scholarly journals Measuring agency in children: the development and validation of the War Child Agency Assessment Scale - Palestinian version (WCAAS-Pal).

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guido Veronese ◽  
Alessandro Pepe ◽  
Federica Cavazzoni ◽  
Hania Obaid ◽  
Shaher Yaghi
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Psychological Functioning ◽  
Quantitative Measure ◽  
Dual Frame ◽  
Impact Of Event Scale ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Event Scale ◽  
New Instrument ◽  
Convergent And Divergent Validity ◽  
Palestinian Children

Abstract In the present article, we aimed at construing a new quantitative measure of children's agency in Palestine. Within a socio-ecological and culturally and contextually informed perspective, the study introduces the development of a new instrument to investigate and evaluate children's agentic practices within their living contexts and their daily lives. First, we evaluated the model of measurement of WCAAS-Pal using a sequential exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Following the principles of testing a quantitative measure in the context of the dual-frame sampling method, the process of validating the quantitative measure was conducted on a group of 1,166 Palestinian children aged 9 to 14 years (m = 11.58, sd = 1.54). Second, a sample of 251 Palestinian children aged between 9 and 14 years (m = 11.82, sd = 1.53) was used to compute the reliability of the instrument along with both convergent and divergent validity using the Children Hope Scale and the Children Revised Impact of Event Scale-Arabic Version measures, respectively. The results of the EFA suggested a baseline seven-factor structure to be further assessed via CFA. A complex web of agency domains that might contribute to the child psychological functioning when forced to leave in conditions of ongoing threat and military violence emerged from the analysis.

Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Impact of Event Scale - Revised

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Orazem ◽  
Claire Hebenstreit ◽  
Daniel King ◽  
Lynda King ◽  
Arieh Shalev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Impact Of Event Scale ◽  
Event Scale ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
The Impact

Factor analysis of the impact of event scale with children in war

1996 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 339-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
ATLE DYREGROV ◽  
GORDANA KUTEROVAC ◽  
ARPAD BARATH
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Impact Of Event Scale ◽  
Event Scale ◽  
The Impact

Psychological functioning of tsunami affected people with disabilities: Impact of age

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 171
Author(s):  
Sujata Satapathy, BA, MA, BEd, MPhil, PhD ◽  
Sekar Kasi, BA, MA, PhD
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Psychological Functioning ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Impact Of Event Scale ◽  
Event Scale ◽  
Tsunami Disaster ◽  
Self Reporting Questionnaire

The study determined differential psychological vulnerability of people with disabilities across different age groups in worst affected areas in tsunami disaster. A total of 275 tsunami affected people with various disabilities aged between 16 and 85 years were included in the final sample. Self Reporting Questionnaire (psychological distress), Impact of Event Scale (post-traumatic stress), and quality of life (QOL) were measured. People in their late adulthood and elderly years reported significantly higher psychological distress when compared with the teens and early adults and the young adults. People across different age groups reported equal posttraumatic stress. Increase in age resulted in more psychological distress and poor physical, social, and environmental QOL. Age and severity of disability were found to be significant predictors of psychological distress. The findings primarily supported the “differential vulnerability hypothesis” in the context of a disaster; therefore, implications are far reaching for the policy makers and planners, administrators/disaster managers, and mental health/psychosocial service providers. Long-term psychosocial and psychiatric interventions are suggested to be provided till the reconstruction and rebuilding phase continues.

scholarly journals The Impact of Event Scale – Revised: psychometric properties of the Lithuanian version in a sample of employees exposed to workplace bullying

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 185-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vilija Malinauskienė ◽  
Lina Bernotaitė
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Workplace Bullying ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Impact Of Event Scale ◽  
Event Scale ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
The Impact

Background. The Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) is often used as a  self-report instrument for symptoms of post-traumatic stress (PTS). The objective of this study was to explore the reliability and validity of the Lithuanian IES-R in a sample of employees with exposure to workplace bullying in different occupations. Materials and methods. The  original IES-R was translated into Lithuanian, and the  comparability of content was verified through back-translation procedures. 294 employees with exposure to workplace bullying (52 teachers from the secondary schools of Kaunas, 56 family physicians, 101 nurses of internal medicine departments, 40 waiters, and 45 seafarers) were administered the  Lithuanian IES-R and the  General Health Questionnaire  –  12 (GHQ-12) in order to verify some aspects of convergent validity. The  exploratory factor analysis was used to verify the construct validity of the IES-R. Results. The reliability of the Lithuanian version of the IES-R was verified. Cronbach’s α of the total scale was 0.95. Exploratory factor analysis showed a clear factor structure with three independent dimensions: intrusion, avoidance and hyperarousal. Cronbach’s α for subscales of intrusion, avoidance and hyperarousal were 0.89, 0.85, and 0.88, respectively. The convergent validity was supported by positive correlations between the subscales (intrusion, avoidance, hyperarousal) and the GHQ-12. Conclusions. The results suggest that the self-reported Lithuanian IES-R is a valid instrument for assessing the dimensions of post-traumatic stress, has good psychometric properties, and may be applied in prolonged trauma-exposed populations.

Validation of the Impact of Event Scale on a Sample of American Vietnam Veterans

1994 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 321-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles C. Hendrix ◽  
Anthony P. Jurich ◽  
Walter R. Schumm
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Vietnam Veterans ◽  
Present Report ◽  
Combat Exposure ◽  
General Level ◽  
Combat Stress ◽  
Single Factor ◽  
Impact Of Event Scale ◽  
Event Scale ◽  
The Impact

The goal of the present report is to validate the Impact of Event Scale for use as a measure of the enduring nature of reactions to combat stress by 60 American Vietnam veterans. Validity was supported through significant correlations with measures of abusive violence and combat exposure. From factor analysis a single factor (general level of distress) supported the validity of the scale and thereby further use with Vietnam veterans.

Development and Validation of the Awareness of Narrative Identity Questionnaire (ANIQ)

Assessment ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 399-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
David John Hallford ◽  
David Mellor
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Psychological Functioning ◽  
Narrative Identity ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Initial Item ◽  
Convergent And Divergent Validity ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
Development And Validation

The utility of a narrative approach to identity and its role in psychological functioning are becoming increasingly recognized across various fields of inquiry. The current study aimed to develop a quantitative, self-report measure of the awareness of narrative identity and how globally coherent one’s autobiographical memories are perceived to be, specifically, in terms of temporal ordering, causal associations, and the perception of unifying themes. The construct validity and reliability of the Awareness of Narrative Identity Questionnaire (ANIQ) were assessed across three studies. In the first study, exploratory factor analysis of the responses of a large sample ( N = 441, M [age in years] = 33.1, SD = 15.2) to an initial item pool resulted in a 20-item four-factor structure congruent with the proposed subscales, and convergent and divergent validity were established. In the second study, and with a different sample ( N = 320, M [age in years] = 26.2, SD = 4.0), further evidence for the factor structure was provided through confirmatory factor analysis. Validity findings from Study 1 were replicated and extended on, and test–retest reliabilities were found to be high ( r = .72-.79). Importantly, in the third study ( N = 71, M [age in years] = 24.9, SD = 6.9), criterion validity was established, whereby the ANIQ subscales were demonstrated to be associated with dimensions of narrative coherence coded from written turning-point narratives. Across all studies, the internal reliabilities for the subscales were high (α = .86-.96). The ANIQ represents a valid, psychometrically sound, and novel method of assessing the awareness of narrative identity and autobiographical memory coherence.

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