scholarly journals Correction to: Psychometric Validation of the Bangla Fear of COVID-19 Scale: Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Rasch Analysis

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark D. Griffiths ◽  
Amir H. Pakpour ◽  
Mohammed A. Mamun
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Rasch Analysis ◽  
Psychometric Validation ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

scholarly journals Indonesian Version of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale: Validity and Reliability

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-135
Author(s):  
Mohd Amiruddin Mohd Kassim ◽  
Friska Ayu ◽  
Assis Kamu ◽  
Nicholas Tze Ping Pang ◽  
Chong Mun Ho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Rasch Analysis ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Internal Reliability ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Stress Components ◽  
Translation And Validation ◽  
Bahasa Indonesia

  Background and Objective: The Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) is a seven-item uni-dimensional scale assessing the severity of COVID-19 concerns. A translation and validation of the FCV-19S in Bahasa Indonesia language was expedited in view of the worrying trends of COVID-19 in Indonesia as well as its psychological squeal. Methods: Formal WHO forward and backward translation sequences were applied in translating the English FCV-19S into Bahasa Indonesia. Indonesian university participants were recruited via convenience sampling online using snowball methods. The reliability and validity of the Indonesian FCV-19S was psychometrically evaluated by applying confirmatory factor analysis and Rasch analysis in relation to sociodemographic variables and response to the depression, anxiety, and stress components of the Indonesian version of DASS-21. The sample consisted of 434 Indonesian participants. Results: The Cronbach α value for the Indonesia FCV-19-I was 0.819 indicated very good internal reliability. The results of the confirmatory factor analysis showed that the uni-dimensional factor structure of the FCV19S fitted well with the data. The FCV-19-I was significantly correlated with anxiety (r= 0.705, p< 0.001) subscales of DASS-21. The FCV-19-I’s properties tested using Rasch analysis were also satisfactory, although three items in FCV-19-I were not able to be tested. Conclusion: Hence, the Indonesian FCV-19-I is valid and reliable, with robust psychometric properties from classical and modern psychometric methods. It can be a valuable and useful tool in identifying and responding to psychological distress caused by COVID-19.

scholarly journals The development of Negative Self-Beliefs Inventory (NSBI): cultural adaptation and psychometric validation

PeerJ ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. e1312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoqing Tang ◽  
Wenjie Duan ◽  
Ying Wang ◽  
Pengfei Guo
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Predictive Ability ◽  
Psychometric Validation ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Convergent And Divergent Validity ◽  
Quantitative Analyses ◽  
High Internal Consistency

Social anxiety is an emotional disorder common to various populations around the world. The newly developed Self-Beliefs Related to Social Anxiety Scale (SBSA) aims to assess three kinds of self-beliefs through 15 items that include self-related cognitive factors that evidently result in social anxiety. This study explored the psychometric characteristics of SBSA among 978 Chinese. An eight-item Negative Self-beliefs Inventory (NSBI) was developed through qualitative and quantitative analyses. Exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and multi-group confirmatory factor analysis suggested that NSBI contained clear, meaningful, stable, and invariant three-factor structure consistent with the original SBSA. Further analyses showed that the three subscales and the entire scale exhibited high internal consistency (0.779–0.837), good criterion validity, and good convergent and divergent validity (i.e., negative associations with flourishing and positive associations with anxiety, depression, and stress). These findings indicated that NSBI is reliable and valid for measuring negative self-beliefs in the Chinese population. A higher total score of NSBI indicates the more serious negative self-beliefs. Limitations of the present study and implications for research and practice were also discussed. Further studies are needed to evaluate the predictive ability, incremental validity, and potential role of NSBI in clinical and large-scale populations.

The internal structure of the Work-related Risk and Integrity Scale

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 268-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Casper JJ van Zyl ◽  
Gideon P de Bruin
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Rasch Analysis ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Related Risk ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

Personality-based integrity tests are used in selection procedures to reduce the chance of hiring employees who are likely to engage in counterproductive work behaviour. This study reports the internal psychometric properties of a personality-based measure developed for this purpose. Data collected from 1353 working adults were used to investigate the internal consistency reliability and to examine construct validity with confirmatory factor analysis and Rasch analysis. Results showed that the reliability estimates for all the scales of the assessment were satisfactory. For the confirmatory factor analysis, inspection of the incremental (comparative fit index and Tucker–Lewis index) and absolute (root mean square error of approximation) goodness-of-fit values found strong support for the construct validity of all the scales. Infit statistics from Rasch analysis provided further support for construct validity, with items from all the scales fitting the Rasch model. The confirmatory and Rasch analysis demonstrated that unidimensional, coherent, and meaningful latent constructs are being measured on the Work-related Risk and Integrity Scale. Overall, results found excellent support for the internal psychometric properties of the instrument in a culturally diverse context.

Validation of the WHOQOL-BREF quality of life questionnaire for general use in New Zealand: confirmatory factor analysis and Rasch analysis

2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 1451-1457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian U. Krägeloh ◽  
Paula Kersten ◽  
D. Rex Billington ◽  
Patricia Hsien-Chuan Hsu ◽  
Daniel Shepherd ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Rasch Analysis ◽  
Life Questionnaire ◽  
Quality Of Life Questionnaire ◽  
Confirmatory Factor
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