Three-Dimensional Anxiety Scale for Sport: Development and Validity Evidence Based on Content

Abstract This study aimed to develop and search for content validity evidences of an anxiety measure for athletes. An international literature review on the construct was carried out for the construction of 128 self-report items. The procedures of judge and semantic analysis were made after the elaboration of the instrument. The judges obtained 80.94% agreement and kappa indicated significant substantial agreement. By observing the kappa of each dimension, we conclude that the judges correctly identified the dimension of the items. However, the concordance in relation to the facets did not obtain the same indicators, a result that meets the studies of the three-dimensional model and may suggest the unsustainability of the facets. In the semantic analysis the participants indicated clarity regarding instructions and diagramming, with only three modified items. In general terms, the instrument presented favorable initial evidence of validity, and complementary studies are needed to gather evidence from other sources.

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Are narcissists resilient? Examining grandiose and vulnerable narcissism in the context of a three-dimensional model of resilience

Current Psychology ◽

10.1007/s12144-021-01577-y ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Michał Sękowski ◽

Łukasz Subramanian ◽

Magdalena Żemojtel-Piotrowska

Keyword(s):

Adaptive Capacity ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Stressful Events ◽

Self Report ◽

Three Dimensions ◽

Ecological Resilience ◽

Dimensional Model ◽

Three Dimensional Model ◽

Grandiose Narcissism ◽

Vulnerable Narcissism

AbstractIn this paper, we focused on the poorly understood and rarely researched relationship between resilience and narcissism, adopting the adjective-based measures of narcissism. We examine how levels of resilience are related to grandiose and vulnerable narcissism, based on a three-dimensional model of resilience (i.e., ecological resilience, engineering resilience, and adaptive capacity). Using self-report, cross-sectional data from a general Polish sample (N = 657), we found that grandiose narcissism was positively related to all three dimensions of resilience, while vulnerable narcissism was negatively related to them. Grandiose narcissism was most strongly associated with adaptive capacity where vulnerable narcissism was mostly strongly associated with engineering resilience. We discuss our findings in relation to the function of two forms of narcissism may yield different capacities for stress management and recovery after experiencing stressful events. Therefore, this research is focused on self-report and we look forward to expand our research by behavioral indices in the future.

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Scale of Family Unpredictability During Childhood: Validity Evidence

Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto) ◽

10.1590/1982-43272457201403 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 24 (57) ◽

pp. 11-20 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Anna Beatriz Carnielli Howat-Rodrigues ◽

Rosana Suemi Tokumaru

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Goodness Of Fit ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Purchasing Power ◽

Validity Evidence ◽

Dimensional Model ◽

Three Dimensional Model ◽

Brazilian Version ◽

Confirmatory Analysis ◽

Over 40 Years

The aim of this study was to examine evidence of validity for the Brazilian version of the Scale of Family Unpredictability during childhood. A total of 740 people participated in the study. The first sample was composed of 121 women over 40 years of age (Xage= 5.86), 157 adults in conflict with the law (148 men, Xage= 34.20), and 251 college students (122 men,Xage= 19.60). The second sample included 211 college students (90 men, Xage= 21.53). Exploratory and confirmatory analysis indicated that the three-dimensional model (nurturance, money, meals) presented a better goodness of fit, with satisfactory reliability indexes. A significant effect of all unpredictability factors on the purchasing power of the participants was found, confirming validity by contrasting groups of EIFI: people belonging to socioeconomic classes with lower purchasing power presented higher family unpredictability during childhood. We concluded that the three-dimensional EIFI is psychometrically adequate, allowing the differentiation of groups in the constructs evaluated.

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