account while maintaining the possibility of cross-religious comparisons.

scholarly journals The Structure of Bryant's Empathy Index for Children: A Cross-Validation Study

2008 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 670-677 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amaia Lasa Aristu ◽  
Francisco Pablo Holgado Tello ◽  
Miguel Ángel Carrasco Ortiz ◽  
María Victoria del Barrio Gándara
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Validation Study ◽  
Cross Validation ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Polychoric Correlations ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Larger Sample ◽  
Three Factor

The present study examined the structure of Bryant's Empathy Index (BEI) using different samples for conducting exploratory and confirmatory analyses. The BEI was administered to a sample of 2,714 children (mean age 11.12, SD = 1.59). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses showed a three-factor structure: Feelings of Sadness, Understanding Feelings and Tearful Reaction. The results revealed both the multidimensionality of the instrument and appropriate fit indices for the model proposed. Although these results were very similar to those reported in other studies with a Spanish population, the analyses were conducted in a more robust way: with a larger sample and using polychoric correlations and cross validation estimation.

Factorial composition of the Personal Self-Concept Questionnaire (APE) in Mexican university students

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Jesús Enrique Peinado Pérez ◽  
Juan Cristobal Barrón Luján ◽  
José René Blanco Ornelas ◽  
Zuliana Paola Benitez Hernández ◽  
Humberto Blanco Vega
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Emotional Adjustment ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Factorial Structure ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
The One ◽  
Factorial Composition

The present study aims to investigate whether the psychometric results proposed by Goñi, Madariaga, Axpe & Goñi (2011) for the Personal Self-concept Questionnaire (APE, from its Spanish initials) are replicated. The total sample was 1485 Mexican university students, with an average age of 20.55 years (SD = 1.86). The factorial structure of the questionnaire was analyzed through exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. The analyses show that a three-factor structure is feasible and appropriate. The structure of three factors (self-realization, autonomy, and emotional adjustment), based on statistical and substantive criteria, has shown adequate adjustment indicators of reliability and validity. However, the obtained model does not match the one proposed by Goñi et al. (2011). Future research should replicate these findings in larger samples.

scholarly journals Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Decision Regret Scale in Recipients of Internal Cardioverter Defibrillators

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald L. Hickman ◽  
Melissa D. Pinto ◽  
Eunsuk Lee ◽  
Barbara J. Daly
Keyword(s):  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Internal Reliability ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Decision Regret ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Internal Cardioverter Defibrillator ◽  
To Receive

The Decision Regret Scale (DRS) is a five-item instrument that captures an individual’s regret associated with a healthcare decision. Cross-sectional data were collected from 109 cardiac patients who decided to receive an internal cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, assessments of the internal reliability consistency (α = .86), and discriminant validity established the DRS as a reliable and valid measure of decision regret in ICD recipients. The DRS, a psychometrically sound instrument, has relevance for clinicians and researchers vested in optimizing the decisional outcomes of ICD recipients. Future research is needed to examine the reliability and validity of the DRS in a larger and more diverse sample of ICD recipients.

scholarly journals Establishing The Optimal Male Cut-Off Point: Confirmatory Factor Analysis of The Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q) in a Representative Sample of Spanish University Students

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin Rica ◽  
María Solar ◽  
Emilio J. Compte ◽  
Ana Rosa Sepúlveda
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Representative Sample ◽  
Level Of Evidence ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire ◽  
Eating Disorder Examination ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Male University Students ◽  
Control Study

Abstract Purpose Although the EDE-Q is derived from the “gold standard” for the assessment of Eating Disorders (ED), its factor structure is controversial, particularly in male samples. The aim of the study was to examine the psychometric properties and factor structure of the EDE-Q, as well to stablish a sensitive and specific cut-off point validated by EDE clinical interview. Methods A series of Confirmatory Factor Analyses were performed among a representative sample of 796 male university students, of whom 139 were interviewed. Sensitivity and specificity were calculated by Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analysis to determinate the most appropriate cut-off value. Results The original factor structure was not confirmed, showing a better fit with a 2-factor solution. For the Spanish male sample, a cut-off ≥ 1.09 for at-risk of ED cases and ≥ 2.41 for clinical cases presents an optimal balance between sensitivity and specificity. Conclusions The establishment of specific cut-off points for males may help to reduce the under-diagnosis of ED in this population.Level of evidence III Evidence obtained from well-designed case-control study.

