Test-Retest Reliability of the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale

1987 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack J. Wisniewski ◽  
Judy L. Genshaft ◽  
James A. Mulick ◽  
Daniel L. Coury
Keyword(s):  
Small Difference ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Sample Mean ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
Test Use ◽  
Manifest Anxiety

Test-retest reliabilities of the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale over 1- and 5-wk. intervals were examined for two samples of students, 73 boys and 88 girls in regular sixth, seventh and eighth grade classrooms (11 yr. to 14 yr). For raw scores the test-retest Pearson r was .88 (1-wk.) and .77 (5-wk.), indicating good reliability. For both samples there was a small difference between test (12.2 for 1-wk. sample; 11.4 for 5-wk. sample) and retest (11.2 for 1-wk. sample; 9.8 for 5-wk. sample) mean raw scores. Implications for test use are discussed.

scholarly journals Test–retest reliability of contrast visual acuities in a clinical population

2017 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anusha Y. Sukha ◽  
Alan Rubin
Keyword(s):  
Middle Age ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Clinical Population ◽  
Contrast Level ◽  
Predictive Tool ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Sample Mean ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

Background: Previously, contrast visual acuities (VA) have been evaluated as a potential screening, diagnostic and predictive tool in cases where standard visual acuity remains intact. Issues around contrast acuity sometimes make it difficult for clinicians to make appropriate clinical decisions and thus such tests have to be standardised and reliable.Aim: To investigate test–retest reliability of contrast VA in healthy adults in a clinical setting.Methods: Best compensated contrast VA at 100%, 10%, 5% and 2.5% of 155 patients (mean age 39.7 ± 12.2 years) were measured using the computerised Thomson Test Chart 2000 Expert. For all participants and at each contrast level, two measurements per right eye were determined. Test–retest reliability for the four contrast levels were assessed using reliability coefficients and Bland–Altman plots. Participants were also divided into three age groups of young (18–39 years, n = 72), middle-age (40–49 years, n = 45) and elderly (50–67 years, n = 38) and reliability was assessed within and between age and gender groups.Results: For the whole-sample test and retest, measurements within each contrast level were not statistically different (p ≥ 0.05). Thus, test and retest measurements per participant were averaged and whole-sample mean-contrast VA and standard deviations for 100%, 10%, 5% and 2.5% were -0.146 ± 0.060, 0.050 ± 0.071, 0.135 ± 0.079 and 0.405 ± 0.115 logMAR, respectively. Significant differences were found between all pairs of contrast levels compared (p ≤ 0.0125). Mean-contrast VA within each age group were also significantly different across all contrast levels (p < 0.0001). Mean-contrast VA at each contrast level between the age groups indicated that mean-contrast VA were not significantly different between the young and middle-age groups (p > 0.05) but were statistically different between the young and elderly groups (p < 0.01). Only mean-contrast VA 10% was significantly different between the middle-age and elderly groups (p < 0.001). Also, mean-contrast VA for the four contrast levels within gender were significantly different (p ≤ 0.05) but not between genders (p ≥ 0.05).Conclusion: This study found good reliability of test and retest measurements of contrast VA in an adult clinical population.

A new visual feedback-based system for the assessment of pinch force, endurance, accuracy and precision. A test-retest reliability study

Hand Therapy ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 175899832110025
Author(s):  
Alberto Dottor ◽  
Eleonora Camerone ◽  
Mirko Job ◽  
Diletta Barbiani ◽  
Elisa Frisaldi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Visual Feedback ◽  
Intraclass Correlation ◽  
Precision Grip ◽  
Voluntary Contraction ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Relative Reliability ◽  
Time Accuracy ◽  
In The Beginning ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

Introduction Given that pinch is a precision grip involved in sustained submaximal activities, a Sustained Contraction (SC) task could be associated to Maximal Voluntary Contraction (MVC). To better evaluate the thumb-index system, the test-retest reliability of pinch MVC and SC, measured by a visual feedback-based pinch gauge was assessed. Methods 26 healthy participants performed MVC and SC in two separate sessions. SC required to maintain 40%MVC as long as possible and it was evaluated in terms of time, accuracy (Mean Distance between force trace and target force, MD), precision (Coefficient of Variability of force trace, CV). MD and CV analyses were conducted dividing the SC task into three equivalent time stages (beginning, middle, exhaustion). Relative Reliability (RR) was measured by Intraclass Correlation Coefficient, and Absolute Reliability (AR) was measured by Standard Error of Measurement and by Bland-Altman plot. Results MVC and Time showed high RR and AR in both hands. RR of MD and CV in right hand was excellent in the beginning and middle stages, and fair in the exhaustion one, showing decreasing reliability as fatigue increases. In the left hand RR of MD and CV was generally lower. MD showed excellent reliability in the beginning stage and good reliability in the other stages. CV showed fair relative reliability at both beginning and middle stages, excellent in the last one. Conversely, it was observed high AR of MD and CV in all stages in both hands. Conclusions All indices are reliable to assess motor control of thumb-index pinch in both hands.

