In order to study the motivation of consumers’ interactive participation in virtual brand community, software AMOS18.0 and SPSS21.0 is separately used to conduct the exploratory factor analysis and the confirmatory factor analysis with two independent samples. The research results shows that customers’ interactive behaviors in virtual brand community are mainly motivated by contribution motivat...

The phenomenon of excessive or pathological Internet use has been investigated in the last decades in order to reveal psychological correlates as well as potential treatments. A key element of the respective research and clinical practice is a valid and reliable diagnosis of pathological Internet use. One of the most frequently used questionnaires is Young's Internet Addiction Test (IAT). Howev...

The Parent Adult-Child Relationship Questionnaire (PACQ) included two identical versions of the 13-item scale, which were administered to each subject, one which referred to "relationship with mother" and the other to "relationship with father." The PACQ, originally in English, is a self-report measure of the filial relationship. The present study aimed to develop a Chinese version of the PACQ ...

As conceived by Carol Dweck, implicit theory of intelligence concerns the extent to which intelligence is perceived as a malleable trait. This paper presents a new 14-item measure; the Implicit Theory of Intelligence Scale (ITIS). The ITIS was trialled on two samples of 162 and 940 first year university students in Australia and Egypt, respectively. An exploratory factor analysis for each sampl...

the aim of this study was to analyze the components of social capital among agricultural students with emphasis on entrepreneurship. this survey was descriptive and correlational study. statistical population consisted of agricultural students in tarbiat modares university (n=468) which 181 student was selected as samples by bartlett table. samples were studied via using simple random sampling ...

Developing a framework for MSMEs to become more fragile is the goal of this research. As it known that business world has fluctuated lot and facing turbulence, so we need an anti-fragile MSME concept. Using Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), research then analyzed produce 5 (five) factors build framework, namely Network Building, Growth Mindset, Willingness Develop, Focusing on Sustainability, ...

While the trichotomous framework of achievement goal theory has received considerable discussion in Asian and North American cultures, it is not clear whether this framework can also be applied in Arabic cultures. The purpose of this study was to test the validity of the trichotomous framework of achievement goals as measured by Midgley et al.’s (2000) scales on Omani students. Ninth grade stud...

In order to advance the effectiveness of higher education, we concentrated attention on teachers’ classroom behaviours and aimed to develop an inventory for evaluating teacher’s charisma in college settings. This study identified teacher characteristics that are indicators of teaching charisma and then developed a teaching evaluation questionnaire based on these indicators. The exploratory fact...

OF DISSERTATION Agnes Mariann Stairs The Graduate School University of Kentucky 2009 EXAMINING THE CONSTRUCT OF PERFECTIONISM: A FACTOR-ANALYTIC STUDY _________________________________________________ ABSTRACT OF DISSERTATIONOF DISSERTATION _________________________________________________ A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy...

This research presents and studies an evaluation framework for tourism mobile commerce platforms based on tourists’ experience. Synthesizing from prior literature, relevant theories, and the results of online questionnaires, we select 24 evaluation indices for preliminary evaluation. Using exploratory factor analysis method, we then extract from these indices the following five principal factor...