Dimensionality of Coping: Factor Stability Using the Ways of Coping Questionnaire

Scherer, Robert F.; Wiebe, Frank A.; Luther, David C.; Adams, Janet S.

doi:10.2466/pr0.1988.62.3.763

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“…Explained variance ratios between 40% and 60% are expected satisfactory in the analysis carried out in social sciences (Tavşancıl, 2010: 48 quoting Scherer, Luther, Wiebe andAdams, 1988). In this research, the ratio of total variance explained of the scale is 69.094% which is above the expected level.…”

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Individual Innovativeness of Chefs

Karamustafa¹,

Kiliçhan²,

Çalhan³

2017

jobmer

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The purpose of this study is to evaluate individual innovativeness of chefs. Data were collected through a questionnaire developed based on Hurt, Joseph and Cook'ʹs (1977) "ʺIndividual Innovativeness Scale"ʺ, from the chefs attending to the 15 th International Istanbul Gastronomy Festival organized by the Federation of Turkish Chefs in Istanbul in TUYAP Fair and Exhibition Center between the dates 2 nd and 5 th February 2017, through the convenience sampling technique. In return, among 103 questionnaires, 101 of them were usable for statistical analysis. The reliability analysis of Cronbach'ʹs Alpha showed highly acceptable result (α=.96) and explanatory factor analysis extracted two factors; (a) resistance to innovation and (b) familiarity (tendency) to innovation. These two factors have similar mean values indicating the midpoint level of individual innovativeness of chefs both in resistance and tendency to innovation. Further to that, resistance and tendency to innovation differ by business type, term of employment in the current business and total term of employment in the sector.

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Individual Innovativeness of Chefs

Karamustafa¹,

Kiliçhan²,

Çalhan³

2017

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“…Having higher variance rates after factor analysis results in a stronger factor structure of the scale (Gorsuch 1974; Lee & Comrey, 1979). In social sciences, the variance rates changing in the range of 40% and 60% are accepted as sufficient (Scherer et al, 1988). According to this criteria, item 18 was extracted from the scale.…”

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The Reliability and Validity of the Scale of Professional Problems Perception: A Research on Social Worker

Karaca

2016

IJSW

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This study sought to develop a Likert type scale which is valid and reliable in order to investigate the professional problems of social workers. The research was carried out with 98 social workers, emypoled in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Adana, Eskisehir, Trabzon, Samsun, Diyarbakir, Konya, Karaman, Kayseri, Aydin, Hatay, Elazig, Yozgat, Corum, Amasya, Yalova, Kutahya, Duzce, Bolu, Karabuk, Tekirdag, Sakarya provinces of Turkey, in 2014. The data was collected using a questionnaire consisting of two sections, developed to determine the social workers' professional problems. The first part contains demographic and personal information, consisting of items about the gender, age, marital status, status, managerial positions, the type of institution, provincial aspects, social work experience, branch, income level, satisfaction level of social work, income level sufficiency, future confidence perception, compatibility with the profession in terms of personal characteristics, perceptions of syndication. The second part includes 40 expressions related to professional problems of social workers on a 3-point Likert-type scale consisting of 3 choices, from 1 = Disagree to 3 = Strongly Agree. The accumulated data was analyzed with factor analysis by using SPSS.

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“…The 22-item TOSS was found to measure 40.3% of the variance in tournament satisfaction. According to the Sherer, Wiebe, Luther, and Adams (1988); this score is satisfactory for social sciences. Analysis of internal consistency reliabilities yielded Cronbach alpha coefficients of 0.93 for TOSS indicating satisfactory reliability.…”

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Tournament Satisfaction Scale (TOSS)

Öcal

2016

HumanSciences

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Increasing in the popularity of regional sport tourism addresses the consumers to measure satisfaction of participants in order to provide high quality product or services. The literature declares the strong need of a reliable and valid scale in the area of sport tourism. For that purpose this paper describes the process of developing Tournament Satisfaction Scale (TOSS) that can be used to asses athletes' perception of satisfaction through sport tournaments. An item pool with 33 items was developed by literature reviews and interviews with experts in the area of sport tourism, sport management and coaching. Exploratory Factor Analysis with Maximum Likelihood extraction method and oblique rotation (direct oblimin) was carried out by using the data obtained from 278 athletes in various sport branches participated in a tournament as a regional sport tourist. Exploratory Factor Analysis results yielded one factor with 22 items over .50 factor loading. The 22-item TOSS was found to explain 40.3% of the variance in tournament satisfaction. Cronbach alpha coefficient is 0.93 for TOSS indicating satisfactory reliability evidence. Overall, it can be concluded that the scale is reliable and valid tool for evaluating tournament satisfaction from the perceptions of athletes. In this way coaches, team managers, and tournament organizers would possible to obtain important clues about their performances.

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Dimensionality of Coping: Factor Stability Using the Ways of Coping Questionnaire

Cited by 232 publications

References 11 publications

Individual Innovativeness of Chefs

Individual Innovativeness of Chefs

The Reliability and Validity of the Scale of Professional Problems Perception: A Research on Social Worker

Tournament Satisfaction Scale (TOSS)

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