Factor structure, concurrent validity, and internal consistency of the beck depression inventory?second edition in a sample of college students

2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 187-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric A. Storch ◽  
Jonathan W. Roberti ◽  
Deborah A. Roth
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Beck Depression Inventory ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Concurrent Validity

The Stigma of Suicide Scale

Crisis ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip J. Batterham ◽  
Alison L. Calear ◽  
Helen Christensen
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
National University ◽  
Stigmatizing Attitudes ◽  
High Internal Consistency ◽  
At Home

Background: There are presently no validated scales to adequately measure the stigma of suicide in the community. The Stigma of Suicide Scale (SOSS) is a new scale containing 58 descriptors of a “typical” person who completes suicide. Aims: To validate the SOSS as a tool for assessing stigma toward suicide, to examine the scale’s factor structure, and to assess correlates of stigmatizing attitudes. Method: In March 2010, 676 staff and students at the Australian National University completed the scale in an online survey. The construct validity of the SOSS was assessed by comparing its factors with factors extracted from the Suicide Opinion Questionnaire (SOQ). Results: Three factors were identified: stigma, isolation/depression, and glorification/normalization. Each factor had high internal consistency and strong concurrent validity with the Suicide Opinion Questionnaire. More than 25% of respondents agreed that people who suicided were “weak,” “reckless,” or “selfish.” Respondents who were female, who had a psychology degree, or who spoke only English at home were less stigmatizing. A 16-item version of the scale also demonstrated robust psychometric properties. Conclusions: The SOSS is the first attitudes scale designed to directly measure the stigma of suicide in the community. Results suggest that psychoeducation may successfully reduce stigma.

scholarly journals Psychometric Properties of the Italian Versions of the Gambling Urge Scale (GUS) and the Gambling Refusal Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (GRSEQ)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Iliceto ◽  
Emanuele Fino ◽  
Mauro Schiavella ◽  
Tian Po Oei
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Pathological Gambling ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
One Dimension ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
And Gender

AbstractGambling urges and gambling refusal self-efficacy beliefs play a major role in the development and maintenance of problem gambling. This study aimed to translate the Gambling Urge Scale (GUS) and the Gambling Refusal Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (GRSEQ) from English to Italian (GUS-I, GRSEQ-I) and to test their factor structure, internal consistency, construct validity, concurrent validity, and gender differences in 513 individuals from the Italian community. Factor structure and construct validity were tested through Confirmatory Factor Analysis, internal consistency through Cronbach’s alpha, concurrent validity through correlations with gambling-related cognitions (GRCS-I), probable pathological gambling (SOGS-I), and gambling functioning (GFA-R-I). Results confirmed that the 6 items of the GUS-I load highly on one dimension of Gambling Urge, and each of the 26 items of the GRSEQ-I load highly on their relevant sub-dimension, among the following: situations/thoughts, drugs, positive emotions, negative emotions. Both scales are internally consistent and show concurrent validity with gambling-related cognitions, probable pathological gambling, and gambling functioning. Males score higher than females at the GUS-I; females score higher than males at the GRSEQ-I. The findings from the present study suggest that the GUS-I and the GRSEQ-I are internally consistent and valid scales for the assessment of gambling urges and gambling refusal self-efficacy in Italian individuals from the community, with significant repercussions in terms of assessment, prevention, and intervention.

scholarly journals Validation of the Italian version of the Revised Prenatal Coping Inventory (NuPCI) and its correlations with Pregnancy-Specific Stress.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiara Penengo ◽  
Chiara Colli ◽  
Marco Garzitto ◽  
Lorenza Driul ◽  
Maddalena Cesco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Apgar Score ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Positive Coping ◽  
Brief Cope

Abstract Background: Pregnancy is a period of happiness but also of physical and psychological changes that can lead to distress. Functional coping strategies can reduce the pregnancy specific-stress. This study aimed to assess the psychometric properties of the Revised Prenatal Coping Inventory (NuPCI) in an Italian sample and to investigate how coping strategies were associated with pregnancy-specific stress.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, low-risk pregnant women (N=211) were assessed with NuPCI, NuPDQ (Revised-Prenatal Distress Questionnaire), Brief-COPE (Coping Orientation to the Problems Experienced), and STAI (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory). The reliability of NuPCI was evaluated by assessing its internal consistency and factor structure. The concurrent validity between NuPCI and Brief-COPE and NuPDQ and STAI was investigated. Lastly, the relationship between NuPCI and NuPDQ was analyzed, as well as the ability of these scales to predict Apgar score at birth.Results: Internal consistency of NuPCI scales was good for Planning-Preparation (ɑC=0.84) and Spiritual-Positive Coping (ɑC=0.81), acceptable for Avoidance (ɑC=0.76). The original three-factor structure was confirmed, using a promax solution. NuPCI and NuPDQ showed good concurrent validity. The NuPCI scales predicted NuPDQ score (Avoidance and Planning-Preparation positively, Spiritual-Positive Coping negatively). Also, Avoidance and Spiritual-Positive Coping scales were associated respectively to decreasing and to increasing Apgar score, with the moderation of NuPDQ.Conclusions: Italian NuPCI has sound psychometric properties and it is a useful coping measure. NuPDQ showed also a good validity. Our results may suggest a significant role for coping strategies, particularly in modulating the condition of the newborn at birth.

Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Perceived Responses to Capitalization Attempts Scale

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (11) ◽  
pp. 1801-1813
Author(s):  
Wenjing Guo ◽  
Zhe Lin ◽  
Nian Cheng ◽  
Xiangping Liu
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
English Language ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
Interpersonal Process ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

Capitalization is an interpersonal process where one shares personal positive events with others and receives benefits beyond that event's effect. The response a capitalizer perceives from the recipient determines the success of this process. The Perceived Responses to Capitalization Attempts Scale (PRCAS) is an English-language measure used to assess a capitalizer's perception of a recipient's responses. We tested the factor structure, internal consistency reliability, and concurrent validity of the Chinese version of the PRCAS with a sample of 1,213 Chinese college students. Factor analyses replicated the 4-factor model of active–constructive response, passive–constructive response, active–destructive response, and passive–destructive response. All subscales possessed satisfactory internal consistency and evidence for concurrent validity with measures of feeling, flourishing, self-esteem, and mental health symptoms. We also assessed the test–retest stability of the PRCAS with a separate sample of 119 Chinese college students, and found that the subscales possessed low test–retest reliability. Therefore, the Chinese PRCAS possessed acceptable psychometric properties.

Factor Structure, Reliability, and Validity of the Death Attitude Profile-Revised

2000 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 453-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Clements ◽  
Linda A. Rooda
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Principal Components ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Fear Of Death ◽  
Hospice Nurses ◽  
Structure Reliability ◽  
Two Factors

The Present Study Examined The Factor Structure, reliability, and validity of the Death Attitude Profile-Revised (DAP-R; Wong, Reker, & Gesser, 1994) using a sample of 403 hospital and hospice nurses. A principal-components factor analysis of the DAP-R indicated that the DAP-R may consist of six factors instead of the five originally reported by Wong et al. The first four factors reported by Wong et al., which correspond to the subscales that they labeled Fear of Death, Death Avoidance, Approach Acceptance, and Escape Acceptance, were replicated in the present study, and these subscales were found to have acceptable levels of internal consistency and to possess some degree of concurrent validity. However, the items which loaded on the fifth factor in Wong et al.‘s study (their “Neutral Acceptance” subscale) were split across two factors in the present study, suggesting that this subscale may not be measuring a unitary construct.

Perfectionism and Academic Performance in Italian College Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (7) ◽  
pp. 911-919 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yura Loscalzo ◽  
Sean P. M. Rice ◽  
Marco Giannini ◽  
Kenneth G. Rice
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Academic Outcomes ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Italian Translation ◽  
Good Internal Consistency ◽  
Academic Implications

This study analyzed the psychometric properties of the Italian translation of both the Short Almost Perfect Scale (SAPS) and the Short Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (SMPS), and the academic implications of perfectionism on 414 Italian college students aged between 18 and 58 years. Results revealed some limitations with the SAPS factor structure that, once addressed, yielded scores with good internal consistency and convergent validity. The SMPS had adequate psychometric properties. Higher perfectionistic strivings scores were associated with better academic performance and with higher rates of studying. This study provides support for the usefulness of both the SAPS and the SMPS in understanding relationships between different perfectionism dimensions and academic outcomes for Italian students.

Psychometric Properties of the Spanish Adaptation of the Death Obsession Scale (DOS)

2003 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joaquín Tomás-Sábado ◽  
Juana Gómez-Benito
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Spanish Speaking ◽  
Arabic And English

The aim of this work was first to translate into Spanish and then to adapt Abdel-Khalek's Death Obsession Scale (DOS) for Spanish subjects, and to establish the scale's psychometric properties. The scale was translated from its Arabic and English forms and administered, along with other instruments, to a sample of 344 Spanish university students. The results obtained indicate high coefficients of internal consistency and stability, as well as adequate concurrent validity and a factor structure which is meaningful and significant, such outcomes being similar to those obtained in previous studies with Arab or English samples. These results justify the use of the Death Obsession Scale in evaluating preoccupation with death among Spanish-speaking subjects.

scholarly journals Adaptation to Portuguese of the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS)

2006 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 863-871 ◽  
Author(s):  
João Luís Alves Apóstolo ◽  
Aida Cruz Mendes ◽  
Zaida Aguiar Azeredo
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Strong Positive Correlation ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Hospital Anxiety ◽  
Back Translation ◽  
Good Internal Consistency

