Reliability and validity of the short version of Success and Failure Explanatory Style Questionnaire

Abstract. The need for efficient personality inventories has led to the wide use of short instruments. The corresponding items often contain multiple, potentially conflicting descriptors within one item. In Study 1 ( N = 198 university students), the reliability and validity of the TIPI (Ten-Item Personality Inventory) was compared with the reliability and validity of a modified TIPI based on items that rephrased each two-descriptor item into two single-descriptor items. In Study 2 ( N = 268 university students), we administered the BFI-10 (Big Five Inventory short version) and a similarly modified version of the BFI-10 without two-descriptor items. In both studies, reliability and construct validity values occasionally improved for separated multi-descriptor items. The inventories with multi-descriptor items showed shortcomings in some factors of the TIPI and the BFI-10. However, the other scales worked comparably well in the original and modified inventories. The limitations of short personality inventories with multi-descriptor items are discussed.

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A pilot study of the depression, anxiety and stress in Greek military personnel during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic

BMJ Military Health ◽

10.1136/bmjmilitary-2021-001874 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. bmjmilitary-2021-001874

Author(s):

Athanasios S Kotoulas ◽

D Karamanavis ◽

G Ι Lambrou ◽

P Karanikas

Keyword(s):

Military Personnel ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Positive Outcome ◽

Psychological Research ◽

Short Version ◽

Sample Population ◽

Health Crisis ◽

Periodic Monitoring ◽

Restrictive Measures ◽

The Military

IntroductionThe ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is a global health crisis which poses many psychological research challenges. The objective of this study was to evaluate the responsiveness and validity of depression, anxiety and stress in a representative cohort of Hellenic military personnel using the short version of the Greek military version of the Depression–Anxiety–Stress Scales-21 (DASS-21) questionnaire.MethodsA total of 158 participants were voluntarily surveyed using an electronically developed structured questionnaire. The anonymous e-questionnaire included a social demographic section and the DASS-21 scale section. It was distributed in September 2020 to the military personnel of the Hellenic Tactical Air Force Units using an intranet network during government restrictive measures due to the COVID-19 crisis.ResultsOur DASS-21 survey indicated a positive outcome at the psychometric level of our military sample population. Age, sex and systemic medications were statistically correlated with anxiety. Inter-correlations between the DASS-21 statements showed that individuals with low-level depression also experienced some degree of stress. Factor analysis indicated the reliability and validity of the questionnaire.ConclusionsThe low levels of depression and stress among our military sample population demonstrate the importance of periodic monitoring of the psychometric items of the DASS-21 subscales to design and implement psychological prevention strategies, especially during the ongoing and future healthcare crises.

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Reliability and validity of the resilience competency scale: Japanese short version

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences ◽

10.1111/pcn.12815 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 73 (4) ◽

pp. 195-195

Author(s):

Takashi Terada ◽

Hitoshi Kawano ◽

Masanori Nagamine ◽

Jun Shigemura ◽

Mitsue Nagamine

Keyword(s):

Reliability And Validity ◽

Short Version

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The Russian Version of the Short Gender Role Beliefs Scale (GRBS)

Social Psychology and Society ◽

10.17759/sps.2020110312 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 185-195

Author(s):

M.O. Mdivani ◽

E.V. Lidskaya

Keyword(s):

Data Processing ◽

Gender Role ◽

Descriptive Analysis ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Modern Society ◽

Short Version ◽

Suitability Analysis ◽

New York University ◽

Gender Role Beliefs ◽

Russian Version

Objective. Translation, adaptation and psychometric verification of the 10-item Gender Role Beliefs Scale for Russian-speaking respondents. Background. A short version of GRBS was developed in 2012 by American psychologists M. Brown and N. Gladstone from New York University. The basis was the popular questionnaire of gender roles, de¬veloped in 1996. M. Brown and N. Gladstone reduced it to 10 items and tested it for reliability and validity. Study design. The study was conducted on the Internet based on self-selected Web surveys and subsequent sampling. Participants. The sample included 400 respondents (41% of men and 59% of women). Half of the respondents were middle-aged Russians, from 26 to 35 years old, 66% of the respondents had higher education. Measurements. For data processing, factor and descriptive analysis and suitability analysis of the scale (a Cronbach) were used. For statistical data processing, the IBM SPSS Statistics 22 program was used. Results. The results showed an identity of the factor structure with the original and sufficient consistency of the Russian version of the scale. The Russian version also showed a sufficient level of construct validity. Conclusions. A short scale of gender role beliefs can be used in the study of traditional ideology about the roles of men and women existing in modern society. The shortness of the scale allows to include it in a series of other questionnaires and conduct online research on large samples.

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Studying suicide using proxy-based data: reliability and validity of a short version scale for measuring quality of life in rural China

PeerJ ◽

10.7717/peerj.12396 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

pp. e12396

Author(s):

Huiming He ◽

Qiqing Mo ◽

Xinyu Bai ◽

Xinguang Chen ◽

Cunxian Jia ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Rural China ◽

Intraclass Correlation ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Short Version ◽

Cluster Sampling ◽

Autopsy Study ◽

Good Reliability ◽

Quality Of Life Scale

Background To evaluate the reliability and validity of the short version six-item Quality of Life Scale (QOLS-6) and the consistency of subject-proxy data in a case-control psychological autopsy study on elderly suicide in rural China. Methods A two-stage stratified cluster sampling method was used to select research sites. We used self-administered questionnaires to collect proxy-based information from informants and subject-based information from living comparisons. Results A total of 242 pairs of suicide cases and living comparisons were selected in our research. Subject-proxy consistency for QOLS-6 was good (Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was 0.688) in living controls. Good internal consistency of QOLS-6 was validated by Cronbach’s α being greater than 0.6 among suicide cases and living comparisons. The mean scores of quality of life were lower among suicide cases than living controls. Quality of life was negatively correlated with depression, loneliness, hopelessness, impulsiveness and stressful life events, while it was positively correlated with activities of daily living and family function. Conclusions QOLS-6 has good reliability and validity, which can be used for assessing quality of life among Chinese rural older adults. It is shorter and easier than any other scale for measuring quality of life and can be used as a screening tool in future studies.

