TY - JOUR
AU - Michael, William B.
AB - The purposes of this inquiry were twofold: (a) to examine the factor structure, convergent validity, and discriminant validity of scores on a Chinese version of an academic self-concept scale titled Dimensions of Self-Concept (DOSC), which provides an assessment of standing in five factor subscales: Level of Aspiration, Anxiety, Academic Interest and Satisfaction, Leadership and Initiative, and Identification Versus Alienation; and (b) to examine factorial invariance of scores across gender and age groups. A convenience sample of 877 seventh-, eighth-, and ninth-grade students participated in a suburban area of Changhua, Taiwan. The research findings provided promising support for the convergent and discriminant validity of scores on the subscales corresponding to five hypothesized constructs. From a practical standpoint, the findings reported in this investigation indicated that the factor coefficients, the factor variance/covariance, and various errors across age and gender groups were invariant across groups.
TI - A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Scores on a Chinese Version of an Academic Self-Concept Scale and its Invariance across Groups
JF - Educational and Psychological Measurement
DO - 10.1177/00131640021970772
DA - 2000-10-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/a-confirmatory-factor-analysis-of-scores-on-a-chinese-version-of-an-QM5lPB4TgU
SP - 772
EP - 786
VL - 60
IS - 5
DP - DeepDyve
ER -