School Refusal Assessment Scale–Revised Chilean Version: Factorial Invariance and Latent Means Differences Across Gender and Age
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-30-2017
Publication Title
Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment
Volume
36
Issue
8
First page number:
835
Last page number:
843
Abstract
The School Refusal Assessment Scale–Revised (SRAS-R) is a self-report measure designed to assess four functional factors of school refusal behavior: avoidance of stimuli that provoke negative affectivity (Factor I), escape from aversive social and/or evaluative situations (Factor II), pursuit of attention from significant others (Factor III), and pursuit of tangible reinforcement outside of school (Factor IV). The aim was to analyze the scale’s factorial invariance and latent means differences across gender and age in a sample of 2,678 Chilean adolescents aged 13 to 17 years (M = 15.23; SD = 1.26). The hypothesized model revealed the best-fit model and remained invariant across gender and age. Good internal consistency was obtained for the four factors (.75, .72, .77, and .71). Latent means differences were found across gender and age.
Keywords
School refusal; Validity; Factorial invariance; Latent means
Disciplines
Educational Psychology
Language
English
Repository Citation
Gonzálvez, C.,
Kearney, C. A.,
Lagos-San Martín, N.,
Sanmartín, R.,
Vicent, M.,
Inglés, C. J.,
García-Fernández, J. M.
(2017).
School Refusal Assessment Scale–Revised Chilean Version: Factorial Invariance and Latent Means Differences Across Gender and Age.
Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 36(8),
835-843.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0734282917712173