Confirmatory Factor Analysis on the Professional Suitability Scale for Social Work Practice

Autor/inn/en	Tam, Dora M. Y.; Twigg, Robert C.; Boey, Kam-Wing; Kwok, Siu-Ming
Titel	Confirmatory Factor Analysis on the Professional Suitability Scale for Social Work Practice
Quelle	In: Research on Social Work Practice, 23 (2013) 4, S.467-478 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1049-7315
DOI	10.1177/1049731513480840
Schlagwörter	Factor Analysis; Social Work; Multivariate Analysis; Maximum Likelihood Statistics; Goodness of Fit; Reliability; Measures (Individuals); Career Choice; Construct Validity; Statistical Analysis; Factor Structure; Foreign Countries; Questionnaires; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Faktorenanalyse; Soziale Arbeit; Multivariate Analyse; Reliabilität; Messdaten; Statistische Analyse; Faktorenstruktur; Ausland; Fragebogen; Kanada
Abstract	Objective: This article presents a validation study to examine the factor structure of an instrument designed to measure professional suitability for social work practice. Method: Data were collected from registered social workers in a provincial mailed survey. The response rate was 23.2%. After eliminating five cases with multivariate outliers, confirmatory factor analysis using maximum likelihood estimation was performed on 285 cases. Results: A 22-item four-factor model achieved an acceptable good fit. Reliability testing results indicate an overall Cronbach's alpha valued at 0.90 and subscale alphas ranged between 0.75 and 0.89. Conclusion: Findings affirm good-to-excellent internal consistency of the Professional Suitability scale with two previous studies and provide acceptable results on construct validity. (Contains 4 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10