Validation and Psychometric Properties of the Questionnaire on Sexual-Affective Attitudes and Practices in Young People

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-58
Author(s):  
Yessica Sánchez-Hernández ◽  
María José León-Guerrero ◽  
Emilio Crisol-Moya
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Affective Attitudes

scholarly journals Smoking behaviour among schoolteachers in the north of the Syrian Arab Republic

2000 ◽  
Vol 6 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 352-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Maziak ◽  
F. Mzayek ◽  
M. Al Moushareff
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Smoking Habit ◽  
Smoking Behaviour ◽  
Monthly Income ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
The North ◽  
Syrian Arab Republic ◽  
Smoking Patterns ◽  
Foreign Brands

Characterizing the smoking habit in specific populations is important for health planners and policy-makers. We studied the smoking patterns of schoolteachers in Saraqeb, Syrian Arab Republic and found that 52.1% of males and 12.3% of females were current smokers. Male daily smokers smoked 20 +/- 1 cigarettes per day, females 10 +/- 4. Males had smoked for, on average, 16 +/- 1 years, females for 9 +/- 4 years. Daily smokers buying foreign brands spent 22.0% of their monthly income on cigarettes, while those smoking local brands spent 12.2%. Most teachers who smoked did so openly at school. Smoking among teachers should receive attention because it is closely related to the attitudes and practices of young people towards smoking

scholarly journals ASSET: A new measure of Economic and Financial Literacy (Accepted at the European Journal of Psychological Assesment)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomas Folke ◽  
Jovana Gjorgjiovska ◽  
Alessandro Paul ◽  
Lea Jakob ◽  
Kai Ruggeri
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Young People ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Predictive Power ◽  
Mathematical Ability ◽  
Financial Decisions ◽  
High Level ◽  
Literacy Research

Young adults increasingly require good financial literacy to make the most of the opportunities provided to them. Unfortunately, existing financial literacy measures that may assist with targeting interventions show low reliability, ceiling effects, and a high level of abstraction. To address this, we designed and assessed the psychometric properties of a new measure specifically targeting young people, the Assessment of Economic and Financial Literacy (ASSET). We find it has better overall validity, reliability, and predictive power than existing measures. Using ASSET, we find that mathematical ability, calculator use (an example of deliberative thinking), gender, and socioeconomic status are key predictors of financial literacy. We recommend this more robust tool for use in financial literacy research to assess implications for guiding major financial decisions amongst young people.

scholarly journals Development of a co-produced tool for monitoring and supporting the mental health of young people

BJPsych Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (S1) ◽  
pp. S267-S267
Author(s):  
Joy MacKeith ◽  
Anna Good ◽  
Sara Burns
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young People ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Care Plan ◽  
Medium Effect ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Extensive Experience ◽  
Active Involvement

AimsThe aims were to develop and validate a tool for monitoring and supporting the mental health of young people. Based on extensive experience of developing similar tools, the hypothesis was that a user-friendly tool could be produced with sound psychometric properties.BackgroundThe Outcomes Star is a suite of collaboratively completed, strengths-based tools with the dual roles of both supporting and monitoring change. Service users are empowered through their active involvement in identifying their strengths and creating their care plan. Triangle, the creators of the Outcomes Star was approached by a number of organisations to develop a version of the Star for young people with mental health issues in early intervention services and also to support young people in managing a diagnosed mental illness.MethodUsing a series of focus groups and an iterative process of refinement we gathered data from practitioners and service users on the domains in which they wish to create change, and the steps of the change process. A draft version of the new tool was piloted in two organisations by 67 workers and 177 young people over six months. The pilot data were analysed to assess the psychometric properties of My Mind Star (acceptability, skew, factor structure, internal consistency, item redundancy and responsiveness).ResultThe resulting tool, My Mind Star consisted of seven domains: Feelings and emotions, Healthy lifestyle, Where you live, Friends and relationships, School, training and work, How you use your time and Self-esteem. Almost all young people and practitioners (94%) agreed that their completed Star was ‘a good summary of my life right now’ and that it gave a better idea of service users’ support needs. Psychometric analyses indicated a unidimensional structure with good internal consistency (α = .76) and no item redundancy. My Mind Star was responsive to change between the first and second readings, with medium and small-medium effect sizes.ConclusionInitial findings suggest that My Mind Star has good psychometric properties and is perceived as acceptable and useful by young people and practitioners, Further research is planned to conduct a full validation of the psychometric properties of this Star including inter-rater reliability and predictive validity.Financial sponsorship of the study: Action for Children

scholarly journals The assessment of paranoia in young people: Item and test properties of the Bird Checklist of Adolescent Paranoia

