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The rapid integration of digital technologies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed various aspects of professional life. In particular, the literature found teachers to be among the professional categories most affected by technostress. Because assessing technostress is still a priority for scholars and mental health professionals, this study aimed to adapt the technostrain subscale of the Cuestionario de Tecnoestrés [Technostress Questionnaire] (extracted from the RED/TIC questionnaire) among Italian teachers. Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the 4-factor structure observed in the original version. Results revealed that high levels of technostrain are associated with increased burnout and negative emotions. On the other hand, positive emotions were negatively correlated with technostrain and burnout, indicating their potential protective role against the latter. These findings suggest that human resource management providing technological support may serve as crucial protective factors against burnout, emphasizing the need for sustained efforts in promoting teacher well-being. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Theories of organizational commitment (OC) and related measures are the background of this work. A valid measure of OC, useful for its brevity and adaptability to different targets, was proposed by Klein and colleagues (the KUT; "Klein et al., Unidimensional, Target-free" scale). The goal of the present study was to test its validity in the Italian context. A sample of employees (N = 906), belonging to different organizations, was interviewed using an online questionnaire. Findings supported the unidimensional structure of the scale and its reliability. Furthermore, the KUT was invariant across occupational levels, genders, job seniority, and educational levels. Findings also showed its nomological validity: the KUT was associated, in the expected direction, with the constructs included in Meyer and Maltin's model of well-being. The incremental validity was demonstrated as well. Thus, findings proved the validity of the KUT's Italian version and provided support to Meyer and Maltin's model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper was to validate and examine the psychometric properties of the 9-item Temporal Satisfaction With Life Scale (TSWLS) in the Italian context. Four studies were conducted. In Study 1, we performed an exploratory factor analysis. The 3-factor structure — past life satisfaction, present life satisfaction, and future life satisfaction — was confirmed. In Study 2 we tested the structure of the nine items of the scale, based on confirmatory factor analysis. The 3-factor structure with a high-order factor was the best factorial solution. In Study 3 we tested the concurrent validity of the TSWLS. The scale was significantly and positively related with life satisfaction, flourishing, and positive affects, and negatively related with negative affects. In Study 4 we showed the stability of the TSWLS using the testretest method after an interval of four weeks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Research into the use of Social Networking Sites (SNSs) has greatly increased over the last decade. However, there is a paucity of measures that investigate engagement styles across SNSs. The aim of the present study is to refine and examine the dimensionality, internal consistency, measurement invariance, and validity of an existing measure originally designed to quantify Facebook use behaviors and adopted to assess Active and Passive Use of SNSs (APU-SNSs). A sample of young adult participants was recruited in this study. The construct validity of the APU-SNSs was investigated through (multigroup) confirmatory factor analyses (CFA). The APU-SNSs showed an excellent fit to the data and good internal consistency. Also, our analyses of convergent and divergent validity showed significant associations with measures of Internet\SNSs use and addiction, attachment styles, personality, and temperament characteristics. Limits and practical implications of findings are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) is one of the most widely used self-reporting methods for assessing the behaviors and attitudes associated with eating disorders. Since recent studies have proposed alternative and shorter forms of the EDE-Q, the aim of this study is to compare the factor structure of the full-length version of the EDE-Q with several proposed models. A total of 600 participants (80.2% women) aged 18 to 52 years participated in the study. Among the four tested models, the abbreviated version of the questionnaire (EDE-Q7) showed the best fit for the data. The total score on the EDE-Q7 was highly correlated with the total score on the EDE-Q28 and the Eating Attitudes Test-26 (EAT-26), indicating good convergent validity. The findings indicate that the EDE-Q7 is a psychometrically acceptable and effective measure that can be used to assess symptoms of eating disorder behaviors in the Croatian community sample. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Developing research designs and instrumentation in psychological research is essential because the constructs and variables in the discipline are broad and need to be measured by specific instruments. For each instrument developed or adapted, validation such as content validation needs to be conducted. The content validation process includes a readability test determining whether the items or questions effectively represent the variables or constructs measured. This study utilized the Conjoint Community Resiliency Assessment Measure (CCRAM) which consists of 21 items and employed nine experts in psychology to provide expert judgments. Some content validity measurement methods, such as interrater reliability (IRR), Aiken's validity, content validity ratio (CVR), and content validity index (CVI), were also used. The results from all measurements of content validity indicate consistency in CCRAM instrument items. The strengths and weaknesses of each content validity measurement method are also highlighted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article investigates the psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Revised Two-Factor Passion Scale (Vallerand, 2010) and explores the relation between work passion and work-nonwork conflict and enrichment. According to the dualistic model of passion, harmonious passion is responsible for positive outcomes and obsessive passion is responsible for negative outcomes. In the first study, the Italian version of the Revised Passion Scale was validated. We found support for the reliability of scale scores, for the independence of the two components of passion, and for convergent and discriminant validity. Study 2 found support for the hypothesis that harmonious passion is positively related to work-nonwork enrichment and that obsessive passion is positively related to work-nonwork conflict. Work-related support was not found to have a moderation effect. Directions for future research are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present paper aims to validate and examine the psychometric properties of the Vietnamese version of the Benign and Malicious Envy Scale (V-BeMaS; Lange & Crusius, 2015) that has already been used in different cultural groups. In Study 1, exploratory factor (EFA) and reliability analysis was used in a sample of Vietnamese students and adults (N = 591). Study 2 (N = 299) was designed to confirm the two-factor model through confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and to test the validity of the construct by correlating it to the Domain-Specific Envy Scale (DSES; Rentzsch & Gross, 2015). In Study 3, we tested the measurement invariance through multigroup confirmatory factor analysis (MGCFA). The results supported the two-factor structure of the V-BeMaS and confirmed that the scale displayed configural, metric, and scalar invariance across genders, as well as age groups. The V-BeMaS seems to be a valid and reliable scale that can be used in future studies in Vietnam to measure benign and malicious envy. Moreover, our findings show that the V-BeMaS meets the requirements of measurement invariance for cross-cultural comparisons. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This manuscript explores the psychometric properties of a scale measuring self-curiosity, a facet of general curiosity, consisting of the attitude and interest people have in understanding themselves better. In this study, we provide data on the comparison between the Self-Curiosity Attitude-Interest Scale in an Italian and a Mexican sample, paired for gender, age, and education. The scale reliability was satisfactory, and the two-factor structure of the scale showed a good fit in the Mexican sample. Multigroup confirmatory factor analysis showed configural, metric, partial scalar, and strict invariance between samples. Overall, results indicated that the concept of self-curiosity is meaningfully measured by the SCAI items. In line with previous studies, construct validity of the scale highlighted the expected correlations with measures of trait openness, awareness, and general curiosity. In conclusion, the results show that the two-factor model of the Self-Curiosity Attitude-Interest Scale is similarly adequate in both countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present work aims at providing evidence concerning the psychometric properties of a new abbreviated version of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Revised (EPQ-R) in a cross-cultural sample of native English speakers (recruited in three geographical areas: North America, Europe, and Oceania. The four-factor structure of the questionnaire was confirmed, as well as the satisfactory reliability and convergent validity of its scales. Moreover, item-level analyses showed that the items of the scales were simple structured, without misfit, and without cultural, age, and gender biases. On the whole, the results suggest the suitability of the new abbreviated version of the EPQ-R in English contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper investigates the psychometric properties, construct and concurrent validity of the Italian version of the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) in an Italian primary school student sample through multidimensional Rasch analysis. The aim is fivefold: to identify the factorial structure for the Italian primary school sample using both the multidimensional rating scale model and the multidimensional partial credit model; to test the internal consistency of the subscales of the MSLQ; to investigate the item fit of each item of the MSLQ; to detect the item bias based on gender; and to explore the concurrent validity of the MSLQ with the Academic Self-Efficacy Beliefs Scale and anxiety and concentration