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Development and Validation of the Sources of Research Self-Efficacy Scale
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Eli A. Jones; Justine Piontek; Luke C. Walden; Leigh M. Harrell-Williams – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2024
Research self-efficacy is a key component of college students' career development. This study's purpose was to develop and begin to construct a validity argument for scores from the Sources of Research Self-Efficacy (SRSE) scale in college students. We explored validity evidence for SRSE scores from 719 undergraduate and graduate students based on…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), College Students, Validity, Research Skills
The General Academic Self-Efficacy Scale: Psychometric Properties, Longitudinal Invariance, and Criterion Validity
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van Zyl, Llewellyn E.; Klibert, Jeff; Shankland, Rebecca; See-To, Eric W. K.; Rothmann, Sebastiaan – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2022
Academic self-efficacy (ASE) refers to a student's global belief in his/her ability to master the various academic challenges at university and is an essential antecedent of wellbeing and performance. The five-item General Academic Self-Efficacy Scale (GASE) showed promise as a short and concise measure for overall ASE. However, of its validity…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Efficacy, Beliefs, Student Attitudes
Examining the Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale across Taiwanese and American University Students
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Yeh, Yun-Jy; Chen, Jyun-Hong; Tsai, William; Kimel, Sasha – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2022
The Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) is a widely used measure of emotion dysregulation. However, limited research has examined its factor structure and measurement invariance in cross-national samples. The present study tested competing measurement models and the measurement invariance of the DERS in university student samples from…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Test Validity, Emotional Response, Measures (Individuals)
Examination of Test Anxiety in a Sample of 18 to 26 Year-Old Singapore and U.S. Undergraduate Male and Female Students on the Test Anxiety Measure for College Students--Short Form
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Lowe, Patricia A. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2021
A cross-national study was conducted on a new test anxiety measure, the Test Anxiety Measure for College Students--Short Form (TAMC-SF) in a sample of 1,023 Singapore and U.S. students, aged 18-26. The TAMC-SF consists of one facilitating anxiety scale and five test anxiety (Worry, Cognitive Interference, Social Concerns, Physiological…
Descriptors: Test Anxiety, Foreign Countries, College Students, Cultural Differences
Cross-National Comparisons between Canadian and US Higher Education Students on a New, Brief, Multidimensional Measure of Test Anxiety
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Lowe, Patricia A. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2021
Cross-cultural equivalence, country and gender differences, and external relations with other measures were examined on a new, brief measure of test anxiety, the Test Anxiety Measure for College Students-Short Form (TAMC-SF), in a sample of Canadian and US higher education students. The sample of 1204 students completed the TAMC-SF and other…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Measures (Individuals), Test Anxiety, Gender Differences
Exploring Cross-Cultural and Gender Differences in Test Anxiety among U.S. and Canadian College Students
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Lowe, Patricia A. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2019
Existing measures of test anxiety used with the college student population are old with old norms and old items, and they do not capture the multiple dimensions of the test anxiety construct or assess facilitating anxiety. In the present study, the validity of the scores of a new, multidimensional measure of test anxiety with a facilitating…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Gender Differences, Test Anxiety, Foreign Countries
Measurement Invariance of the Brief Multidimensional Student's Life Satisfaction Scale among Adolescents and Emerging Adults across 23 Cultural Contexts
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Abubakar, Amina; van de Vijver, Fons; Alonso-Arbiol, Itziar; He, Jia; Adams, Byron; Aldhafri, Said; Aydinli-Karakulak, Arzu; Arasa, Josephine; Boer, Diana; Celenk, Ozgur; Dimitrova, Radosveta; Ferreira, Maria Cristina; Fischer, Ronald; Mbebeb, Fomba Emmanuel; Frías, María Teresa; Fresno, Andrés; Gillath, Omri; Harb, Charles; Handani, Penny; Hapunda, Given; Kamble, Shanmukh; Kosic, Marianna; Looh, Joseph Lah; Mazrui, Lubna; Mendia, Rafael Emilio; Murugami, Margaret; Mason-Li, Mei; Pandia, Weny Savitry; Perdomo, Cristina; Schachner, Maja; Sim, Samantha; Spencer, Rosario; Suryani, Angela; Tair, Ergyul – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2016
There is hardly any cross-cultural research on the measurement invariance of the Brief Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scales (BMSLSS). The current article evaluates the measurement invariance of the BMSLSS across cultural contexts. This cross-sectional study sampled 7,739 adolescents and emerging adults in 23 countries. A multi-group…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Attitude Measures, Adolescents, Young Adults
Implications for Educational Classification and Psychological Diagnoses Using the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition with Canadian versus American Norms
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Harrison, Allyson G.; Holmes, Alana; Silvestri, Robert; Armstrong, Irene T. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2015
Building on a recent work of Harrison, Armstrong, Harrison, Iverson and Lange which suggested that Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV) scores might systematically overestimate the severity of intellectual impairments if Canadian norms are used, the present study examined differences between Canadian and American derived…
Descriptors: Intelligence Tests, Test Norms, Differences, Scores
Factorial and Item-Level Invariance of an Emotional Intelligence Scale across Groups of International Students
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Wang, Chuang; Kim, Do-Hong; Ng, Kok-Mun – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2012
This study examined the factorial and item-level invariance of Wong and Law's emotional intelligence scale (WLEIS) in a sample of 375 international students in U.S. universities. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and differential item functioning (DIF) analysis were employed at the test and item level, respectively. International students from…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Emotional Intelligence, Test Bias, Models
Detecting Differential Item Functioning in the Japanese Version of the Multiple Affect Adjective Check List--Revised
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Yasuda, Tomoyuki; Lei, Pui-Wa; Suen, Hoi K. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2007
This study examines the differential item functioning (DIF) of the English version and the Japanese-translated version of the Multiple Affect Adjective Check List--Revised (MAACL-R) using the logistic regression (LR) procedure. The results of the LR are supplemented by multiple group confirmatory factor analysis (MGCFA). A total of five items are…
Descriptors: English, Japanese, Translation, Affective Measures