scholarly journals Factor Structure of the AUDIM-M Dimensional Self-Concept Questionnaire in Mexican Adolescents

Children ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
José René Blanco ◽  
Martha Ornelas ◽  
Juan Cristóbal Barrón-Luján ◽  
Leticia Irene Franco-Gallegos ◽  
Susana Ivonne Aguirre ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Social Self ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Relevant Variables ◽  
The City

Self-concept is one of the most relevant variables in the field of personality, and a negative self-perception can pose a risk to the adolescent’s development. The present study aimed to analyze the psychometric properties proposed by Aguirre and collaborators for the dimensional self-concept questionnaire (AUDIM-M). The total sample was 560 adolescents from the city of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, with a mean age of 12.96 ± 0.88 years. The factor structure of the questionnaire was analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis. The analyses show that a four-factor structure is viable and adequate (GFI 0.964; RMSEA 0.057; CFI 0.950). The four-factor structure (personal self-concept, physical self-concept, social self-concept, and academic self-concept), according to statistical and substantive criteria, shows adequate indicators of reliability and validity adjustment. The model obtained coincides with that proposed by Aguirre et al. Improving adolescents’ self-concept undoubtedly contributes to their quality of life, hence the need for valid and reliable instruments for its measurement; this study could be a first approach for future research.

Examining the Factor Structure of the MLQ Transactional and Transformational Leadership Dimensions in Nursing Context

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 743-761 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheila A. Boamah ◽  
Paul Tremblay
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Leadership Model ◽  
Multifactor Leadership ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Transactional And Transformational Leadership

The Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) is the most widely used instrument for assessing dimensions of leadership style; yet, most studies have failed to reproduce the original MLQ factor structure. The current study evaluates the dimensionality and nomological validity of Bass’s transactional and transformational leadership model using the MLQ in a sample of registered nurses working in acute care hospitals in Canada. A combination of exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were used to evaluate the hypothetical factor structure of the MLQ consisting of five transformational factors, and three transactional factors. Results suggest that the eight-factor solution displayed best fit indices; however, two transactional factors should be extracted due to high interscale correlations and lack of differential relationships with the two leadership variables. The findings support a scale refinement and the need for new theory concerning the five transformational leadership and contingent reward dimensions of the MLQ.

scholarly journals The development and validation of the Motors of COVID-19 Vaccination Acceptance Scale: Psychometric evaluation among mainland Chinese university students

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
I-Hua Chen ◽  
Daniel Kwasi Ahorsu ◽  
Nai-Ying Ko ◽  
Cheng-Fang Yen ◽  
Chung-Ying Lin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Cognitive Model ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Mainland Chinese ◽  
Group Validity ◽  
Vaccination Acceptance ◽  
Acceptance Scale

Background: COVID-19 continues to ravage the world with economies and life significantly and negatively affected. Fortunately, there has been significant progress in the production of vaccines to stem the infection. However, with controversies and myths surrounding vaccinations, it is timely to examine individuals’ willingness to vaccinate. The present study developed and validated the Motors of COVID-19 Vaccination Acceptance Scale (MoVac-COVID19S) and assessed the acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination utilizing the cognitive model of empowerment (CME). Methods: A total of 3145 university students (mean age=20.80 years; SD=2.09) were recruited for the present study between January 5 and 16, 2021. Two MoVac-COVID19S scales (9-item and 12-item) were adapted from the MoVac-Flu Scale, an instrument developed using CME. Psychometric tests were conducted to ascertain reliability and validity properties. Results: The findings indicated that the MoVac-COVID19S had high internal consistency in both the 9-item version (ω=0.921) and 12-item version (ω=0.898). The factor structure of the MoVac-COVID19S (9-item and 12-item versions) corresponded well with CME theory. All the fit indices were satisfactory (CFI=0.984, TLI=0.971, RMSEA=0.088, SRMR=0.058) but the 9-item MoVac-COVID had better fit indices than the 12-item MoVac-COVID due to the negative wording effects existing in the 12-item MoVac-COVID19S. The scale had satisfactory known-group validity in both 9-item and 12-item versions. Conclusions: The MoVac-COVID19S has promising psychometric properties based on internal consistency, factor structure, and known-group validity.

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