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Examining the factor structure of the teachers’ sense of efficacy scale - short form in a Serbian sample of elementary-level teachers: A bifactor-ESEM approach [PDF]

open access: yesPsihologija
This study explored the factor structure of the short form of the Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale (TSES-Sf) using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), and Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling (ESEM), as well as bifactor models based on these two ...
Lazić Milica   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Psychometric Properties of the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale – Brief

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2020
Previous psychometric analyses of the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale and the abbreviated version (FMPS–Brief) have resulted in inconsistent findings regarding the scale’s bidimensionality or unidimensionality. Different studies evaluating the
Vivian Woodfin   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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   +1 more source

An optimal bifactor approximation algorithm for the metric uncapacitated facility location problem

open access: yes, 2009
We obtain a 1.5-approximation algorithm for the metric uncapacitated facility location problem (UFL), which improves on the previously best known 1.52-approximation algorithm by Mahdian, Ye and Zhang.
Aardal, Karen, Byrka, Jaroslaw
core   +2 more sources

Validation of the City Birth Trauma Scale in a sample of Norwegian mothers

open access: yesActa Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, EarlyView.
The Norwegian City Birth Trauma Scale (City BiTS‐Nor) demonstrated strong psychometric properties in a sample of 1079 mothers. A bifactor structure and high reliability support its use for assessing childbirth‐related PTSD symptoms. Findings highlight its clinical utility for screening and guiding targeted interventions in perinatal mental health care.
Silje Marie Haga   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

What matters and influence resuscitation preference? Development, field testing, and structural validation of items among older patients in the emergency department

open access: yesBMC Geriatrics, 2022
Background Decisions about resuscitation preference is an essential part of patient-centered care but a prerequisite is having an idea about which questions to ask and understand how such questions may be clustered in dimensions.
Stine Hanson   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The English are healthier than the Americans: really?

open access: yes, 2014
Background: When comparing the health of two populations, it is not enough to compare the prevalence of chronic diseases. The objective of this study is therefore to propose a metric of health based on domains of functioning to determine whether the ...
Bedirhan Üstün, T.   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Including political context in the psychological analysis of collective action: development and validation of a measurement scale for subjective political openness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Sociological and Political Science research has argued that political conditions affect both the occurrence of protests and the actions protesters choose. However, an approach that considers people’s perceptions on these conditions is still absent in the
Drury, John, Saavedra, Patricio
core   +1 more source

Exploratory bifactor analysis in sport, exercise, and performance psychology: A substantive-methodological synergy. [PDF]

open access: yesSport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 2014
The first purpose of this study was to provide a brief and general case for the possible utility of the bifactor model in sport, exercise, and performance (SEP) psychology. The second purpose of this study was to demonstrate how exploratory and confirmatory forms of the bifactor model may be compared with each other and with more commonly used factor ...
Myers, Nicholas D.   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Dimensionality in confirmatory factor analysis is not in the eye of the beholder: Ancillary bifactor statistical indices illuminate dimensionality and reliability

open access: yesInternational Journal of Psychology
This tutorial delves into dimensionality assessment within the context of psychological measurement instruments, particularly focusing on bifactor models.
T. Pretorius, A. Padmanabhanunni
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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