Development of the Social Acceptance of Wife Abuse Scale in Rural Bangladesh

Partner Abuse ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-41
Author(s):  
Rabiul Karim ◽  
Katarina Swahnberg
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
University Students ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Wife Abuse ◽  
Effective Prevention ◽  
Rural Bangladesh ◽  
The Social ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Research Students

This study aimed to develop and validate the Social Acceptance of Wife Abuse Scale (SAWAS) in a Bangladeshi context. A total of 18 initial items were generated through literature review and focus group interviews with 16 university students. After meetings with 3 experts and 4 research students having extensive fieldwork experiences on domestic violence issues in rural Bangladesh, 12 items remained. These 12 items were subjected to exploratory factor analysis (EFA) with a sample of 186 university students. This produced a 2-factor, 6-item scale. We labeled the two factors, the circumstances where wife abuse is socially accepted: “disobeying family obligations” and “challenging male-authority.” Using a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), the factor solution was further tested with another sample of 1,929 rural citizens. The SAWAS showed very good internal consistency and validity. The SAWAS can serve as a protocol to direct measures in the effective prevention of widespread wife abuse in Bangladesh.

scholarly journals “What do you think people feel?” Emotional climate during a pandemic: Adaptation and validation of a scale

Psicologia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-108
Author(s):  
Cristina De Sousa ◽  
João Viseu ◽  
Helena Vinagre ◽  
Dario Páez ◽  
Olga Valentim
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Social Climate ◽  
The Other ◽  
Emotional Climate ◽  
The Social ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Collective Resilience

Our study examined the psychometric properties and factor structure of an instrument to assess emotional climate during the COVID-19 pandemic using a sample of 601 Portuguese individuals. Two sub-samples were created, one to perform an exploratory factor analysis (EFA), composed of 300 participants, and the other to conduct a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), composed of 301 individuals. Two factors were found: positive and negative emotional climate. In the EFA, both factors established a negative and significant correlation. However, the CFA presented a better fit with two independent factors. Reliability analysis indicated acceptable values for both dimensions. There was also evidence of discriminant, convergent, and criterion validity. More negative emotions were perceived regarding the social climate. Results were discussed in the frame of different positive and negative psychosocial variables related to positive and negative emotional climates, as well as positive emotional climate as a resource for collective resilience.

Reliability and validity of the Social Curiosity Scale among Chinese university students

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (9) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Yong Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
University Students ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
Chinese Version ◽  
Chinese University ◽  
The Social ◽  
Good Internal Consistency ◽  
Chinese University Students

My aim in this study was to investigate the reliability and validity of the Social Curiosity Scale (SCS) among Chinese university students. Social curiosity has been conceptualized as an interest in how other people behave, think, and feel. Students (N = 916) at 3 general universities in Henan Province completed the Chinese version of the SCS. The results showed that the Chinese SCS has good internal consistency reliability. Exploratory factor analysis results indicated that the Chinese SCS presented a clear 2-factor structure, and confirmatory factor analysis results showed that the 2-factor model fitted the data better than the 1-factor model did. These results indicated that the Chinese version of the SCS has good construct validity. Therefore, the Chinese version of the SCS can be used as an effective tool for social curiosity measurement among Chinese university students.

scholarly journals Understanding social acceptability of arsenic-safe technologies in rural Bangladesh: a user-oriented analysis

Water Policy ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 318-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debasish Kumar Kundu ◽  
Aarti Gupta ◽  
Arthur P. J. Mol ◽  
Mahbuba Nasreen
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Arsenic Removal ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Social Acceptability ◽  
Safe Drinking Water ◽  
Rural Bangladesh ◽  
The Social ◽  
Tube Well ◽  
Dug Well

Contamination of shallow tube well drinking water by naturally occurring arsenic is a severe societal and human health challenge in Bangladesh. Multiple technological interventions seeking to ameliorate the problem face hurdles in securing social acceptance, i.e. the willingness of users to receive and use a technology. While most papers focus on expert understanding of social acceptability, this paper analyzes how users themselves understand the factors shaping the social acceptability of safe drinking water options in rural Bangladesh. We then deploy such understanding to comparatively assess which factors users see as most important in securing social acceptance for three safe drinking water options in rural Bangladesh: the arsenic removal household (Sono) filter; the deep tube well; and an improved dug well. We draw on focus groups and semi-structured interviews with technology users in six villages across three districts to analyze how users assess the social acceptability of specific arsenic-safe technologies. Our findings highlight that factors such as availability, affordability and compatibility with existing water use practices, as understood by users, are key to securing users' acceptance of a specific arsenic-safe option. In concluding, we point to a future research agenda to analyze user-oriented social acceptability of arsenic-safe technologies in developing country contexts.

