Dimensionality of Brief Family Interaction and Satisfaction Scales among Couples from Eight Western and Midwestern States

1994 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li-Wen Chang ◽  
Walter R. Schumm ◽  
L. Ann Coulson ◽  
Stephan R. Bollman ◽  
Anthony P. Jurich
Keyword(s):  
Common Factor ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
The United States ◽  
Heterosexual Couples ◽  
Marital Communication ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
The Family ◽  
High Internal Consistency ◽  
Using Data ◽  
High Internal Consistency Reliability

The Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale, the Kansas Parental Satisfaction Scale, a version for couples of the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scales (FACES III), and three subscales from the Marital Communication Inventory were subjected to common factor analysis using data from 1222 rural, heterosexual couples, husbands and wives from eight western and midwestern states in the United States. The analysis supported the expected dimensionality of the Marital Communication Inventory and the two satisfaction scales but suggested that the adaptability scale may have more than one dimension. All scales showed adequate to high internal consistency reliability; however, the two FACES III scales were correlated .59 for both husbands and wives, casting doubt on the presumed orthogonality of those scales, at least for these samples. The results further support the potential validity of brief measures of relationship quality and satisfaction.

Psychometric Properties of the Reassurance-Seeking Scale in a Turkish Sample

2005 ◽  
Vol 96 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tülin Gençöz ◽  
Faruk Gençöz
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Beck Anxiety Inventory ◽  
Reassurance Seeking ◽  
Partial Correlations ◽  
High Internal Consistency ◽  
High Internal Consistency Reliability

This study examined the psychometric properties of the Reassurance-Seeking Scale in a sample of 102 Turkish undergraduate students. High internal consistency reliability was found for the Reassurance-Seeking Scale (alpha = .86). Factor analysis of the scale identified a single component that accounted for 71% of the total variance. The scale was significantly positively correlated with the Beck Depression Inventory and Beck Anxiety Inventory and had a significantly negative correlation with the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale. Partial correlations of Reassurance-seeking with Depression scores as controlled by Anxiety scores and with Anxiety scores as controlled by Depression scores indicated that Reassurance-seeking scores maintained association with Depression but not with Anxiety. All these findings were in line with expectations.

scholarly journals Measurement of Family Management in Families of Individuals With Down Syndrome: A Cross-Cultural Investigation

2020 ◽  
pp. 107484072097516
Author(s):  
Marcia Van Riper ◽  
George J. Knafl ◽  
Maria do Céu Barbieri-Figueiredo ◽  
Maria Caples ◽  
Hyunkyung Choi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Family Management ◽  
Cultural Research ◽  
The Family ◽  
Cross Cultural Research ◽  
Management Measure

Down syndrome (DS) is the most common genetic cause of intellectual disability worldwide. The purpose of this analysis was to determine the internal consistency reliability of eight language versions of the Family Management Measure (FaMM) and compare family management of DS across cultures. A total of 2,740 parents of individuals with DS from 11 countries completed the FaMM. The analysis provided evidence of internal consistency reliability exceeding .70 for four of six FaMM scales for the entire sample. Across countries, there was a pattern of positive family management. Cross-cultural comparisons revealed parents from Brazil, Spain, and the United States had the most positive family management and respondents from Ireland, Italy, Japan, and Korea had the least positive. The rankings were mixed for the four remaining countries. These findings provide evidence of overall strong internal consistency reliability of the FaMM. More cross-cultural research is needed to understand how social determinants of health influence family management in families of individuals with DS.

scholarly journals Have Anglo-Catholics Lost their Vision for Mission Agencies? An Empirical Enquiry among Newly Ordained Clergy in Britain

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-67
Author(s):  
Andrew Village ◽  
Leslie J. Francis
Keyword(s):  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
Christian Mission ◽  
Catholic Clergy ◽  
Cronbach's Alpha ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Mission Agencies ◽  
High Internal Consistency ◽  
The Uk ◽  
High Internal Consistency Reliability

