zahra naghsh; zahra Ramezani khmsi
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The aim of this study was to investigate the factor structure and reliability of the teachers’ goal orientation Inventory.So 300 teachers from first to sixth grade were selected randomly by cluster sampling among primary school teachers in Tehran and answered to Butler goal orientation Inventory ...
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The aim of this study was to investigate the factor structure and reliability of the teachers’ goal orientation Inventory.So 300 teachers from first to sixth grade were selected randomly by cluster sampling among primary school teachers in Tehran and answered to Butler goal orientation Inventory (2007). This research is descriptive and of type validation. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis were used to investigate factor structure of the instrument, and Cronbach’s alpha and Test-Retest method were employed for examining the reliability. The results of Principal component with Varimax rotation showed 4 factorial factorial solutions that explained and 51.33% of whole variance. he results of the confirmatory factor analysis showed good fit of the model. The Cronbach’s alpha of the instrument was 0.82 and the correlation coefficient of test-retest was 0.72 that showed acceptable reliability for the instrument. In general, the results show a good fit of Butler's goal orientation in the Iranian society and the reliability of this questionnaire that make it a suitable measure for determining teachers’ goal orientation for screening purposes.
asghar minaei
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Objective: This research examined factorial invariance of Child Behavior Checklist by using confirmatory factor analysis. Method: The form was administered on a sample of non-referred students (697 boys and 650 girls) which were selected from primary, secondary and high schools of the city of Tehran. ...
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Objective: This research examined factorial invariance of Child Behavior Checklist by using confirmatory factor analysis. Method: The form was administered on a sample of non-referred students (697 boys and 650 girls) which were selected from primary, secondary and high schools of the city of Tehran. The sample was selected by means of multistage stratified random method. To estimate parameters and fitting a 8 correlated• syndrome model, weighted least square (WLS) function was used. The adequacy and fitting the model was assessed by RMSEA, SRMR, CFI, TLI, GFI, and AGFI indices. Results: The findings indicated that Achenbach 's 8 correlated factor model has good fit with data. This finding provides evidence about internal construct validity of CBCL. In addition, the results showed none of syndromes overlapped completely, indicating that syndromes were empirically distinguishable and possessed discriminate validity. Conclusion: The results of this study supported filling of the Achenbach model to our data and CBCL could be used lo assess emotional and behavioral problems of children aged 6-18 years.
