Translation and Validation of a Persian Version of the Mindfulness in Parenting Questionnaire: P-MIPQ

Background and Objective: parenting is an important issue in the growth process of children that affects their health. A new approach in parenting styles is mindful parenting. mindfulness in parenting means taking care of the children with no judgmental approach and having an open welcoming attitude toward children’s actions in the very moment parents and offspring(s) are living in. This study aimed to localize the MIPQ questionnaire into Persian language through translation and validation in order to create a useful valid measure for assessing mindfulness in parenting in Iran. Methods and materials: the MIPQ- original version- was translated through forward-backward translation into Persian, and then was pilot-tested on mothers of children aged 7-12 after confirming the validity of the measure using CVR-CVI method. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to ensure the item-development validity of the measure. To evaluate the factor structure of data, AMOSE (version 24) software was used. In order to assess the reliability of translated version 15 mothers included in the first phase of the study. They filled out the MIPQ questionnaire, and also they filled out simultaneously “parenting scale” by Arnold and O’leary -1993 and MMAS by Brown and Ryan-2003. After having the measure confirmed regarding validity and reliability, it was distributed among 400 mothers of which 306 returned the questionnaire fully administered. Results: Confirmatory factor analysis assessed and it indicated that the two-factor model in the original measure was of a good fit. The total score of the questionnaire and the scores of the two domains (‘Mindfulness’ and ‘Being in the moment with the child’) were correlated significantly positive with the total score of the MAAS and PS. The CVR-CVI of the questionnaire was also confirmed. Conclusion: regarding psychometrics of the measure, according results of our study, it seems that the questionnaire benefits from a highly standard structure and content as well. As one could notice, this study is the second effort for translation and validation of MIPQ which in both the measure could meet the criteria’s requirements. Therefore, it seems that the measure could be a useful standard questionnaire for evaluating mindfulness in parenting. More research is needed to evaluate the effectiveness of the measure (P-MIPQ) in different kind of people.

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Indonesian Version of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale: Validity and Reliability

Borneo Epidemiology Journal ◽

10.51200/bej.v1i2.2755 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 124-135

Author(s):

Mohd Amiruddin Mohd Kassim ◽

Friska Ayu ◽

Assis Kamu ◽

Nicholas Tze Ping Pang ◽

Chong Mun Ho ◽

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Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽

Rasch Analysis ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

Internal Reliability ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Stress Components ◽

Translation And Validation ◽

Bahasa Indonesia

Background and Objective: The Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) is a seven-item uni-dimensional scale assessing the severity of COVID-19 concerns. A translation and validation of the FCV-19S in Bahasa Indonesia language was expedited in view of the worrying trends of COVID-19 in Indonesia as well as its psychological squeal. Methods: Formal WHO forward and backward translation sequences were applied in translating the English FCV-19S into Bahasa Indonesia. Indonesian university participants were recruited via convenience sampling online using snowball methods. The reliability and validity of the Indonesian FCV-19S was psychometrically evaluated by applying confirmatory factor analysis and Rasch analysis in relation to sociodemographic variables and response to the depression, anxiety, and stress components of the Indonesian version of DASS-21. The sample consisted of 434 Indonesian participants. Results: The Cronbach α value for the Indonesia FCV-19-I was 0.819 indicated very good internal reliability. The results of the confirmatory factor analysis showed that the uni-dimensional factor structure of the FCV19S fitted well with the data. The FCV-19-I was significantly correlated with anxiety (r= 0.705, p< 0.001) subscales of DASS-21. The FCV-19-I’s properties tested using Rasch analysis were also satisfactory, although three items in FCV-19-I were not able to be tested. Conclusion: Hence, the Indonesian FCV-19-I is valid and reliable, with robust psychometric properties from classical and modern psychometric methods. It can be a valuable and useful tool in identifying and responding to psychological distress caused by COVID-19.

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The validity and reliability of Persian version of smartphone addiction questionnaire in Iran

Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and Policy ◽

10.1186/s13011-021-00407-5 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Zahra Shaahmadi ◽

Touraj Ahmadi Jouybari ◽

Bahare Lotfi ◽

Abbas Aghaei ◽

Reza Ghanei Gheshlagh

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽

Content Validity ◽

Face Validity ◽

Smartphone Addiction ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

Persian Version ◽

Persian Language ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Iranian Version