Objective: to adapt to Portuguese, of Portugal, the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales, a 21-item short scale (DASS 21), designed to measure depression, anxiety and stress. Method: After translation and back-translation with the help of experts, the DASS 21 was administered to patients in external psychiatry consults (N=101), and its internal consistency, construct validity and concurrent validity were measured. Results: The DASS 21 properties certify its quality to measure emotional states. The instrument reveals good internal consistency. Factorial analysis shows that the two-factor structure is more adequate. The first factor groups most of the items that theoretically assess anxiety and stress, and the second groups most of the items that assess depression, explaining, on the whole, 58.54% of total variance. The strong positive correlation between the DASS 21 and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale (HAD) confirms the hypothesis regarding the criterion validity, however, revealing fragilities as to the divergence between theoretically different constructs.

scholarly journals Validation of the Spanish Version of the Marijuana Consequences Questionnaire (S-MACQ)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angelina Pilatti ◽  
Adrian Bravo ◽  
Yanina Michelini ◽  
Gabriela Rivarola Montejano ◽  
Ricardo Pautassi
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Marijuana Use ◽  
Spanish Version ◽  
Negative Consequences

Background: The Marijuana Consequences Questionnaire [MACQ] assesses marijuana-related problems. This 8-factor (50-items) measure covers a broad array of multiple dimensions encompassing 50 negative consequences of gradient severity that are particularly relevant in the context of college. The present study aimed to validate the Spanish version of the 50-item Marijuana Consequences Questionnaire (S-MACQ) by analyzing the psychometric properties of internal, convergent, and concurrent validity and estimating internal consistency. We also examined the correlation between the brief (SB-MACQ) and the full S-MACQ and whether they similarly correlate with marijuana outcomes and marijuana-related variables. Method: College students from the two largest public universities of Cordoba city (Argentina) completed an online survey as part of a broader study focused on marijuana use and risky sexual behaviors. Only data from students that reported last-year marijuana use (n=470; 70.6% women; Mean age 22.67±3.52 years; 45.7% enrolled in psychology) were included in the study. We conducted independent samples t-tests to evaluate differences in the number of negative consequences (for the total scale and for each S-MACQ dimension) as a function of biological sex or frequency of use. Confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) was conducted to examine the factor structure of the S-MACQ. We conducted Pearson correlation analyses to examine the association between the number of marijuana-related consequences as measured by the S-MACQ and scores (a) in the CUDIT, a standardized measure of marijuana-related problems (i.e., convergent validity), (b) frequency and quantity of marijuana use (i.e., concurrent validity), (c) motives for marijuana use (i.e., concurrent validity). We examined the Pearson correlation between the SB-MACQ and the S-MACQ and then we estimated the difference between the Pearson correlation of the SB-MACQ and the S-MACQ with all the marijuana outcomes and marijuana-related variables. Results: Results from the CFA supported an 8-factor structure. The scores of the S-MACQ showed appropriate internal, concurrent and convergent validity, alongside with adequate internal consistency. The S-MACQ was largely correlated with the SB-MACQ and the correlations between these two versions and marijuana outcomes/marijuana-related variables did not significantly differ. Discussion: Findings supported the S-MACQ as a valid measure to assess marijuana-related problems in Spanish-speaking students. The instrument can be used to identify a broad diversity of marijuana problems in this population.

Initial Validation of the Parent-Report Child Adjustment and Parent Efficacy Scale (CAPES) in a Chinese Cultural Context

Assessment ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (8) ◽  
pp. 1056-1073 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mingchun Guo ◽  
Alina Morawska ◽  
Ania Filus
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Child Adjustment ◽  
Emotional Adjustment ◽  
Parent Report ◽  
Parenting Efficacy ◽  
Parent Efficacy ◽  
Chinese Parents

This study aimed to validate a parent-report measure of child adjustment and parenting efficacy (Child Adjustment and Parent Efficacy Scale [CAPES]) in a Chinese cultural context. Six hundred and fifty Chinese parents in China participated in the study and completed a set of questionnaires including the CAPES, the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), the Parenting Sense of Competence Scale (PSOC), and the Parenting and Family Adjustment Scales (PAFAS). The factorial, convergent, and concurrent validity as well as internal consistency were evaluated. The results provided support for a new 2-factor structure of child behavioral and emotional adjustment. The 1-factor structure of parenting efficacy was confirmed. The three constructs obtained satisfactory internal consistency. Moreover, the CAPES scores correlated significantly with the SDQ, PSOC, and PAFAS in the expected pattern, which indicated its excellent convergent and concurrent validity. Therefore, it is a promising measure, due to its brevity and comprehensiveness, with the first indications of satisfactory internal consistency and validity among Chinese parents. However, a revision of the instrument is needed to avoid the ordering effects of positive and negative items, and further hypothesis-driven research is also needed to validate the (revised) instrument in different Chinese samples.

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