Test–Retest Reliability of the Twin Cities Walking Survey

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Forsyth ◽  
J. Michael Oakes ◽  
Kathryn H. Schmitz
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
International Physical Activity Questionnaire ◽  
Total Activity ◽  
Twin Cities ◽  
Kappa Statistics ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Social Features ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
Activity Questionnaire

Background:The Twin Cities Walking Study measured the associations of built environment versus socioeconomic and psychosocial variables with total physical activity and walking for 716 adults.Methods:This article reports on the test–retest reliability of the survey portion of the study. To test the reliability of the study measures, 158 respondents completed measures twice within 1 to 4 weeks. Agreement between participants’ responses was measured using Pearson r and Spearman rho, and kappa statistics.Results:Demographic questions are highly reliable (R > .8). Questions about environmental and social features are typically less reliable (rho range = 0.42– 0.91). Reliability of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (last 7 days version) was low (rho = 0.15 for total activity).Conclusions:Much of the survey has acceptable-to-good reliability. The low test–retest reliability points to potential limitations of using a single administration of the IPAQ to characterize habitual physical activity. Implications for sound inference are accordingly complicated.

Career Indecision Profile-65 Scores: Test–Retest Reliability and Measurement Equivalence in College and Noncollege Samples

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 510-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Casey J. Zobell ◽  
Margaret M. Nauta ◽  
Matthew S. Hesson-McInnis
Keyword(s):  
Career Counseling ◽  
Measurement Equivalence ◽  
Career Indecision ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Student Sample ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
College Student Sample ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

The Career Indecision Profile-65 (CIP-65) is a relatively new measure of career indecision that appears to have promise for use in career counseling and research. We sought to expand the information available to those evaluating the CIP-65 for potential use by assessing its measurement equivalence in college ( N = 529) and noncollege ( N = 472) samples and its scores’ test–retest reliability in a subset of the college–student sample ( n = 107). Six-week test–retest reliability coefficients ranged from .58 (interpersonal conflicts) to .85 (choice/commitment anxiety) for the subscale scores. Confirmatory factor analyses revealed that the CIP-65’s four-factor structure fit the data well in both the college and noncollege samples. The CIP-65 scores were configurally invariant in the two samples, but we did not find support for metric invariance. We offer explanations for these findings, discuss implications for practice, and present ideas for future research.

Test-Retest Reliability of Battle's Anxiety Scale for Children

1988 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Battle
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

798 boys and girls in Grades 2 through 9 participated in an assessment of the test-retest reliability of Battle's Anxiety Scale for Children, Form Q. Pearsonian correlations at Times 1 and 2 (1 wk. later) for subjects in Grades 2 through 6 were .84, .85, and .83 for all children, boys and girls, respectively. Values for subjects in Grades 7 through 9 were .86, .82, and .90 for all children, boys and girls, respectively.

Diagnostic Interview for Genetic Studies (DIGS): Inter-rater and test-retest reliability and validity in a Spanish population

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Roca ◽  
Rocio Martin-Santos ◽  
Jerónimo Saiz ◽  
Jordi Obiols ◽  
Maria J. Serrano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Major Depression ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Kappa Statistic ◽  
Diagnostic Interview ◽  
Spanish Version ◽  
Spanish Population ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Kappa Value ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

AbstractObjectiveTo test the reliability and validity of the DIGS in Spanish population.MethodsInter-rater and test-retest reliability of the Spanish version of DIGS was tested in 95 inpatients and outpatients. The resultant diagnoses were compared with diagnoses obtained by the LEAD (Longitudinal Expert All Data) procedure as “gold standard”. The kappa statistic was used to measure concordance between blind inter-raters and between the diagnoses obtained by LEAD procedure and through the DIGS.ResultsOverall kappa coefficient for inter-rater reliability was 0.956. The kappa value for individual diagnosis varied from major depression = 0.877 to schizophrenia = 1. Test-retest reliability was 0.926. Kappa for all individual target diagnoses ranged from 0.776 (major depression) to 1. Kappa between LEAD procedure and DIGS ranged from 0.704 (major depression) to 0.825 (bipolar I disorder).ConclusionMost of the DSM-IV major psychiatric disorders can be assessed with acceptable to excellent reliability with the Spanish version of the DIGS interview. The Spanish version of DIGS showed an acceptable to excellent concurrent validity. Giving the good reliability and validity of Spanish version of DIGS it should be considered to identify psychiatric phenotypes for genetics studies.

