Revalidation of the Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale — Revised (CAMS-R) With Its Newly Developed Chinese Version (Ch-CAMS-R)

Considering the strengths and weaknesses of currently available inventories measuring mindfulness for Chinese population, a need for a short and comprehensive inventory was identified. The present study therefore developed a written Chinese version of the Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale — Revised (CAMS-R) that excels in its full range of conceptual coverage, employs widely accessible language, and is brief in length. The reliability and validity of the Ch-CAMS-R was examined and found to be compatible with the original version and with other inventories measuring mindfulness. Results of confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and exploratory factor analysis (EFA) suggested allocation of two question items, without posing a threat to the four-factor (including attention, awareness, present-focus and acceptance) structure in both the CAMS-R and Ch-CAMS-R. In general, the present study supports that this four-factor structure is compatible with the conceptualidation of mindfulness in both United States and Hong Kong samples.

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Factor structure and psychometric properties of Chinese version of Beck Anxiety Inventory in Chinese doctors

Journal of Health Psychology ◽

10.1177/1359105316658971 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 23 (5) ◽

pp. 657-666 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Ying Liang ◽

Lei Wang ◽

Jianbo Zhu

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Psychometric Properties ◽

Factor Structure ◽

Eastern China ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Public Hospitals ◽

Chinese Version ◽

Beck Anxiety Inventory ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Potential Factor

This study analyses the factor structure and psychometric properties of the Chinese version of Beck Anxiety Inventory on Chinese doctors. Participants include 762 doctors sampled in 18 public hospitals in three cities in Eastern China. Exploratory factor analysis is employed to identify the potential factor structure of the inventory. Confirmatory factor analysis is referred to for model fit. The results indicate that the Chinese version of Beck Anxiety Inventory has satisfactory reliability and validity, but its factor structure is unstable and has great differences compared with international versions. Naming the four extracted factors is difficult. In general, the Chinese version of Beck Anxiety Inventory is appropriate for Chinese doctors and can be used as a good screener to detect the anxiety of Chinese doctors.

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Allah Merkezlilik Ölçeği (AMÖ): Güvenirlik ve Geçerlik Çalışması

Journal of The Near East University Faculty of Theology ◽

10.32955/neu.ilaf.2020.6.2.02 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 297-327

Author(s):

Ümit Horozcu ◽

Ahmet Celalettin Güneş

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽

Factor Structure ◽

Social Life ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Reliability Coefficient ◽

Single Factor ◽

One Dimensional ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Natural Flow

In this study the reliability and validity analysis of “Scale of Allah Centeredness” (SAC) are presented. This scale has been developed to measure the extent to which people's feelings in the natural flow of social life, especially those that directly concern them, center God on their assessment of these situations, in other words, to what extent they accept God's consent as a measure of goodness and righteousness. Two main applications were carried out in the study except the two pretests. The data of the first study on 326 people over the age of 16 were subjected to factor analysis and as a result a 8-item one-dimensional scale structure was obtained. Again, with the data of the second study conducted on 185 adults over 16 years of age, the 8-item single-factor structure obtained as a result of the first analysis was subjected to confirmatory factor analysis. Based on the confirmatory factor analysis, the following scores were obtained: X2 /df = 1.73, RMSEA= 0.074, NFI = 0.95, NNFI = 0.97, CFI = 0.98, RFI = .98, IFI = .93, RMR = 0.062, SRMR = 0.046, GFI = 0.94 ve AGFI = 0.89. The reliability coefficient (Cronbach’s Alpha) of 8 items and the single-factor construct was .89. Also, the results of the split half reliability (Spearman Brown) test were as follows: Reliability coefficient of the first half was .76, the reliability coefficient of the second half is .77 and the correlation coefficient (r) between the two halves is .81. The values revealed show that the scale is a reliable and valid scale.

