scholarly journals The Individual Recovery Outcomes Counter: preliminary validation of a personal recovery measure

2013 ◽  
Vol 37 (7) ◽  
pp. 221-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bridey Monger ◽  
Scott M. Hardie ◽  
Robin Ion ◽  
Jane Cumming ◽  
Nigel Henderson
Keyword(s):  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Recovery Factor ◽  
Clinical Settings ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Personal Recovery ◽  
Preliminary Validation ◽  
Service Outcomes ◽  
High Internal Consistency ◽  
The Individual

Aims and methodThe Individual Recovery Outcomes Counter (I.ROC) is to date the only recovery outcomes instrument developed in Scotland. This paper describes the steps taken to initially assess its validity and reliability, including factorial analysis, internal consistency and a correlation benchmarking analysis.ResultsThe I.ROC tool showed high internal consistency. Exploratory factor analysis indicated a two-factor structure comprising intrapersonal recovery (factor 1) and interpersonal recovery (factor 2), explaining between them over 50% of the variance in I.ROC scores. There were no redundant items and all loaded on at least one of the factors. The I.ROC significantly correlated with widely used existing instruments assessing both personal recovery and clinical outcomes.Clinical implicationsI.ROC is a valid and reliable measure of recovery in mental health, preferred by service users when compared with well-established instruments. It could be used in clinical settings to map individual recovery, providing feedback for service users and helping to assess service outcomes.

Validity and Reliability of the Red-Green AO H-R-R Pseudoisochromatic Plates with Mentally Retarded Children

1971 ◽  
Vol 33 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1071-1074 ◽  
Author(s):  
John A. Salvia ◽  
James E. Ysseldyke
Keyword(s):  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Mentally Retarded ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
High Internal Consistency ◽  
Mentally Retarded Children ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The Individual

69 institutionalized mentally retarded children were examined to determine the reliability and validity of the 14 red-green plates of the H-R-R pseudoisochromatic plates. The stability of the raw score and diagnosis, and the internal consistency were evaluated in addition to the validity of the diagnosis and the validity of the individual plates. The results indicated high internal consistency but low stability and validity. Use of the H-R-R plates with mentally retarded children is not recommended.

A test of common content knowledge for gymnastics: A Rasch analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 512-523 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erhan Devrilmez ◽  
Fatih Dervent ◽  
Phillip Ward ◽  
Mustafa Levent Ince
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Item Difficulty ◽  
Good Evidence ◽  
Initial Teacher Education ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
High Internal Consistency ◽  
Common Content

Common content knowledge (CCK) is comprised of the knowledge of rules, techniques, and tactics and can be used to define the scope of what teachers teach in their lessons. Developing reliable and valid measures of teacher knowledge such as CCK strengthens our understanding of what teachers know and in turn the field’s ability to help teachers in their practice. There are, however, few validated tests of CCK of sport for teachers. The primary purpose of this study was to provide content and concurrent validity evidence for a 19-question test of the CCK for gymnastics required in Turkish elementary and secondary schools. Participants were 240 preservice teachers who had previously taken a class in content knowledge for gymnastics in six state universities. Rasch modeling was used to evaluate the validity and reliability of the CCK gymnastics test. Results indicated good item model fit for all 19 items. High internal consistency for item difficulty and high internal consistency for person-ability were obtained. Overall analysis showed good evidence to support the validity and reliability of the CCK gymnastics test. The CCK test can be used in initial teacher education and continuing professional development to determine the CCK knowledge of preservice and inservice teachers and in turn a measure of what they learn from professional development efforts.

scholarly journals Social care: an essential aspect of mental health rehabilitation services

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. J. Craig
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Rehabilitation Services ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Personal Recovery ◽  
Social Interventions ◽  
The Individual

AbstractThis study is aimed at the importance of social care in rehabilitation. A brief overview of the social care theme is used as the methodology. There is a tension in mental health care between biological and psychological treatments that focus on deficits at the individual level (symptoms, disabilities) and social interventions that try to address local inequalities and barriers in order to improve access for service users to ordinary housing, employment and leisure opportunities. The history of mental health care tells us that social care is often underfunded and too easily dismissed as not the business of health care. But too much emphasis on a health model of individual deficits is a slippery slope to institutionalisation by way of therapeutic nihilism. Rehabilitation services follow the biopsychosocial model but with a shift in emphasis, recognising the vital role played by social interventions in improving the functional outcomes that matter to service users including access to housing, occupation, leisure facilities and the support of family and friends. In conclusion, rehabilitation is framed within a model of personal recovery in which the target of intervention is to boost hope and help the individual find a meaning to life, living well regardless of enduring symptoms.