subscales of AMOS QAS. Participants included 692 primary school students (grades 3 to 5). The MSLQ resulted a reliable measure in the Italian context for the evaluation of motivational beliefs and cognitive strategy use among primary school students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper describes the development and validation of the scale for daily hassles and uplifts at work (SDHUW) in three studies. The SDHUW is a 50-item scale that measures two types of affective daily events in the workplace -- hassles and uplifts -- including their frequency and intensity. The SDHUW was tested for its factor structure, reliability, and convergent validity. Moreover, we tested whether daily hassles and uplifts would predict work attitudes (work engagement and job crafting) and psychological states (stress, anxiety, and depression). The scale measures five daily hassles dimensions: conflicts and unpleasant interactions, time management and task-related hassles, threats to selfefficacy and performance, failures interruptions and annoyances, and organizational and leader-related hassles; and five daily uplifts dimensions: achievement recognition and task-related uplifts, pleasant interactions helpfulness and compliments, humor and communication, time management and customerrelated uplifts, and organizational uplifts. The SDHUW showed convergent validity and reliability. It correlates with positive and negative affect, job satisfaction, work engagement, well-being, job crafting, and mental health outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although the Work-Family Culture Scale (Thompson, Beauvais, & Lyness, 1999) has been widely used in work-family research, its factor structure remains largely understudied and varies across countries. This study aims to examine both its construct validity by testing its measurement invariance through confirmatory factor analysis and its concurrent validity. Study 1 was carried out on a sample of 556 workers, while Study 2 on 202 workers. The original three-factor structure was supported in the 17-item Italian version of the scale. It also showed partial metric and scalar invariance (Study 1) supporting its construct validity. Moreover, the scale showed expected correlations with work-family balance, conflict and enrichment, job and family satisfaction (Study 2). Although the fit indices for the two-factor and the second-order three-factor models were satisfactory, the original three-factor structure of the scale prevailed as the best factor solution. Construct and concurrent validity were supported. Practical implications concerning the use of the scale are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale-Revised (CAMS-R; Feldman, Hayes, Kumar, Greeson, & Laurenceau, 2007) consists of 12 items aiming to detect a broad conceptualization of mindfulness. This research intends to create an Italian adaptation of the CAMS-R, to explore its psychometric characteristics, and to investigate initial issues of validity. A questionnaire was administered to 459 respondents. As for the original version, the confirmatory factor analysis sustained a model with four firstorder latent factors and one second-order latent factor. Furthermore, the CAMS-R Italian version showed an acceptable level of internal reliability. Concerning convergent and divergent validity, the CAMS-R Italian version was positively related to the Mindfulness Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS; Brown & Ryan, 2003) and negatively to rumination. Finally, we showed that the scale is likely to be vulnerable to socially desirable responding, especially to self-deceptive enhancement. Implications and limits of the study are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The construct validity of test anxiety requires not only confirmation of its factor structure, distinction from related affective constructs, and negative relationship with test performance, but also requires that the test scores of test anxious individuals have lower levels of predictive validity than the test scores of individuals with lower levels of test anxiety. This paper examines these varying components of the construct validity of test anxiety and presents evidence of the constructs' unique position within the nomological network as well as evidence that test anxiety reduces the predictive validity of scores on a measure of academic aptitude. Implications for assessment in high stakes settings are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A multi-factor questionnaire, consisting of 85 items, related to the feelings, self-perceptions, and life experiences of homosexuals, was administered to a sample of 1,077 gay men and lesbians recruited in various ways from all over Italy. An exploratory factor analysis (principal axes factors, followed by Varimax rotation) and reliability analysis allowed for the definition and interpretation of seven factors linked to internalized homophobia: (1) Fear of coming out, (2) Regret about being homosexual, (3) Moral condemnation, (4) Gay-lesbian parenting, (5) Integration in the homosexual community, (6) Counter-prejudicial attitudes, (7) Homosexual marriage. An eighth scale, defined (8) Stereotypes, consisted of items that varied between the two sexes and revealed adherence to gay and lesbian stereotypes. All scale scores had a good alpha coefficient (three higher than .80) except for the scale of stereotypes (.60). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]