Psychometric properties and validation of the critical reasoning assessment

IF 3.5 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Personality and Individual Differences Pub Date : 2025-06-25 DOI:10.1016/j.paid.2025.113344

Rosa Angela Fabio, Alessio Plebe, Chiara Ascone, Rossella Suriano

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Abstract

Critical reasoning is essential for both academic and professional success, as it enhances analytical abilities, decision-making skills, and adaptability in a constantly evolving environment. This study aims to adapt and validate the Critical Reasoning Assessment (CRA) for the Italian population.

A pilot test with 79 participants addressed initial issues and confirmed the CRA's ability to differentiate between high and low performers. The first study, involving 123 participants, validated the CRA's unidimensional structure and consistency in measuring critical reasoning. A subsequent study with 480 participants further supported this structure, showing strong fit indices. The adaptation process included translation and back-translation by bilingual experts to ensure linguistic accuracy.

The CRA demonstrated excellent reliability (Cronbach's alpha = 0.93) and showed strong convergent validity through positive correlations with the Critical Reasoning Disposition Inventory and academic performance, as well as divergent validity through negative correlations with dysfunctional beliefs. These findings confirm the CRA's effectiveness as a reliable tool for evaluating critical reasoning performance.

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批判性推理评估的心理测量特性和验证

批判性推理对于学术和职业成功都是至关重要的，因为它提高了分析能力、决策能力和在不断变化的环境中的适应能力。本研究旨在适应和验证意大利人口的批判性推理评估（CRA）。一项有79名参与者参加的试点测试解决了最初的问题，并证实了CRA区分高绩效和低绩效的能力。第一项研究涉及123名参与者，验证了CRA在衡量批判性推理方面的单维结构和一致性。随后的一项有480名参与者的研究进一步支持了这一结构，显示出很强的契合指数。适应过程包括双语专家的翻译和反翻译，以确保语言的准确性。CRA具有良好的信度（Cronbach’s alpha = 0.93），与批判性推理倾向量表和学业成绩呈正相关，显示出较强的收敛效度，与功能失调信念负相关显示出较强的发散效度。这些发现证实了CRA作为评估批判性推理表现的可靠工具的有效性。

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Personality and Individual Differences PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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8.50

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4.70%

发文量

577

审稿时长

41 days

期刊介绍： Personality and Individual Differences is devoted to the publication of articles (experimental, theoretical, review) which aim to integrate as far as possible the major factors of personality with empirical paradigms from experimental, physiological, animal, clinical, educational, criminological or industrial psychology or to seek an explanation for the causes and major determinants of individual differences in concepts derived from these disciplines. The editors are concerned with both genetic and environmental causes, and they are particularly interested in possible interaction effects.