Sentences with phrase «construct validity studies»

This did support, within the current small sample the basic distinction indicated in the recent construct validity studies between a socially affective and a social control component rather than Schutz's model.

It may be then that Schutz's original Openness and Inclusion dimensions are better understood as part of the same substantive domain, as indicated by the factor analytic construct validity studies (Macrosson, 2000; Mahoney & Stasson, 2005) but capture different interaction modes (Accepted versus Generated) within this interpersonal tendency.

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The Certification System of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards: A Construct and Consequential Validity Study by Lloyd Bond, Richard Jaeger, Tracy Smith, & John Hattie

We addressed construct validity in two ways: through piloting the survey and through reliance on multiple sources in the larger study.

In international studies, it is important to recognise that expert opinion may be needed to offer a clear focus for any lesson observations conducted; to ensure agreement about the main constructs to be covered and how they are measured; and to provide training to enhance the reliability and validity of the data to be used in any cross-country comparisons.

If there is any forensic psychologist who disagrees, there is a Comments section to the blog — cite for me a single research study on the inter-rater reliability for child custody evaluations — and cite for me a single research study demonstrating the construct validity, content validity, predictive validity, concurrent validity, or divergent validity for the conclusions and recommendations from child custody evaluations...

Moreover, content validity and construct validity were both considered in this study.

Experiences of violence were measured by the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect Child Abuse Screening Tool - Child Institutional (ICAST - CI) 17 and some items from the WHO Multi Country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence against Women.3 Reliability and construct validity for the ICAST - CI were initially established in four countries and the instrument has since been translated into 20 languages and used extensively in multicountry research.17 Lifetime exposure to physical, sexual and emotional violence were constructed as binary variables.

Most of the instruments used to measure constructs were created for the studies without sufficient attention to validity or reliability.

In relation to construct validity, in our study the scale was unidimensional as all items loaded well on a single factor which was also the case in the original study.

Instruments with established construct validity and reliability were used to measure the primary outcomes of the study.

Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was carried out to evaluate construct validity, disclose underlying structures and reduce the number of variables of the study questionnaire.

This first study describes the procedure of construction of the CERS - M and investigates the validity of construct as well as the reliability of the instrument.

Factor analyses support the three - factor structure and studies with other style and psychological variables demonstrate the construct validity of VIEW (Burger, Marino, Ponterotto, & Houtz, 2008; Houtz, 2002; Houtz, Matos, Park, Scheinholtz, & Selby, 2007; Houtz & Selby, 2009; Houtz, Selby, Esquivel, Okoye, Peters, & Treffinger, 2003a, 2003b; Shaw, Selby, & Houtz, 2009).

The results obtained were similar to those reported in the Brazilian study, which implies that VAWI has good cross-cultural construct validity and internal reliability in an adult female population.

Abstract: This study examined the construct validity of the newly developed instrument A Dialogue About Ability Related To Work (DOA).

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the following: 1) the construct validity of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire (Steger et al., 2006), Greek Version using different explorative and confirmative factorial analysis approaches like Bifactor EFA, ICM - CFA, Bifactor CFA and ESEM; 2) the measurement invariance of MLQ across gender; 3) the internal consistency reliability of the MLQ; and 4) the convergent and discriminant validity of the MLQ with measures of well - being and mental distress.

This study, intended to provide additional construct validity evidence through discrimination among other self - regulatory constructs, indicated that, as expected, scores from the SRLTAS were positively correlated with reports of higher self - handicapping and negatively correlated with endorsed generalized self - efficacy.

More specifically, the objectives of this study are the following: 1) To validate the construct validity of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire (Steger et al., 2006), Greek Version using both exploratory and confirmatory factorial analysis techniques like Bifactor EFA, Bifactor CFA and ESEM; 2) to examine measurement invariance of MLQ across gender; 3) to study the internal consistency reliability of the MLQ; and 4) to evaluate the convergent and discriminant validity of the MLQ with the constructs of well - being, hope, anxiety, depression, stress, hope and resilience.

In the COSMIN checklist, the domain of validity includes three measurement properties, that is, content validity, construct validity and criterion validity.17, 18 Content validity is addressed in phase I of the study, and construct validity is addressed in phase II.

The two factors extracted were almost identical to those of the previous study and indicated construct validity.

Confirmatory construct validity evidence was found in Study 3, where correlations between the SRLTAS and other established measures were examined.

Data from studies 3 and 4 explore the construct validity of the SRLTAS though both convergent and discriminant strategies.

The sample was split in three parts to study construct validity of MLQ in different samples.

The three factors extracted were almost identical to those of the previous study and indicated construct validity.

The construct validity was assessed through a comparison with the categories used in the aforementioned study and the results of exploratory factor analysis.

Despite the above limitations, the contribution of the present study is that we have provided strong evidence for the construct validity, measurement invariance across gender, reliability and convergent / discriminant validity of the MLQ, Greek version.

