Specifying and Assessing a Multidimensional Friendship Quality Construct

This study aims to specify and assess friendship quality as a third-order formative construct and provide empirical support for its measurement model. This study employed a quantitative research approach using a survey questionnaire to collect data from 415 Malaysian secondary school students. Parti...

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Published in:Child indicators research 2018-08, Vol.11 (4), p.1321-1336
Main Authors: Thien, Lei Mee, Shafaei, Azadeh, Rasoolimanesh, S. Mostafa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algorithms
Child and School Psychology
Discriminant validity
Early Childhood Education
Friendship
Inflation
Least Squares Statistics
Measurement
Quality
Quality of Life Research
Quantitative analysis
Questionnaires
Reliability
Research Methodology
Secondary School Students
Secondary Schools
Social Sciences
Social Work
Statistical Analysis
Structural equation modeling
Structural Equation Models
Validity
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Summary:This study aims to specify and assess friendship quality as a third-order formative construct and provide empirical support for its measurement model. This study employed a quantitative research approach using a survey questionnaire to collect data from 415 Malaysian secondary school students. Partial least squares-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) approach using WarpPLS 5.0 software was utilised to analyse the data. The findings confirmed the convergent and discriminant validity of eight reflective first-order constructs establishing validity and reliability of five formative second-order constructs. The analysis of third-order formative friendship quality construct revealed that Variance Inflation Factor (VIF) was found lower than five and the outer weights were significant at the level of .05. This study extends the knowledge in friendship quality literature by proposing a third-order formative friendship quality construct including four formative second-order constructs. Moreover, applying new algorithms of PLS-SEM for assessing and establishing measurement model of the third-order friendship quality construct offers methodological contribution of the study.
ISSN:1874-897X
1874-8988
DOI:10.1007/s12187-017-9462-y