Sentences with phrase «by confirmatory factor analysis»

Furthermore, the three - dimensional structure of ODD was confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis and the CPRS - R emotional lability scale significantly predicted the ODD irritable dimension.

This was followed by confirmatory factor analysis using a new set of data collected subsequently for validation.

Under the a priori hypothesis that each scale measures a distinct latent trait, construct validity was assessed by confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) for each scale respectively, using structured equation models.

Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA): the one - factor model was conducted by confirmatory factor analysis giving unacceptable global fit indices.

The three - factor structure of the JIDI was confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis.

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Measuring disability experienced by adults living with HIV: assessing construct validity of the HIV Disability Questionnaire using confirmatory factor analysis

Operationalization was tested using confirmatory factor analyses and causal hypotheses were evaluated by means of structural equation modeling.

Results highlighted a) through exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, a meaningful six - factor model (emotion expression, task utility self - persuasion, help - seeking, negative self - talk, brief attentional relaxation, and dysfunctional avoidance); b) satisfactory internal reliabilities; c) test - retest reliability scores indicative of a satisfactory stability of the measures over time; d) preliminary evidence of convergent and discriminant validity with CERS - M being very weakly linked to verbal skill and moderately to emotion regulation strategies measured through the Flemish version of the COPE - questionnaire; e) preliminary evidence of criterion validity, with CERS - M scores predicting math anxiety, and to a lesser extent, students» performance; f) preliminary evidence of incremental validity, with the CERS - M predicting math anxiety and performance over and above emotion regulation measured by the COPE - questionnaire.

Moreover, confirmatory factor analyses using parcels revealed that the two - factor model met all cutoff criteria (CFI >.95, TLI >.95, RMSEA <.06) proposed by Hu & Bentler (1999).

Several studies have replicated the PSC - 17's 3 - factor structure by using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) in moderate - sized samples, 26,27 and a number of studies28 — 37 have reported on the prevalence of risk by using the overall and subscale scores.

The data were analysed by means of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21, except for confirmatory factor analysis.

The following aspects of the BIQ - SF were subjected to a psychometric evaluation: (a) the hypothesized six - correlated factors structure of the scale was tested by means of a confirmatory factor analysis, (b) various types of reliability were investigated including the internal consistency, test — retest reliability, and cross-informant agreement, and (c) several aspects of the validity were explored such as the relations with anxiety and internalizing (i.e., convergent validity) and externalizing (i.e., divergent validity) symptoms as well as the relations between BIQ - SF scores of parents and teachers and laboratory observations of an inhibited temperament (i.e., predictive validity).

Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis done by Finley and Schwartz (2004) indicated that a three - factor structure provided the best fit for the data.

However, when the same items are used with teachers, confirmatory factor analysis showed that urban and suburban samples shared the same factor structure, and that the factor structure showed only small differences by gender, age, school grade, or severity of ADHD symptom counts (Wolraich et al., 2002).

Confirmatory factor analyses revealed that the measurement model of macro ratings of limit setting and positive behavior support was not supported by the data, and thus, were excluded from further analyses.

First, the preschool and school - age SDQ's factor structure was examined by using confirmatory factor analysis.

Thabet et al [33] conducted a confirmatory factor analysis of the Arabic version of the SDQ scored by parents of children within the Gazza Strip.

In Study 2, the three - factor structure proposed by authors was tested in a sample of 417 adolescents (270 girls and 147 boys) using confirmatory analysis, and indexes showed a suboptimal fit.

Results highlighted a) through exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, a meaningful six - factor model (emotion expression, task utility self - persuasion, help - seeking, negative self - talk, brief attentional relaxation, and dysfunctional avoidance); b) satisfactory internal reliabilities; c) test - retest reliability scores indicative of a satisfactory stability of the measures over time; d) preliminary evidence of convergent and discriminant validity with CERS - M being very weakly linked to verbal skill and moderately to emotion regulation strategies measured through the Flemish version of the COPE - questionnaire; e) preliminary evidence of criterion validity, with CERS - M scores predicting math anxiety, and to a lesser extent, students» performance; f) preliminary evidence of incremental validity, with the CERS - M predicting math anxiety and performance over and above emotion regulation measured by the COPE - questionnaire.

The SDQ's internal factor structure was assessed by using confirmatory factor analysis, with a series of competing models and extensions used to determine construct, convergent, and discriminant validity and measurement invariance over time.

Most recently Palmieri and Smith [29] used confirmatory factor analysis to investigate three models of the SDQs factor structure using data from a US sample of custodial grandmothers and found that the best representation of the latent structure was provided by a model which included the original five factors and an additional factor comprising a «positive construal» factor made up from the positively worded questions.

At a preliminary stage, before testing hypotheses with Hierarchical Regression Analyses, Confirmatory Factor Analyses (CFAs) as implemented by AMOS [50].

The present study reports on exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of disruptive girl behavior over four successive data waves as rated by parents and teachers in a large, representative community sample of girls (N = 2,451).

Confirmatory Factor Analyses (CFA) showed that the variance of the YPI subscales could be explained by the three latent constructs, the grandiose / manipulative dimension (interpersonal), the callous / unemotional dimension (affective), and the impulsive / irresponsible dimension (behavioral), replicating the findings of Andershed et al. (2002).

We performed, as a preliminary analysis, a confirmatory factor analysis on the SCL items by using structural equation modeling (SEM) to reduce the information entailed in the nine items of the scale into a reduced number of factors.