TY  - JOUR
TI  - Alternative Confirmatory Factor Analytic Models for Examining Preservice Teachers' Non-Cognitive Skills
AB  - This study provides a comparative analysis of the inferences that can be reached about preservice teachers' emotional awareness and personality traits when several alternative factor analytic models are tested simultaneously. An empirical illustration is provided using two datasets collected for a research study aiming to profile the social-emotional behavior repertoire of preservice teachers. Four alternative factor analytic models were considered for both datasets: the unidimensional model, the correlated model, the higher- (or second-) order model, and the bifactor model. Results indicate that the higher-order factor model for emotional awareness (n = 670) and the bifactor model for personality traits (n = 670) were the preferred models that better represent the underlying factor structures. Multidimensionality and practical decisions concerning score reporting are discussed.
AU  - SOZER BOZ, ESRA
AU  - SAGIROGLU, SEREF
AU  - Akbaş, Derya
AU  - Çorbacı, Ergün Cihat
AU  - ISIK, SERIFE
AU  - ÜZBE ATALAY, NAZİFE
AU  - AYDIN, FATMA NUR
AU  - KAHRAMAN, NILÜFER
AU  - Çakan, Mehtap
DO  - 10.14686/buefad.1280435
PY  - 2023
JO  - Bartın Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi
VL  - 12
IS  - 3
SN  - 1308-7177
SP  - 460
EP  - 470
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/1187207
ER  -