This study used data from a sample of 444 homeless adolescents to determine whether thoughts of death and suicide form one construct (unidimensionality) or two distinct but correlated constructs (multi-dimensionality). Thoughts of death and suicide were common in the sample; over two-thirds of the adolescents positively endorsed at least one of the eight death-or suicide-related items. Evidence...

The aim of this methodological study was to translate, culturally adapt and assess the internal consistency and validity of the Spanish version of the “Spirituality Questionnaire”. The sample comprised 204 young people between 18 and 25 years of age from two universities in Bogotá. Cronbach’s Alpha was used for reliability, while groups of experts and young people were used for construct validi...

In the present study, we reject the view that computer use can be studied as an isolated variable in a learning environment. Our main objective is to develop an instrumental tool to measure different types of educational computer use in the classroom. This builds on a comprehensive review of the literature about computer use in education. This review helped to construct a questionnaire to ident...

This multi-study investigation identified and confirmed the factor structure of ideal friendship standards. Study 1 (N = 307) conducted an exploratory factor analysis on 30 existing subscales of friendship expectations. Study 2 (N = 401) reduced 181 items from past subscales and singleitem measures of friendship expectations to 51 items measuring six factors. Study 3 (N = 668) used an internati...

Adaptation of the short-form of the UCLA Loneliness Scale (ULS-8) to Turkish for the Adolescents Objective: The purpose of this study is to adapt short form of the UCLA Loneliness Scale (ULS-8) to Turkish and investigate the validity and reliability of the scale for Turkish adolescents. Method: The participants in this study were 293 high school students aged between 14 and 19. Among the partic...

When multidimensional tests are analyzed, the item structures that are obtained by Exploratory Factor Analysis are usually rejected when tested by Confirmatory Factor Analysis. This paper analyzes some of the aspects of the problem by means of simulation studies, and proposes a procedure that may be useful for dealing with the problem. The procedure is illustrated by means of an empirical example.

This paper reports the development and validation of a short Use of Creative Cognition Scale in studying (UCCS) that was inspired by the Cognitive Processes Associated with Creativity (CPAC) scale. In Study 1, items from two of the six subscales of the CPAC were excluded due to conceptual and psychometric issues to create a 21-item CPAC scale, which was administered to 517 university students. ...

This paper reports the development and validation of a short Use of Creative Cognition Scale in studying (UCCS) that was inspired by the Cognitive Processes Associated with Creativity (CPAC) scale. In Study 1, items from two of the six subscales of the CPAC were excluded due to conceptual and psychometric issues to create a 21-item CPAC scale, which was administered to 517 university students. ...

Sustainable innovation is the inexhaustible source of development of enterprises. Within fierce market competition, only by depending on continuous innovation can an enterprise exist and develop. By conducting an exploratory factor analysis and a confirmatory factor analysis, this paper proposes a theoretical model, dividing enterprise sustainable innovation ability into three aspects: knowledg...