Study of the measurement properties of the Portuguese Version of the Well-Being Questionnaire12 (W-BQ12) in women with pregnancy loss

The assessment of well-being can be an important parameter in monitoring the process of mourning. In this study we sought to assess the applicability of the W-BQ12 - Well-Being Questionnaire - in a sample consisting of 74 women between four and six weeks following their respective pregnancy losses, analyzing its measurement capabilities. As proposed by the author, the analysis of the scale's primary components and the discriminating convergent validity confirmed the dimensional structure of three subscales. The scale showed good reliability (global Cronbach's Alpha coefficient = 0.84), and, overall, the items showed a good correlation with the corresponding subscale. Generally speaking, the W-BQ12 showed good discriminative validity when correlated with the PBGS - Perinatal Bereavement Grief Scale. This tool, applied to this study, was found to be both reliable and valid for use by nurses in assessing the well-being of women who have experienced this type of loss.

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Validity and reliability of the Self-Care Activities Screening Scale (SASS-14) during COVID-19 lockdown

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes ◽

10.1186/s12955-020-01607-6 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Martín Martínez ◽

Elkin O. Luis ◽

Edwin Yair Oliveros ◽

Pablo Fernández-Berrocal ◽

Ainize Sarrionandia ◽

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Keyword(s):

General Population ◽

Perceived Stress ◽

Convergent Validity ◽

Self Care ◽

Internal Validity ◽

Well Being ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

Good Reliability ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽

Health Consciousness

Abstract Background In a context where there is no treatment for the current COVID-19 virus, the combination of self-care behaviours together with confinement, are strategies to decrease the risk of contagion and remain healthy. However, there are no self-care measures to screen self-care activities in general population and which, could be briefly in a lockdown situation. This research aims to build and validate a psychometric tool to screen self-care activities in general population. Methods Firstly, an exploratory factor analysis was performed in a sample of 226 participants to discover the underlying factorial structure and to reduce the number of items in the original tool into a significant pool of items related to self-care. Later a confirmatory factor analyses were performed in a new sample of 261 participants to test for the fit and goodness of factor solutions. Internal validity, reliability, and convergent validity between its score with perceived stress and psychological well-being measures were examined on this sample. Results The exploratory analyses suggested a four-factor solution, corresponding to health consciousness, nutrition and physical activity, sleep, and intra-personal and inter-personal coping skills (14 items). Then, the four-factor structure was confirmed as the best model fit for self-care activities. The tool demonstrated good reliability, predictive validity of individuals’ perception of coping with COVID-19 lockdown, and convergent validity with well-being and perceived stress. Conclusions This screening tool could be helpful to address future evaluations and interventions to promote healthy behaviours. Likewise, this tool can be targeted to specific population self-care’s needs during a scalable situation.

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The Youth Version of the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule: A Psychometric Validation

Behaviour Change ◽

10.1017/s0813483900003077 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 15 (3) ◽

pp. 187-193 ◽

Cited By ~ 39

Author(s):

Kay Wilson ◽

Eleonora Gullone ◽

Simon Moss

Keyword(s):

Negative Affect ◽

Convergent Validity ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Psychometric Validation ◽

Dimensional Structure ◽

Positive And Negative Affect ◽

Divergent Validity ◽

Good Reliability ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

High Internal Consistency

This study investigated the psychometric properties of the revised Positive and Negative Affect Schedule for Children (PANAS-C; Joiner, Catanzaro & Laurent, 1996) in 228 nonclinical children and adolescents aged between 8 and 15 years. The results revealed that the PANAS-C possesses high internal consistency and encouraging convergent validity, as demonstrated by correlations with the theoretically related constructs of Neuroticism and Extraversion. Construct validity was supported through confirmatory factor analysis, which revealed a two dimensional structure comprising Negative and Positive Affect. Divergent validity was confirmed by the nonsignificant correlation between positive and negative affect. Thus, the PANAS-C was demonstrated to have good reliability and validity, subject to minor changes in item content.

