scholarly journals Reliability and Validity Studies of Externality of Happiness Scale Among Turkish Adults

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (14) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Murat Yildirim ◽  
Ufuk Barmanpek ◽  
Ahmad A. H. Farag
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Measurement Tool ◽  
Incremental Value ◽  
Future Clinical Practice ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Fear Of Happiness

Externality of happiness is a psychological construct that refers to the degree to which individuals perceive their level of happiness as beyond their control and mostly dependent to external factors. The aim of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of the Externality of Happiness scale (EOH) among a Turkish adult sample. A total of 230 participants (152 males and 78 females; mean age = 37.8 years, SD = 9.1) completed self-report measures of externality of happiness, life satisfaction, flouring, self-esteem, and fear of happiness. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis supported a one-factor structure for the EOH. The EOH was found to be negatively correlated with life satisfaction, flourishing, and self-esteem and positively correlated with fear of happiness. The scale also showed incremental value over self-esteem in predicting life satisfaction. Furthermore, the scale was found to be discriminated from fear of happiness. Moreover, evidence was provided for internal-consistency reliability. Overall, the findings suggested that Turkish version of EOH had adequate reliability and validity scores and that it can be used as a useful measurement tool to assess externality of happiness beliefs in future clinical practice and research.

Feminist Identity Development Measures

2002 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bonnie Moradi ◽  
Linda Mezydlo Subich
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Feminist Identity ◽  
Female Therapist ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Feminist Identity Development ◽  
Acceptable Internal Consistency

Reliability and validity of three current instruments (Feminist Identity Scale [FIS], Feminist Identity Development Scale [FIDS]J Feminist Identity Composite [FIC]) used to operationalize Downing and Roush's model of feminist identity development were compared. A sample of 245 women completed all three instruments, and a separate sample of 35 women repeated them over a 2-week interval. Only the FIC had acceptable internal consistency reliability for all subscales. Subscale stability for all instruments generally was moderate, except for Active Commitment. Subscale relations with perceived sexist events, self-esteem, social desirability, and preference for a male or female therapist generally were supportive of discriminant and convergent validity for all instruments. Content validity based on three judges' item evaluations suggested the FIDS fared best overall Finally, confirmatory factor analysis procedures did not support definitively the structural validity of any of the instruments, but trends suggested the FIC, and perhaps the FIDS, were superior to the FIS.

Reliability and Validity of the Adolescent Family Life Satisfaction Index

1992 ◽  
Vol 70 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1223-1229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn S. Henry ◽  
Diane L. Ostrander ◽  
Sandra G. Lovelace
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Satisfaction Index ◽  
Satisfaction With Family Life ◽  
Life Satisfaction Index

The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate the Adolescent Family Life Satisfaction Index. The self-report questionnaire was tested for internal consistency reliability. Tests for construct validity, concurrent validity, and internal consistency reliability provided support for the use of the over-all Adolescent Family Life Satisfaction Index, Parental Subscale, and Sibling Subscale for the measurement of adolescents' reports of satisfaction with family life.

Psychometric Properties of the TEA Personality Test

2011 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Arribas-Águila
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Personality Test ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Technical Manual ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

The present study examined the psychometric properties of the TEA Personality Test (TPT) in a sample of 23,062 Spanish adults. The TPT is a self-report questionnaire to be answered using a four-point Likert scale to assess personality at work and it is the third most frequently used tool by work psychologists in Spain. The reliability and validity analyses indicated that the TPT has adequate psychometric properties for the Spanish sample analyzed. Ordinal α was used to calculate the internal consistency reliability of the scales. Results were higher than those of Cronbach’s α reported in the TPT’s technical manual (p < .001). Results from confirmatory factor analyses showed an acceptable goodness-of-fit for the theoretical three factors of the TPT’s work personality model reported in the technical manual. The findings support the reliability and construct validity of the TPT.