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Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Version of the Brief-Mindful Self-Care Scale: A Translation and Validation Study

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.715507 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Zhen Yang ◽

Fengmin Chen ◽

Siqi Liu ◽

Ming Dai ◽

Huijun Zhang

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽

Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽

Self Care ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Chinese Version ◽

Hospice Nurses ◽

Retest Reliability ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Test Retest Reliability

Objective: This study aimed to translate the Brief-Mindful Self-Care Scale (B-MSCS) into Chinese and validate its reliability and validity among hospice nurses.Methods: A total of 510 hospice nurses were recruited from three provinces in China. The reliability of the translated scale was measured by internal consistency, split-half reliability, and test-retest reliability. The validity of the translated scale was evaluated by expert consultation, exploratory factor analysis, and confirmatory factor analysis.Results: The Cronbach's α value of the Chinese version of B-MSCS was 0.920, and the Cronbach's α value of the dimensions ranged from 0.850 to 0.933. The split-half reliability and test-retest reliability were 0.770 and 0.723, respectively. Furthermore, the content validity index of the scale (S-CVI) was 0.946. The 6-factor structure, supported by the eigenvalues, total variance explained, and scree plot were obtained by using exploratory factor analysis. Moreover, as a result of the confirmatory factor analysis, the model fitting indexes were all in the acceptable range.Conclusion: The Chinese version of B-MSCS had suitable reliability and validity among hospice nurses. The developed scale will evaluate the level of mindful self-care of Chinese hospice nurses, providing an opportunity for development of targeted educational plans. Each item is a direct guide for hospice nurses to develop their mindful self-care practice.

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CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS AND RELIABILITY OF THE CHINESE VERSION OF THE MASLACH BURNOUT INVENTORY AMONG GUIDANCE TEACHERS IN HONG KONG

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.91.7.1081-1086 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 91 (7) ◽

pp. 1081 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

MANTAK YUEN

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Hong Kong ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽

Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽

Chinese Version ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Guidance Teachers

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Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Beck Anxiety Inventory Among Chinese Postgraduates

Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal ◽

10.2224/sbp.6923 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 46 (8) ◽

pp. 1245-1254

Author(s):

Yicheng Zhou ◽

Jing An ◽

Mingwang Cheng ◽

Liying Sheng ◽

Guoqiang Rui ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽

Factor Structure ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Model Fit ◽

Beck Anxiety Inventory ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Competing Models ◽

Potential Factor ◽

Analysis Models

We examined the factor structure of the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) with 531 students at 6 universities in Nanjing to evaluate its applicability as a measure of the anxiety of Chinese postgraduates. We performed exploratory factor analysis to identify the potential factor structure of the BAI. We referred to confirmatory factor analysis models from previous studies for model fit. All 7 competing models fitted well with the students' data. The 4-factor structure proposed by Wetherell and Areán yielded the best fit. Results indicate that the BAI has satisfactory reliability and validity among Chinese postgraduates.

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Assessing a Chinese Version of the Runco Ideational Behavior Scale

Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal ◽

10.2224/sbp.2015.43.7.1111 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 43 (7) ◽

pp. 1111-1122 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Kuan Chen Tsai

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽

Chinese Language ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Measurement Model ◽

Original Study ◽

Chinese Version ◽

Language Version ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Behavior Scale

I assessed the reliability and validity of a Chinese version of the Runco Ideational Behavior Scale (RIBS). I recruited 107 Taiwanese children (46 boys and 61 girls) for this study. The results indicated that the Chinese version of the RIBS is valid and reliable to some extent. A 2-factor construct was confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis, which is congruent with the statistical observations in the original study by Runco and colleagues. Nevertheless, the major difference between the current and original studies is that, in order to attain measurement model validity, 6 items were dropped from the Chinese version of the RIBS. Overall, the results obtained in the current study indicate that this abridged Chinese-language version of the RIBS has promise for future use. Limitations and implications of the study are discussed.

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Factor Structure, Reliability and Validity of the Institutional Culture Assessment Scale (ICAS)

10.1101/2020.09.28.20203331 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Gabriela Massaro Carneiro Monteiro ◽

Carolina Meira Moser ◽

Luciana Terra de Oliveira ◽

Glen Owens Gabbard ◽

Pricilla Braga Laskoski ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽

Factor Structure ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Institutional Culture ◽

