scholarly journals Psychometric Properties of the Multidimensional Temperance Scale in Adolescents

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (23) ◽  
pp. 12727
Author(s):  
Fernanda Inéz García-Vázquez ◽  
Angel Alberto Valdés-Cuervo ◽  
Alma Georgina Navarro-Villarreal ◽  
Lizeth Guadalupe Parra-Pérez ◽  
Maria Fernanda Durón-Ramos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Cross Validation ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Order Structure ◽  
Order Construct ◽  
Order Factor ◽  
Scale Properties ◽  
Using Data

Recent research has shown the relevance of measuring the virtue of temperance. The present study tested a multidimensional and second-order structure scale to assess temperance using a sub-scale of the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths for Youth (VIA-Youth). Scale properties were tested using data from a sample of 860 adolescents aged from 12 to 18 years old (M = 14.28 years, SD = 1.65). The sample was randomly split into two subsamples for model cross-validation. Using the first sample, we assessed scale dimensionality, measurement invariance, and discriminant and concurrent validity. A second sample was used for model cross-validation. Confirmatory factorial analysis confirmed the fit of one second-order factor temperance virtue model, with the dimensions of forgiveness, modesty, prudence, and self-control. The results indicate scale measurement equivalence across gender and stage of adolescence (early vs. middle). Latent means difference tests showed significant differences in forgiveness, modesty, and self-regulation by gender, and modesty according to adolescence stage. Moreover, the scale showed discriminant and concurrent validity. These findings indicate that this scale is helpful for assessing temperance in adolescents and suggest the value of temperance as a multidimensional and second-order construct.

scholarly journals Meta-Learning: Concept Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 184-202
Author(s):  
Jovita Matulaitienė ◽  
Lina Kaminskienė
Keyword(s):  
Self Regulation ◽  
Theoretical Concept ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Self Directed Learning ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Concept Model ◽  
Meta Learning ◽  
Optimal Learning Environment ◽  
Using Data

Meta-learning, a contemporary learning paradigm, will be analysed in this article. This study aims to analyse and conceptualize the definition of metalearning, to provide evidence for the application of metalearning to learning, and to single out and name the features that allow the development of metalearning in the context of self-directed learning. To reach this goal, the concept model of Walker and Avant, involving a theoretical analysis of the concept, was selected. To reveal the theoretical concept of metalearning, the analysis of scientific publications of Lithuanian and foreign authors in the field of education and training was performed, using data collection and data analysis methods. The analysis of the concept of metalearning allows us to state that metalearning is not possible without self-regulation (self-control, self-awareness, self-reflection), reflection, independence and responsibility. Metalearning competence includes the intrinsic motivation and conscious cognitive activities of the learner; it seeks to understand and manage their thinking processes, it understands memory processes, selects the best learning methods according to the existing conditions and circumstances, organizes an optimal learning environment in the learner community, and, finally, directs the learner toward a positive experience in the process. Metalearning is complex learning that includes the integration, selection, and application of individual needs, opportunities, and teaching strategies. It emphasizes successful, perceptual learning, the application and continuous pursuit of existing knowledge, personal qualities, self-motivation, and reflection.According to Mylona (2012), the weakness and lack of empirical research on meta-learning is a consequence of the lack of focus on existing systems to clearly define all constructs that would be more actively involved in meta-learning and help overcome emerging learning challenges.

scholarly journals Self-Control, Self-Management and Entrepreneurship in Brazilian Creative Industries

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (63) ◽  
pp. 25-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro F. Bendassolli ◽  
Jairo Eduardo Borges-Andrade ◽  
Sonia Maria Guedes Gondim
Keyword(s):  
Cross Validation ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Self Monitoring ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Three Factor