Abstract Background Smartphone addiction is one of the most important forms of technology addiction that has attracted the attention of all countries around the world. Many studies have been conducted in Iran on cellphone addiction among different groups. There is a necessity to have a native scale for measuring smartphone addiction in particular. Therefore, this study aimed to localize the smartphone addiction questionnaire in Iran (in the Persian language). Methods To assess the validity and reliability of the Persian version of the smartphone addiction scale (SAS), the questionnaire was first provided based on the standard back-translation method. Next, content validity ratio (CVR), content validity index (CVI), and face validity was evaluated for translated questionnaire. After making the necessary changes, the questionnaire was given to the community samples and was then reviewed using confirmatory factor analysis of questions grouping. Finally, the reliability of the questionnaire was investigated by the test-retest method. Results The CVR and CVI values of all questions were within the acceptable range. Only some of the questions in the original SAS version titled Twitter and Facebook were changed to Instagram and telegram according to experts. Internal consistency and concurrent validity of the questionnaire were confirmed by Cronbach’s alpha of 0.951. The mean correlation coefficient between the responses of the subjects, who received the questionnaire twice, was 0.946 (0.938–0.954). The grouping of questions in the subscales was changed from the original SAS version because the fitting indexes, obtained from the confirmatory factor analysis test (for example CMIN/DF greater than 5 units and RMSEA of approximately 0.07), were not acceptable. Conclusion The results showed that the Iranian version of the cellphone addiction questionnaire can be used as a valid, with minimal modification, tool for determining the level of smartphone addiction among Persian speakers.

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Development of Teacher Academic Optimism Scale: The validity and reliability study

Pegem Eğitim ve Öğretim Dergisi ◽

10.14527/10.14527/pegegog.2018.004 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 69-90

Author(s):

Yusuf Ergen ◽

Cevat Elma

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽

Factor Model ◽

Five Factor Model ◽

Academic Optimism ◽

Face Validity ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

Expert Opinions ◽

Explanatory Factor Analysis ◽

Confirmatory Factor

The study aims to develop a valid and reliable academic optimism scale that can be used to determine teachers’ academic optimism levels. The study was conducted through a total number of 404 primary school teachers who worked in the central districts of Malatya Province during 2014-2015 academic year. The content validity and face validity of the scale were determined via expert recommendations. An explanatory factor analysis and a confirmatory factor analysis were conducted to determine the construct validity of the scale. After the expert opinions, 80 items reduced to 64 and the data was collected by the use of these 64 items. An exploratory factor analysis revealed 5 factors reducing 64 items in to 33 and explaining 58.56% of the total variation in the data. The five-factor model obtained through an explanatory factor analysis after removal of one item as a result of the confirmatory factor analysis was observed to be highly consistent. Different from previous related research, the result showed that a new dimension as “Maneger Trust” emerged as a part of “Teacher Academic Optimism Scale”. And finally this scale could be used as a valid and reliable instrument in the future studies.

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Development of Teacher Academic Optimism Scale: The validity and reliability study

Pegem Eğitim ve Öğretim Dergisi ◽

10.14527/pegegog.2018.004 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 69-90

Author(s):

Yusuf Ergen ◽

Cevat Elma

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽

Factor Model ◽

Five Factor Model ◽

Academic Optimism ◽

Face Validity ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

Expert Opinions ◽

Explanatory Factor Analysis ◽

Confirmatory Factor

The study aims to develop a valid and reliable academic optimism scale that can be used to determine teachers' academic optimism levels. The study was conducted through a total number of 404 primary school teachers who worked in the central districts of Malatya Province during 2014-2015 academic year. The content validity and face validity of the scale were determined via expert recommendations. An explanatory factor analysis and a confirmatory factor analysis were conducted to determine the construct validity of the scale. After the expert opinions, 80 items reduced to 64 and the data was collected by the use of these 64 items. An exploratory factor analysis revealed 5 factors reducing 64 items in to 33 and explaining 58.56% of the total variation in the data. The five-factor model obtained through an explanatory factor analysis after removal of one item as a result of the confirmatory factor analysis was observed to be highly consistent. Different from previous related research, the result showed that a new dimension as "Maneger Trust" emerged as a part of "Teacher Academic Optimism Scale". And finally this scale could be used as a valid and reliable instrument in the future studies.

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Validating the Nurses' Perceptions of Electronic Documentation Scale in a Cross-Sectional Sample of Registered Nurses in Australia: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis

Journal of Nursing Measurement ◽

10.1891/jnm-d-20-00007 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 29 (1) ◽

pp. 6-20 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Vanessa Brunelli ◽

Elizabeth C. Schenk ◽

Ekaterina Burduli

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽

Registered Nurses ◽

Factor Model ◽

Tertiary Hospital ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

Electronic Documentation ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Nurses Perceptions

Background and purposeThe Nurses' Perceptions of Electronic Documentation (NPED) scale assesses nurses' perceptions, attitudes, and use of electronic documentation in acute care settings. However, confirmatory factor analysis of the scale had not been conducted. This article describes a confirmatory factor analysis of the NPED scale.MethodsAn 11-item survey was implemented in a cross-sectional sample of 202 registered nurses in a large tertiary hospital in Australia. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to assess validity and reliability was determined by Cronbach's α coefficients.ResultsConfirmatory factor analysis generated an excellent model-data fit for a two-factor model. All item-factor loadings were statistically significant and substantial.ConclusionsThe NPED scale is a robust instrument to measure nurses' perceptions of the utility of and concerns about the electronic medical record in practice.