Well Being ◽

Assessment Scale ◽

Structure Reliability ◽

Unidimensional Model ◽

Confirmatory Factor

Introduction: Work environment can affect the employees, fostering well-being versus emotional burden. The aim of this study was to develop the Institutional Culture Assessment Scale (ICAS), and evaluate its Factor Structure, Reliability and Validity in a Brazilian sample of medical students and physicians in different settings and phases of the medical career. Method: 2537 individuals were evaluated by an online questionnaire. The sample was split in half for independent testing of Exploratory Factor Analysis and Confirmatory Factor Analysis. We then used Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) to test the best solutions in the second half of the sample. Then, considering a unidimensional model solution, an item response theory (IRT) analysis was conducted. Simple linear regression analysis was performed to investigate associations between ICAS factor scores and internal validators (burnout scores), using again the second half of the sample. Result: Parallel analysis revealed two factors. The first factor encompassed items involving the institution and supervisors. The second factor encompassed items involving peers. We decided to performed the next analysis with a unidimensional construct based solely on institution/supervisor items. A unidimensional model including the remaining seven items from the ICAS instrument revealed an excellent fit with the data. All items loaded significantly on the unidimensional latent trait with factor loadings ranging from 0.583 to 0.869. McDonalds Omega was 0.89, showing a high internal consistency. Conclusion: This study presents a valid and reliable scale to assess aspects of institutional culture connected to the relationships with superiors/supervisors and to the relation to the institutions themselves.

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Confirmatory factor analysis of the Beck Anxiety Inventory among earthquake survivors in China

Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal ◽

10.2224/sbp.7212 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 46 (9) ◽

pp. 1461-1474 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jing An ◽

Minjiang Yu ◽

Mingwang Cheng ◽

Guoshen Chen ◽

Guoqiang Rui ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽

Factor Structure ◽

Goodness Of Fit ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Beck Anxiety Inventory ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Potential Factor ◽

Earthquake Survivors ◽

The City

We explored the factor structure of the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) with a sample of 523 people aged 21–44 years from 4 counties and districts in the city of Ya'an, China, who had survived the 2013 earthquake there. Exploratory factor analysis was used to identify the potential factor structure of the BAI and confirmatory factor analysis was used to evaluate the goodness of fit of the factor structure model. The results indicated that the BAI had satisfactory reliability and validity but that the factor structure was unstable; therefore, it was difficult to name the 4 extracted factors. However, in general, our results showed that the BAI is an appropriate instrument to use for detecting the anxiety level of earthquake survivors in China.

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Reliability and Validity of the Chinese Version of the Scale for Assessing the Stigma of Mental Illness in Nursing

Frontiers in Psychiatry ◽

10.3389/fpsyt.2021.754774 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Weiwei Wang ◽

Huixia Cui ◽

Wenlu Zhang ◽

Xiaoxiao Xu ◽

Hong Dong

Keyword(s):

Mental Illness ◽

Factor Analysis ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽

Concurrent Validity ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Chinese Version ◽

Mental Illness Stigma ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Stigma Of Mental Illness ◽

Three Factor

Background: The prevalence of mental illness continues to increase in China, but research on stigma is still in its infancy, and there are even fewer studies on stigma among nurses. A comprehensive, effective and reliable tool is needed to assess stigma in nursing so that it can be reduced or eliminated to improve nursing quality. This study aimed to translate a 20-item scale for assessing the stigma of mental illness in nursing into Chinese and evaluate its reliability and validity.Methods: An improved Brislin translation model was used to translate the nursing mental illness stigma assessment scale into Chinese. Content and face validity were determined by a panel of experts. A convenience sample of 501 nursing students was chosen. Confirmatory factor analysis, concurrent validity and known group comparison were used to evaluate the scale's structural validity. The reliability was evaluated based on the internal consistency reliability and 2-week retest reliability.Results: The content validity index was 0.90. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that this study supported the three-factor model. The moderate correlation between the Chinese version of the Scale for Assessing the Stigma of Mental Illness in Nursing and the Perceived Devaluation Discrimination Scale suggested acceptable concurrent validity. Cronbach's α (0.863) and the retest coefficient (0.839) were indicative of internal consistency.Conclusion: The Chinese version of the Scale for Assessing the Stigma of Mental Illness in Nursing has acceptable concurrent validity, marginal factor validity, and satisfactory reliability in China. Therefore, the three-factor structure of the Chinese scale should be considered.Relevance to Clinical Practice: The Chinese version of the Scale for Assessing the Stigma of Mental Illness in Nursing can be used to understand the degree of mental illness stigma in nursing.

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