scholarly journals Factor structure and psychometric properties of the Hopkins Symptom Checklist: An investigation with culturally and linguistically diverse youth in Australia

2018 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-145
Author(s):  
Nigar G. Khawaja ◽  
Clare Pekin ◽  
Robert D. Schweitzer
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Linguistically Diverse ◽  
Culturally And Linguistically Diverse ◽  
Symptom Checklist ◽  
Hopkins Symptom Checklist ◽  
Diverse Youth

scholarly journals Validation and Psychometric Properties of the Spanish Version of the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 Scale for Depression Detection in Primary Care

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (15) ◽  
pp. 7843
Author(s):  
María Rodríguez-Barragán ◽  
María Isabel Fernández-San-Martín ◽  
Ana Clavería-Fontán ◽  
Susana Aldecoa-Landesa ◽  
Marc Casajuana-Closas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Composite International Diagnostic Interview ◽  
Spanish Version ◽  
Major Public Health Problem ◽  
Symptom Checklist ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Hopkins Symptom Checklist

Depression constitutes a major public health problem due to its high prevalence and difficulty in diagnosis. The Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 (HSCL-25) scale has been identified as valid, reproducible, effective, and easy to use in primary care (PC). The purpose of the study was to assess the psychometric properties of the HSCL-25 and validate its Spanish version. A multicenter cross-sectional study was carried out at six PC centers in Spain. Validity and reliability were assessed against the structured Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI). Out of the 790 patients, 769 completed the HSCL-25; 738 answered all the items. Global Cronbach’s alpha was 0.92 (0.88 as calculated for the depression dimension and 0.83 for the anxiety one). Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) showed one global factor and two correlated factors with a correlation of 0.84. Area under the curve (AUC) was 0.89 (CI 95%, 0.86–0.93%). For a 1.75 cutoff point, sensibility was 88.1% (CI 95%, 77.1–95.1%) and specificity was 76.7% (CI 95%, 73.3–79.8%). The Spanish version of the HSCL-25 has a high response percentage, validity, and reliability and is well-accepted by PC patients.

Validation of the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25/Nepali Version among Bhutanese Refugees in the United States

2021 ◽  
pp. JNM-D-20-00136
Author(s):  
Ratchneewan Ross ◽  
Rosanna F. Hess ◽  
Carly Pittman ◽  
Amanda Croasmun ◽  
Martha B. Baird
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Sexual Interest ◽  
The United States ◽  
Symptom Checklist ◽  
Bhutanese Refugees ◽  
Hopkins Symptom Checklist ◽  
Demographic Questionnaire ◽  
Excellent Internal Consistency

BackgroundBhutanese refugees’ mental problems are relatively high. The Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 (HSCL-25) has been used widely in examining refugees’ mental health, but its psychometric properties in Nepali version is unknown.PurposeTo examine psychometric properties of the HSCL-25/Nepali version.MethodsBhutanese refugees (n = 209) responded to demographic questionnaire, the HSCL-25/Nepali, and the Refugee Health Survey-15. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA), convergent validity, and internal consistency were performed. Results: After three rounds of EFA, item 14 was deleted resulting in HSCL-24/Nepali with good construct validity and excellent internal consistency (α = .94).ConclusionsThe HSCL-24/Nepali version is reliable and valid and can be used to culturally, appropriately assess psychological distress of Bhutanese refugees as it omits item 14 that captures individual’s sexual interest.

scholarly journals Strengths and difficulties questionnaire-teacher: Investigating its factor structure and utility with culturally and linguistically diverse students