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Psychometric Properties of the Outcome Rating Scale (ORS) in a Spanish Clinical Sample

The Spanish Journal of Psychology ◽

10.1017/sjp.2018.32 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 21 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Danilo Moggia ◽

Noelia Niño-Robles ◽

Scott D. Miller ◽

Guillem Feixas

Keyword(s):

Psychometric Properties ◽

Convergent Validity ◽

Rating Scale ◽

Clinical Sample ◽

Well Being ◽

Rank Test ◽

Good Reliability ◽

Signed Rank ◽

Signed Rank Test ◽

Outcome Rating Scale

AbstractThe Outcome Rating Scale (ORS) is an ultra-brief measure of well-being designed to track outcome in psychotherapy. This research studied the psychometric properties of the ORS in a Spanish clinical sample. One-hundred and sixty-five adult participants from different primary care centers of the city of Barcelona were recruited. The psychometric properties of the ORS in the sample were explored and described, comparing them to the properties of other instruments already validated in Spain. Our results showed good reliability (α = .91 [.88, .93]; α = .96; test re-test correlations from .61 to .84), good validity (convergent validity correlations with distress and symptoms measures from –.32 to –.76), and good sensitivity to change (pre-post comparison through Wilcoxon signed-rank test, Mdnpre = 31.0, Mdnpost = 19.6, z = –7.38, p < .05, r = .42). These results are consistent with previous findings in other countries. We conclude suggesting that the instrument can be applied to monitor outcome in psychotherapy and to test the effectiveness of treatments imparted with Spanish speaking clients. However, further research with the ORS in Spanish could provide more evidence of its psychometric properties.

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The Development and Validation Of The Islamic Gratitude Scale (IGS-10)

Psikis Jurnal Psikologi Islami ◽

10.19109/psikis.v7i2.7872 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 120-142

Author(s):

Ahmad Rusdi ◽

Sakinah Sakinah ◽

Putri Nilam Bachry ◽

Novia Anindhita ◽

Muflihah Azahra Iska Hasibuan

Keyword(s):

Convergent Validity ◽

Satisfaction With Life ◽

Short Form ◽

Well Being ◽

Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽

Subjective Well Being ◽

Good Reliability ◽

Two Factors ◽

Life Scale ◽

Body Self

There were not many adequate instruments to measure gratitude for the Indonesian people, especially the Muslim community. The purpose of this study is to develop the Islamic Gratitude Scale (IGS-10) by conducted an adequate set of tests. A total of 1218 respondents from students and workers participated on this study. This study found that the Islamic Gratitude Scale (IGS-10) has a good reliability (α= 0.863), good content validity and good factorial validity. The exploratory factor analysis found that IGS-10 has two factors, extrinsic gratitude (α= 0.845) and intrinsic gratitude (α= 0.761). Several sets of correlation tests found that IGS-10 has a good convergent validity, IGS-10 correlates with the Gratitude Questionerre (GQ-6), Gratitude Resentment and Appreciation Scale - Short Form (GRAT-SF), and gratitude toward God. Furthermore, IGS-10 correlated with Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS), Positive Affect and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), Multidimensional Body Self Relations Questionnaire - Appearance Scale (MBSRQ - US), and subjective well-being. This finding indicated that IGS-10 has a good cirterion-related validity. But unfortunately, IGS-10 did not correlate with Adolescents’ Self-concept Short Scale (ASCSS), optimism scale (LOT-R) and The Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS). IGS-10 was associated with Social Desirability Scale (SDS) with low correlation. To develop this scale the next process that can be done is norming, so that the IGS-10 will become a scale that can be used widely and more convincingly.

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Religious and Spiritual Struggles Brief Inventory: Initial Validation and Psychometric Study

Interacciones Revista de Avances en Psicología ◽

10.24016/2020.v7.188 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Juan Aníbal González-Rivera ◽

Yazmín Álvarez-Alatorre

Keyword(s):

Puerto Rico ◽

Convergent Validity ◽

Well Being ◽

Dimensional Structure ◽

Good Discrimination ◽

Initial Validation ◽

New Instrument ◽

Spiritual Struggles ◽

New Research ◽

Health And Well Being

Background: Religious and spiritual struggles are psychological conflicts associated with a relationship with divinity or religious organizations' particular practices and teachings. These struggles can affect health and well-being, causing emotional distress and pain. Objective: The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a brief measure that examines religious and spiritual struggles (R/E) from the theoretical framework of Exline. Method: This research had an instrumental design. An availability sampling composed of 312 participants residing in Puerto Rico was used. Results: The psychometric analysis confirmed that the scale has a four-dimensional structure (divine struggles, interpersonal struggles, evil struggles, intrapersonal struggles), solid reliability, construct validity, and convergent validity. The 14 items met good discrimination values. Conclusions: These results suggest that the instrument can measure four types of R/E struggles in Puerto Rican adults. Furthermore, this new instrument will allow the advancement of new research on R/E struggles in Puerto Rico and Latin America.

