Abstract
The focus of this study was on revising the Inventory of Children's Activities-Revised (ICA-R; Tracey & Ward, 1998) to enhance its psychometric properties while minimizing gender differences in scale scores. The original 30 ICA-R items and an additional 30 items were administered to 70,280 fifth-eighth grades students. The original scoring was compared to a revised scoring method based solely on the empirically best items and a scoring method balancing empirical scoring with minimizing gender differences. All three item sets (original, empirical, and combined empirical/gender balancing) resulted in strong internal consistency estimates and adequate fit to the circular structure, yet the combined empirical/gender method had much lower gender differences especially for the scales measuring Investigative and Social interests. The implications of using the revised scale with children is discussed.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 154-160 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal of Vocational Behavior |
Volume | 87 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 1 2015 |
Keywords
- Children's interests
- Interest development
- Interest measurement
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Education
- Applied Psychology
- Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
- Life-span and Life-course Studies