Measuring Athletic Mental Energy (AME): Instrument Development and Validation

Development and Validation of Successful Aging Instrument

Objectives: Successful aging is an interdisciplinary concept. Despite the great body of literature on successful aging, few studies have focused on its subjective and multidimensional measurements. Thus, the present study aimed to develop an instrument to measure self-perceived successful aging. Methods: We used a mixed method approach. The successful aging dimensions were explored through an ...

PRACTICE Pike / MEASURING VIDEO GAMBLING Measuring Video Gambling: Instrument Development and Validation

Objective: This article reports the initial validation of an instrument designed to measure problem gambling on video gambling devices. Methods: Two samples were collected and included: • individuals at random lists of playing locations for all counties in one state (n = 553) • a general public sample also drawn from each county (n = 542). Results: The scales attained high levels of internal co...

Development and Validation of an Instrument Exploring Factors Challenging Iranian Graduate Student-Teachers

Improvement in the quality of teacher education programs, especially in higher education, is an important issue. Failure to have an efficient teacher education program could lead to the training of graduates who are not prepared for the realities of the classroom. Accordingly, in an attempt to help improve the present situa- tion of teacher education programs especially at the graduate le...

Writing Self-Efficacy Instrument: Development and Validation

Self-efficacy is an important trait that factors into a teacher’s ability to effectively teach writing. Teacher’s self-efficacy in writing, however, has been widely ignored by the writing research community. This study developed a new instrument to measure a teachers’ writing self-efficacy and examined its psychometric properties. The Writing Self-Efficacy Instrument demonstrated factorial scor...

Measuring understanding of nanoscience and nanotechnology: Development and validation of the nano-knowledge instrument (NanoKI)