Measurement invariance between student and employee groups of the Polish version of the Mini-IPIP Scale for Big Five personality traits

Autorzy: Stanisław K. Czerwiński, Aleksandra Uzarska, Bartosz Atroszko

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Streszczenie: Short scales are becoming increasingly popular in social and behavioral sciences. Often times they are convenient, valid and reliable which makes them particularly useful in certain contexts, such as large scale surveys. The aim of the study was to investigatie measurement invariance of the Polish version of the Mini-IPIP Shortened Measures of the Big-Five Domains (the Mini-IPIP) between a student sample (927 persons) and an employee sample (723 persons). The instrument consists of 20 items, four for each subscale and has a 5-point Likert-type response format ranging from 1 (Strongly disagree) to 5 (Strongly agree). Data were gathered between 2013 and 2017 as a part of subsequent research projects. The results showed that the scale has satisfactory model fit in both samples and indicated strong measurement invariance between the groups of students and employees. The data supports the validity of the Polish version of the Mini-IPIP.

Słowa kluczowe: Big Five, employees, measurement invariance, Mini-IPIP, students

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Single-item self-report measure of learning engagment: What does it measures?

Autorzy: Bartosz Atroszko, Stanisław K. Czerwiński, Aleksandra Uzarska

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Streszczenie: This article presents the results of a research examining the validity of single-item, selfreported measure of students’ subjective learning engagement. The study took place in April 2019 on a sample of 148 female second year early education students from the University of Gdańsk. Indicators of different aspects of learning engagement were used as predictors of the answer to the question: “How engaged in learning are you?” with a 9-point Likert type response format ranging from 1 – Very weakly to 9 – Very strongly. The regression model including several independent indicators of engagement explained 52% of the variance of the single-item measure. The gathered data support validity of the single-item measure of learning engagement. The results are congruent with previous research on validity and reliability of the scale.

Słowa kluczowe: learning engagement, academic engagement, student engagement

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Study addiction among musicians: Measurement, and relationship with personality, social anxiety, performance, and psychosocial functioning

Autorzy: Paweł Andrzej Atroszko, Piotr Bereznowski ,Wiktor Wróbel, Rafał Lawendowski, Michał Kierzkowski.

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Streszczenie: Adverse health-related consequences of perfectionistic over-involvement in work are well-documented among professional musicians.The aim of this study was to investigate a recently developed concept of “study addiction” among students of music academies. Study addiction has been defined within the framework of theory and research on work addiction as a potential behavioral addiction.

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