The Development of Preliminary HiTOP Internalizing Spectrum Scales

Assessment ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 107319112110039
Author(s):  
David Watson ◽  
Miriam K. Forbes ◽  
Holly F. Levin-Aspenson ◽  
Camilo J. Ruggero ◽  
Yuliya Kotelnikova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Internalizing Symptoms ◽  
Self Report ◽  
General Factor ◽  
Item Pool ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Item Level ◽  
Formal Definitions ◽  
Body Dysmorphia ◽  
Item Writing ◽  
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As part of a broader project to create a comprehensive self-report measure for the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology consortium, we developed preliminary scales to assess internalizing symptoms. The item pool was created in four steps: (a) clarifying the range of content to be assessed, (b) identifying target constructs to guide item writing, (c) developing formal definitions for each construct, and (d) writing multiple items for each construct. This yielded 430 items assessing 57 target constructs. Responses from a heterogeneous scale development sample ( N = 1,870) were subjected to item-level factor analyses based on polychoric correlations. This resulted in 39 scales representing a total of 213 items. The psychometric properties of these scales replicated well across the development sample and an independent validation sample ( N = 496 adults). Internal consistency analyses established that most scales assess relatively narrow forms of psychopathology. Structural analyses demonstrated the presence of a strong general factor. Additional analyses of the 35 nonsexual dysfunction scales revealed a replicable four-factor structure with dimensions we labeled Distress, Fear, Body Dysmorphia, and Mania. A final set of analyses established that the internalizing scales varied widely—and consistently—in the strength of their associations with neuroticism and extraversion.

Assessing Self-Efficacy in Presentation and Moderation Skills

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 564-576 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tobias Ringeisen ◽  
Sonja Rohrmann ◽  
Anika Bürgermeister ◽  
Ana N. Tibubos
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Constructed Self ◽  
University Course ◽  
Correlated Factors ◽  
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Abstract. By means of two studies, a self-report measure to assess self-efficacy in presentation and moderation skills, the SEPM scales, was validated. In study 1, factorial and construct validity were examined. A sample of 744 university students (41% females; more than 50% between 20 and 25 years) completed newly constructed self-efficacy items. Confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) substantiated two positively correlated factors, presentation (SEPM-P) and moderation self-efficacy (SEPM-M). Each factor consists of eight items. The correlation patterns between the two SEPM subscales and related constructs such as extraversion, the preference for cooperative learning, and conflict management indicated adequate construct validity. In study 2, criterion validity was determined by means of latent change modeling. One hundred sixty students ( Mage = 24.40, SD = 4.04; 61% females) took part in a university course to foster key competences and completed the SEPM scales at the beginning and the end of the semester. Presentation and moderation self-efficacy increased significantly over time of which the latter was positively associated with the performance in a practical moderation exam. Across both studies, reliability of the scales was high, ranging from McDonald’s ω .80 to .88.

Friendship Network Satisfaction: A multifaceted construct scored as a unidimensional scale

2021 ◽  
pp. 026540752110256
Author(s):  
Victor A. Kaufman ◽  
Jacqueline C. Perez ◽  
Steven P. Reise ◽  
Thomas N. Bradbury ◽  
Benjamin R. Karney
Keyword(s):  
Item Response ◽  
Well Being ◽  
General Factor ◽  
Item Pool ◽  
Friendship Network ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Advance Research ◽  
Factor Modeling ◽  
Correlated Factors ◽  
Unidimensional Scale

Although satisfying friendships are crucial for well-being throughout adulthood, measures of friendship satisfaction have been limited by: (1) item content relevant to children only, (2) a focus on single relationships rather than the friendship network, and (3) disagreement about the number of dimensions necessary to capture the construct. To overcome these limitations, we assembled an item pool from a number of existing measures, created additional items drawn from research on friendships, and then examined the structure and psychometric properties of those items in two online surveys of over 2000 respondents each. Factor analyses consistently identified two correlated factors—closeness and socializing—but bi-factor modeling revealed that scores on both subscales load strongly on a general factor, suggesting that the multifaceted content can be scored efficiently as a unidimensional composite. Analyses using item response theory (IRT) supported the creation of a reliable 14-item instrument that demonstrated adequate convergent and predictive validity. Thus, the Friendship Network Satisfaction (FNS) Scale is a psychometrically sound tool to advance research on friendships across the lifespan.

