Validating the Teacher and Classmate Support Scale for Taiwanese Adolescents

• In Event: AERA Poster Session 9
  In Poster Session: Acculturation, Multiculturalism, and Positive Youth Development

Abstract

Based on a sample of 474 Taiwanese adolescents, the primary purposes of this study were twofold: (1) to test the factor structure and construct validity of the Teacher and Classmate Support Scale-Taiwan Version (TCMS: TW); and (2) to test measurement equivalence for the TCMS: TW across gender (females N = 261; males N = 213). Confirmatory factor analytic (CFA) results replicated the two-factor structure of the original scale. We found evidence of good internal and test-retest reliability, and construct validity for the TCMS: TW. Additionally, multigroup confirmatory factor analytic (MGCFA) findings revealed that the measurement equivalence (i.e., configure, metric, scalar, and error variance) of TCMS: TW did hold across gender groups.

Authors

• Meng-Te Hung, Mississippi State University

• Ling-Shen Hung, Huaiyin Institute of Technology

• Tianlan Wei, Mississippi State University

• Yi-Hsin Lee, East Mississippi Community College