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Confirmatory factor analysis of the portuguese Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/s0104-11692012000300022 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 20 (3) ◽

pp. 590-596 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

João Luís Alves Apóstolo ◽

Barry Allen Tanner ◽

Cynthia Lee Arfken

Keyword(s):

Primary Care ◽

Factor Analysis ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽

Negative Affect ◽

Factor Structure ◽

Factor Model ◽

Positive And Negative Affect ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Good Internal Consistency

To determine which of three published models best characterizes the factor structure of the Portuguese version of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21 and to assess its validity and reliability. Confirmatory factor analysis of Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 for 1,297 adult, primary care outpatients (66.7% female, Mage = 48.57 years) comparing 3 models. The relationship between the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21 and the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule was analyzed. The correlated 3-factor model fit the data best. The scale demonstrated good internal consistency, with alpha scores of the subscales ranging from 0.836 to 0.897. Correlation with the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule was positive and moderate with the negative affect scale; it was negative and limited with the positive affect. These findings support the correlated 3-factor structure. The test demonstrated adequate reliability and construct validity, which supports its use for screening in primary care settings with Portuguese speakers.

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The validation of Corona Anxiety Questionnaire in Iranian Population

10.21203/rs.3.rs-154443/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Morteza Mehraeen ◽

Mohammad Reza Heydari ◽

Hassan Joulaei ◽

Marjan Faghih

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽

Discriminant Validity ◽

Factor Model ◽

Kappa Statistic ◽

Iranian Population ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

Convergent And Discriminant Validity ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Anxiety Questionnaire

Abstract Background: Anxiety is an evolutionary mental status that alerts a person from possible dangers: inside or outside dangers. One of the external dangers that threaten global society these days is Corona's disease. It has reported since 2020 January in Iran and has killed more than 8000 people during 5 month. But someone are unaware of the importance and danger of Corona or they don't consider any reason to worry. The aim of this study was to design and standardize a special questionnaire for corona anxiety in the Iranian population. Because of it, with the help of 10 psychologists and psychiatrics found 8 scales and wrote 36 question. Questionnaire asked from 523 internet operators by porsline.ir all over Iran. Method: To assess the reliability, kappa statistic was calculated and for construct validity, exploratory factor analysis (EFA) with Varimax rotation and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were used. Convergent and discriminant validity was checked using Spearman correlation and for content validity index (CVR) was used. Result: Reliability for the most items was high. Questionnaire showed excellent convergent and discriminant validity except for social support subscale. The results of categorical confirmatory factor analysis supported the fit of the eight-factor model of the Corona Anxiety Scales-36. Furthermore, the average of CVR was higher than acceptance level (0.62). Conclusion: The findings showed that the corona anxiety questionnaire is a questionnaire with appropriate validity and reliability for use in anxiety related to the unknown corona disease.

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The Pandemic Coping Scale – Factorial Validity and Reliability of a Brief Measure of Coping During a Pandemic

10.21203/rs.3.rs-400361/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Annett Lotzin ◽

Ronja Ketelsen ◽

Sven Buth ◽

Linda Krause ◽

Ann-Kathrin Ozga ◽

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Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽

Goodness Of Fit ◽

Factor Model ◽

General Factor ◽

Factorial Validity ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

Factor Loadings ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Coping Scale