Measuring Social Anxiety in 11 Countries

2010 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicente E. Caballo ◽  
Isabel C. Salazar ◽  
María Jesús Irurtia ◽  
Benito Arias ◽  
Stefan G. Hofmann
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Social Phobia ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Data Collection Process ◽  
The Social ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Anxiety Questionnaire

This paper reports on two studies conducted to develop and validate a new self-report measure of social phobia/anxiety – the Social Anxiety Questionnaire for Adults (SAQ-A) (Cuestionario de ansiedad social para adultos, CASO-A). A diary-item recording procedure was used to generate the initial pool of items. In Study 1, data from 12,144 participants provided 6 factors with moderate intercorrelations. Estimates of internal consistency reliability were adequate (range = .86 to .92) for the 6 factors included in the final confirmatory factor analysis. In Study 2, data provided by 10,118 nonclinical participants were used to explore preliminary reliability and validity estimates for a revised version of the SAQ-A – the Social Anxiety Questionnaire for Adults Revised (SAQ-AR). Approximately 106 researchers from 10 Latin American countries and Spain contributed to this data collection process. Specific comments are made on the structure of the new questionnaire as regards some commonly-used self-report measures of social phobia/anxiety.

Examining the Link Between Character Strengths and Positive and Negative Mental Health Indicators in Iranian Adolescents

2021 ◽  
pp. 073428292110053
Author(s):  
Mahsa Jabbari ◽  
Shahriar Shahidi ◽  
Leili Panaghi ◽  
Mohammad Ali Mazaheri ◽  
Eva Oberle
Keyword(s):  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Character Strengths ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Health Indicators ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Positive Development ◽  
Response Patterns ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Grade Level Differences

Character strengths are an important foundation for positive development and thriving in adolescence. Most research on character strengths has been conducted with youths in Western cultures. We examined character strengths in relation to positive and negative well-being indicators in a sample of Iranian youths. We investigated the reliability and validity of the Farsi version of the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths for Youth (VIA Y-96)—a self-report survey commonly used in Western contexts. Participants were adolescents in Iran ( N = 1,359; 48.5% female; M age = 13.54, SD = 1.00) who completed the VIA Y-96 and questionnaires assessing life satisfaction, positive/negative experiences, depression, anxiety, and stress. We found that reliability coefficients were acceptable for most of the VIA subscales. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), as well as a second-order CFA, supported the construct validity of the Farsi VIA Y-96. Correlations between the character strengths and positive and negative well-being indicators supported convergent validity. Measurement invariance for the VIA Y-96 was established in this study comparing boys’ and girls’ response patterns. Sex and grade level differences were found for some of the subscales. Overall, the Farsi VIA Y-96 had acceptable psychometric properties, suggesting that it can be used in research on character strengths with Iranian youths.

The Reliability and Factorial Validity of a Multidimensional Measure of Psychological Symptomatology in South Africa

1994 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 194-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Duckitt
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Factorial Validity ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Symptom Index ◽  
South Africans ◽  
Good Internal Consistency ◽  
Nationally Representative

The Psychiatric Symptom Index (PSI) was originally developed and validated on a large sample of Chicago residents as a 29-item self-report measure of psychological distress (Ilfeld, 1976b). It has a number of advantages that make it suitable for use in community surveys: relative brevity, a clear and meaningful multidimensional structure, and promising initial evidence for reliability and validity. Since there appears to have been little cross-validation of the PSI, the present study set out to assess its reliability and factorial validity in a large, nationally representative sample of white South Africans ( N = 782). The findings indicated good internal consistency reliability, and excellent factorial validity for the four subscales of anger, anxiety, depression, and cognitive disturbance. The PSI scales also showed an appropriate degree of independence from each other except for depression and anxiety where the intercorrelation was somewhat high. It was found that shorter depression and anxiety subscales would be adequately reliable and reduce this overlap. Finally, normative data are reported for use with white South African samples.

scholarly journals Not All Risks Are Equal: The Risk Taking Inventory for High-Risk Sports

2013 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 479-492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Woodman ◽  
Matt Barlow ◽  
Comille Bandura ◽  
Miles Hill ◽  
Dominika Kupciw ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Behavioral Activation ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Population Attitudes

Although high-risk sport participants are typically considered a homogenous risk-taking population, attitudes to risk within the high-risk domain can vary considerably. As no validated measure allows researchers to assess risk taking within this domain, we validated the Risk Taking Inventory (RTI) for high-risk sport across four studies. The RTI comprises seven items across two factors: deliberate risk taking and precautionary behaviors. In Study 1 (n = 341), the inventory was refined and tested via a confirmatory factor analysis used in an exploratory fashion. The subsequent three studies confirmed the RTI’s good model–data fit via three further separate confirmatory factor analyses. In Study 2 (n = 518) and in Study 3 (n = 290), concurrent validity was also confirmed via associations with other related traits (sensation seeking, behavioral activation, behavioral inhibition, impulsivity, self-esteem, extraversion, and conscientiousness). In Study 4 (n = 365), predictive validity was confirmed via associations with mean accidents and mean close calls in the high-risk domain. Finally, in Study 4, the self-report version of the inventory was significantly associated with an informant version of the inventory. The measure will allow researchers and practitioners to investigate risk taking as a variable that is conceptually distinct from participation in a high-risk sport.

