Assessing the Factorial Validity of the Attitudes and Belief Scale 2-Abbreviated Version: A Call for the Development a Gold Standard Method of Measuring Rational and Irrational Beliefs [PDF]
, 2017 Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) does not possess a measure of rational and irrational beliefs that meets internationally recognised standards for acceptable psychometric properties.
A Diamantopoulos +34 more
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Measuring time perspective in adolescents : can you get the right answer by asking the wrong questions? [PDF]
, 2015 Time perspective continues to evolve as a psychological construct. The extant literature suggests that higher future orientation and lower present orientation are associated with better developmental outcomes. However, the extant literature also suggests
McKay, Michael T. +5 more
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The Basic Psychological Needs in Exercise Scale: Translation and Evidence for Cross-Cultural Validity [PDF]
, 2010 The present study reports on the psychometric evaluation and cross-cultural validity of the Basic Psychological Needs in Exercise Scale (BPNES; Vlachopoulos & Michailidou, 2006) translated from Greek into English.
Ntoumanis, Nikos +2 more
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Measurement invariance in the assessment of people with an intellectual disability [PDF]
, 2011 Intellectual assessment is central to the process of diagnosing an intellectual disability and the assessment process needs to be valid and reliable. One fundamental aspect of validity is that of measurement invariance, i.e.
Kidd, Gill +4 more
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The development and validation ofscale for assessing peer-mentoring processes in programs for first-year university students [PDF]
, 2018 Introduction. This study focuses on the development and validation of the Mentoring Processes Assessment Questionnaire –MPAQ- designed to assess mentoring processes in peermentoring programs aimed at first-year university students.Method. Participants in
C. Fuentes, María +4 more
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Validation of the Portuguese Version of the Healthy Lifestyle Questionnaire [PDF]
, 2020 The main objective of this study was the validation of the Healthy Lifestyle Questionnaire (EVS II), using a confirmatory factorial analysis of the measurement model, with veteran athletes. A total of 348 veteran Portuguese athletes of both genders, aged
Batista, Marco +4 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 Gossip is condemned but also ubiquitous and thought to be essential for groups. This triggers the question of which motives explain gossip behavior.
Terence D. Dores Cruz +5 more
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Pathologic use of video games and gotivation. Can the Gaming Motivation Scale (GAMS) predict depression and trait anxiety? [PDF]
, 2019 Videogaming is an increasingly prevalent activity among adolescents worldwide. The present study aimed at adapting the Gaming Motivation Scale (GAMS) to the Italian context, assessing its psychometric properties and verifying its sensitivity to predict ...
Curcio, Giuseppe +2 more
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Factorial Validity Structure of Occupational Stress [PDF]
Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research, 2020 Work stress understood as the somatization of an occupational disease and indicated by high levels of exhaustion and resistance...
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Confirmatory factor analysis of the Test of Performance Strategies (TOPS) among adolescent athletes [PDF]
, 2004 The aim of the present study was to examine the factorial validity of the Test of Performance Strategies (TOPS; Thomas et al., 1999) among adolescent athletes using confirmatory factor analysis.
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