From West to East: Recent Advances in Psychometrics and Psychological Instruments in Asia

Editorial

24 March 2022

Editorial: From West to East: Recent Advances in Psychometrics and Psychological Instruments in Asia

Yiyun Shou

Hui-Fang Chen

Kazuhisa Takemura

Joseph Wu

, 1 more and

Meng-Cheng Wang

2,351 views

2 citations

Editors

Mengcheng Wang

Guangzhou University

Yiyun Shou

Australian National University

Joseph Wu

City University of Hong Kong

Hui-Fang Chen

City University of Hong Kong

Cheng-Ta Yang

National Cheng Kung University

Kazuhisa Takemura

Waseda University

Impact

Distribution of symptoms and functional impairments of problematic mobile phone use.

Original Research

15 December 2020

Problematic Mobile Phone Use by Hong Kong Adolescents

Joseph Wu

and

Aaron C. K. Siu

8,438 views

17 citations

Original Research

26 October 2020

Psychometric Properties of Achievement Goal Constructs for Chinese Students

Ningning Zhao

, 5 more and

Hongbo Wen

3,894 views

3 citations

Original Research

26 August 2020

Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of the Family Quality of Life Questionnaire for Children With Developmental Disabilities in China

Rujun Huang

, 1 more and

Su Qiong Xu

3,427 views

4 citations

Original Research

28 July 2020

Student Version of the Teacher–Student Relationship Inventory (S-TSRI): Development, Validation and Invariance

Rebecca P. Ang

, 1 more and

Xiang Li

There is limited knowledge concerning children’s relationships with their teachers, and specifically, we lack a suitable, culturally appropriate measurement instrument for assessing the teacher-student relationship from the student’s perspective in Asia. This study used attachment theory as a theoretical framework to understand teacher-student relationships. Using a dataset from the Ministry of Education (MOE) of Singapore, the authors developed and validated a student version of the Teacher-Student Relationship Inventory (S-TSRI), with good psychometric properties for Singaporean children. The three-factor S-TSRI model comprising the factors satisfaction, instrumental help, and conflict was first established by exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Through subsequent multigroup CFAs, we found that the factorial invariance was supported across gender, grade levels, and students of different academic levels, represented by the pass and fail groups. The structural model was tested in the total, pass, and fail groups. For the total and pass groups, the factors satisfaction and instrumental help showed significant positive relationships with a sense of school belonging, and negative or non-significant relationships with aggression. The conflict factor showed a weaker negative or non-significant relationship with a sense of school belonging, and a positive relationship with aggression. For the fail group, identical results were obtained with one exception; this was discussed in light of the fail group having a different needs profile. Findings from this study show that the 14-item S-TSRI measure has robust psychometric properties and yields scores that are reliable and valid in this large sample of primary school students from Singapore.

58,042 views

29 citations

Associations between student background and RIMMS. Insignificant loadings were excluded from the figure.

Original Research

04 August 2020

Measuring Chinese Middle School Students’ Motivation Using the Reduced Instructional Materials Motivation Survey (RIMMS): A Validation Study in the Adaptive Learning Setting

Shuai Wang

, 4 more and

Linda Shear

9,019 views

17 citations

The first-order single factor model for testing CMV.

Original Research

21 July 2020

Sensory Brand Experience: Development and Validation in the Chinese Context

Fang Gao

and

Xiaomin Lan

11,333 views

11 citations

Confirmatory factor analysis standardized factor loadings of BPQ-SF.

Original Research

30 June 2020

Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of the Body Perception Questionnaire–Short Form (BPQ-SF) Among Chinese College Students

Nantong Wang

, 1 more and

Xiaolu Zhou

8,460 views

22 citations

Reliability of 1,013 participants under several stopping rules.

Original Research

30 June 2020

Procedures to Develop a Computerized Adaptive Testing to Advance the Measurement of Narcissistic Personality

Hao Luo

, 1 more and

Dongbo Tu

3,914 views

5 citations

Factor structure and standardized factor loading on sport orientation items. (A) Factor structure and standardized item loading for SOQ of Sample 2. (B) Factor structure and standardized item loading for SOQ of Sample 3. (C) Factor structure and standardized item loading for SOQ of Sample 4.