AbstractAttitude toward Christian mission agencies was investigated in a sample of 827 Anglican clergy ordained in the UK from 2002 to 2006. The Scale of Attitude Toward Mission Agencies (SATMA) consisted of six items related to the work that agencies do, and whether clergy wished to engage with this work. It had a high internal consistency reliability (Cronbach's alpha = 0.80). After controlling for theological liberalism or conservatism, attitudes were most positive among evangelicals and least positive among Anglo-Catholics. Both liberal and conservative Anglo-Catholic clergy showed less positive attitudes toward mission agencies than did other clergy.

scholarly journals THE PROTECTIVE STYLE QUESTIONNAIRE: SELFPROTECTIVE MECHANISMS AMONG STIGMATIZED ADOLESCENTS

1998 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen B. Hillman ◽  
Paula C. Wood ◽  
Shlomo S. Sawilowsky
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Social Comparisons ◽  
African American Adolescents ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Racial Prejudice ◽  
Factor Loadings ◽  
High Internal Consistency ◽  
High Internal Consistency Reliability

Crocker and Major (1989) hypothesized three mechanisms by which members of stigmatized groups may protect self-esteem. The mechanisms are: a) ingroup social comparisons, b) valuing/devaluing performance selectively, and c) racial prejudice. We provide a test of Crocker and Major's hypothesized mechanisms with the development of the Protective Style Questionnaire which was administered to a sample of 78 African-American adolescents. Evidence of high internal consistency reliability (about .86) and factor loadings support the orthogonality of the three mechanisms. Results showed varying levels of endorsement of each mechanism.

scholarly journals Cognitive and Initial Psychometric Testing of the Errors of Care Omission Survey: A New Patient Safety Tool for Primary Care

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lusine Poghosyan ◽  
Allison A. Norful ◽  
Jianfang Liu ◽  
Jonathan Shaffer
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Item Analysis ◽  
Psychometric Testing ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
Primary Care Providers ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Safety Studies ◽  
High Internal Consistency ◽  
High Internal Consistency Reliability

Background and PurposeMost patient safety studies focus on errors of commission rather than on errors of omission. No tools measure errors of omission in primary care. We developed the Errors of Care Omission Survey (ECOS) and present its cognitive and psychometric testing.MethodsTwenty-six primary care providers (PCPs) participated in cognitive interviews, which were audiotaped, transcribed, and analyzed. ECOS was also pilot tested with 37 PCPs. Item analysis and reliability testing w conducted.ResultsInterviewees agreed that ECOS measures errors of omission and items were clear. The response categories were revised. All items were correlated and subscales had high internal consistency reliability.ConclusionsECOS can measure errors of omission in primary care.

scholarly journals The Role of Family Process on Academic Educational Achievements in the United States: Evidence from a longitudinal study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Roghani
Keyword(s):  
Parental Influence ◽  
Event History Analysis ◽  
The United States ◽  
Family Process ◽  
Family Routines ◽  
Process Measures ◽  
Academic Degree ◽  
The Family ◽  
Using Data

This paper's main objective is to understand how thefamily process affects youth's educational outcomes in the U.S.Previous research does not have a conclusive understandingregarding parental influence and educational achievement.Some studies determine that some parental influence isconnected with positive academic achievement, while othersconclude that it is not associated with young adults' academicachievement. Using data from the National Longitudinal Surveyof Youth 1997, an event history analysis was conducted toaddress how family process measures (family routines andparental monitoring) during adolescence change the rates andtiming of the completion of a bachelor's degree. Althoughmothers' monitoring does not have a significant relationship withhaving an academic degree, higher father monitoring waspositively associated with having the degree. Family routinesprovide a complex result. Average family routines are associatedwith a higher likelihood of academic achievements, while low andhigh family routines have the same outcomes. The research'sfindings imply the role of fathers and the multidimensionalnature of the family process, suggesting that the family process isessential in determining rates and timing of academicachievements in the U.S.