scholarly journals Validity and reliability of the Indonesian version of tinnitus handycap inventory

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-42
Author(s):  
Jenny E. Bashiruddin ◽  
Widayat Alviandi ◽  
Alvin Reinaldo ◽  
Eka D. Safitri ◽  
Yupitri Pitoyo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
Psychometric Validation ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Functional Scale ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Validity Test ◽  
Psychometric Instrument ◽  
High Internal Consistency

Background: To translate and assess the validity and reliability of the Indonesian version of Tinnitus Handycap Inventory (THI) as an psychometric instrument for evaluating the quality of life in tinnitus patients. This instrument will support the clinicians to determine the appropriate tinnitus management for them.Methods: A cross-sectional psychometric validation study was performed to assess the internal consistency, reliability and validity of the Indonesian version of THI in 50 subjective tinnitus patients at ENT outpatient clinic of Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital between May-August 2010. 25 question items of original THI were translated, back-translated and validated using the transcultural validation by WHO.Results: The validity test demonstrated a significant correlation in the emotional and the catastrophic scale whilst there was no significant correlation in the functional scale for item F2 and particularly for item F15. Nevertheless, the validity test on the functional scale showed a good result. This study also showed high internal consistency and reliability for the total scale (Cronbach-α = 0.91)Conclusion: The evaluation result indicated that the reliability of adapted Indonesian version of the THI in our study is relatively high and could be applied in clinical examination or further otolaryngology study by both specialists and general physicians.

scholarly journals Reliability, Validity, and Factorial Structure of the Farsi Version of the Paranoia Checklist With Iranian Students

SAGE Open ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 215824401881712
Author(s):  
Leila Amirpour ◽  
Mahboubeh Dadfar ◽  
Majid Heydari Charvadeh ◽  
Behrooz Birashk
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Clinical Settings ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
High Internal Consistency ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Iranian Students ◽  
University Settings ◽  
Brief Screening ◽  
Farsi Version

Paranoid thought is one of the most common symptoms in psychiatric disorders. The Paranoia Checklist is a brief screening and diagnostic tool for clinical and subclinical paranoia. It has been used in research, clinical, and non-clinical settings. The Paranoia Checklist has not had its validity examined in university settings in Iran. A cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate the validation of the Farsi version of Paranoia Checklist in a randomized cluster sample of 365 Iranian volunteer college students selected from the Payame Noor University of Mashhad in Iran. They completed the Paranoia Checklist, the General Paranoia Scale, and the Symptom Checklist 90 Revised (SCL-90-R). The mean score of the Paranoia Checklist was 35.50 ( SD = 7.21). The Cronbach’s α for the Paranoia Checklist was .87, indicating high internal consistency. The Paranoia Checklist correlated .42 with the General Paranoia Scale, .38 with the SCL-90-R subscales of Anxiety (ANX), Hostility (HOS), and Paranoia Ideation (PAR), and .37 with the Interpersonal Sensitivity (INTS), denoting moderate construct and criterion-related validity. The results of the factor analysis of the Paranoia Checklist identified three factors associated with the paranoid thoughts. The Paranoia Checklist has a multidimensional structure, and adequate validity and reliability. It can be used in the non-clinical, clinical, and research settings to measure paranoia in Iran.

Systematic self-assessment by P.Q.R.S.T.

1977 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 591-597 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Mulhall
Keyword(s):  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Clinical Settings ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Subjective Intensity ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Personal Questionnaire

SynopsisThis paper presents a Personal Questionnaire which is sufficiently simple for use in most clinical settings. Following a brief description of Personal Questionnaires, their origin and background are discussed and some subsequent developments delineated. The method involves the use of a general set of adjectives which can be used to qualify the symptoms experienced by any given patient. Successive measurements of the symptoms can be made so that changes in their subjective intensity can be monitored. The internal consistency of ratings of each symptom on each occasion is used as a measure of reliability. As with all previous Personal Questionnaires the symptoms which are measured are unique to the individual, but unlike other methods the format of this Questionnaire is predetermined, which ensures its simplicity and ease of use.

