Teacher Reporting Attitudes Scale (TRAS): Confirmatory and Exploratory Factor Analyses with a Malaysian Sample

Autor/inn/en	Choo, Wan Yuen; Walsh, Kerryann; Chinna, Karuthan; Tey, Nai Peng
Titel	Teacher Reporting Attitudes Scale (TRAS): Confirmatory and Exploratory Factor Analyses with a Malaysian Sample
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 28 (2013) 2, S.231-253 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260512454720
Schlagwörter	Teacher Attitudes; Factor Analysis; Child Abuse; Child Neglect; Disclosure; Psychometrics; Factor Structure; Surveys; Foreign Countries; Likert Scales; Elementary School Teachers; Questionnaires; Statistical Analysis; Teacher Characteristics; Teacher Role; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrerverhalten; Faktorenanalyse; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Kindesvernachlässigung; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Faktorenstruktur; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Ausland; Likert-Skala; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Fragebogen; Statistische Analyse; Lehrerrolle
Abstract	The Teacher Reporting Attitude Scale (TRAS) is a newly developed tool to assess teachers' attitudes toward reporting child abuse and neglect. This article reports on an investigation of the factor structure and psychometric properties of the short form Malay version of the TRAS. A self-report cross-sectional survey was conducted with 667 teachers in 14 randomly selected schools in Selangor state, Malaysia. Analyses were conducted in a 3-stage process using both confirmatory (stages 1 and 3) and exploratory factor analyses (stage 2) to test, modify, and confirm the underlying factor structure of the TRAS in a non-Western teacher sample. Confirmatory factor analysis did not support a 3-factor model previously reported in the original TRAS study. Exploratory factor analysis revealed an 8-item, 4-factor structure. Further confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated appropriateness of the 4-factor structure. Reliability estimates for the four factors--commitment, value, concern, and confidence--were moderate. The modified short form TRAS (Malay version) has potential to be used as a simple tool for relatively quick assessment of teachers' attitudes toward reporting child abuse and neglect. Cross-cultural differences in attitudes toward reporting may exist and the transferability of newly developed instruments to other populations should be evaluated. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10