An Item Analysis of Gender Differences on the SRSS-IE in Middle School

Autor/inn/en	Moulton, Sara E.; Young, Ellie L.
Titel	An Item Analysis of Gender Differences on the SRSS-IE in Middle School
Quelle	In: Psychology in the Schools, 58 (2021) 5, S.789-803 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Moulton, Sara E.) ORCID (Young, Ellie L.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0033-3085
DOI	10.1002/pits.22470
Schlagwörter	Screening Tests; Student Behavior; Behavior Problems; Emotional Disturbances; Behavior Disorders; Psychometrics; Item Response Theory; Middle School Students; Gender Differences; At Risk Students; Cutting Scores; Test Items; Item Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Screening-Verfahren; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Gefühlsstörung; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Item-Response-Theorie; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Geschlechterkonflikt; Test content; Testaufgabe; Itemanalyse
Abstract	This study examined gender differences in the psychometric properties of the Student Risk Screening Scale for Internalizing and Externalizing behaviors (SRSS-IE) using item response theory methods among a sample of 2,122 middle school students. The SRSS-IE is a screening instrument used to identify students who are potentially at risk for emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD). Differential item functioning and differential step functioning methods were used to examine differences in item and response option functioning according to student gender variables. Additionally, test information functions (TIFs) were used to indicate if current recommendations for moderate EBD risk and high EBD risk cut scores differ by gender. Results of this study indicated two items on the SRSS-IE systematically favored males over females, and one item systematically favored females over males. Additionally, examination of TIFs demonstrated differing degrees of measurement precision at various levels of theta for males and females on both the externalizing and internalizing constructs. Implications of these results are discussed relative to the SRSS-IE items, cut scores, and scale scoring procedures. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01