Concurrent Validity of the Temperament and Atypical Behavior Scale

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert T. Gallen ◽  
Amy Horrell
Keyword(s):  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Behavior Scale

Reliability and Validity of the Daily Parent Rating of Evening and Morning Behavior Scale, Revised

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (11) ◽  
pp. 1066-1073 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen V. Faraone ◽  
Ann Childress ◽  
Sharon B. Wigal ◽  
Scott H. Kollins ◽  
Mary Ann McDonnell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Behavioral Difficulties ◽  
Homogeneity Test ◽  
Parent Rating ◽  
Children With Adhd ◽  
Behavior Scale ◽  
Internal Homogeneity ◽  
Before School ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

Objective: Children with ADHD frequently manifest behavioral difficulties in the morning prior to school. We sought to assess the reliability and validity of the Daily Parent Rating of Evening and Morning Behavior Scale, Revised (DPREMB-R) morning score as a measure of morning behaviors impaired by ADHD. Method: We used data from a clinical trial of HLD200 treatment in pediatric participants with ADHD to address our objectives. Results: The DPREMB-R morning score showed significant internal homogeneity, test–retest reliability ( r = .52-.45), and good concurrent validity ( r = .50-.71). Conclusion: The DPREMB-R morning score could be a useful instrument for assessing treatment efficacy in the morning before school.

The Social Behavior Scale for Preschool Children: Factorial Structure and Concurrent Validity

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 801-811 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiziana Lanciano ◽  
Rosalinda Cassibba ◽  
Lucia Elia ◽  
Laura D’Odorico
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Social Behavior ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Factorial Structure ◽  
The Social ◽  
Behavior Scale

scholarly journals COMFORT Behavior Scale instrument: validity and reliability test for critically ill pediatric patients in Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dina Nurpita Suprawoto ◽  
Nani Nurhaeni ◽  
Fajar Tri Waluyanti
Keyword(s):  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Pediatric Patients ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Kappa Coefficient ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Cronbach’S Alpha ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Instrument Validity ◽  
Cronbach's Alpha ◽  
Behavior Scale

The COMFORT Behavior Scale (CBS) is an instrument that has been validated in several languages to assess the levels of sedation in children. This project was implemented to identify the validity and reliability of CBS. The design used was an analytic descriptive cross-sectional approach. Fifty-one children aged 1 month to 18 years who received analgesic and/or sedation therapy were purposively selected and assessed for their sedation levels using CBS and the Nurse Interpretation of Sedation Score (NISS). The data were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney U test to measure the concurrent validity; each item was analyzed using Pearson correlation; inter-rater reliability was measured by the Kappa coefficient; and the internal consistency was measured by Cronbach’s alpha. The results showed there was no significant correlation between the levels of sedation assessed using CBS and NISS (P= 0.118; α= 0.05). Six items in the CBS instrument were found to be valid (r= 0.348–0.813). The Cronbach’s alpha for CBS was 0.873. Thus, the Indonesian version of CBS is valid and reliable in assessing sedation levels in children.

scholarly journals Moyamoya Health Behavior scale for adolescent patients: Measurement tool development and psychometric evaluation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Won-oak Oh ◽  
Insun Yeom ◽  
Sung Hyun Lim ◽  
Dong-Seok Kim ◽  
Kyu-won Shim
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Moyamoya Disease ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Measurement Tool ◽  
Korean Adolescents ◽  
Adolescent Patients ◽  
Behavior Scale ◽  
Group Interviews

Abstract Purpose: The aim of this study was to develop a measurement tool to assess health-related behavior of adolescents with moyamoya disease. Design: This was a methodological study to develop and validate the Moyamoya-Health Behavior scale (Moyamoya-HB scale) for adolescent patients. Methods: The initial 108 items of the preliminary Moyamoya-HB scale for adolescent patients were generated based on extensive literature reviews and in-depth focus-group interviews with eight moyamoya-suffering adolescents and 12 parents. Group interviews were conducted by six experts (two pediatric neurosurgeons, one psychologist and three nurses). Psychometric testing was performed with a convenience sample of 120 hospitalized adolescents with moyamoya disease recruited from Y University hospitals in South Korea. The construct validity, convergent validity and discriminant validity were tested by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. For criterion validity, concurrent validity was confirmed by using the Korean adolescents’ health behaviors tool. To confirm the reliability of the Moyamoya-HB scale, the construct reliability and Cronbach’s alpha coefficients were calculated. Findings: The final 12-item Moyamoya-HB scale for adolescents was categorized by three sub-domains: implementation of treatment for moyamoya disease, health promoting behavior for moyamoya disease and health coping behavior for moyamoya disease. Overall, these factors explained 68.97% of the total variance. The result of the confirmative factor analysis supported the construct, convergent and discriminant validity of the three sub-domains. The Moyamoya-HB scale for adolescents also demonstrated a concurrent validity with the Korean adolescents’ health behaviors tool ( r = .59, p <.001). Reliability analysis showed an acceptable-to-high Cronbach’s alpha of .865 in total, and the subscales ranged from .800 to .841. Conclusion: The Moyamoya-HB scale is a valid and reliable instrument for evaluating the awareness of hospital safety among hospitalized children . Clinical relevance: The Moyamoya-HB scale should be able to contribute to building empirical- and evidence-based data for the development and application of various intervention programs for health promotion of adolescents with moyamoya disease and the prevention of hospital-related accidents among children.

