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Developing a validated instrument to measure pre-service teachers’ ICT competencies : meeting the demands of the 21st-century [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The main objective of this study is to develop a self-report instrument to measure pre-service teachers’ ICT competencies in education. The questionnaire items of this instrument are based on an existing comprehensive framework and were created with ...
Aesaert, Koen   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Psychometric properties of the WHOQOL-BREF among next of kin to older persons in nursing homes

open access: yesHealth and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2020
Background The worries of next of kin about their older loved ones in nursing homes can be extensive and can adversely affect their subjective experiences of their own physical, mental and social well-being. It is thus of utmost importance to measure the
Helena Rosén   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Usability of iStudyGuides: A confirmatory factor analysis model

open access: yesJournal of Teaching and Learning with Technology, 2014
With the advances of technology, technological learning tools are becoming more important in enabling learners to study more effectively. The pre-requisite for the success of any technological learning tool hinges on its usability or technical ease of ...
Henry Khiat, Koh Yun Xuan
doaj   +1 more source

An empirical evaluation of alternative methods of estimation for confirmatory factor analysis with ordinal data.

open access: yesPsychological methods, 2004
Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) is widely used for examining hypothesized relations among ordinal variables (e.g., Likert-type items). A theoretically appropriate method fits the CFA model to polychoric correlations using either weighted least squares
D. Flora, P. Curran
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Attachment Styles Within the Coach-Athlete Dyad: Preliminary Investigation and Assessment Development [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
The present preliminary study aimed to develop and examine the psychometric properties of a new sport-specific self-report instrument designed to assess athletes’ and coaches’ attachment styles. The development and initial validation comprised three main
Armsden G.C.   +28 more
core   +4 more sources

Confirmatory analysis of exploratively obtained factor structures [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
Factor structures obtained by exploratory factor analysis (EFA) often turn out to fit poorly in confirmative follow-up studies. In the present study, the authors assessed the extent to which results obtained in EFA studies can be replicated by ...
Kloot, W.A. van der, Prooijen, J.W. van
core   +1 more source

Dynamic fit index cutoffs for confirmatory factor analysis models.

open access: yesPsychological methods, 2020
Model fit assessment is a central component of evaluating confirmatory factor analysis models and the validity of psychological assessments. Fit indices remain popular and researchers often judge fit with fixed cutoffs derived by Hu and Bentler (1999 ...
Daniel M. McNeish, M. Wolf
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Thai AEC Engineer Readiness: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis

open access: yesSAGE Open, 2018
At the start of 2016, the 10 nations of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) entered a new era. With it, came the decade-old start of the implementation of the 2005 mutual recognition arrangement (MRA) on engineering services, and the free ...
Duangporn Kraisuth, Vinai Panjakajornsak
doaj   +1 more source

Worry About Caregiving Performance: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis

open access: yesFrontiers in Medicine, 2018
Recent studies on the Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) support the existence of a unique factor, worry about caregiving performance (WaP), beyond role and personal strain.
Ruijie Li   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development and initial testing of the self‐care of chronic illness inventory [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Aim The aim was to develop and psychometrically test the self‐care of chronic illness Inventory, a generic measure of self‐care. Background Existing measures of self‐care are disease‐specific or behaviour‐specific; no generic measure of self‐care ...
Barbaranelli, Claudio   +10 more
core   +1 more source

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