scholarly journals A Portuguese translation of the Systemic Clinical Outcome and Routine Evaluation (SCORE): the psychometric properties of the 15- and 28-item versions

2017 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 537-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margarida Vilaça ◽  
Ana Paula Relvas ◽  
Peter Stratton
2015 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margarida Vilaça ◽  
Bruno de Sousa ◽  
Peter Stratton ◽  
Ana Paula Relvas

AbstractThis study reports on the validity of the 15-item Portuguese version of the Systemic Clinical Outcome Routine Evaluation (SCORE-15; Vilaça, Silva, & Relvas, 2014), a brief and comprehensive measure of family functioning. Previous studies with SCORE-15 show that this version replicates the three-factor solution found for the original English version: Family strengths, Family communication and Family difficulties. In addition to reviewing previous studies, this article analyses the discriminant, convergent and predictive validity of the Portuguese SCORE-15. To do so, the SCORE-15 was administered to family members attending systemic family or couple’s therapy at the start of the first and fourth sessions and also to a group of non-clinical individuals. Overall, data are reported from 618 participants, including 136 from families attending systemic therapy and 482 community family members. Comparisons of community and clinical samples (discriminant validity) showed statistically significant differences for the total scale and subscales (p < .001), with the community participants presenting healthier family functioning than the clinical ones. Analyses using SCORE-15 and the Quality of Life – adult version, another family measure applied simultaneously (convergent validity), indicate that both scales are significantly (p < .01) and moderately (r = –.47) correlated. Mean score analysis of SCORE-15’s therapeutic sensitivity to change (predictive validity) showed that only the Family communication subscale was sensitive to statistically significant improvement (p < .05) from session 1 to session 4, whereas the SCORE-15’s reliability change index points to its ability to detect clinical improvements (RCI = 14%).


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-19
Author(s):  
Márcia Mendes ◽  
Inês Relva ◽  
Maria Otília Fernandes

A satisfação com o suporte social torna-se essencial para o desenvolvimento dos adolescentes, uma vez que contribui para o bem-estar destes. Esta investigação pretende explorar a satisfação com o suporte social e o funcionamento familiar em adolescentes, com e sem irmãos. A amostra foi constituída por 365 participantes, 213 do sexo feminino e 152 do sexo masculino, com idades compreendidas entre os 15 e os 20 anos. Os instrumentos utilizados foram a Escala de Satisfação com o Suporte Social (ESSS) e a Systemic Clinical Outcome and Routine Evaluation (SCORE-15). Foram realizadas correlações de Pearson e verificou-se uma associação negativa entre o suporte social e o funcionamento familiar, isto é, à medida que o suporte social aumenta, as dificuldades familiares diminuem. Efetuaram-se análises de variância multivariada (MANOVA), com vista a analisar as diferenças em relação às variáveis sociodemográficas. Os resultados indicaram que, em função da configuração familiar, verificou-se que adolescentes de famílias com pais casados ou em união de facto apresentam maiores níveis de satisfação com a família comparativamente aos adolescentes com os pais divorciados. No funcionamento familiar verificou-se que os adolescentes com pais divorciados apresentam maiores dificuldades de recursos familiares, de comunicação na família e de dificuldades familiares. Em relação ao sexo, não se verificaram diferenças significativas. Finalmente, não se encontraram diferenças entre adolescentes filhos únicos e os que têm irmãos, relativamente à satisfação com o suporte social, bem como no funcionamento familiar. Assim, sublinha-se a importância de um bom funcionamento familiar, no sentido de contribuir para a qualidade das relações dos adolescentes.


Author(s):  
Margarida Vilaça ◽  
José Tomás da Silva ◽  
Ana Paula Relvas

Author(s):  
Ling-Yu Guo ◽  
Phyllis Schneider ◽  
William Harrison

Purpose This study provided reference data and examined psychometric properties for clausal density (CD; i.e., number of clauses per utterance) in children between ages 4 and 9 years from the database of the Edmonton Narrative Norms Instrument (ENNI). Method Participants in the ENNI database included 300 children with typical language (TL) and 77 children with language impairment (LI) between the ages of 4;0 (years;months) and 9;11. Narrative samples were collected using a story generation task, in which children were asked to tell stories based on six picture sequences. CD was computed from the narrative samples. The split-half reliability, concurrent criterion validity, and diagnostic accuracy were evaluated for CD by age. Results CD scores increased significantly between ages 4 and 9 years in children with TL and those with LI. Children with TL produced higher CD scores than those with LI at each age level. In addition, the correlation coefficients for the split-half reliability and concurrent criterion validity of CD scores were all significant at each age level, with the magnitude ranging from small to large. The diagnostic accuracy of CD scores, as revealed by sensitivity, specificity, and likelihood ratios, was poor. Conclusions The finding on diagnostic accuracy did not support the use of CD for identifying children with LI between ages 4 and 9 years. However, given the attested reliability and validity for CD, reference data of CD from the ENNI database can be used for evaluating children's difficulties with complex syntax and monitoring their change over time. Supplemental Material https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.13172129


2001 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. A747-A748
Author(s):  
S DRESNER ◽  
A IMMMANUEL ◽  
P LAMB ◽  
S GRIFFIN

2005 ◽  
Vol 173 (4S) ◽  
pp. 28-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
In Rae Cho ◽  
K.S. Lee ◽  
J.S. Jeon ◽  
S.S. Park ◽  
L.C. Sung ◽  
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