Abstract Creative entrepreneurship has gained ground in recent years with the advent of creative industries. The capabilitiesto set targets and individually self-regulate have been indicated as predictors of entrepreneurship. This study aims to identify validity characteristics of a self-regulation scale and to test if score differences are related to whether or not one is an entrepreneur, personalcharacteristics, or the activity sector. A total of 596 professionals from creative industries in Brazil participated in this study. The self-control and self-management scale (SCMS) has been applied; it has been translated and adapted to Portuguese. Cross-validation analysis has been done. The results support the three-factor structure of the scale. Entrepreneurs tended to indicate higher means in the self-evaluation factor than non-entrepreneurs. Activity sector, gender and schooling demonstrated a significant difference in the self-monitoring factor.

scholarly journals Competencies for a Healthy Physically Active Lifestyle: Second-Order Analysis and Multidimensional Scaling

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes Carl ◽  
Gorden Sudeck ◽  
Klaus Pfeifer
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Multidimensional Scaling ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Model Fit ◽  
Order Structure ◽  
Mean Square ◽  
Active Lifestyle ◽  
Physically Active ◽  
Order Analysis

The physical activity-related health competence (PAHCO) model assumes that individuals require movement competence, control competence, and self-regulation competence to lead a healthy, physically active lifestyle. Although previous research has already established some measurement factors (n = 8) of the three dimensions, no attempts have so far been made to statistically aggregate them on the sub-competence level. Therefore, the goal of the present study was to test two additional factors for PAHCO and subsequently model the second-order structure with two samples from the fields of rehabilitation and prevention. We conducted two questionnaire surveys with persons with multiple sclerosis (n = 475) and teaching students undergoing a basic qualification course in physical education (n = 502). After performing exploratory items analysis, we used second-order confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and multidimensional scaling to investigate whether the scales could be bundled in accordance with the PAHCO model. The CFAs with 10 factors (42 items) demonstrated a good model fit. In contrast, the second-order analysis with a simple loading structure on the three sub-competencies revealed an unacceptable model fit. Instead, a second-order model variant was preferred [comparative fit index (CFI) = 0.926, root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) = 0.048, standardized root mean square residual (SRMR) = 0.065] in which body awareness and self-efficacy had theory-conform cross-loadings. The results of multidimensional scaling (two-dimensional solution) were in line with the extracted second-order structure. The present results suggested that the extension of the measurement instrument to 10 first-order factors was psychometrically justified for the two populations. The results from the second-order analyses provided the basis for the creation of sum scores, representing manifest indicators of movement competence, control competence, and self-regulation competence. Future studies are needed that cross-validate the extended measurement model with other populations and that relate the sub-competencies of PAHCO to indicators of health-enhancing physical activity.

Hierarchical Structure of Personality in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction

1997 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 175-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franco Bonaguidi ◽  
Claudio Michelassi ◽  
M. Giovanna Trivella ◽  
Clara Carpeggiani ◽  
Antonio L'Abbate
Keyword(s):  
Myocardial Infarction ◽  
Acute Myocardial Infarction ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
Normal Subjects ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Personality Factor ◽  
Order Structure ◽  
Third Order ◽  
The Third

The personalities in coronary heart disease have often been investigated using the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16 PF) of Cattell. The aims of this study were to verify the third-order factor structure of 16 PF and to assess the third-order factors in a group of patients with acute myocardial infarction as compared with a group of normal subjects. The primary 16 factor scores of the over-all population of infarcted patients and normal subjects were factored and the results rotated obliquely (dquart solution) to produce nine second-order factors. In a second step the nine second-order factors extracted were processed again by factor analysis and the third-order structure was achieved. The five third-order factors obtained were named Inhibition (α), Internal Feeling (β), Maladaptation (γ), Self-concern and Control (δ), plus an Unidentified Factor (ε). The patients with acute myocardial infarction were significantly different from normal subjects in scores on α, β, γ, and δ. The profile analysis of these four third-order psychological variables differentiated the two groups. In conclusion, the patients with acute myocardial infarction are characterized by difficulties in communication, emotional expression, and adaptation to stress and by a tendency to strong self-control and poor attention to their internal feelings.