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A psychometric validation of the happiness at workplace scale

Industrial and Commercial Training ◽

10.1108/ict-04-2019-0034 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 52 (1) ◽

pp. 15-34

Author(s):

Mansi Rastogi

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Psychometric Properties ◽

Knowledge Workers ◽

Descriptive Analysis ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Psychometric Validation ◽

Short Version ◽

Order Structure ◽

Content Type ◽

Indian Context

Purpose With intention to promote growth of happiness literature in non-western settings and facilitate positive interventions at workplace, the purpose of this paper is to examine the psychometric properties and validate the short version of happiness at workplace (S-HAW) scale using knowledge workers’ sample in the Indian context. Design/methodology/approach The S-HAW scale was validated using data from 226 Indian knowledge workers from public and private sector organisations. The mixed-mode approach was used for collecting data, whereas factor structures, reliability and validity scores were also examined with the help of SPSS AMOS 21. The study included initial descriptive analysis, item analysis, exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. Findings The results of the study discovered that psychometric properties of the S-HAW scale were similar to those of originally developed scale when applied in the Indian context. Hence, the higher-order structure was retained in Indian settings. Originality/value Despite the changes in work-related values and societal structures between Western and Asian nations, this study provides a significant contribution to empirically confirming that the different cultural scales can also show good fits in Collectivist cultures. The study can bridge the gap between Asian and Western nations with the uniform measure of HAW. Thus, more cross-cultural studies usually comparative in nature welcomed with S-HAW Indian version scale for knowledge workers.

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Development, Reliability, and Validity of the Japanese Short Version of the Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale for Adolescents

Anxiety Disorder Research ◽

10.14389/jsad.10.1_64 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 64-73

Author(s):

Shin-ichi Ishikawa ◽

Ryo Ishii ◽

Noriaki Fukuzumi ◽

Kou Murayama ◽

Kazuhiro Ohtani ◽

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Keyword(s):

Reliability And Validity ◽

Anxiety Scale ◽

Short Version ◽

Children’S Anxiety ◽

Spence Children’S Anxiety Scale

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Autism in Aotearoa

European Journal of Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1027/1015-5759/a000598 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-11 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Sarah M. Kember ◽

Matt N. Williams

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Convergent Validity ◽

Discriminant Validity ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Autism Spectrum ◽

High Rate ◽

Sufficient Evidence ◽

Short Version ◽

Autism Spectrum Quotient ◽

Strong Positive Correlation

Abstract. Screening measures for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are important tools for clinicians and researchers. However, where a measure developed and validated for one population is used with another, its performance in this new context must be carefully examined. The RAADS-14, a brief ASD screen developed in Sweden, was evaluated with a sample of New Zealand adults ( N = 387), 41 of whom self-reported a prior diagnosis of ASD. The convergent validity of the RAADS-14 (Hypothesis 2) was supported by a strong positive correlation with the AQ-10 (short version of the Autism Spectrum Quotient), r = .81. Discriminant validity (Hypothesis 3) was also supported by a strong negative correlation with the EQ-Short (short version of the Empathy Quotient), r = −.75. However, the measure did not meet inferential criteria for internal consistency (Hypothesis 1), and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) found a poor fit of the proposed three-factor model (Hypothesis 4) to the data. A cut-off score of 14/42 provided adequate sensitivity (95%) to detect participants with self-reported ASD diagnoses, but not adequate specificity (70%), suggesting a very high rate of false positives should be expected if relying on RAADS-14 scores alone to interpret presence of ASD. In sum, our results do not provide sufficient evidence of reliability and validity to support the use of the RAADS-14 with the New Zealand population. We provide suggestions for refinement of the RAADS-14 that may lead to increased reliability and validity.

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Dimensions of Product Brand Personality

Vision The Journal of Business Perspective ◽

10.1177/0972262918803496 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 22 (4) ◽

pp. 377-386

Author(s):

Jijo George ◽

Victor Anandkumar

Keyword(s):

Brand Personality ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

New Product ◽

Short Version ◽

Personality Measurement ◽

Construct Definition ◽

Unique Identity ◽

Method Approach ◽

Brand Personality Scale ◽

Personality Construct

The success of a brand relies on the extent to which it differentiates itself from the myriad of competitors. As brands seek to become distinctive, brand personality is viewed as a viable metaphor for understanding consumers’ perceptions of brands and for crafting a unique identity in their minds. Measurement and management of brand personality becomes significant in this regard. Most of the existing brand personality scales are either designed to measure the brand personality construct in general or to measure particular categories of brands. There is a lack of a scale which measures the personality of product brands as such. This research tries to fill this lacuna by creating a new product brand personality scale incorporating various advancements in the field of brand personality measurement. This study employs a mixed method approach and the important phases include construct definition, item generation, measure purification, assessment of reliability and validity, and development of a short version of the scale. Findings of this research reconfirm the consumers' tendency to attribute personality characteristics to brands. It also identifies seven dimensions of product brand personality with 26 items.

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