Examining the Psychometric Properties of the Student Behavior Checklist-Brief’s Subject Scores: Tests of Measurement Invariance

Authors evaluated the Student Behavior Checklist-Brief (SBC-B) to test whether teacher-reports of student learning approach (i.e., learned helplessness [LH] and mastery orientation [MO]) were invariant across academic subjects. The current sample includes ethnically diverse seventh and eighth grade...

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Published inChildren & schools Vol. 46; no. 3; pp. 175 - 182
Main Authors Steggerda, Jake C, Rueger, Sandra Yu, Bridges, Ana J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Oxford University Press 01.07.2024
Subjects
Behavior Rating Scales
Check Lists
Checklists
Clinical research
Confirmatory factor analysis
Helplessness
Internalization
Learned helplessness
Learning
Measurement
Measurement Techniques
Measures
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Psychometrics
Quantitative psychology
Ratings & rankings
Scores
Student behavior
Teachers
Tests
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Summary:Authors evaluated the Student Behavior Checklist-Brief (SBC-B) to test whether teacher-reports of student learning approach (i.e., learned helplessness [LH] and mastery orientation [MO]) were invariant across academic subjects. The current sample includes ethnically diverse seventh and eighth grade students (N = 145; 53 percent male) and six teams of five teachers for the core academic subjects. Authors conducted confirmatory factor analyses and measurement invariance tests on ratings for each of the subject-specific SBC-B measures and total SBC-B ratings that were not subject-specific. Results supported full measurement invariance across academic subjects. This evidence supporting the SBC-B’s psychometric properties across subjects increases confidence in using the measure in research and clinical settings to identify youth with tendencies toward LH or MO and explore how LH/MO relate to academic functioning and experiences of internalizing symptoms.
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ISSN:1532-8759
1545-682X
DOI:10.1093/cs/cdae015