scholarly journals A More Understanding about AIDS: Design and Assessment of Validity and Reliability of Several New Scales

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 249-256
Author(s):  
Ali Zakiei ◽  
Habibolah Khazaie ◽  
Saeid Komasi
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Risk Perception ◽  
Risk Behavior ◽  
Risky Behaviors ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
High Risk Behaviors ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Aids Risk ◽  
Good Internal Consistency ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

Introduction: Given the high cost of AIDS, research on high-risk behaviors associated with AIDS is an essential requirement today. Therefore, the present study aimed to construct and standardize tests associated with AIDS-related risky behaviors. Methods: To assess the validity of the questionnaires, the experts’ viewpoints from different domains were qualitatively and quantitatively included. Additionally, to assess the reliability of the questionnaires, a sample of 31 subjects was selected and then examined on two separate occasions in a fortnight's time. Then, the validity and reliability of the instruments were assessed in a sample of 475 subjects. Results: The results of exploratory factor analysis showed that for AIDS health literacy and AIDS risk perception questionnaires two factors are extractable; while for the questionnaires of selfefficacy in controlling risk behavior and controlling risk behavior associated with AIDS one factor is extractable. Finally, 14 items were approved for each of the AIDS health literacy and self-efficacy in controlling risk behavior questionnaires; while 13 items were approved for each of the controlling risk behavior associated with AIDS and AIDS risk perception questionnaires. Each of the four questionnaires had a good internal consistency (Cronbach's Alpha > 0.70). Interclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) amounts related to the test-retest reliability were greater than 0.80, which indicates the reliability of the instruments. Conclusion: According to the results of the present study, it was concluded that all four AIDSrelated questionnaires enjoyed acceptable validity and reliability.

Psychometric Properties of the Academic Encouragement Scale in Chinese University Students

2020 ◽  
pp. 073428292096682
Author(s):  
Hui Tang ◽  
Zhongkai Huo ◽  
Chaojie Liu ◽  
Zhijun Liu ◽  
Y. Joel Wong
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Academic Context ◽  
Structure Reliability ◽  
Chinese University ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Good Internal Consistency ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

This study tested the factor structure, reliability, and criterion validity of the Academic Encouragement Scale (AES) in 690 university students in China. The AES displayed good internal consistency and test–retest reliability. The data provided evidence supporting a two-factor structure: challenge focused encouragement (CFE) and potential focused encouragement (PFE). The two factors were independent predictors of academic engagement. Hope was positively linked with PFE but not with CFE. By contrast, gratitude was positively correlated with CFE but not with PFE. The findings provide preliminary evidence to support the validity and reliability of the AES in an academic context in China.

scholarly journals A New Measure for Assessing the Intensity of Addiction Memory in Illicit Drug Users: The Addiction Memory Intensity Scale

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 467 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jia-yan Chen ◽  
Jie-pin Cao ◽  
Yun-cui Wang ◽  
Shuai-qi Li ◽  
Zeng-zhen Wang
Keyword(s):  
Drug Users ◽  
Illicit Drug ◽  
Item Analysis ◽  
Intensity Scale ◽  
Illicit Drug Users ◽  
Sample Data ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Good Internal Consistency ◽  
Promising Treatment ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

Disrupting the process of memory reconsolidation could be a promising treatment for addiction. However, its application may be constrained by the intensity of addiction memory. This study aimed to develop and initially validate a new measure, the Addiction Memory Intensity Scale (AMIS), for assessing the intensity of addiction memory in illicit drug users. Two studies were conducted in China for item analysis (n = 345) and initial validation (n = 1550) of the AMIS. The nine-item AMIS was found to have two factors (labelled Visual Clarity and Other Sensory Intensity), which accounted for 64.11% of the total variance. The two-factor structure provided a reasonable fit for sample data and was invariant across groups of different genders and different primary drugs of use. Significant correlations were found between scores on the AMIS and the measures of craving. The AMIS and its factors showed good internal consistency (Cronbach’s α: 0.72–0.89) and test-retest reliability (r: 0.72–0.80). These results suggest that the AMIS, which demonstrates an advantage as it is brief and easy to administer, is a reliable and valid tool for measuring the intensity of addiction memory in illicit drug users, and has the potential to be useful in future clinical research.