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Validity and reliability of the Self-Care Activities Screening Scale (SASS-14) during COVID-19 lockdown

10.21203/rs.3.rs-42014/v2 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Martín Martinez ◽

Elkin Luis ◽

Edwin Yair Oliveros ◽

Pablo Fernández-Berrocal ◽

Ainize Sarrionandia ◽

...

Keyword(s):

General Population ◽

Perceived Stress ◽

Convergent Validity ◽

Self Care ◽

Internal Validity ◽

Well Being ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

Good Reliability ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽

Health Consciousness

Abstract Background. In a context where there is no treatment for the current COVID-19 virus, the combination of self-care behaviours together with confinement, are strategies to decrease the risk of contagion and remain healthy. However, there are no self-care measures to screen self-care activities in general population and which, could be briefly in a lockdown situation. This research aims to build and validate a psychometric tool to screen self-care activities in general population. Methods. Firstly, an exploratory factor analysis was performed in a sample of 226 participants to discover the underlying factorial structure and to reduce the number of items in the original tool into a significant pool of items related to self-care. Later a confirmatory factor analyses were performed in a new sample of 261 participants to test for the fit and goodness of factor solutions. Internal validity, reliability, criterion validity, and convergent validity between its score with perceived stress and psychological well-being measures were examined on this sample. Results. The exploratory analyses suggested a four-factor solution, corresponding to health consciousness, nutrition and physical activity, sleep, and intra-personal and inter-personal coping skills (14 items). Then, the four-factor structure was confirmed as the best model fit for self-care activities. The tool demonstrated good reliability, predictive validity of individuals’ perception of coping with COVID-19 lockdown, and convergent validity with well-being and perceived stress.Conclusions. This screening tool could be helpful to address future evaluations and interventions to promote healthy behaviours. Likewise, this tool can be targeted to specific population self-care’s needs during a scalable situation.

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Validity and reliability of the Self-Care Activities Screening Scale (SASS-14) during COVID-19 lockdown

10.21203/rs.3.rs-42014/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Martín Martinez ◽

Elkin Luis ◽

Edwin Yair Oliveros ◽

Pablo Fernández-Berrocal ◽

Ainize Sarrionandia Peña ◽

...

Keyword(s):

General Population ◽

Perceived Stress ◽

Convergent Validity ◽

Self Care ◽

Internal Validity ◽

Well Being ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

Good Reliability ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽

Health Consciousness

Abstract Background. In a context where there is no treatment for the current COVID-19 virus, the combination of self-care behaviours together with confinement, are strategies to decrease the risk of contagion and remain healthy. However, there are no self-care measures to screen self-care activities in general population and which, could be briefly in a lockdown situation. This research covers two studies aimed to build and validate a psychometric tool to screen self-care activities in general population. Methods. In Study 1, an exploratory factor analysis was performed in a sample of 226 participants to discover the underlying factorial structure and to reduce the number of items in the original tool into a significant pool of items related to self-care. In Study 2, confirmatory factor analyses were performed in a new sample of 261 participants to test for the fit and goodness of factor solutions. Internal validity, reliability, criterion validity, and convergent validity between its score with perceived stress and psychological well-being measures were examined on this sample. Results. In Study 1, exploratory analyses suggested a four-factor solution, corresponding to health consciousness, nutrition and physical activity, sleep, and intra-personal and inter-personal coping skills (14 items). In Study 2, the four-factor structure was confirmed as the best model fit for self-care activities. The tool demonstrated good reliability, predictive validity of individuals’ perception of coping with COVID-19 lockdown, and convergent validity with well-being and perceived stress measures. Conclusions. This screening tool could be helpful to address future evaluations and interventions to promote healthy behaviours. Likewise, this tool can be targeted to specific population self-care’s needs during a scalable situation.

