Psychometric validation of the Japanese version of the Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS)

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2022 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 116-123
Author(s):  
Hikari Namatame ◽  
Yuko Yamamiya ◽  
Satoshi Shimai ◽  
Yoko Sawamiya
Keyword(s):  
Japanese Version ◽  
Psychometric Validation

scholarly journals The Development and Psychometric Validation of the Japanese Version of the Home Healthcare Nurses’ Job Satisfaction: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Japanese Home Healthcare Nurses

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoko MORI ◽  
Miki SASAKI ◽  
Yasuko OGATA ◽  
Taisuke TOGARI
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Japanese Version ◽  
Home Healthcare ◽  
Psychometric Validation ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
Cross Sectional

Abstract Background: High-quality and attractive work environments and nurses’ intention to stay are highly related to the job satisfaction of home healthcare nurses. Accordingly, a reliable and valid tool is required to assess home healthcare nurses’ job satisfaction for evaluating and improving the work environment and clinical practice of home healthcare. This study aimed to develop and examine the Japanese version of the Home Healthcare Nurses’ Job Satisfaction Scale (HHNJS-J).Methods: The Home Healthcare Nurses’ Job Satisfaction Scale (HHNJS) was translated into Japanese, and a backward-translation was performed until equivalence between the original and backward-translated the HHNJS was confirmed. Subsequently, a mail survey was conducted among 409 home healthcare nurses from 154 home healthcare agencies in Japan. We evaluated construct validity through confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and criterion-related validity and internal consistency were also tested.Results: The CFA revealed, a second-order seven-factor structure and adequate internal consistency, although, the fit of the data to the factor structure was moderate. As per the goodness-of-fit indices of the final model of the CFA, the comparative fit index was 0.89 and root mean square error of approximation was 0.06. This newly translated scale can be used to assess the job satisfaction of home healthcare nurses within Japan.Conclusions: The HHNJS-J evaluated acceptable reliability and validity among Japanese home healthcare nurses and had application in clinical practice in Japan.

scholarly journals Psychometric validation of the Japanese version of Alcohol Quality of Life Scale (AQoLS-Japan) in the treatment of patients with alcohol use disorder

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 223-235
Author(s):  
Susumu Higuchi ◽  
Yoshiya Moriguchi ◽  
Kristin Hui Xian Tan
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Intraclass Correlation ◽  
Japanese Version ◽  
Psychometric Validation ◽  
Group Level ◽  
Routine Treatment ◽  
Quality Of Life Scale ◽  
Life Scale

Abstract Purpose The Alcohol Quality of Life Scale (AQoLS) is accepted as a useful measure in assessing impact of alcohol use disorders (AUD) on health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) in Western cultures. We aimed to assess the psychometric properties of the Japanese version of the AQoLS (AQoLS-Japan). Methods This was a 3-month, observational cohort study in patients undergoing routine treatment for AUD in Japan. HR-QoL was assessed using the AQoLS-Japan (34 items, 7 dimensions). Scale psychometrics were analyzed using correlative techniques. Results Data from 132 patients were analyzed. Inter-item and item-scale correlations for the AQoLS-Japan scale were moderate to strong. Confirmatory factor analysis results supported the AQoLS-Japan structure but there was evidence of interdependency among some items and factors. Cronbach’s alpha coefficients for internal consistency ranged from 0.73 to 0.97, and intraclass correlation coefficients for scores between test (baseline) and retest (2 weeks) ranged from 0.65 to 0.82. Convergent and divergent validity and known-groups validity were supported. Evaluation of within-group change demonstrated that the AQoLS-Japan total and domains consistently demonstrated statistically significant improvement (p < 0.001 in all cases) in HR-QoL over time. Estimates for minimal clinically important difference on the AQoLS-Japan total score ranged from 13.2 to 18.2 for group-level change and from 2.4 to 15.7 for a group-level difference. Conclusions The AQoLS-Japan is a reliable and valid measure of HR-QoL that is able to demonstrate benefits associated with the routine treatment of AUD in Japan.