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Charlotte Bird ◽  
Bao Sheng Loe ◽  
Miriam Kirkham ◽  
Emma C Fergusson ◽  
Christina Shearn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
High Reliability ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Test Reliability ◽  
Psychotic Experiences ◽  
Wide Range

Background: Precise assessment tools for psychotic experiences in young people may help identify symptoms early and facilitate advances in treatment. In this study we provide an exemplar - with a paranoia scale for youth – for improving measurement precision for psychotic experiences using item response theory (IRT). We evaluate the psychometric properties of the new measure, test for measurement invariance, and assess its potential for computerised adaptive testing (CAT). Method: The 18-item Bird Checklist of Adolescent Paranoia (B-CAP) was completed by 1103 adolescents including patients with mental health problems (n=302) and those from the general population (n=801). IRT was used to examine the item properties, test reliability, and measurement invariance. The efficiency of an adaptive B-CAP was assessed in a simulation of 10,000 responses.Results: All B-CAP items were highly discriminative (a=1.15-2.76), whereby small shifts in paranoia led to a higher probability of item endorsement. Test reliability was high (a>0.90) across a wide range of paranoia severity (θ= -0.46-3.36). All items were invariant for gender, age, and population groups. Test-retest reliability was good (r=0.95). The simulated adaptive B-CAP performed with high reliability with an average of 10.9 items and only 5-6 items at higher levels of paranoia severity. Conclusions: The B-CAP is a reliable assessment tool with excellent psychometric properties to assess both non-clinical and clinical levels of paranoia in young people, with potential as an efficient adaptive test. In future, these approaches could be used to develop a multidimensional CAT to assess the full range of psychotic experiences in youth

scholarly journals Psychometric properties of a Food Buying Styles Scale (EEC-ALI) in University Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. e934
Author(s):  
Marianela Denegri ◽  
Constanza García ◽  
Nicolle González ◽  
Herman Elgueta ◽  
Clementina Hueche ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
University Students ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Southern Chile ◽  
Buying Behavior ◽  
Unpublished Manuscript ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Validity Indicators

The object of the present reserach was to assess the psychometric properties of the Food Buying Styles Scale (Escala de Estilos de Compra de Alimentos – EEC-ALI) based on the Buying Styles Scale adapted by Denegri, Peñaloza, Elgueta and Sepúlveda (unpublished manuscript). This scale assesses planning, impulsiveness and compulsiveness with regards to food buying behavior. The sample consisted of 369 university students, male and female, from northern, central and southern Chile. We examined reliability and validity indicators. The analyses showed that the scale has appropriate psychometric properties, suggesting that the instrument is adequate for its use in the analysis of food buying styles in young people and specifically university students.

scholarly journals Translation and psychometrical properties of Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS) in Peruvian young people and adults

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rulman Andrei Franco-Jimenez
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Young People ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Invariant Measure ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Factorial Invariance ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Structural Evaluation ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Fit Indexes

Background: The overall aim of the study was to translate into Spanish and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS). Method: The sample was composed of 622 Peruvian young people and adults who answered CAS. The structural evaluation was conducted with confirmatory factor analysis. Factorial invariance was used to verify the equivalence by sex and age, Results: The unifactorial model revealed good fit indexes χ²(5) = 12.40,CFI = .998, TLI = .996, RMSEA = .049, SRMR = .033. Also, the internal consistency using McDonald´s Omega coefficient was high (ω > .80). The factorial invariance indicated that the unifactorial structure is stable according to age. Conclusion: The Peruvian version of the CAS has evidence to be considered an accurate, valid, and invariant measure and the results support the unifactorial model.

Audience Participation in Television and Internet

2010 ◽  
pp. 99-117
Author(s):  
Celia Quico
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Evaluation Study ◽  
Audience Participation ◽  
Participatory Media ◽  
Content Creation ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Information And Communication

This chapter seeks to evaluate the attitudes and practices of media participation amongst young Portuguese aged between 12-18 years, with a particular focus on content creation and sharing through media and information and communication technologies (ICT). Audience participation in television and internet will be addressed, having as basis the results and findings of three empirical studies integrated in the PhD research project of the author, namely: an ethnographical study about the usage of media and ICT usage by 10 families conducted at their own domestic contexts, a quantitative survey about the usage of media and ICT by young people aged 12-18 with a total of 962 respondents and, finally, an evaluation study of a participatory media format which was tested and evaluated by 77 teenagers from three different schools. The main objective is to better understand the attitudes and behaviors of young people in Portugal towards the practices of creation and sharing digital content through media and ICT, providing empirical data about the range and frequency of experiences of content creation by this specific population, as well as their interest and adherence to participatory media formats.

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