Abstract Background: This study aimed to assess the factorial validity and reliability of the Pandemic Coping Scale, a new brief measure of coping behavior in response to the stressors of a pandemic. Methods: The scale was administered to N = 2,316 German participants during the COVID-19 pandemic. An exploratory and a confirmatory factor analysis were applied among two random splits of the sample. The global goodness of fit (χ², RMSEA, SRMR, CFI, TLI), the local goodness of fit (factor loadings, communalities, factor reliability, discriminant validity), and test quality criteria (internal consistency, item discrimination, and difficulty) were evaluated for two models (Model 1: four-factor model; Model 2: four-factor model combined with a second-order general factor). Results: The exploratory factor analysis suggested a four-factor solution with factor loadings accounting for 44.6% of the total variance (Factor 1 ‘Healthy Lifestyle’, Factor 2 ‘Joyful Activities’, Factor 3 ‘Daily Structure’, Factor 4 ‘Prevention Adherence’). The confirmatory factor analysis showed a sufficient global fit for both specified models (Model 1: χ² (59, N =1172) = 366.97, p < .001, RMSEA = .067, SRMR = .043, CFI = .926, TLI = .902; Model 2: χ² (61, N = 1172) = 373.33, p < .001, RMSEA = .066, SRMR = .043, CFI = .925, TLI = .904). Model 1 and Model 2 did not significantly differ in their fit to the data (∆χ² (2, N = 1172) = 6.36, p = .042). Local goodness of fit indices were similar for both models and mostly showed moderate to large factor loadings, and good factor reliabilities except for ‘Prevention Adherence’. Conclusion: The Pandemic Coping Scale showed sufficient factorial validity for the four measured dimensions of coping and reliability for the scales except for ‘Prevention Adherence’ to assess coping during the current COVID-19 pandemic. The ‘Prevention Adherence’ subscale might be improved by adding items with higher item difficulties.

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The study of the reliability and validity of Lifespan Sibling Relationship Scale in young adultsYaşam Boyu Kardeş İlişkileri Ölçeğinin genç yetişkinlerde geçerlik ve güvenirlik çalışması

Journal of Human Sciences ◽

10.14687/jhs.v13i3.3971 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 5351 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Fatma Selda Öz Soysal ◽

İrfan Yurdabakan ◽

Aslı Uz Baş ◽

Ferda Aysan

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Young Adults ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽

Factor Model ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Sibling Relationship ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Faculty Of Education ◽

Test Retest Reliability

The purpose of this study was to explore validity and reliability of the Lifespan Sibling Relationship Scale (LSRS) which was developed by Riggio (2000) in a sample of young adults. The research has been conducted on 510 (339 female, 171 male) university students who attended pedagogical formation training at Dokuz Eylül University and fourth grade students who attended various departments of Faculty of Education. The six factor structure of the LSRS was tested by means of confirmatory factor analysis method. The findings indicated that the six-factor model is supported by using the confirmatory factor analysis. The reliability of LSRS was examined with test-retest reliability and internal consistency methods. Results showed that the scale can be used for measuring sibling relationships in young adults. ÖzetBu araştırmanın amacı Riggio (2000) tarafından geliştirilen Yaşam Boyu Kardeş İlişkileri Ölçeği’nin (YBKİÖ) genç yetişkinlerden oluşan bir örneklemde geçerlik ve güvenirlik çalışmasını yapmaktır. Araştırma, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi’nde pedagojik formasyon eğitimi alan ve Eğitim Fakültesi’nin çeşitli bölümlerine devam eden dördüncü sınıf öğrencileri olan toplam 510 (339 kız, 171 erkek) öğrenci ile yürütülmüştür. YBKİÖ’nün altı faktörlü yapısı doğrulayıcı faktör analizi yöntemi ile test edilmiştir. Elde edilen sonuçlar, YBKİÖ’nün altı faktörlü yapısının doğrulandığını göstermiştir. Ölçeğin güvenirlik çalışması, test-tekrar test güvenirlik katsayısı ve iç tutarlılık katsayısı ile hesaplanmıştır. Elde edilen sonuçlar, YBKİÖ’nün genç yetişkinlerde kardeş ilişkilerinin değerlendirmek üzere geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçme aracı olarak kullanılabileceğini göstermiştir.

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Validity and Reliability of the Student Evaluation of Teaching

International Journal for Innovation Education and Research ◽

10.31686/ijier.vol2.iss9.238 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 2 (9) ◽

pp. 57-63

Author(s):

Tan Lay Khong

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽

Teaching Effectiveness ◽

Student Evaluation ◽

Factor Model ◽

Single Factor ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

Student Evaluation Of Teaching ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Evaluation Of Teaching

Most universities are using the Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET) as an instrument for students to assess a lecturer’s teaching performance. It is an essential instrument to reflect the feedback in enhancing the quality of teaching and learning. The purpose of this paper is to examine the validity and reliability of the SET as a valid instrument in evaluating teaching effectiveness in a private higher education institution in Malaysia. Exploratory Factor Analysis and Confirmatory Factor Analysis have validated all 10 items of SET whereby all items indicated high reliability and internal consistency. A Confirmatory Factor Analysis using AMOS software also confirmed that a single factor model was used to evaluate teaching effectiveness. The single factor model was further validated using 1000 repeated samples of Bootstrap method in AMOS.

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