Development and initial validation of the parent-report Academic Behavior Scale in a Chinese context

2020 ◽  
pp. 016502542097103
Author(s):  
Mingchun Guo ◽  
Qianqian Guo ◽  
Long Wang ◽  
Alina Morawska
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Parent Report ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Academic Behavior ◽  
Academic Behaviors ◽  
Chinese Parents ◽  
Home Context ◽  
Behavior Scale

This study aimed to develop and evaluate a new parent-report measure to assess primary schoolchildren’s academic behaviors in the home context. We developed the Academic Behavior Scale (ABS) and administered it to Chinese parents of primary schoolers along with other measures. Six hundred and forty-five parents and 170 primary schoolchildren in Grades 4–6 were recruited from a public primary school and completed a set of questionnaires. After that, the psychometric properties of the ABS including factorial validity, convergent and concurrent validity, as well as internal consistency were evaluated using confirmatory factor analysis and correlation analysis in Mplus v.8.3. The results confirmed a two-factor structure for the scale, with satisfactory convergent and concurrent validity and internal consistency. This study provides preliminary evidence for the satisfactory psychometric properties of the ABS among Chinese parents.

scholarly journals Validation of the Family Health Behavior Scale for the Brazilian Population

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luiza T. Preto ◽  
Camila H. Scarpatto ◽  
Laura Lessa Gaudie Ley ◽  
Carolina Silveira ◽  
Margareth Rodrigues Salerno ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Behavior ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Brazilian Population ◽  
Activity Level ◽  
Fat Percentage ◽  
Floor Effect ◽  
The Family ◽  
Behavior Scale

Abstract Background: It is well known that the family environment is associated with child health behavior and outcomes. However, there is a lack of available instruments to measure family health behaviors, even more so in languages other than English. The aim of the present study was to adapt and validate the Family Health Behavior Scale (FHBS) for Brazilian families.Methods: The FHBS was translated and culturally adapted for the Brazilian families. Psychometric properties (content validity, construct validity, and concurrent validity) and reliability (internal consistency, ceiling-floor effect, and test-retest) were evaluated in a sample of healthy community-dwelling children who were between 5 to 12 years old, of both sexes. Caregivers responded to the FHBS. Concurrent validity was assessed by comparing the FHBS scale with Body Mass Index (BMI) percentile, percent body fat, and physical activity level.Results: 272 children (54% girls) with a mean age of 7.9 years (SD = 2.0) and their caregivers were tested. Confirmatory analysis of the initial 4-factor structure (as proposed in the original English version of the questionnaire) suggested its performance was below acceptable. Exploratory factor analysis showed however an acceptable fit (Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin index = 0.79), and the factor loadings suggested a 7-factor model. Children who were considered obese (BMI percentile ≥ 97) had lower mean total FHBS scores than children who had a healthy weight or were overweight. Children who were classified as having a healthy fat percentage had higher FHBS scores than children classified as having an excessively high fat percentage. Children who were physically active had significantly higher total FHBS scores than children who were physically inactive. Cronbach's alpha was 0.81 and we noted acceptable values of the ceiling-floor effect. Test-retest analyses showed lower agreement and intraclass correlation coefficients ​​than expected 0.63 (95% CI 0.41 to 0.78).Conclusion: The adapted Family Health Behavior Scale for the Brazilian population showed adequate psychometric properties.

The Adult Functional Adaptive Behavior Scale (AFABS) and Psychiatric Inpatients: Indices of Reliability and Validity

Assessment ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 387-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles L. Spirrison ◽  
Stephanie M. Sewell
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Psychiatric Hospital ◽  
Adaptive Behavior ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Psychiatric Inpatients ◽  
Assessment Battery ◽  
Behavior Scale ◽  
High Degree

The reliability and validity of Adult Functional Adaptive Behavior Scale (AFABS) data was examined for a group of 91 male inpatients of a state-operated psychiatric hospital. Item analyses documented a high degree of consistency among the items of the AFABS. Analyses of AFABS scores, patients' unit (i.e., Acute or Continued Care), and patients' placement level (i.e., higher, average, or lower relative to same unit peers) provide evidence for the concurrent validity of the AFABS as applied to psychiatric inpatients. The psychometric properties of the AFABS, coupled with its brevity, suggest it is suited for inclusion in an assessment battery for psychiatric inpatients.

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