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Positive Aspects of Caregiving Questionnaire

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology ◽

10.1177/0891988716686831 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 30 (2) ◽

pp. 77-83 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Ibrahim Abdollahpour ◽

Saharnaz Nedjat ◽

Maryam Noroozian ◽

Yahya Salimi ◽

Reza Majdzadeh

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Caregiver Burden ◽

Convergent Validity ◽

Intraclass Correlation ◽

Well Being ◽

Divergent Validity ◽

Good Reliability ◽

Self Rated Health ◽

Validity Indices ◽

Positive Aspects Of Caregiving

Objective: The potential role of positive aspects of caregiving in enhancing caregivers’ health is an important issue. The aim of this study was to develop and validate Positive Aspects of Caregiving Questionnaire (PACQ) in caregivers of patients with dementia in Iran. Methods: Content validation process was used to content valid development. Cronbach α and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) were calculated as reliability indices. We used exploratory factor analysis to extract potential latent factors and evaluate the factor structure of PACQ. We assess correlation between PACQ and caregiver burden for divergent validity. For convergent validity, correlation between PACQ and self-rated health was specified. Results: Content validity indices (CVIs), internal consistency, and test–retest reliability were CVI > 0.80, α = 0.785, and ICC = 0.905, respectively. Moreover, item–total correlations confirmed good reliability of PACQ. Two factors were identified by factor analysis in this 10-item measure: patient and caregiver relationship and caregiver’s psychological well-being. Divergent validity and convergent validity were established by high negative correlation between positive aspect of caregiving (PAC) and caregiver burden along with significant positive correlation between PAC and self-rated health, respectively. While Cronbach α for the entire scale was 0.785, Cronbach αs for both of the scale components were 0.71. Conclusion: The PACQ demonstrated acceptable psychometric properties of reliability and performs well in preliminary tests of validity as a measure of positive aspects of caregiving. This measure can be used to determine the outcome of interventional programs on positive, not only negative, aspect of caregiving.

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General Health Questionnaire-12 items: adaptation study to the Portuguese population

Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale ◽

10.1017/s1121189x00002840 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

pp. 148-151 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Carlos António Laranjeira

Keyword(s):

Principal Component Analysis ◽

Factor Structure ◽

Convergent Validity ◽

Principal Component ◽

Well Being ◽

Component Analysis ◽

Test Reliability ◽

Alpha Coefficient ◽

Cronbach’S Alpha ◽

Cronbach's Alpha

SummaryAims – To assess the validity and reliability of the GHQ-12 in Portugal. Methods – Using a standard ‘forwardbackward’ translation procedure, the English language version of the questionnaire was translated into Portuguese. To test reliability the internal consistency was assessed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Validity was performed using convergent validity. Finally, the factor structure of the questionnaire was extracted by performing principal component analysis using varimax rotation. Results – In all 790 undergraduates entered into the study. Reliability analysis showed satisfactory result (Cronbach's alpha coefficient = 0.91). Convergent validity indicated a significant negative correlation between the GHQ-12 and social support scores as expected (r = -0.54, P < 0.001). The principal component analysis showed that the GHQ-12 was a measure with two-factor structure. Conclusion – The Portuguese version of the GHQ-12 has a good structural characteristic for measuring psychological well being.Declaration of Interest: None.

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CODEM Instrument

GeroPsych ◽

10.1024/1662-9647/a000100 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 27 (1) ◽

pp. 23-31 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Anne Kuemmel (This author contributed eq ◽

Julia Haberstroh (This author contributed ◽

Johannes Pantel

Keyword(s):

Convergent Validity ◽

Interrater Reliability ◽

Discriminant Validity ◽

Assessment Tool ◽

Intraclass Correlation ◽

Well Being ◽

Communication Behavior ◽

People With Dementia ◽

Pearson's R ◽

Pearson’S R

Communication and communication behaviors in situational contexts are essential conditions for well-being and quality of life in people with dementia. Measuring methods, however, are limited. The CODEM instrument, a standardized observational communication behavior assessment tool, was developed and evaluated on the basis of the current state of research in dementia care and social-communicative behavior. Initially, interrater reliability was examined by means of videoratings (N = 10 people with dementia). Thereupon, six caregivers in six German nursing homes observed 69 residents suffering from dementia and used CODEM to rate their communication behavior. The interrater reliability of CODEM was excellent (mean κ = .79; intraclass correlation = .91). Statistical analysis indicated that CODEM had excellent internal consistency (Cronbach’s α = .95). CODEM also showed excellent convergent validity (Pearson’s R = .88) as well as discriminant validity (Pearson’s R = .63). Confirmatory factor analysis verified the two-factor solution of verbal/content aspects and nonverbal/relationship aspects. With regard to the severity of the disease, the content and relational aspects of communication exhibited different trends. CODEM proved to be a reliable, valid, and sensitive assessment tool for examining communication behavior in the field of dementia. CODEM also provides researchers a feasible examination tool for measuring effects of psychosocial intervention studies that strive to improve communication behavior and well-being in dementia.

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