Original Research

17 June 2020

Development and Validation of a Short Version Sport Orientation Questionnaire for Chinese Adolescents (SOQ-CA)

Jindong Chang

, 1 more and

Naiqing Song

7,187 views

4 citations

Fit indices for measurement invariance of the Japanese HEMA scale (11 items).

Brief Research Report

10 June 2020

The Hedonic and Eudaimonic Motives for Activities: Measurement Invariance and Psychometric Properties in an Adult Japanese Sample

Ryosuke Asano

, 1 more and

Saori Tsukamoto

27,705 views

10 citations

Factor loadings of the Family Accommodation Scale Anxiety—Adult Report.

Original Research

04 June 2020

Assessing Symptom Accommodation of Social Anxiety Symptoms Among Chinese Adults: Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of Family Accommodation Scale Anxiety—Adult Report

Congmei Lou

, 3 more and

Eric A. Storch

4,600 views

4 citations

Original Research

28 April 2020

Development of the Social Media Engagement Scale for Adolescents

Xiaoli Ni

, 4 more and

Yuping Wang

This study aimed to develop the Social Media Engagement Scale for Adolescents (SMES-A), and evaluate its reliability and validity. The initial items were collected via open-ended questions, a literature review, and suggestions from psychological experts. A total valid sample of 2519 adolescents participated in this study. The results of the exploratory factor analysis (EFA) indicated that this scale was composed of three factors named affective engagement, behavioral engagement, and cognitive engagement, accounting for 56.01% of the total variance. The confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) confirmed the three-factor model. The affective engagement, behavioral engagement, and cognitive engagement were positively correlated with the criterion variables of objective social media use. The mean intra-correlation coefficients of the three factors were 0.523, 0.451, and 0.512. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficients of the affective engagement, behavioral engagement, and cognitive engagement were from 0.709 to 0.804. Their McDonald’s omega were 0.805, 0.805, and 0.712, which showed high reliability of this three-factor structure. The test–retest reliability of the three factors were all above 0.68 8 weeks later. Overall, our findings suggested that the SMES-A is a reliable and valid measurement to evaluate social media engagement among Chinese adolescents.

66,700 views

40 citations

Standardized factor loadings for the two-factor model of the 10-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) (N = 1,574).

Original Research

09 April 2020

Factor Structure of the 10-Item Perceived Stress Scale and Measurement Invariance Across Genders Among Chinese Adolescents

Xiqin Liu

, 4 more and

Song Wang

Background: Chinese adolescents encounter a lot of stressors, such as academic burden and parental pressure. However, little is known about their perception of stress. The 10-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) is a widely used instrument to measure individuals’ appraisal of global stress in academic research and clinical practice. The current study aimed to evaluate the best-fit factor structure model of the PSS-10 and the measurement invariance across genders in Chinese adolescents.

Methods: A total of 1,574 Chinese senior high school students completed the PSS-10 (mean age = 15.26 ± 0.56 years, female = 54%). Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted to determine the factor structure of the PSS-10. Multigroup CFA was carried out to test the measurement invariance of the PSS-10 across genders. A subsample (N = 1,060) answered additional questionnaires measuring stressful life events, anxiety, and depression to examine the convergent and concurrent validity of the PSS-10.

Results: The two-factor model was supported [i.e., χ² (34) = 332.224, p < 0.001; non-normal fit index (NNFI) = 0.901, comparative fit index (CFI) = 0.925, root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) = 0.075, standardized root mean square residual (SRMR) = 0.051]. Importantly, the model exhibited strong measurement invariance across female and male groups. Furthermore, the PSS-10 had adequate convergent validity for stressful life events (number: r = 0.13, p < 0.001; impact: r = 0.23, p < 0.001) and could explain incremental variance in predicting anxiety (ΔR² = 0.13, β = 0.38, p < 0.001) and depression (ΔR² = 0.16, β = 0.41, p < 0.001), suggesting excellent concurrent validity.

Conclusion: A two-factor model best fits the structure of PSS-10 among Chinese adolescents, with strong measurement invariance between gender groups, demonstrating its validity for assessing perceived stress among Chinese adolescents.

59,385 views

96 citations