Best Practices in Structural Equation Modeling

EducationThe purpose of this study was to investigate the organizational factors that influence faculty sense of agency in their professional lives and whether the relationship between organizational factors and faculty agency manifests differently by gender. Past literature on faculty has largely taken an approach that was termed a "narrative of constraint," focusing on the challenges that faculty face in modern academe, such as

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“…Data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM; Byrne, 2006;Hancock & Mueller, 2006;Mueller & Hancock, 2008 …”

Section: Analytic Techniquementioning

confidence: 99%

Faculty Agency: Departmental Contexts that Matter in Faculty Careers

2013

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“…The main aim of this analysis was to test the scales' validity in relation with other measures and further the links between of self-reassurance vs. self-criticism with well-being and depression measures. The use of cross-sectional data does not invalidate this specific approach (e.g., [56,89]). Nonetheless, future longitudinal studies are required to confirm these results.…”

Section: Limitationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The development of compassionate engagement and action scales for self and others

Gilbert

Catarino

Duarte

et al. 2017

J of Compassionate Health Care

285

326

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Background: Studies of the value of compassion on physical and mental health and social relationships have proliferated in the last 25 years. Although, there are several conceptualisations and measures of compassion, this study develops three new measures of compassion competencies derived from an evolutionary, motivational approach. The scales assess 1. the compassion we experience for others, 2. the compassion we experience from others, and 3. self-compassion based on a standard definition of compassion as a 'sensitivity to suffering in self and others with a commitment to try to alleviate and prevent it'. We explored these in relationship to other compassion scales, self-criticism, depression, anxiety, stress and well-being. Methods: Participants from three different countries (UK, Portugal and USA) completed a range of scales including compassion for others, self-compassion, self-criticism, shame, depression, anxiety and stress with the newly developed 'The Compassionate Engagement and Actions' scale.

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“…The RMSEA (root mean square error of approximation) is a 'badness' of fit measure which also allows for a measure of model parsimony. An RMSEA score of 0.05 and below is considered a good fit and above 0.1 should be rejected (Mueller and Hancock, 2008).…”

Section: Structural Equation Modellingmentioning

confidence: 99%