Dimensionality of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in children exposed to disaster: Results
from confirmatory factor analyses.
Standardized Loadings
from the Confirmatory Factor Analyses, Item Means, and Subscale Internal Consistency Coefficients for Study 1 and Study 3
Note: The correlations were computed
from a confirmatory factor analysis performed with full - information maximum likelihood (FIML) estimation in AMOS 5.0.
Model fit indices
from a confirmatory factor analysis showed mixed support for a three - factor model.
Not exact matches
Confirmatory factor analysis will be used to evaluate the validity and reliability of the measures
from the survey.
She has technical expertise in a wide range of statistical techniques used in the social sciences, including structural equation modeling,
confirmatory factor analysis and MIMIC approaches to measurement, path modeling, regression
analysis (e.g., linear, logistic, Poisson), latent class
analysis, hierarchical linear models (including growth curve modeling), latent transition
analysis, mixture modeling, item response theory, as well as more commonly used techniques drawing
from classical test theory (e.g., reliability
analysis through Cronbach's alpha, exploratory
factor analysis, uni - and multivariate regression, correlation, ANOVA, etc).
The SDQ subscales obtained
from the online administration showed high internal consistency (polychoric ordinal alpha), and
confirmatory factor analysis of the SDQ five
factor model resulted in excellent fit.
Results and Conclusion: Detailed exploratory and
confirmatory factor analyses are presented
from which the final items of the new questionnaires were chosen, for which he presents internal consistency estimates, convergent validity with similar measures, discriminant validity
from social desirability, and incremental validity over similar constructs.
Equal size (n = 500) groups
from six different occupations were drawn and entered in multiple group
confirmatory factor analyses for assessment of MI.
The present study introduces a revised CPRS (CPRS - R) which has norms derived
from a large, representative sample of North American children, uses
confirmatory factor analysis to develop a definitive
factor structure, and has an updated item content to reflect recent knowledge and developments concerning childhood behavior problems.
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.
Confirmatory factor analyses supported a two -
factor structure including callous and uncaring dimensions
from 12 of the 24 original ICU items.
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.
In the second study,
confirmatory factor analysis replicated this
factor structure as well as demonstrated that the reciprocity
factors are distinct
from each other and other social - exchange constructs.
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.
Confirmatory factor analysis of DSM - IV borderline, schizotypal, avoidant and obsessive - compulsive personality disorders: findings
from the Collaborative Longitudinal Personality Disorders Study