Development and Initial Validation of a Scale Assessing Suicide-Specific Rumination: The Suicide Rumination Scale

Assessment ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 107319112110338
Author(s):  
Megan L. Rogers ◽  
Keyne C. Law ◽  
Claire Houtsma ◽  
Raymond P. Tucker ◽  
Michael D. Anestis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Measurement Tool ◽  
Item Pool ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Independent Measurement ◽  
Suicidal Thoughts ◽  
Initial Validation ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
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Suicide-specific rumination, a repetitive mental fixation on one’s suicidal thoughts and intentions, may influence the transition from suicidal thoughts to behaviors. Research on suicide-specific rumination has been hindered by the lack of an independent measurement tool. This article presents the development and validation of a self-report measure of suicide-specific rumination across several samples with lifetime suicidal ideation (Sample 1: N = 494 students; Sample 2: N = 219 community members; Sample 3: N = 128 adults at high risk for suicide). The Suicide Rumination Scale (SRS) item pool was reduced from a pool of 41 items to 8 items that are highly discriminant and of varying levels of difficulty. The SRS demonstrated measurement invariance, convergent validity, and nonredundancy with related measures. Importantly, the SRS differentiated suicide attempters from ideators, suggesting its potential clinical relevance. Overall, these findings suggest that the SRS is a valid and incrementally useful measure of suicide-specific rumination.

Factor Structure of the Network Orientation Scale

1985 ◽  
Vol 57 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1181-1182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Vaux
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Support Networks ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Network Orientation ◽  
Orientation Scale ◽  
Seeking Help ◽  
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An enormous body of research on social support has been generated over the last decade, but this work has largely ignored personal characteristics that influence the utilization of support networks. The Network Orientation Scale is a self-report measure of negative network orientation—the perspective that it is inadvisable, useless, or risky to seek help from others. In this paper, factor analyses were performed on data from 48 women and 32 men in college. Three meaningful factors emerged, reflecting independence (and norms regarding help-seeking), help-seeking history, and mistrust.

scholarly journals Using Classical Test Theory to Determine the Psychometric Properties of the Deglutition Handicap Index

Dysphagia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renée Speyer ◽  
Reinie Cordier ◽  
Clara Bouix ◽  
Yohan Gallois ◽  
Virginie Woisard
Keyword(s):  
Hypothesis Testing ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Diagnostic Performance ◽  
Test Theory ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Health Measurement ◽  
Structural Validity ◽  
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AbstractThe Deglutition Handicap Index (DHI) is a self-report measure for patients at risk of oropharyngeal dysphagia on deglutition-related aspects of functional health status (FHS) and health-related quality of life (HR-QoL). The DHI consists of 30 items which are subsumed within the Symptom, Functional and Emotional subscales. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the DHI using Classic Test Theory according to the COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) criteria. A total of 453 patients with dysphagia with different aetiologies were recruited concurrently at two academic hospitals. Dysphagia was confirmed by fiberoptic endoscopic and/or videofluoroscopic evaluation of swallowing. In addition, a healthy control group of 132 participants were recruited. Structural validity was determined using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses and internal consistency by calculating Cronbach’s alpha coefficients. Hypothesis testing was evaluated using Mann–Whitney U-tests, linear regression analysis and correlations analysis. Diagnostic performance and receiver operating characteristic curves analysis were calculated. Factor analyses indicated that the DHI is a unidimensional measure. The DHI has good internal consistency with some indication of item redundancy, weak to moderate structural validity and strong hypothesis testing for construct validity. The DHI shows high diagnostic performance as part of criterion validity. These findings support that the DHI is an appropriate choice as a patient self-report measure to evaluate FHS and HR-QoL in dysphagia. Ongoing validation to assess the measure for possible item redundancy and to examine the dimensionality of the DHI using item response theory is recommended.

scholarly journals Established self-report questionnaires of psychopathology can be efficiently summarized with HiTOP

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leon Patrick Wendt ◽  
Kristin Jankowsky ◽  
Johannes Zimmermann ◽  
Ulrich Schroeders ◽  
Tobias Nolte ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorder ◽  
Content Validity ◽  
Symptom Clusters ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Item Pool ◽  
Construction Process ◽  
Close Correspondence ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Working Model ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analyses