Validation of a Common Content Knowledge Test for Soccer

2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 407-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaohui He ◽  
Phillip Ward ◽  
Xiaozan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Item Difficulty ◽  
Physical Education Teachers ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Education Students ◽  
High Internal Consistency ◽  
Common Content ◽  
Teacher Education Students

Purpose: Teacher knowledge of rules, techniques, and tactics is called common content knowledge. Such knowledge is essential for effective teaching of physical education. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the validity and reliability of a test of soccer common content knowledge.Method: Rasch modeling was used to evaluate the validity and reliability of a test of soccer to a sample of 530 Chinese teacher education students.Results: Twenty-seven of 30 questions demonstrated good item-model fit. Moderately high internal consistency for personability and high internal consistency for item difficulty are reported. There were gaps between personability estimates and item-difficulty levels at the lower and higher ends of the map, indicating a lack of more easy and difficult questions.Conclusion: The analysis provides evidence to support the validity and reliability of this instrument as a test of soccer common content knowledge for Chinese preservice physical education teachers.

Development of the Alexithymia Scale for Children: A Preliminary Study

1998 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isao Fukunishi ◽  
Hiromichi Yoshida ◽  
James Wogan
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Analytic Structure ◽  
Personality Test ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Consistency Test ◽  
Factor Analytic ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
High Internal Consistency ◽  
Preliminary Study

The Alexithymia Scale for Children-Teacher Form was developed with a sample of 286 elementary schoolchildren. The validity and reliability of the measure were supported by factor analytic structure, relatively high internal consistency, test-retest correlation over 2 mo., and correlations of .24 to .39 with scores on the Yatabe-Guilford Personality Test. Factor analysis yielded two factors related to alexithymia, Difficulty in Describing Feelings and Difficulty Relating to Others. Alexithymia constructs such as a paucity of fantasy life and externally oriented thinking were not recorded.

scholarly journals Translation and Evaluation of Content Validity, Factor Structure and Internal Consistency of Instruments to Assess Sexual High Risk Behaviors

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Parham Kouhestani ◽  
◽  
Homa Mohammad-Sadeghi ◽  
Mehrdad Eftekhar ◽  
Shabnam Nohesara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Content Validity ◽  
Risky Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Unsafe Sex ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
High Risk Behaviors ◽  
High Internal Consistency

Objectives There are a few instruments assessing unsafe sex, available in Persian that has been adapted for Iranian users. The main aim of this study was to translate the selected instruments and evaluate their psychometric parameters. Methods The selected instruments were Sexual Addiction Screening Test – Revised (SAST-R), Sexual Risk Survey (SRS) and risky sexual behaviors segment of the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS). They were translated into Persian. A group of psychiatrist specialists evaluate the content validity. Finally a group of 92 participants (45 men and 47 women), from the patient’s companion in Iran psychiatric hospital clinics, filled the questionnaires and the factor structure and internal consistency of them were assessed afterwards. Results The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient for SAST-R, SRS and selected questions of YRBSS was 0.878, 0.869 and 0.511 respectively. The factor analysis extracted 12 overlapping factors explaining 71.4 percent of the variances for SAST-R, 5 factors explaining 76.2 percent of the variances for SRS and 2 factors explaining 56.7 percent of the variances for selected YRBSS questions. Conclusion Persian version of SAST-R had high internal consistency with a complex factor structure. SRS also had high internal consistency with a well-defined factor structure, while selected YRBSS questions had a good factor structure with a moderate internal consistency. So these instruments can be used in studies with some concerns, but it is recommended to evaluate their construct validity and reliability as well.

The Game Performance Assessment Instrument (GPAI): Development and Preliminary Validation

1998 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith L. Oslin ◽  
Stephen A. Mitchell ◽  
Linda L. Griffin
Keyword(s):  
Performance Assessment ◽  
Reliable Method ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Preliminary Validation ◽  
Overall Performance ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Game Performance

The purpose of this article is to report on the development and validation of the Game Performance Assessment Instrument (GPAI). The GPAI is a multidimensional system designed to measure game performance behaviors that demonstrate tactical understanding, as well as the player’s ability to solve tactical problems by selecting and applying appropriate skills. The GPAI provides analyses of individual game performance components (e.g., decisions made, skill execution, and support) and/or overall performance (e.g., game involvement and game performance). The individual game performance components were developed and evaluated by experts to determine validity and reliability. The GPAI protocol was field tested across three categories of games: invasion (soccer and basketball), net/wall (volleyball), and field/run/score (softball). Validity and reliability were examined through three separate studies using middle school physical education specialists and their sixth-grade classes. Findings suggest that the GPAI provides a valid and reliable method for assessing game performance.

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