Behavioral reputation: a cross-age perspective
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Published on: November 21, 2019
Meg Zeller1, Kathryn Vannatta, John Schafer
1Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Ohio 45229-3039, USA. meg.zeller@cchmc.org
Abstract:
This study examined the measurement of peer perceptions of behavioral reputation within the contexts of elementary, middle, and high school environments (Grades 2-12, N = 2,812) through the systematic evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Revised Class Play (A. S. Masten, P. Morison, & D. S. Pellegrini, 1985). Confirmatory factor analyses demonstrated that the data did not fit A. S. Masten et al.'s original 3-factor structure. Cross-loading of items and different patterns of association between subscales across age groups (elementary, middle, and high school) contributed to the overall poor fit. Exploratory factor analyses revealed an alternative 4-factor structure as a more reliable and valid means of assessing behavioral reputation regardless of the age of the peer group sampled. Both convergent and divergent patterns of associations emerged across developmental levels.
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