OBJECTIVE Improve the content validity of the instrument for classification of pediatric patients and evaluate its construct validity. METHOD A descriptive exploratory study in the measurement of the content validity index, and correlational design for construct validation through exploratory factor analysis. RESULTS The content validity index for indicators was 0.99 and it was 0.97 for gra...

Scale construction continues to be a popular activity among basic and applied personality researchers. We conducted a I'sycINFO search of English-language journal articles published during the past 55 years that (1) included the keywords test construction, scale developmetlt~ scale construction~ or measure development and (2) also included the keyword personality. Using these criteria, our sear...

CONSTRUCT VALIDATION OF THE INTERNALIZED RACIAL OPPRESSION SCALE by Tamba-Kuii M. Bailey Racism has been identified as a profoundly traumatic and a psychologically damaging experience affecting Black people (Harrell, 2000; White & Parham, 1990; Williams & Williams-Morris, 2000). It has been theorized that one of the most devastating effects racial oppression (i.e. racism and discrimination) is ...

This research describes efforts to develop and validate a multidimensional measure of the learning organization. An instrument was developed based on a critical review of both the conceptualization and practice of this construct. Supporting validity evidence for the instrument was obtained from several sources, including best model-data fit among alternative measurement models, nomological netw...

Beliefs related to classroom management vary among teachers and play an important role in classrooms. Despite the importance of this construct, valid measures have proven difficult to develop. This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Behavior and Instructional Management Scale (BIMS), a short but valid measure of teachers' approaches to behavioral and instructional management. Re...

We conducted a validation study for Construct, a multi-agent network model of socio-cultural coevolution. Our particular focus is on the ability of Construct to produce an initial state of agent interactions which have reasonable equivalence to the communication network of a real-world organization. We used the calibrated grounding technique to perform the validation. Results of the study show ...

Recently, there has been a lot of interest in characterising the connectivity of resting state brain networks. Most of the literature uses functional connectivity to examine these intrinsic brain networks. Functional connectivity has well documented limitations because of its inherent inability to identify causal interactions. Dynamic causal modelling (DCM) is a framework that allows for the id...

Aim: The main purpose of this study was to adapt the Restraint Scale (RS) to Portuguese and examine its psychometric properties, specifically its construct validity. Method: In this study, 238 normal-weight adults (82% women; Mean age = 36.6, SD = 15.0) participated in an online survey containing measures of Restraint Scale, Three Factor Eating Questionnaire, Dutch Eating Behaviour Questionnair...

The purpose of this study was to investigate convergent and discriminant validity of the five-factor model of adolescent personality in a school setting using three different raters (methods): self-ratings, peer ratings, and teacher ratings. The authors investigated validity through a multitrait-multimethod matrix and a confirmatory factor analysis correlated trait, uncorrelated method model. W...

Background: Teaching is one of the most stressful jobs. This research aims to evaluate the validity of the scale for measuring occupational stress among Iranian teachers. Materials and Methods:  This cross-sectional survey was conducted from December 2020 to January 2021 using a quantitative approach and the psychometric validation research method. The research sample consisted of specialists ...