Validation of the Body Checking Questionnaire (BCQ) in an Eating Disorders Population

2006 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simona Calugi ◽  
Riccardo Dalle Grave ◽  
Marta Ghisi ◽  
Ezio Sanavio
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
The Body ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Good Test ◽  
Body Checking ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Good Internal Consistency ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
Cross National

The aim of this study was to validate the Body Checking Questionnaire (BCQ) in an eating disorder population, using students in psychology as control. Five hundred and seventy-three females (422 controls and 151 eating disorders patients, mean age 24.1 ± 5.9 years) completed the BCQ and measures of eating disorders psychopathology. Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed that the BCQ measures the global construct of body checking with three correlated subfactors. The BCQ has good test-retest reliability (0.90), and the subfactors had good internal consistency (0.90, 0.92, and 0.84). The BCQ correlates with other body image and eating disorders measures, indicating that the BCQ measure has good concurrent validity. Finally, the BCQ reliably distinguishes eating disorders patients from controls, as well as “dieters” from “non-dieters.” The study provides support for factor structure, validity and reliability of the BCQ on eating disorders population and supports the use of this questionnaire in cross-national studies.

scholarly journals Questionnaire for Assessing Preschoolers’ Organizational Abilities in Their Natural Environments: Development and Establishment of Validity and Reliability

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Gila Tubul-Lavy ◽  
Nirit Lifshitz
Keyword(s):  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
Intervention Programs ◽  
Natural Environments ◽  
Typically Developing ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Good Internal Consistency ◽  
Teachers And Parents

Despite the consensus in the literature regarding the importance of organizational abilities in performing daily tasks, currently there is no assessment that focuses exclusively on such abilities among young children. The study aims to develop a Questionnaire for Assessing Preschoolers’ Organizational Abilities (QAPOA), Parents’ and Teachers’ versions, and to examine their reliability and validity. QAPOA was distributed to preschool teachers and parents of 215 typically developing 4–5.6-year-old children. The teachers’ and parents’ versions demonstrated good internal consistency. Factor analysis performed to examine the tool’s content validity yielded two factors: motor-based and language-based OA. Furthermore, both versions of the questionnaire demonstrated significant differences between OA among boys and girls. Concurrent validity was demonstrated between the QAPOA total scores and the equivalent subscale of the BRIEF-P. Given these findings, different cut-off scores were established for identifying boys and girls with either motor-based and/or language-based OA. The results indicate that both the teachers’ and parents’ versions of the QAPOA are reliable and valid measures of children’s organizational abilities. The questionnaires can assess and identify risk for organizational disabilities as early as preschool age. Thus, it can contribute to the planning of appropriate intervention programs and the prevention of difficulties in the future.

scholarly journals Adaptation of General Belongingness Scale into Turkish for Adolescents: Validity and Reliability Studies

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehmet Ali Yıldız
Keyword(s):  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Original Form ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Scale Test ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

The current research aims to adapt the General Belongingness Scale (GBS), developed by Malone, Pillow, and Osman (2012), into Turkish for adolescents and to conduct the validity and reliability studies for it. Ages of the participants, a total of 567 adolescents including 274 males (48.3%) and 293 females (51.7%) ranged between 14 and 18 (average age= 15.76). For the construct validity of GBS, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted. Factor analyses results indicated that the scale included two factors as it is in the original form. Factor loadings of the items varied between .55 and .84. To provide validity of the GBS, Pearson Correlation Coefficents between belongingness and loneliness (r= -.64), life satisfaction (r= .36), attachment to parents (varied between r= .21 and r= .39) and attachment to peers (r= .33 and r= .39) were computed and they were all significant. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient calculated for the scale reliability was .76 for acceptance/inclusion sub-dimension, .85 for rejection/exclusion and .81 for overall scale. Test-retest reliability of the GBS was run with 97 students, and it was found as .80. The research findings indicated that the GBS was a valid and reliable instrument to assess general belongingness for Turkish adolescents.

scholarly journals Portuguese validation of the credibility/expectancy questionnaire in routine practice

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Silva ◽  
Eunice Barbosa ◽  
João Salgado ◽  
Carla Cunha
Keyword(s):  
Therapeutic Alliance ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Routine Practice ◽  
Portuguese Population ◽  
Consistency Test ◽  
General Mental Health ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Good Internal Consistency ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

This study aimed to validate and explore the psychometric properties of the credibility/expectancy questionnaire (CEQ) for the Portuguese population in the context of routine practice. The sample includes 87 clients from a university psychotherapy clinic. All clients completed self-report measures to assess credibility and expectation (CEQ), as well as measures of general mental health, depressive symptoms and therapeutic alliance in session 1 and session 2. The exploratory analysis revealed the existence of two factors in CEQ for the Portuguese population, factor 1 credibility and factor 2 expectation. The measure demonstrated good internal consistency, test-retest reliability and good adjustment in the confirmatory analysis. In terms of convergent validity, no significant correlation was found between credibility and expectation and the therapeutic alliance. The results corroborate the CEQ psychometric qualities for the Portuguese population, also showing its applicability in a context of routine practice.