Factor Analysis of Students' Attitudes toward Working Mothers

1977 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 723-727
Author(s):  
Lilly Schubert Walker ◽  
James L. Walker
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
University Students ◽  
School Children ◽  
Working Mothers ◽  
Social Acceptability ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Effects On Children ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Students Attitudes

240 university students rated the concept working mothers with pre-school children on a series of 42 bipolar adjectives. Factor analysis of the ratings suggested that the concept was judged along three orthogonal dimensions, social acceptability, liberated-assertive and tense-ambitious. The first factor may reflect attitudes relating to effects on children while the last two factors appear to reflect beliefs about personality and emotional traits associated with working mothers. Polarity analysis indicated that the concept was seen as socially acceptable, liberated, and tense. No significant differences were observed between males' and females' evaluations.

University Students' Conceptions of First-Year Mathematics

2001 ◽  
Vol 89 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haitham M. Alkhateeb
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
University Students ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Public University ◽  
Original Study ◽  
First Year ◽  
Cronbach Alpha ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
First Year University

The 1998 Crawford, Gordon, Nicholas, and Prosser Conceptions of Mathematics scale was administered to 156 first-year university students at a large public university in the midwestern United States. The scale represented fragmented and cohesive conceptions of mathematics. The reliability estimated as internal consistency had a Cronbach alpha of .80 for the fragmented scale and .87 for the cohesive scale. Factor analysis of the intercorrelations indicated the same two factors of fragmented and cohesive as in the original and other replicating studies. Students' conceptions of mathematics in this study were comparable to those reported in the original study.

Disability Profile/Clinician-Rated: Validity for Brazilian University Students with Social Anxiety Disorder

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciene Vaccaro de Morais Abumusse ◽  
Flávia L. Osório ◽  
José Alexandre S. Crippa ◽  
Sonia Regina Loureiro
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
University Students ◽  
Social Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Factorial Structure ◽  
Functional Impairments ◽  
The Social ◽  
Interview Guide ◽  
Two Factors

AbstractFunctional impairment scales are important to assess Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) patients. The present study aims to evaluate the reliability, internal consistency, validity and factorial structure of the Disability Profile/Clinician-Rate (DP) scale, as well as to present an interview-guide to support its application by clinicians. University students (n = 173) of both genders participated in the study (SAD = 84 and Non-SAD = 89), with ages ranging between 17 and 35 years, systematically diagnosed. The SAD group presented more difficulties when compared to the Non-SAD group. The DP presented, for the SAD group, internal consistency of 0.68 (lifetime) and 0.67 (last two weeks). Inter-rater reliability varied from 0.75 to 0.93. Two factors were extracted and the correlation among such factors and the Social Phobia Inventory subscales presented association between fear and avoidance symptoms and the functional impairments. The scale presents good psychometric properties and can contribute to the assessment of functional impairments.

scholarly journals Adaptation of the Bulgarian Version of the Social and Emotional Loneliness Scale (Short Form) for Adults and Older Adults

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 79-97
Author(s):  
O.Y. Strizhitskaya ◽  
M.D. Petrash ◽  
I.R. Murtazina ◽  
G.A. Vartanyan ◽  
F.S. Manevsky ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Loneliness Scale ◽  
Emotional Loneliness ◽  
The Social ◽  
Two Factors

This study aims to adapt and validate the Bulgarian version of the Social and Emotional Loneliness Scale on adults and older adults. We present the results of the psychometric assessment of the questionnaire on a sample of adults aged 35—75 (N=332; Mage=49.45; SD=11.17). Exploratory factor analysis revealed four factors: two factors were identical to the first two sub-scales, the third sub-scale split into two separate factors. Reliability of the new sub-scales was assessed with Cronbach’s α coefficient that showed high levels of reliability for the general scale (α=0.875) and for all four sub-scales (α ranged from 0.843 to 0.873). Confirmatory factor analysis proved the four-factor structure of the adapted scale. The convergent validity of the Social and Emotional Loneliness Scale was proved by correlation analysis with the Differential Questionnaire of Loneliness Experience. Our study yielded the adequate psychometric characteristics of the Social and Emotional Loneliness Scale for adults and older adults in Russia. In future research, we plan to increase the sample to standardize the scores for the scales.

A new questionnaire assessing the opinions of the relatives of patients with schizophrenia on the causes and social consequences of the disorder: reliability and validity

1999 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Magliano ◽  
C. Marasco ◽  
M. Guarneri ◽  
C. Malangone ◽  
G. Lacrimini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Content Validity ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Psychosocial Interventions ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Alpha Coefficient ◽  
Final Version ◽  
The Social ◽  
Two Factors

SummaryThis paper describes the development and the validation of a questionnaire assessing the opinions of the relatives of patients with schizophrenia on the causes and the social consequences of the disorder. The final version of the questionnaire includes 28 items, grouped in four sub-scales (social restrictions, social distance, utility of treatments, biopsychosocial causes of schizophrenia), whose intra-rater reliability ranges from 0.36 to 0.84. Cronbach's alpha coefficient, which tests the content validity of the sub-scales, ranges from 0.56 to 0.66. Factor analysis identifies two factors (opinions on social consequences and the utility of treatments, and the beliefs on the causes of schizophrenia), which account for the 73% of the total variance. This questionnaire may be particularly useful to assess relatives'beliefs about schizophrenia and to target psychosocial interventions in the families of patients with schizophrenia.

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