Author, as appears in the article.: Lorenzo-Seva U; Vigil-Colet A; Ferrando PJ
Department: Psicologia
URV's Author/s: Ferrando Piera, Pere Joan / Lorenzo Seva, Urbano / Vigil Colet, Andrés
Keywords: Statistics anxiety Social desirability Response biases Academic performance validity validation response biases response bias questionnaire acquiescence academic performance
Abstract: Background: Statistics anxiety is a common problem in students taking statistics courses in the social sciences. It is most widely measured by the statistical anxiety scale. The various adaptations of this instrument have shown certain problems in the replication of its factorial structure and do not have a system to control possible response bias effects. The objective of our study was to propose a short test to measure statistical anxiety that also includes a scale to control social desirability bias. Method: We developed a revised version of the statistical anxiety scale using procedures for controlling response biases and examined its factorial structure using exploratory and confirmatory analysis in a sample of 531 students. Results: The revised version showed a clear four-factor structure in exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses with the expected three content factors plus one social desirability factor. The scales showed no acquiescence effects and moderate social desirability effects, and had a clear relationship with academic success. Conclusions: The revised version of the statistical anxiety scale improves on the psychometric properties of the original version and may overcome the problems detected in some adaptations of the previous version.
Thematic Areas: Serviço social Psychology, multidisciplinary Psychology (miscellaneous) Psychology (all) Psychology Psicología Interdisciplinar General psychology Educação Ciencias sociales
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: perejoan.ferrando@urv.cat andreu.vigil@urv.cat urbano.lorenzo@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-3133-5466 0000-0003-3818-4514 0000-0001-5369-3099
Record's date: 2023-02-19
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.psicothema.com/pii?pii=4778
Papper original source: Psicothema. 34 (4): 562-570
APA: Lorenzo-Seva U; Vigil-Colet A; Ferrando PJ (2022). Development of a Revised Version of the Statistical Anxiety Scale. Psicothema, 34(4), 562-570. DOI: 10.7334/psicothema2022.231
Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Article's DOI: 10.7334/psicothema2022.231
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2022
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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