Psychometric validation of the Japanese version of the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Short Form

2009 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 303-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Momokazu Gotoh ◽  
Yukio Homma ◽  
Yasuhito Funahashi ◽  
Yoshihisa Matsukawa ◽  
Masashi Kato
Keyword(s):  
Short Form ◽  
Japanese Version ◽  
Psychometric Validation ◽  
International Consultation

scholarly journals Psychometric Validation of the Japanese Version of the Neuropathic Pain Symptom Inventory

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2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. e0143350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshitaka Matsubayashi ◽  
Katsushi Takeshita ◽  
Masahiko Sumitani ◽  
Yasushi Oshima ◽  
Juichi Tonosu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neuropathic Pain ◽  
Japanese Version ◽  
Psychometric Validation ◽  
Pain Symptom ◽  
Symptom Inventory

Further Validity of the Japanese Version of the Ten Item Personality Inventory (TIPI-J)

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 236-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atsushi Oshio ◽  
Shingo Abe ◽  
Pino Cutrone ◽  
Samuel D. Gosling
Keyword(s):  
Big Five ◽  
Content Validity ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
English Language ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Japanese Version ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Big Five Personality

The Ten Item Personality Inventory (TIPI; Gosling, Rentfrow, & Swann, 2003 ) is a widely used very brief measure of the Big Five personality dimensions. Oshio, Abe, and Cutrone (2012) have developed a Japanese version of the TIPI (TIPI-J), which demonstrated acceptable levels of reliability and validity. Until now, all studies examining the validity of the TIPI-J have been conducted in the Japanese language; this reliance on a single language raises concerns about the instrument’s content validity because the instrument could demonstrate reliability (e.g., retest) and some forms of validity (e.g., convergent) but still not capture the full range of the dimensions as originally conceptualized in English. Therefore, to test the content validity of the Japanese TIPI with respect to the original Big Five formulation, we examine the convergence between scores on the TIPI-J and scores on the English-language Big Five Inventory (i.e., the BFI-E), an instrument specifically designed to optimize Big Five content coverage. Two-hundred and twenty-eight Japanese undergraduate students, who were all learning English, completed the two instruments. The results of correlation analyses and structural equation modeling demonstrate the theorized congruence between the TIPI-J and the BFI-E, supporting the content validity of the TIPI-J.

Safety Culture and Safety-Relevant Behavior in Air Traffic Management

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michaela Schwarz ◽  
K. Wolfgang Kallus
Keyword(s):  
Safety Culture ◽  
Traffic Management ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Five Factor Model ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Air Traffic Management ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
Psychometric Validation ◽  
Safety Attitudes ◽  
Culture Development

Since 2010, air navigation service providers have been mandated to implement a positive and proactive safety culture based on shared beliefs, assumptions, and values regarding safety. This mandate raised the need to develop and validate a concept and tools to assess the level of safety culture in organizations. An initial set of 40 safety culture questions based on eight themes underwent psychometric validation. Principal component analysis was applied to data from 282 air traffic management staff, producing a five-factor model of informed culture, reporting and learning culture, just culture, and flexible culture, as well as management’s safety attitudes. This five-factor solution was validated across two different occupational groups and assessment dates (construct validity). Criterion validity was partly achieved by predicting safety-relevant behavior on the job through three out of five safety culture scores. Results indicated a nonlinear relationship with safety culture scales. Overall the proposed concept proved reliable and valid with respect to safety culture development, providing a robust foundation for managers, safety experts, and operational and safety researchers to measure and further improve the level of safety culture within the air traffic management context.

Psychometric Validation of the Sport Imagery Ability Measure in a Single-Sport Sample: Thai Golfers

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tirata Bhasavanija ◽  
Naruepon Vongjaturapat ◽  
Tony Morris ◽  
Pichit Mungnapo
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Validation ◽  
Imagery Ability ◽  
Ability Measure
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