Adaptation and validation of the Transactive Memory System Scale in Sport (TMSS-S)

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 1015-1022
Author(s):  
Francisco M Leo ◽  
Inmaculada González-Ponce ◽  
David Sánchez-Oliva ◽  
Juan J Pulido ◽  
Tomás García-Calvo
Keyword(s):  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Transactive Memory ◽  
Memory System ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Transactive Memory System ◽  
First Order ◽  
Structure Solution ◽  
Reliable Instrument ◽  
The Hierarchical Structure ◽  
Order Factor

This study aimed to adapt and validate the Transactive Memory System Scale in Sport with professional players. The participants were 375 male and 229 female professional players, aged between 15 and 38 years ( M = 24.34, SD = 4.03). The structure of the instrument was analyzed through confirmatory procedures and supporting the hypothesized theoretical model of one second-order factor and three first-order factors. Results showed that the hierarchical structure solution had a good fit of the data. Thus, the structure of the Transactive Memory System Scale in Sport is composed with one second-order factor and three first-order factors: specialization, credibility, and coordination. Furthermore, reliability and invariance across gender were also shown, and the scale had good concurrent validity. These results suggest that the Transactive Memory System Scale in Sport is a valid and reliable instrument to measure the transactive memory system in sport with male and female professional players.

Factor Structure of the Early Adolescent Temperament Questionnaire–Revised

Assessment ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (7) ◽  
pp. 1547-1561 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa D. Latham ◽  
Paul Dudgeon ◽  
Marie B. H. Yap ◽  
Julian G. Simmons ◽  
Michelle L. Byrne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Cross Validation ◽  
Developmental Change ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Early Adolescent ◽  
Future Research ◽  
First Order ◽  
Order Factor ◽  
Large Representative

Early adolescence (typically aged 9-15 years) is a period of dramatic developmental change, and individual differences in temperament is likely to be an important predictor of the success with which individuals negotiate this period of life. Moreover, early adolescent temperament cannot be adequately captured by measures designed for other age groups. This study examined the empirical validity of the proposed temperament factors of the Early Adolescent Temperament Questionnaire–Revised (EATQ-R) in a large representative sample of 2,453 early adolescents aged between 10 and 12 years of age, and compared it with models that include cross-loadings between items and first-order factors, as well as first- and second-order factors. Furthermore, the reproducibility of the factor structure established by using a cross validation approach. Adding cross-loadings to the EATQ-R fit the data substantially better, resulting in an overall good fit that the original EATQ-R model did not achieve. However, the conceptual interpretation of the first- and second-order factor structures were not substantially altered even with this addition of cross-loadings. Future research should establish the construct validity of the first- and second-order factors as measured by this empirically based factor structure.

scholarly journals Competencies for a healthy physically active lifestyle: Second-order analysis and multidimensional scaling

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes Carl ◽  
Gorden Sudeck ◽  
Klaus Pfeifer
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Multidimensional Scaling ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Model Fit ◽  
Order Structure ◽  
Active Lifestyle ◽  
Physically Active ◽  
Order Analysis ◽  
Two Samples

Abstract The model of physical activity-related health competence (PAHCO) assumes that individuals require movement competence, control competence, and self-regulation competence to lead a healthy, physically active lifestyle. Although previous research has already established some measurement factors (n = 8) of the three dimensions, no attempts have so far been made to statistically aggregate them on the sub-competence level. Therefore, the goal of the present study was to test two additional factors for PAHCO and subsequently model the second-order structure with two samples from the fields of rehabilitation and prevention. We conducted two questionnaire surveys with persons with multiple sclerosis (n = 475) and teaching students undergoing a basic qualification course in physical education (n = 502). After performing exploratory items analysis, we used second-order confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and multidimensional scaling to investigate whether the scales could be bundled in accordance with the PAHCO model. The CFAs with ten factors (42 items) demonstrated a good model fit. In contrast, the second-order analysis with a simple loading structure on the three sub-competencies revealed an unacceptable model fit. Instead, a second-order model variant was preferred (CFI = 0.926, RMSEA = 0.048, SRMR = 0.065) in which body awareness and self-efficacy had theory-conform cross-loadings. The results of multidimensional scaling (two-dimensional solution) were in line with the extracted second-order structure. The present results suggested that the extension of the measurement instrument to ten first-order factors was psychometrically justified. The results from the second-order analyses provided the basis for the creation of sum scores, representing manifest indicators of movement competence, control competence, and self-regulation competence. Future studies are needed that relate the sub-competencies of PAHCO to indicators of health-enhancing physical activity in relevant target Groups.

