The "About Me" Questionnaire: Factorial Structure and Measurement Invariance

被引:3
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作者
Maras, Pam [1 ]
Thompson, Trevor [1 ]
Gridley, Nicole [2 ]
Moon, Amy [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Greenwich, London, England
[2] Univ York, Heslington, England
关键词
peers; family; school; validity; reliability; social identity; academic self-concept; COVARIANCE STRUCTURE-ANALYSIS; SOCIAL IDENTITY; PEER GROUPS; FIT INDEXES; SCHOOL; ADOLESCENTS; ENGAGEMENT; SCALE; TRAJECTORIES; INTEGRATION;
D O I
10.1177/0734282916682909
中图分类号
G44 [教育心理学];
学科分类号
0402 ; 040202 ;
摘要
The About Me Questionnaire (AMQ) has been used to measure components of social identity, academic self-concept and self-worth in children and adolescents in the United Kingdom and abroad. Studies have reported simple reliability statistics but a comprehensive assessment of the scale's psychometric properties has not been conducted. Confirmatory factor analysis, using a sample of 5,082 children aged 6 to 18 years from combined datasets of five cross-sectional research studies, was used to establish the psychometric soundness of the 29-item AMQ. Analysis revealed generally adequate reliability with the seven-factor structure confirmed in a replication sample. Results provide evidence of adequate psychometric properties, optimized with the omission of reverse-coded item and selected items, suggesting it is suitable for assessing social identity and academic self-concept of children and adolescents in applied settings. Tests for measurement invariance showed that the assessment of parallel constructs was strongly supported across males and females and partially supported across primary and secondary school-age groups.
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页码:379 / 391
页数:13
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