Abstract

This study established a research instrument, Program Quality Competency Questionnaire (PQCQ), to measure the perceptions of youth development professionals about program theory, program management, child/youth development, and social ecological theory. The structural validity and reliability of the developing instrument was determined using exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factory analysis. The results showed that the exploratory factor analysis yielded a 42-item, 6 factor solution, which was validated by the confirmatory factor analysis conducted. The model had a very good fit to the data, its factor structure was good, and its coefficients of reliability ranged from fair (>.8) to exemplary (>.90). In addition, no excessive multicollinearity was present in the data. There was evidence to claim that the internal structure of the developing instrument was valid and highly reliable.

摘要

本研究建立了一个研究工具，即项目质量能力问卷 (PQCQ)，以衡量青年发展专业人员对项目理论、项目管理、儿童/青年发展和社会生态理论的看法。使用探索性因素分析和验证性工厂分析来确定开发工具的结构有效性和可靠性。结果表明，探索性因素分析产生了 42 个项目、6 个因素的解决方案，并通过验证性因素分析进行​​了验证。该模型对数据有很好的拟合，其因子结构良好，其可靠性系数从一般（>.8）到典型（>.90）不等。此外，数据中不存在过多的多重共线性。