The Development and Psychometric Assessment of Malaysian Youth Adversity Quotient Instrument (MY-AQi) by Combining Rasch Model and Confirmatory Factor Analysis
Mohd Effendi Ewan Mohd Matore; Mohammed Afandi Zainal; Muhamad Firdaus Mohd Noh; Ahmad Zamri Khairani; Nordin Abd Razak; Benjamin D. Wright
Youths are a dominant cluster in Malaysia's population. They need to be resilient as they are the anchor of our country's development. Resilience is often associated with Adversity Quotient (AQ). There are many instruments developed across contexts and countries; however, good validity and reliability in measuring the AQ of youths are still scarce. Therefore, this study seeks to examine whether the items developed for the Malaysian Youth Adversity Quotient Instrument (MY-AQi) in measuring AQ within the context of Malaysian youths managed to manifest good psychometric properties using Rasch analysis. Apart from that, this study aims to measure the construct validity of the MY-AQi items using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Four constructs of AQ were established, namely control, ownership, reach, and endurance. A total of 1000 youths were assigned using stratified random sampling from ...
Mohd Effendi Ewan Mohd Matore, Mohammed Afandi Zainal, Muhamad Firdaus Mohd Noh, Ahmad Zamri Khairani, Nordin Abd Razak, & Benjamin D. Wright (2021). The Development and Psychometric Assessment of Malaysian Youth Adversity Quotient Instrument (MY-AQi) by Combining Rasch Model and Confirmatory Factor Analysis. IEEE Access, 9, 13314-13329. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2021.3050311