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Dimensionality and Construct Validity of the Romanian Self-Report Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is one of the most widely utilised measures of behavioural and emotional difficulties among children and young people.
Asiminei, Romeo   +4 more
core   +3 more sources

Establishing a transdiagnostic dimension of early childhood depressive symptoms using the Preschool Feelings Checklist‐Scale [PDF]

open access: yesJCPP Adv
Abstract Background Young child depressive symptoms are associated with various concurrent and future psychiatric problems, indicating early transdiagnostic risk for psychopathology. We now need studies that identify and test the robustness, reliability, and validity of early emerging depressive symptom dimensions, examining them relative to wide ...
Camacho N   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Is there a general factor in goal commitment?

open access: yesSA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 2020
Orientation: While scholars generally agree that organisations benefit from a motivated workforce that is committed to achieving organisational goals, there is much disagreement regarding the theoretical structure of goal commitment.
Xander van Lill   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Construct validity, dimensionality and factorial invariance of the Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale: A bifactor modelling approach among children of prisoners [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale (RSES; Rosenberg, 1989) has traditionally been conceptualised as a unidimensional measure of self-esteem but empirical evidence is equivocal, with some studies supporting a one-factor solution and others favouring ...
Daniel Boduszek   +7 more
core   +1 more source

A Bifactor Model of the Polish Version of the Hare Self-Report Psychopathy Scale [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The 64-item Hare Self-Report Psychopathy Scale was translated into Polish with the aim to test construct validity and dimensionality, incremental validity, and composite reliability of the measure in a sample of working adults (N = 319).
Hyland, P   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Bifactor and Bifactor S-1 Model Estimations with Non-Reverse-Coded Data

open access: yesEğitimde ve Psikolojide Ölçme ve Değerlendirme Dergisi, 2022
The bifactor model is an extension of Spearman’s two-factor theory. The bifactor model has a strict assumption, which is named orthogonality. The bifactor S-1 model was developed by stretching the orthogonality assumption of the bifactor model. The bifactor S-1 model, contrary to the bifactor model, allows correlation between specific factors and ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Measuring State and Trait Anxiety: An Application of Multidimensional Item Response Theory

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences, 2023
The State-Trait Inventory for Cognitive and Somatic Anxiety (STICSA) is a widely used measure of state and trait anxiety. Within the Classical Testing Theory model, consistent findings provide support for its multidimensional factor structure ...
Leonardo Carlucci   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A bifactor model of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory

open access: yesHealth Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 2014
Purpose: The Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) is a self-administered measurement instrument designed to provide information concerning positive psychological changes after a traumatic life event. The aim of the present study was to examine the psychometric properties of the PTGI in a Hungarian sample.
Konkoly Thege, Barna   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Investigation of a bifactor model of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2015
The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is used to measure psychopathological symptoms in children and adolescents from 4 to 17 years old, but its underlying structure is still a matter of debate. Indeed, on the basis of a systematic review of English and non-English articles conducted using multiple databases, 54 studies reporting on the ...
Caci, Herve   +2 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Variable- and person-centered approaches to examining construct-relevant multidimensionality in writing self-efficacy

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2023
Self-efficacy is an essential component of students’ motivation and success in writing. There have been great advancements in our theoretical understanding of writing self-efficacy over the past 40 years; however, there is a gap in how we empirically ...
Morgan Les DeBusk-Lane   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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