Spiritual Health and Life-Orientation Measure: Psychometric properties of the Brazilian Portuguese version

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (9) ◽  
pp. 1187-1197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucianne J Valdivia ◽  
Lucas PC Alves ◽  
Neusa S Rocha
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
Brazilian Portuguese ◽  
Spiritual Health ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Life Orientation ◽  
Spiritual But Not Religious ◽  
High Internal Consistency ◽  
High Internal Consistency Reliability

This study aimed to translate into Brazilian Portuguese and evaluate the main psychometric properties from Spiritual Health and Life-Orientation Measure in a sample of 487 students aged 9–15 years in Southern Brazil. Spiritual Health and Life-Orientation Measure is divided into Ideals and Lived Experience sections and showed high internal consistency reliability (Cronbach’s α = 0.94). Comparison of mean values between age showed a tendency to decrease spirituality scores with increasing age. Discriminate validity of mean scores between groups of atheists, “spiritual, but not religious,” and religious was significant in all domains (0.026 <  p < 0.001). Spiritual Health and Life-Orientation Measure presents adequate psychometric properties and may contribute to study spirituality in children and adolescents.

Development and Validation of the Sexist Attitudes Toward Women Scale (SATWS)

1980 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 276-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter L. Benson ◽  
Steven Vincent
Keyword(s):  
Sex Role ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
Attitudes Toward Women ◽  
Sexist Attitudes ◽  
Scale Scores ◽  
Role Stereotype ◽  
High Internal Consistency ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
High Internal Consistency Reliability

Although sexism is now defined as a major social problem, there have been very few empirical studies investigating its correlates and determinants. One primary reason for this is that there are no published sexism scales, and hence it is difficult to assess individual differences in sexism. This article describes the development and validation of a 40–item Sexist Attitudes Toward Women Scale (SATWS). On rational-intuitive grounds, it is hypothesized that sexism toward women has seven components and, accordingly, items were written to reflect these. It is suggested that scales measuring only one of these components (e.g., sex-role stereotype scales and women's liberation movement scales) lack content validity as measures of sexism. On empirical grounds it is argued that the SATW scale also has stronger construct validity as a measure of sexism toward women than other such scales. The SATW scale has high internal consistency reliability for both college students and nonstudent adults and the SATW scale scores are independent of social desirability scores. Relationships to age, sex, and education are presented.

Test-Retest Reliability of the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale

1983 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 545-546 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan E. Mitchell ◽  
G. Kathleen Newell ◽  
Walter R. Schumm
Keyword(s):  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Nutrition Education ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
The Family ◽  
Adequate Test ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
Further Development

Further development of a brief measure of marital satisfaction is reported. The Kansas Marital Satisfaction (KMS) Scale was administered to 106 mothers who participated in a pretest for a nutrition education program. In accordance with previous research, Cronbach alpha estimates of internal consistency reliability were, at .96 or greater, more than adequate; test-retest reliability of the scale was substantial, as indicated by an r of .71 over a 10-wk. interval. Non-significant to moderate correlations of scores on the scale with individual social desirability and with scores on subscales of the Family Environment Scale were found.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Two Interviewing Skills Measures: An Instrument Validation Study

10.18060/57 ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cathy King Pike ◽  
Robert Bennett ◽  
Valerie Chang
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Instrument Validation ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
Initial Validation ◽  
Interviewing Skills ◽  
High Internal Consistency ◽  
Field Supervisors ◽  
High Internal Consistency Reliability

This article reports an initial validation of an instrument that measures basic interviewing skills and compares its psychometric results with another instrument that has been used more frequently to measure similar skills. Four field supervisors rated 30 students’ videotaped interviews (N=120) using two instruments, the validation, and a comparison instrument. The current validation instrument had high internal consistency reliability, a clear factor structure, and performed well in construct validity evaluations. These preliminary results supported the instrument’s internal consistency reliability, content, factorial, and construct validity. The validation instrument had higher internal consistency reliability, lower errormeasurement, and amore interpretable factor structure than the comparison instrument.

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