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Measurement Invariance of a Direct Behavior Rating Multi Item Scale across Occasions
- Source :
- Social Sciences, Vol 8, Iss 2, p 46 (2019), Social Sciences, Volume 8, Issue 2
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2019.
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Abstract
- Direct Behavior Rating (DBR) as a behavioral progress monitoring tool can be designed as longitudinal assessment with only short intervals between measurement points. The reliability of these instruments has been mostly evaluated in observational studies with small samples based on generalizability theory. However, for a standardized use in the pedagogical field, a larger and broader sample is required in order to assess measurement invariance between different participant groups and over time. Therefore, we constructed a DBR, the Questionnaire for Monitoring Behavior in Schools (QMBS) with multiple items to measure the occurrence of specific externalizing and internalizing student classroom behaviors on a Likert scale (1 = never to 7 = always). In a pilot study, two trained raters observed 16 primary education students and rated the student behavior over all items with a satisfactory reliability. In the main study, 108 regular primary school students, 97 regular secondary students, and 14 students in a clinical setting were rated daily over one week (five measurement points). Item response theory (IRT) analyses confirmed the technical adequacy of the instrument and latent growth models demonstrated the instrument’s stability over time. Further development of the instrument and study designs to implement DBRs is discussed.<br />Social Sciences;Jg. 8, Heft 2. S. 46-1-46-14
- Subjects :
- School
Test
Applied psychology
Primary education
370 Erziehung, Schul- und Bildungswesen
Likert scale
lcsh:Social Sciences
direct behavior rating
test
sensitivity over time
rating
school
classroom behavior
progress monitoring
Progress monitoring
Classroom
Item response theory
Rating
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Generalizability theory
Measurement invariance
education_studies
Reliability (statistics)
Behavior
05 social sciences
050301 education
General Social Sciences
Sensitivity over time
Test (assessment)
lcsh:H
Direct Behavior Rating
ddc:370
ddc:300
Observational study
Psychology
0503 education
Direct behavior rating
050104 developmental & child psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20760760
- Volume :
- 8
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Social Sciences
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....192fd1eaca02a3ce5d6ea43e4291244b