Two reviewers will independently assess the suitability of the preference - based instruments for measuring outcomes in palliative care using the ISOQOL, minimum standards for patient - reported outcome measures (conceptual and measurement model, reliability, content validity, construct validity, responsiveness, interpretability of scores, translation of measure, patient and investigator burden), 43 and the CREATE checklist (descriptive system, health states values, sampling, preference data collection, study sample, modelling, scoring algorithm).44 The ISOQOL minimum standards were chosen as these standards were developed from a systematic review of published and unpublished guidance on patient - reported outcome measures, including the COnsensus - based Standards for the selection of health Measurement Instruments (COSMIN).46 To the authors» knowledge, the CREATE checklist is the only published guidance on what key components should be reported in a valuation study.44 Information on how the contents of the instruments were developed, psychometric properties and valuation will be used to assess the suitability of the instruments for the palliative setting; instruments will be scored on whether the domains or dimensions were developed using input from informal caregivers of people receiving palliative care (yes / no) and whether each of the reporting checklist items has been evaluated for this population (if yes, then a score of one will be allocated) and a total score calculated.

In assessing the construct validity of the FIRO, these studies all accept Schutz's basic dimensions of interpersonal personality, seeking to show whether these dimensions are independent.

Study 2 further confirmed the validity of the nation attachment construct through confirmatory factor analysis; the three - factor model adequately fit the data.

Consequently, the aim of the present study was to 1) examine the psychometric properties of the online administered parental rating of the SDQ in terms of its internal consistency, factor structure, and concurrent validity with another instrument measuring similar constructs, and 2) provide parental norms for the SDQ from a nationwide representative Swedish sample of 10 — 13 year old children.

Study 2 sought to extend the convergent and discriminant validity of the nation attachment construct.

These expected indications of construct validity were found in study 2, as well as in mothers (n = 112) of adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus (study 3) which was added to examine whether the Dutch version of the IM - P was also valid in a pediatric population.

The inclusion of nationalistic attitude in Study 2 provided further support for the validity of the nation attachment construct.

The aims of this study were to replicate and extend the results of Study 1 through (i) testing the nation attachment construct with a different sample, (ii) investigate the construct's concurrent validity with nationalistic attitude, and (iii) investigate its association with flourishing as an extension ofstudy were to replicate and extend the results of Study 1 through (i) testing the nation attachment construct with a different sample, (ii) investigate the construct's concurrent validity with nationalistic attitude, and (iii) investigate its association with flourishing as an extension ofStudy 1 through (i) testing the nation attachment construct with a different sample, (ii) investigate the construct's concurrent validity with nationalistic attitude, and (iii) investigate its association with flourishing as an extension of SWB.

A first objective consisted in confronting the factor structure of the CERS - M, resulting from the first study, with another sample, and by doing so, to consolidate the construct validity of the instrument.

The results of the present study further verified the construct validity of PANSI.

Apart from generating findings on the internal consistency of the scales of positive youth development, life satisfaction, and problem behaviour, the present study further demonstrated the validity of these constructs via confirmatory factor analyses.

Several studies have addressed the validity of the parent - reported SDQ in school - aged samples, predominantly confirming the intended 5 - factor structure.5, 6 A 3 - factor configuration of externalizing (conduct problems and hyperactivity), internalizing (emotional and peer problems), and prosocial factors has also been proposed and suggested for use in epidemiologic studies and in low - risk populations.7, 8 The internal reliability of SDQ subscales has been predominantly examined by using Cronbach's α, a measure of the interrelatedness of items; however, α estimates are a lower bound for reliability and is often underestimated.9 A meta - analytic review reported weighted mean α coefficients extracted from 26 studies that showed generally modest reliabilities for parent reports (0.53 < α < 0.76).10 McDonald's ω, which estimates the proportion of a scale measuring a construct, typically yields higher reliability estimates but has rarely been used to assess reliability of the SDQ.

Here, we aimed to replicate and extend those initial studies by examining the factor structure, construct validity, and treatment sensitivity of the NSPS in samples of community - based participants with a principal diagnosis of social anxiety disorder (SAD), a principal anxiety disorder diagnosis other than SAD, or no history of psychological problems.

The objectives of the study were to generate normative data for the RS - 11 for different age groups for men and women and to further investigate the construct validity and factor structure in the general population.

This study did not assess construct validity of the teacher version of the SDQ since multiple other studies already identified evidence for a five - factor model of the SDQ - T [7,27 — 29].

Poor: (e.g., construct validation poorly documented or construct validity not supported by the study)

Nevertheless, the Practice Environment Scale — Nursing Work Index (PES — NWI) seems to be one of the most promising instruments because of its appropriateness (content validity), its structure, which has a rather good fit (construct validity), its ability to discriminate magnet hospitals like other NWI derivates (discriminant validity), and it has also been associated in cross-sectional studies with health outcomes, especially nurses» self - assessed mental health but also with patients» health outcomes objectively assessed (concurrent validity).

Readers are invited to visit the HUI web page at http://www.healthutilities.com and review the annotated references of articles from hundreds of studies worldwide for evidence of HUI validity (face validity, content validity, construct validity, convergent validity, discriminative validity, predictive validity), reliability and responsiveness.

The goal of the present study was to evaluate the factor structure and construct validity of the Antisocial Process Screening Device (APSD) in a community sample of Dutch adolescents.