Methods for modelling reflective-formative second order constructs in PLS

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 295-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulo Duarte ◽  
Suzanne Amaro
Keyword(s):  
Diffusion Theory ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Innovation Diffusion Theory ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Order Construct ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Reflective Measurement ◽  
Online Travel

Purpose This paper aims to discuss the estimation of PLS models with second-order formative constructs as existing research has mainly focused on second-order constructs with a reflective measurement. Design/methodology/approach Using a model grounded on Roger’s innovation diffusion theory applied to online travel shopping, an empirical application is used to assess and compare the different approaches used to estimate a formative second-order construct. The proposed model examines the innovations characteristics that have an impact on intentions to purchase travel online, using data from a convenience sample of 1,732 responses. Findings The findings show that all approaches produce similar results regarding the path coefficients, the predictive relevance of the model and the explained variance. The main differences between the approaches are related to the weights of the first-order constructs on the second-order construct and the significance of those weights. Several recommendations are made for researchers on which approach to use. Originality/value Since most research has focused on second-order constructs with a reflective measurement and there is limited research with formative second-order constructs, this paper provides a comparison of the different approaches typically used to estimate a formative second-order construct and present useful guidelines for researchers to decide the method to analyse a model with second-order constructs and how to assess formative second-order constructs.

Parasympathetic Concomitants of Habitual, Spontaneous, and Instructed Emotional Suppression

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asmir Gračanin ◽  
Igor Kardum ◽  
Jasna Hudek-Knežević
Keyword(s):  
Negative Emotion ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Experimental Manipulation ◽  
Task Demands ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Integration Model ◽  
Sinus Arrhythmia ◽  
Emotional Suppression ◽  
Emotion Experience ◽  
Similar Relation

Abstract. The neurovisceral integration model proposes that different forms of self-regulation, including the emotional suppression, are characterized by the activation of neural network whose workings are also reflected in respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA). However, most of the previous studies failed to observe theoretically expected increases in RSA during emotional suppression. Even when such effects were observed, it was not clear whether they resulted from specific task demands, a decrease in muscle activity, or they were the consequence of more specific self-control processes. We investigated the relation between habitual or trait-like suppression, spontaneous, and instructed suppression with changes in RSA during negative emotion experience. A modest positive correlation between spontaneous situational and habitual suppression was observed across two experimental tasks. Furthermore, the results showed greater RSA increase among participants who experienced higher negative affect (NA) increase and reported higher spontaneous suppression than among those with higher NA increase and lower spontaneous suppression. Importantly, this effect was independent from the habitual suppression and observable facial expressions. The results of the additional task based on experimental manipulation, rather than spontaneous use of situational suppression, indicated a similar relation between suppression and RSA. Our results consistently demonstrate that emotional suppression, especially its self-regulation component, is followed by the increase in parasympathetic activity.

Internal Structure of the Spanish Adaptation of the Eating Disorder Inventory-3

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Elosua ◽  
Alicia López-Jáuregui
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Internal Structure ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Clinical Sample ◽  
Temporal Stability ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Order Structure ◽  
Eating Disorder Inventory ◽  
High Internal Consistency

In this study the Eating Disorder Inventory-3 was adapted to Spanish and analyzed the internal psychometric properties of the test in a clinical sample of females with eating disorders. The results showed a high internal consistency of the scores as well as high temporal stability. The factor structure of the scale composites was analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis. The results supported the existence of a second-order structure beyond the psychological composites. The second-order factor showed high correlation with the factor related to eating disorders. Overall, the Spanish version of the EDI-3 showed good psychometric qualities in terms of internal consistency, temporal stability and internal structure.

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