scholarly journals Validity and reliability of the Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale in the Turkish population

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
FUNDA ÇETİNKAYA ◽  
ESİN KAVURAN ◽  
KEVSER SEVGİ ÜNAL ASLAN
Keyword(s):  
Elective Surgery ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Turkish Population ◽  
Preoperative Anxiety ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Information Scale ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
Turkish Patients ◽  
Reliable Scale

Background/aim: This study aimed to adapt the Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale (APAIS) to measure the preoperative anxiety of adult Turkish patients undergoing surgery. Materials and methods: The sample of this methodological study included 210 patients. Data were collected by using personal information forms, the APAIS, and the State Anxiety Scale (STAI). Cronbach’s ɑ-coefficient was calculated, and test–retest reliability was tested. Results: Cronbach’s ɑ-coefficients of the APAIS anxiety and information requirement subscales were 0.897 and 0.786, respectively. The mean test and retest scores of the APAIS were not different. The test and retest scores of the patients were significantly, positively, and strongly related. The APAIS and STAI-I were correlated. Factorial analysis revealed that two factors accounted for 81.435% of the total variance with an eigenvalue of >1. These results showed that the Turkish version of the APAIS is a valid and reliable scale. Conclusion: The Turkish translation of the APAIS is valid and can be reliably used to determine the preoperative anxiety experienced by patients who are undergoing elective surgery. Key words: Patients, preoperative anxiety, reliability, validity

Validity and Reliability of Two Brief Scales of Educational Attitudes

1976 ◽  
Vol 42 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1331-1334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph C. Bledsoe
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
Factorial Validity ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
School Practices ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
Item Scale ◽  
High Test

Two brief scales of 10 items each were taken from Kerlinger's Education Scale VII, a 30-item scale with considerable empirical evidence of validity. Each brief scale has five items measuring each of two factors: A (Progressive) and B (Traditional) attitudes toward education. Factorial validity and moderate internal consistency reliability were shown for both scales. Form I was shown to have high test-retest reliability and concurrent validity with measures of attitudes toward innovative school practices. Potential uses of the scales were discussed.

Psychometric Properties of a Modified Version of the Treatment Evaluation Inventory for Assessing the Acceptability of Treatments for Geriatric Depression

1998 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 414-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippe Landreville ◽  
Anne Guérette
Keyword(s):  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Elderly Person ◽  
Antidepressant Medication ◽  
Treatment Evaluation ◽  
Geriatric Depression ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Good Internal Consistency ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
Cognitive Bibliotherapy ◽  
Evaluation Inventory

ABSTRACTPregraduate students (N = 144) used a modified version of the Treatment Evaluation Inventory (TEI; Kazdin, 1980a) to rate the acceptability of one of three treatments for depression (cognitive therapy, cognitive bibliotherapy, and antidepressant medication) for one of three cases of a depressed elderly person (mild, moderate or severe symptoms). Factorial analysis of the modified version of the TEI revealed two factors (treatment acceptability and negative aspects) which accounted for 72.8 per cent of the total variance. The modified TEI was shown to possess good concurrent validity as well as good internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Subjects rated all treatments as equally acceptable, and treatments were judged more acceptable for mild to moderate symptoms.

The Measure of Quality of the Environments’ Turkish Validity and Reliability

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 239-246
Author(s):  
Gokcen Akyurek ◽  
Gonca Bumin
Keyword(s):  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Good Internal Consistency ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Turkish Language

The aim of this study was to translate the Measure of Quality of the Environment–Short Form (MQE-SF) into Turkish language and to evaluate the validity and reliability. The MQE-SF was culturally adapted via an internationally suggested method. A total of 185 volunteers with disabilities (age range = 18-55 y/o, 107 males; 78 females) from the Disabled People Association of Turkey completed the MQE-SF. To evaluate the MQE-SF’s criterion/concurrent validity, the Craig Hospital Inventory of Environmental Factors (CHIEF) was also administered. Test–retest reliability was evaluated by administering MQE-SF to 85 participants a second time within 14 days of initial administration. The alpha coefficient measuring the internal consistency of the questionnaire were .84 and .83. The criterion-related validity was moderate between the MQE-SF Barriers and the CHIEF ( r = –.46, p < .05). The questionnaire was moderately reliable in terms of the test–retest reliability ( r = .69, .70 p < .05). The Turkish adaptation of the MQE-SF had good internal consistency and moderate criterion-related validity as well as test–retest reliability for people with disabilities.

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