scholarly journals Brazilian version of the Quality of Care Scale: the perspective of people with disabilities

2014 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 583-593 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliana Bredemeier ◽  
Marilyn Agranonik ◽  
Tatiana Spalding Perez ◽  
Marcelo Pio de Almeida Fleck
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Principal Components ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Physical Disabilities ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

OBJECTIVE To analyze evidence of the validity and reliability of a Brazilian Portuguese version of the Quality of Care Scale from the perspective of people with physical and intellectual disabilities.METHODS There were 162 people with physical disabilities and 156 with intellectual disabilities from Porto Alegre and metropolitan region, who participated in the study in 2008. Classical psychometrics was used to independently analyze the two samples. Hypotheses for evidence of criterion validity (concurrent type) were tested with the Mann-Whitney test for non-normal distributions. Principal components analysis was used to explore factorial models. Evidence of reliability was calculated with Cronbach alpha for the scales and subscales. Test-retest reliability was analyzed for individuals with intellectual disabilities through intra-class correlation coefficient and the Willcoxon test.RESULTS The principal components in the group with physical disabilities replicated the original model presented as a solution to the international project data. Evidence of discriminant validity and test-retest reliability was found.CONCLUSIONS The transcultural factor model found within the international sample project seems appropriate for the samples investigated in this study, especially the physical disabilities group. Depression, pain, satisfaction with life and disability may play a mediating role in the evaluation of quality of care. Additional research is needed to add to evidence of the validity of the instruments.

scholarly journals Reliability of the Polar Vantage M Sports Watch when Measuring Heart Rate at Different Treadmill Exercise Intensities

Sports ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Mike Climstein ◽  
Jessica L. Alder ◽  
Alyce M. Brooker ◽  
Elissa J. Cartwright ◽  
Kevin Kemp-Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Treadmill Exercise ◽  
Intraclass Correlation ◽  
Good Test ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Measurement Variability ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Activity Monitors ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
Standard Error Of Measurement

Background: Usage of wrist-worn activity monitors has rapidly increased in recent years, and these devices are being used by both fitness enthusiasts and in clinical populations. We, therefore, assessed the test–retest reliability of the Polar Vantage M (PVM) watch when measuring heart rate (HR) during various treadmill exercise intensities. Methods: HR was measured every 30 s (simultaneous electrocardiography (ECG) and PVM). Test–retest reliability was determined using an intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Standard error of measurement (SEM) and smallest real difference (SRD) were used to determine measurement variability. Results: A total of 29 participants completed the trials. ICC values for PVM during stages 1, 2 and 5 demonstrated good to excellent test–retest reliability (0.78, 0.78 and 0.92; 95% CI (0.54–0.90, 0.54–0.9, 0.79–0.97)). For PVM during stages 0 (rest), 3 and 4, the ICC values indicated poor to good reliability (0.42, 0.68 and 0.58; 95% CI (−0.27–0.73, 0.32–0.85, 0.14–0.80)). Conclusion: This study identified that the test–retest reliability of the PVM was comparable at low and high exercise intensities; however, it revealed a poor to good test–retest reliability at moderate intensities. The PVM should not be used in a clinical setting where monitoring of an accurate HR is crucial to the patients’ safety.

Tie Measurement of Social Physique Anxiety

1989 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A. Hart ◽  
Mark R. Leary ◽  
W. Jack Rejeski
Keyword(s):  
Body Fat ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Social Physique Anxiety ◽  
Validity Data ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Percentage Of Body Fat ◽  
The Social ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

A 12-item self-report scale was developed to assess the degree to which people become anxious when others observe or evaluate their physiques. The Social Physique Anxiety Scale (SPAS) demonstrated both high internal and test-retest reliability. It also correlated appropriately with concerns regarding others' evaluations and with feelings about one's body. Validity data showed that women who scored high on the SPAS were heavier and had a higher percentage of body fat than those who scored lower. In addition, high scorers reported significantly greater anxiety during a real evaluation of their physiques, further supporting the validity of the scale. Possible uses of the SPAS in basic research involving physique anxiety and in applied fitness settings are discussed.

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