The hierarchical taxonomy of psychopathology (HiTOP) organizes phenotypes of mental disorder in a hierarchy from narrower symptoms to broader patterns of dysfunction. Little is known about how well traditional self-report questionnaires of psychopathology from the pre-HiTOP era are covered by the current HiTOP working model. We derived a comprehensive 64-item measure of symptom clusters (HiTOP-Map) from established measures (i.e., 685 items within 72 scales) using a sample of community participants and outpatients (N = 909) in a multistep construction process: First, content validity was rated for structuring the item pool. Second, exploratory factor analyses identified 16 symptom clusters. Third, a metaheuristic (ant colony optimization) compiled 64 prototypical items to cover the breadth across all clusters. Bass-ackwards analyses of HiTOP-Map showed a close correspondence to the current HiTOP working model. HiTOP-Map covered the original scales well (median r = .71), indicating that established self-report questionnaires of psychopathology are efficiently summarized by HiTOP.

Factor Structure and Incremental Utility of the Distress Tolerance Scale: A Bifactor Analysis

Assessment ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 297-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Travis A. Rogers ◽  
Joseph R. Bardeen ◽  
Thomas A. Fergus ◽  
Natasha Benfer
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Distress Tolerance ◽  
Self Report ◽  
General Factor ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Factor Measurement ◽  
Specific Factors ◽  
Bifactor Modeling ◽  
Order Domain ◽  
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The Distress Tolerance Scale (DTS) is a self-report measure of perceived capacity to withstand aversive emotions. Initial factor analysis of this measure suggested a structure comprising one higher-order factor and four lower-order domain-specific factors. However, there is limited evidence in support of the DTS’s purported multidimensionality, and despite use of the DTS subscales, research has yet to assess their incremental utility. The current investigation sought to rectify the paucity of evidence in support of the DTS’s factor structure and independent use of DTS subscales via bifactor analysis. In the present study ( N = 826 community adults), a bifactor model of the DTS provided the best fit to the data. However, an examination of statistical indices associated with bifactor modeling, as well as results from an examination of incremental utility, suggest that the domain-specific factors are largely redundant with the general factor and do not provide incremental utility in predicting relevant clinical constructs beyond the general factor. Measurement invariance between sexes was confirmed. Taken together, results support use of a DTS total score, but not subscale scores.

Assessing Daily Stress with the Short Stress State Questionnaire (SSSQ): Relationships with Cognitive Slips-Failures

2005 ◽  
Vol 49 (10) ◽  
pp. 886-890 ◽  
Author(s):  
William S. Helton ◽  
Diana Fields ◽  
Joseph A. Thoreson
Keyword(s):  
Stress State ◽  
Task Engagement ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Daily Stress ◽  
Reliable Measure ◽  
Stress Task ◽  
The Individual ◽  
P Factor ◽  
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Stress is an important aspect of operational settings. This article presents a study providing further psychometric and validation evidence of a short multidimensional self-report measure of stress state, the Short Stress State Questionnaire (SSSQ; Helton, 2004) based on the Dundee Stress State Questionnaire (DSSQ; Matthews et al., 1999, 2002). Participants filled out the SSSQ twice daily for 70 days, once in the morning and once at night. They also reported daily cognitive slipsfailures. Chain-P Factor Analyses of the individual items for both pre and post assessments were conducted and the relationships between the SSSQ factors and daily self-reported cognitive slipsfailures were examined. The factor analyses, as previously indicated by Helton (2004), differentiated three aspects of subjective stress: Task Engagement, Distress, and Worry. Daily post-Distress and post-Worry correlated moderately with cognitive slips. The 24-item SSSQ appears to be a reliable measure of daily stress state, potentially useful in naturalistic studies.

A Global Self-Report Measure of Person-Job Fit

2002 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana Brkich ◽  
Danielle Jeffs ◽  
Sally A. Carless
Keyword(s):  
Self Report ◽  
Job Fit ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Occupational Groups ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Job Requirements ◽  
Call Centres ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Report Measure

Summary: This study reports the development of a short, global measure of person-job fit (P-J fit). The P-J Fit scale provides an assessment of the degree to which an individual's knowledge, skills, abilities, needs and values match job requirements. After a pilot study, the scale was tested with two samples: Sample 1 consisted of 308 professionals from three occupational groups and Sample 2 consisted of 174 adults working in call centres and related administrative areas. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses indicated that the nine items assess a single, global construct of P-J fit. Construct and criterion-related validity were demonstrated by correlating the scale with empowerment, job satisfaction and organizational commitment.

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