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Development Of The Postsecondary Student Survey Of Disability-Related Stigma (Ssdrs), John K. Trammell
Development Of The Postsecondary Student Survey Of Disability-Related Stigma (Ssdrs), John K. Trammell
Theses and Dissertations
Qualitative interviews of college students with disabilities indicated that students were reporting significant discrimination and disability stigma effects. Until recently, however, no formal instruments had been developed specifically to measure disability stigma in college students. The purpose of this study was to develop the Postsecondary Student Survey of Disability-Related Stigma (SSDRS), a Likert-type scale that measured amount of perceived stigma in college students with disabilities. The SSDRS was patterned after similar instruments developed to measure race-related stigma and other forms of perceived social discrimination, and was designed to be administered through disability support service offices. The SSDRS consisted of five …
Construct Validity Evidence Based On Internal Structure: Exploring And Comparing The Use Of Rasch Measurement Modeling And Factor Analysis With A Measure Of Student Motivation, Mary Angela Coleman
Construct Validity Evidence Based On Internal Structure: Exploring And Comparing The Use Of Rasch Measurement Modeling And Factor Analysis With A Measure Of Student Motivation, Mary Angela Coleman
Theses and Dissertations
The current study examined and compared the use of Rasch measurement, common factor analysis (EFA), and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) in establishing construct validity evidence based on internal structure with multi-item scales measuring middle and secondary students' achievement goal orientation and academic self-efficacy. 1054 complete responses were received to 18 items measuring mastery, performance-approach, performance-avoidance, and self-efficacy. Items in each subscale were first analyzed by each method as a unidimensional unit. Items were then analyzed by each method as a multidimensional unit. Results showed that when scales were analyzed individually, all three methods corroborated unidimensionality; however, when all items were …