A Scale for Assessing Student Understandings of Marine Resource Conservation and Sustainability: Psychometric Verification and the Latent Mean Difference between Genders

Autor/inn/en	Tsai, Liang-Ting; Chang, Cheng-Chieh; Hu, Pei-Hsi
Titel	A Scale for Assessing Student Understandings of Marine Resource Conservation and Sustainability: Psychometric Verification and the Latent Mean Difference between Genders
Quelle	In: Environmental Education Research, 27 (2021) 9, S.1329-1342 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Tsai, Liang-Ting) ORCID (Chang, Cheng-Chieh)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1350-4622
DOI	10.1080/13504622.2021.1923664
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; College Students; Marine Education; Natural Resources; Conservation (Environment); Sustainability; Likert Scales; Questionnaires; Psychometrics; Gender Differences; Scores; Test Reliability; Test Validity; Factor Analysis; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Collegestudent; Natural Ressource; Natürliche Ressource; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Nachhaltigkeit; Likert-Skala; Fragebogen; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Geschlechterkonflikt; Testreliabilität; Testvalidität; Faktorenanalyse
Abstract	This study developed a scale for evaluating how well students understand marine-resource conservation and sustainability; it evaluated the scale's psychometric properties and investigated the gender difference in the scale's score. We recruited 929 university students in Taiwan to answer a questionnaire developed using the scale. The scale's reliability and validity were indicated through psychometric indicators--including Cronbach's alpha, the multitrait-multimethod matrix, and confirmatory factor analysis results. Multiple-group structural equation modeling was used to test the measurement invariance of the scale and to compare the latent mean between the genders. The results of the various analyses confirmed that the scale met the requirements for psychometric assessments. Male and female students significantly differed in the cognitive and behavioral but not socio-emotional dimensions. Scholars can use this scale to investigate how the understanding of marine conservation relates to other factors. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01