| Title: |
Validating the Student-Teacher Relationship Scale: Testing Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance across Child Gender and Age in a Dutch Sample |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Koomen, Helma M. Y., Verschueren, Karine, van Schooten, Erik, Jak, Suzanne, Pianta, Robert C. |
| Source: |
Journal of School Psychology. Apr 2012 50(2):215-234. |
| Availability: |
Elsevier. 6277 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando, FL 32887-4800. Tel: 877-839-7126; Tel: 407-345-4020; Fax: 407-363-1354; e-mail: usjcs@elsevier.com; Web site: http://www.elsevier.com |
| Peer Reviewed: |
Y |
| Page Count: |
20 |
| Publication Date: |
2012 |
| Document Type: |
Journal Articles
Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: |
Conflict, Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis, Indo European Languages, Measurement Techniques, Teacher Student Relationship, Goodness of Fit, Validity, Error of Measurement, Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Age Differences, Teacher Attitudes, Children |
| Geographic Terms: |
Netherlands |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.jsp.2011.09.001 |
| ISSN: |
0022-4405 |
| Abstract: |
The Student-Teacher Relationship Scale (STRS) is widely used to examine teachers' relationships with young students in terms of closeness, conflict, and dependency. This study aimed to verify the dimensional structure of the STRS with confirmatory factor analysis, test its measurement invariance across child gender and age, improve its measurement of the dependency construct, and extend its age range. Teachers completed a slightly adapted STRS for a Dutch sample of 2335 children aged 3 to 12. Overall, the 3-factor model showed an acceptable fit. Results indicated metric invariance across gender and age up to 8 years. Scalar invariance generally did not hold. Lack of metric invariance at ages 8 to 12 primarily involved Conflict items, whereas scale differences across gender and age primarily involved Closeness items. The adapted Dependency scale showed strong invariance and higher internal consistencies than the original scale for this Dutch sample. Importantly, the revealed non-invariance for gender and age did not influence mean group comparisons. (Contains 4 tables.) |
| Abstractor: |
As Provided |
| Entry Date: |
2012 |
| Accession Number: |
EJ958075 |
| Database: |
ERIC |
