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Invariance and item bias of the Mental Health Continuum Short-Form for South African university first-year students

African Journal of Psychological Assessment
Over the last decade, higher education institutions (HEIs) have become increasingly interested in student well-being. However, since the student population is very diverse in South Africa, questionnaires measuring the well-being of students must be ...
Karina Mostert, Leon de Beer, Ronalda de Beer   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The cognitive emotion regulation questionnaire: Factorial, convergent, and criterion validity analyses of the full and short versions

, 2017
Aim Emotion regulation (ER) theories and measurement scales have received considerable attention in clinical and research settings. However, there is a need for independent validation of these scales to ensure rigor within this field.
Bonnie A. Clough, Day, Jamin J., Jamin J. Day, Ireland, Michael J., Michael J. Ireland, Clough, Bonnie A.   +5 more
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Refining the sleep disturbance scale for children: A psychometric study in an Indian pediatric population

Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry
Objective: This study aimed to develop a simplified version of the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC) by evaluating expert consensus on content validity and factorial alignment.
Lekshmy S. R. Nair, Sageena George, Zinia Thajudeen Nujum, S. Anandaraj, S. Geetha, Shiad Salim   +5 more
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Construct Validity and Psychometric Properties of Farsi Version of the Motivational Persistence Scale in University Students [PDF]

مطالعات روانشناسی تربیتی
Evidence shows that persistence is considered as a fundamental aspect to achieve goals in developmental situation Due to the lack of access to a reliable tool to measure this strength focused on purposeful efforts in the Iranian sample, the present study
Elham Kooshki, Omid Shokri, Fatemeh Almasi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Factorial validity and invariance of questionnaires measuring social-cognitive determinants of physical activity among adolescent girls

, 2000
Background\ud \ud There are few theoretically derived questionnaires of physical activity determinants among youth, and the existing questionnaires have not been subjected to tests of factorial validity and invariance, The present study employed ...
Felton, G., Pate, R.R., Saunders, R.P., Ward, D.S., Motl, R.W., Trost, S.G., Dowda, M., Dishman, R.K.   +7 more
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Bringing back psychological empowerment in empowerment-oriented leadership: the development of the Psychological Empowerment Leadership Scale (PELS)

Frontiers in Psychology
Empowering leadership has garnered significant attention over the past two decades, driven by the evolving dynamics of organizations. However, current measures of empowering leadership often fail to align with the psychological empowerment construct ...
Carsten C. Schermuly, Mona Algner, Timo Lorenz   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Factorial Composition and Validity of Differently Speeded Tests [PDF]

Psychometrika, 1952
Scores on five differently speeded parts of a nonverbal reasoning test were analyzed to determine the relationship between the abilities measured by the speeded and the unspeeded parts. Two orthogonal factors were found: One is described as the ability to answer the problems correctly; the other is described as the tendency to answer the problems ...
openaire   +1 more source

Cornus Mas L. Seed‐Derived Biosorbent for Methylene Blue Removal: Surface Characterization and Biosorption Performance

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
Cornus mas L. seeds are transformed into a high‐performance biosorbent through chemical modification, effectively removing methylene blue from aqueous solutions. Comprehensive characterization and optimization reveal a maximum biosorption capacity of 71.71 mg g−1, establishing this sustainable, cost‐effective material as a promising solution for ...
Hakan Yıldız, Adem Necip, Arslan Yusuf Yüksel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Validating Factorial Survey Experiments: Response to Comment

Sociological Science
In Forster and Neugebauer (2024), we examine to what extent a factorial survey (FS) on invitations of fictitious applicants can replicate the findings of a nearly identical field experiment conducted with the same employers. In addition to exploring the conditions under which FSs provide valid behavioral predictions, we varied the topic sensitivity and
Forster, Andrea G., Neugebauer, Martin
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Validation of the Orientation to Life Questionnaire (OLQ) in a chemical factory

SA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 2008
The objectives of this study were to assess the psychometric properties of the Orientation to Life Questionnaire (OLQ) and to investigate the differences in sense of coherence among demographic groups in a chemical factory environment. The OLQ and a biographical questionnaire were administered to chemical factory employees (N = 583).
Van Schalkwyk, Lourens, Rothmann, Sebastiaan   +1 more
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