Publications by authors named "Jon M Patton"
Preliminary development of a revised version of the School Climate Measure.
Psychol Assess
September 2015
The School Climate Measure (SCM) was developed and preliminarily validated in 2010 and extended upon in 2013 in response to a dearth of psychometrically sound school climate instruments. This study sought to further validate the SCM on a large diverse sample of Arizona public school adolescents (N = 1,643) with two new domains. The eight original SCM domains (Positive Student-Teacher Relationships, School Connectedness, Academic Support, Order and Discipline, Physical Environment, Social Environment, Perceived Exclusion, and Academic Satisfaction) and two newly developed domains (Parental Involvement and Opportunities for Student Engagement) were subjected to psychometric analysis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The School Climate Measure (SCM) was developed and validated in 2010 in response to a dearth of psychometrically sound school climate instruments. This study sought to further validate the SCM on a large, diverse sample of Arizona public school adolescents (N = 20,953).
Methods: Four SCM domains (positive student-teacher relationships, academic support, order and discipline, and physical environment) were available for the analysis.
The brief multidimensional students' life satisfaction scale-college version.
Am J Health Behav
September 2009
Objectives: To investigate the psychometric properties of the BMSLSS-College among 723 college students.
Methods: Internal consistency estimates explored scale reliability, factor analysis explored construct validity, and known-groups validity was assessed using the National College Youth Risk Behavior Survey and Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study. Criterion-related validity was explored through analyses with the CDC's health-related quality of life scale and a social isolation scale.
The purpose of this investigation was to assess the reliability and validity of eight developmental asset measures among a stratified, random sample (N = 540) of college students to guide health promotion efforts. The sample was randomly split to produce exploratory and confirmatory samples for factor analysis using principal axis factoring and varimax rotation and structural equation modeling techniques. Items were retained on factors if they had high loadings greater than .
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- The study aimed to assess the reliability of the middle school version of the 2005 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (MSYRBS) questionnaire by having 232 students complete it twice over two weeks.
- The results indicated a mean kappa statistic of 62.6%, suggesting good reliability overall, though some items showed significant variability, with nine items falling below the acceptable threshold.
- The researchers concluded that while the MSYRBS appears reliable, further investigation into specific items is needed, along with the inclusion of more diverse participants in future studies.
Objective: To investigate the psychometric properties of the BMSLSS among 522 college students.
Methods: Internal consistency reliability explored scale reliability, factor analysis explored construct validity, known-groups validity was assessed by use of items from the National College Youth Risk Behavior Survey and Harvard National Survey of Alcohol Use, and criterion-related validity was explored through analyses with the CDC's Health-Related Quality of Life Scale.
Results: Acceptable internal consistency reliability, construct, known-groups, and criterion-related validity were established.