We examined the psychometric properties of the Dutch version of the Attitudes to Chocolate Questionnaire (ACQ), comparing the original three-factor model to a later-suggested two-factor model. We evaluated the construct validity of the ACQ by investigating the associations between the resulting factors and other eating-related questionnaires such as the Three Factor Eating Questionnaire and the...

background: outstanding leadership is one of the important and vital concepts in management and educational leadership debates especially in educational organizations such as universities. thus, effective educational leadership and adopting an appropriate tool to assess leadership in education are crucial in these institutions. the present study was conducted to develop an instrument for measur...

This article describes the development of a questionnaire on metacognitive beliefs about procrastination. In Study 1 we performed a principal axis factor analysis that suggested a twofactor solution for the data obtained from the preliminary questionnaire. The factors identified were named positive and negative metacognitive beliefs about procrastination. The factor analysis reduced the questio...

Caregiver Strain Questionnaire (CGSQ) is expected to have multiple dimensions. It was the aim of this study to investigate and confirm the dimensional structure of CGSQ measured from subjects. We used rotated principalcomponents analysis as EPA to explore the dimensional structure of CGSQ. The first principal component explained 86% of the variance in the data. Cumulative variance for 3 factors...

The current project reports on an initial investigation into the factor structure of the Infant Crying Questionnaire (ICQ), a measure designed to assess parental beliefs about infant crying, in a sample of 259 primiparous mothers. Exploratory factor analyses yielded evidence for a five-factor structure to the ICQ, with two factors that may be conceptually viewed as infant-oriented beliefs regar...

OBJECTIVE To examine the factor structure of the Rutter Teacher Questionnaire in Portuguese primary school children. METHOD The Rutter Teacher Questionnaire, a 26-item scale covering a variety of behavioral problems, was completed by teachers of 877 children, aged 6 to 11 years. Data were subjected to factor analysis using the principal components solution with varimax rotation. RESULTS The...

instrument designed to assess mental health provider practice patterns with a specific focus on the use of best practice technology with traumatized populations. Using the responses of 888 mental health professionals, an exploratory factor analysis with an oblique rotation was conducted on a twenty-six-item scale, resulting in a seven-factor solution. Based on the results, implications for inst...

OBJECTIVES to assess nurses' perceptions of risk factors for the development of phlebitis, with a special focus on the perception of phlebitic potentials of some infusion medications and solutions. METHOD a cross-sectional questionnaire study, which included a sample of 102 nurses. RESULTS Nurses recognized some factors that may reduce the incidence of phlebitis; however, more than half of ...