scholarly journals Psychometric properties of the satisfaction with love life among Palestinian college students

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 114-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Filasteen Nazzal ◽  
Orlanda Cruz ◽  
Félix Neto
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Global Evaluation ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
Love Life ◽  
Positive Correlations

The main goal of this investigation is to examine the psychometric characteristics of the Satisfaction with Love Life Scale (SWLLS) among Palestinian college students. This scale assesses a person’s global evaluation of love satisfaction. The factorial structure, the reliability, and validity of this measure were examined. The sample included 201 college students aged 18-26 years. Confirmatory factor analysis of the SWLLS confirmed a single underlying dimension among Palestinian college students. The SWLLS evidenced satisfactory psychometric properties, with good internal consistency. Furthermore, corroboration of validity was also evidenced by means of the relationships between SWLLS score, and love status, love styles and well-being constructs. As expected, students “in love now” declared more satisfaction with love life than those “not in love now”. Erotic, pragmatic, and agapic orientations correlated significantly with the SWLLS scores. There were also significant positive correlations between the scores of the SWLLS and life satisfaction, and self-esteem. Significant negative correlations were observed between the scores of the SWLLS and loneliness. The results showed that satisfaction with love life contributes significantly and in an unique way to loneliness and self-esteem, even after controlling for participants’ sex and age. The findings of the current study suggest that the Arabic version of the SWLLS makes up a brief psychometrically sound instrument to assess love life satisfaction.

scholarly journals Psychometrics and Validity of the Survey of Memory-Related Quality of Life in HIV Disease

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelli L Sullivan ◽  
Paulina A Kulesz ◽  
Steven Paul Woods
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Memory Problems ◽  
Incremental Value ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Future Work ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Objective Retrospective and prospective memory deficits are associated with lower quality of life (QoL); however, there are no validated measures that comprehensively and directly assess the impact of memory problems on QoL. The Survey of Memory-Related Quality of Life (SMRQoL) was developed as a 30-item questionnaire to measure memory-related QoL. Method Both HIV+ (n = 195) and HIV− (n = 146) participants completed the SMRQoL, a neurocognitive research battery, and validated self-report questionnaires of memory, QoL, and mood. Participants were recruited into younger (age ≤ 40 years) and older (age ≥ 50 years) groups per the parent study design. Results The SMRQoL had a unidimensional factor structure and demonstrated measurement invariance across the HIV+ and HIV− participants. Analyses of 111 clinically stable participants (e.g., persons with no incident or remitting central nervous system disorders) who returned for a 14-month follow-up visit indicated that the SMRQoL had adequate test–retest stability. There was a significant interaction of age and HIV status on the SMRQoL, such that older HIV+ participants reported the lowest memory-related QoL. SMRQoL scores were associated with validated measures of mental and physical QoL, self-reported memory and cognitive symptoms, and performance-based memory and executive functions. Conclusions The SMRQoL shows evidence of reliability and validity as a measure of memory-related QoL that can be used to assess the impact of memory problems on everyday life, but future work is needed to demonstrate the measure’s incremental value in the context of diagnosis and treatment.

On the Role of the Implicit Self-Concept in Adult Attachment

2008 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 282-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marieke Dewitte ◽  
Jan De Houwer ◽  
Ann Buysse
Keyword(s):  
Attachment Style ◽  
Implicit Association Test ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Relational Self ◽  
Implicit Association ◽  
Attachment Research

We report a study that was designed to investigate attachment-related differences in the implicit self-concept and to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Implicit Association Test (IAT) in the context of attachment research. Two variants of the IAT were used to assess implicit relational self-esteem and relational anxiety after stress induction. Results showed that both the relational self-esteem and relational anxiety IAT (1) were meaningfully related to individual differences in attachment style and (2) predicted cognitive and affective reactions to attachment-related distress in addition to and beyond self-report measures of attachment. The results provide evidence for the reliability and validity of the IAT as an index of the implicit attachment self-concept.

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