Health literacy is an important construct in population health and healthcare requiring rigorous measurement. The Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ), with nine scales, measures a broad perception of health literacy. This study aimed to adapt the HLQ to the Danish setting, and to examine the factor structure, homogeneity, reliability and discriminant validity. The HLQ was adapted using forward-...

Emotional intelligence (EI) is a psychological skill that aids athletes in the control of emotions and optimization sports performance. The present study investigated psychometric properties Self-Report Intelligence Test (SSEIT) 508 Brazilian youth adult (mean age 18.55±4.68 years). Data analysis was conducted through Exploratory (EFA) Confirmatory (CFA) Factor Analysis, Cronbach’s alpha, compo...

This study aims to adapt the learners’ machine learning technologies attitude scale Turkish. Participants of are 309 university students. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used on data obtained from Turkish students for construct validity scale. Following this, 23 items were excluded. A confirmatory performed again, completing adaptation Three reasons excluding and following emerged: item ...

This study aimed at developing and validating a new model and instrument to explore attitudes of Iranian EFL learners towards English as an International Language (EIL). In so doing, the researchers followed several rigorous steps including extensive literature review, content selection, item generation, designing the rating scales and personal information part, Delphi technique, item revision,...

Motivational research in the classroom has adopted a social cognitive perspective but has mainly been restricted to the study of individual achievement cognitions. In addition to this, there is a need to study and assess the perception children have of the class climate. Using social cognitive theory as a base, this research reports the development of class climate scales in French and English ...

This study investigates the number of non-linear and multi-modal relationships between observed variables measuring the Growth-oriented Atmosphere. The sample (N = 726) represents employees of three vocational high schools in Finland. The first stage of analysis showed that only 22% of all dependencies between variables were purely linear. In the second stage two sub samples of the data were id...

This study aimed to translate the modified Group Environment Questionnaire (GEQ) and Youth Sport (YSEQ) into Norwegian, examine factor structure reliability of scales through independent clusters model confirmatory analysis (ICM-CFA) exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM), differential item functioning (DIF) as a function sex. Three-hundred-and-thirty-three athletes (M(SD)age = 18.7(2....

This research examined the validity of the Performance Environment Perception Scales (PEPS), a new instrument designed to assess performance-relevant aspects of the work environment. A sample of 156 employees of an Australian university completed the PEPS and their supervisors rated their task and citizenship performance. Confirmatory Factor Analysis showed the PEPS to have a valid factor struc...

Aim: To examine the validity and reliability of HSCL-25 through using CFA. Methods: A non-experimental survey design was used to anxiety depression doctors (n=547) online paper-and-pencil methods with use N-HSCL-25. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) other applicable psychometric tests were carried out. Results: positive strong correlation between measured a coefficient value .88. The scores Cr...

BACKGROUND To explore and compare the factor structure of the 12-item Oxford shoulder score (OSS) and 13-item shoulder pain and disability index (SPADI). METHODS Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of data from 660 patients attending 46 hospitals in the UK. Complete OSS and SPADI data were available for 648 (98.2%) and 628 (95.2%) participants, respectivel...