TY - JOUR
T1 - The Development and Validation of a New Measure of Adolescent Purpose
AU - Summers, Jessica J.
AU - Falco, Lia D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/1/1
Y1 - 2020/1/1
N2 - This goal of this study was to develop a quantitative measure that captures the dimensions of youth purpose (intention, engagement, and prosocial reasoning; Damon, Menon, and Bronk, 2003), focusing on students’ life goals and aspirations. We tested the construct validity of our new measure using bifactor exploratory structural equation modeling (B ESEM), assuming that the construct of youth purpose may be best measured as a G factor that allows items to freely cross-load in the model (Morin, Arens, & Marsh, 2016). The G factor model was better fitting than a traditional confirmatory factor analysis or ESEM. Additionally the G factor was correlated with aspects of students’ civic engagement and mastery components of academic achievement motivation. Suggestions for future research are discussed.
AB - This goal of this study was to develop a quantitative measure that captures the dimensions of youth purpose (intention, engagement, and prosocial reasoning; Damon, Menon, and Bronk, 2003), focusing on students’ life goals and aspirations. We tested the construct validity of our new measure using bifactor exploratory structural equation modeling (B ESEM), assuming that the construct of youth purpose may be best measured as a G factor that allows items to freely cross-load in the model (Morin, Arens, & Marsh, 2016). The G factor model was better fitting than a traditional confirmatory factor analysis or ESEM. Additionally the G factor was correlated with aspects of students’ civic engagement and mastery components of academic achievement motivation. Suggestions for future research are discussed.
KW - Cognitive processes/development
KW - factor analysis
KW - goals
KW - high school
KW - motivation
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U2 - 10.1080/00220973.2019.1575178
DO - 10.1080/00220973.2019.1575178
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85063413080
SN - 0022-0973
VL - 88
SP - 47
EP - 71
JO - Journal of Experimental Education
JF - Journal of Experimental Education
IS - 1
ER -