Results
The development of the final scale included three major steps. First, we
analyzed descriptive statistics and distributions of the items. Second, we conducted
exploratory (EFA) and confirmatory (CFA) maximum likelihood (ML) factor
analyses. For these purposes, we used the software packages CEFA (Browne,
Cudeck, Tateneni, & Mels, 2010) and EQS (Bentler & Wu, 2005), respectively.
Third, we examined the internal consistency and homogeneity of the scale.