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-57
Author(s):  
Nigar G. Khawaja ◽  
Lakshmi Dhushyanthakumar
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Linguistically Diverse ◽  
Strengths And Difficulties Questionnaire ◽  
Culturally And Linguistically Diverse ◽  
Emotional Symptoms ◽  
Strengths And Difficulties ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), with its three forms (youth, parent and teacher version), is widely used to assess emotional and behavioural disorders in children and adolescents. The present study examined the factor structure and psychometric properties of the teacher version of the scale (SDQ-T) with adolescents from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) background. It also explored the impact of demographic factors on the mental health outcomes of CALD adolescents in the school setting as indicated by SDQ-T. Teachers from a Special English language transitional school in Brisbane, Australia completed the SDQ-T for 175 culturally and linguistically diverse adolescents. The exploratory factor analysis indicated a 23-item scale with a four-factor structure: Prosocial Behaviour, Hyperactivity, Emotional Symptoms, and Behavioural Problems. The revised scale had sound internal consistency. Findings indicated that CALD adolescents from refugee backgrounds scored higher on Emotional Symptoms, Conduct and Peer Problems, and SDQ total difficulties. There were no differences on subscale scores based on gender or English language proficiency. SDQ-T emerged as a promising scale that can be used to understand CALD adolescents’ postmigration emotional experiences, risks and protective factors. The implications of the SDQ-T in schools with adolescents from migrant and refugee backgrounds are discussed.

scholarly journals A review of the Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale

Dementia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 3143-3158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renata Komalasari ◽  
Hui Chen (Rita) Chang ◽  
Victoria Traynor
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Sensitivity And Specificity ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Linguistically Diverse ◽  
Assessment Scale ◽  
Culturally And Linguistically Diverse ◽  
Population Groups ◽  
Diverse Communities ◽  
Older Populations

Objectives To explore the application, diagnostic accuracy and predictors effecting the performance of the Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS) in older populations living outside Australia. Design A literature review was conducted using a simplified approach of thematic analysis. A comprehensive computerized search of peer reviewed published papers (2004–2017) was conducted in Academic Search Complete (EBSCO), Medline with Full-text, Pubmed and Google Scholar using the following search terms: Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale, sensitivity and specificity. Inclusion criteria were papers in which the RUDAS was used with older populations outside Australia and written in English. Results Database and manual searching identified a total of 289 papers and after reviewing the abstracts, titles and full-text papers, 12 papers were included in this review. Outside the target populations of culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Australia, the RUDAS is applied internationally in Asia, Europe and Africa. The psychometric properties of the RUDAS were measured across these non-target population groups: sensitivity and specificity means, respectively were 80.9 (SD ±6.24; 95% CI) and 76.1 (SD ±12.2; 95% CI); RUDAS-MMSE mean correlation was 0.70 (SD ±0.14; 95% CI) and mean AUC (area under curve) for RUDAS was 0.83 (SD ±0.08; 95% CI). Conclusions Findings from this literature review showed that the RUDAS has strong psychometric properties across many population groups who are culturally and linguistically diverse in several countries. These findings provide support to undertake further research to evaluate the use of the RUDAS within culturally and linguistically diverse communities in other countries.

scholarly journals Reliability, Validity, and Factor Structure of the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25: Population-Based Study of Persons Living with HIV in Rural Uganda

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 1467-1474 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scholastic Ashaba ◽  
Bernard Kakuhikire ◽  
Dagmar Vořechovská ◽  
Jessica M. Perkins ◽  
Christine E. Cooper-Vince ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Symptom Checklist ◽  
Population Based Study ◽  
Hopkins Symptom Checklist ◽  
Persons Living With Hiv ◽  
Living With Hiv

scholarly journals The Hidden Curriculum of Monolingualism: Understanding Metonymy to Interrogate Problematic Representations of Raciolinguistic Identities in Schoolscapes

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
Steve Daniel Przymus ◽  
Gabriel Huddleston
Keyword(s):  
Media Literacy ◽  
Hidden Curriculum ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Linguistically Diverse ◽  
Culturally And Linguistically Diverse ◽  
Linguistic Landscape ◽  
Critical Race ◽  
The Status ◽  
Landscape Research ◽  
Diverse Youth

Choices regarding how signs are displayed in schools send messages regarding the status of languages and speakers of those languages.  The monolingual paradigm can be implicitly reified by the position, shape, color, etc. of languages in relation to English on school signage (Author & Co-author, 2018).  This can have a negative impact for culturally and linguistically diverse youth.  In combining critical race media literacy with linguistic landscape research, we uncover a hidden media of raciolinguistic ideologies (Alim, 2016), and confront the hegemony found on some of the most overlooked and under questioned representations of media - signs in schools.

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