The Coronavirus Impact Scale: Construction, Validation, and Comparisons in Diverse Clinical Samples

Objective: This study outlines the construction and initial psychometric properties of the Coronavirus Impact Scale in multiple large and diverse samples of families with children and adolescents. The scale was established to capture the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Differences in impact between samples and internal structure within samples were assessed.Method: Five hundred, seventy-two caregivers of children and adolescents or expecting mothers in diverse clinical and research settings completed the Coronavirus Impact Scale. Samples differed in developmental stage, background, inpatient/outpatient status, and primary research or clinical setting. Model free methods were used to measure the scale’s internal structure and determine a scoring method. Differences between samples in specific item responses were measured by multivariate ordinal regression.Results: The Coronavirus Impact Scale demonstrated good internal consistency in a variety of clinical and research populations. Single, immigrant, predominantly Latinx mothers of young children reported the greatest impact across groups, with elevated impact on food access and finances. Individuals receiving outpatient or inpatient care reported greater impacts on health care access. Impact was positively associated with measures of caregiver anxiety and both caregiver- and child-reported stress at a moderate effect size.Conclusion: The Coronavirus Impact Scale is a publicly available scale with adequate psychometric properties for use in measuring the impact of the coronavirus pandemic in diverse populations.

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The Outcomes and Impact Scale - Revised: the psychometric properties of a scale assessing the impact of service provision

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research ◽

10.1111/jir.12366 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 61 (5) ◽

pp. 450-460 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

S. Koritsas ◽

N. Hagiliassis ◽

C. Cuzzillo

Keyword(s):

Psychometric Properties ◽

Service Provision ◽

Impact Scale ◽

The Impact

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The measurement of alexithymia in children and adolescents: Psychometric properties of the Alexithymia Questionnaire for Children and the twenty-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale in different non-clinical and clinical samples of children and adolescents

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0177982 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 12 (5) ◽

pp. e0177982 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Gwenolé Loas ◽

Stéphanie Braun ◽

Marie Delhaye ◽

Paul Linkowski

Keyword(s):

Psychometric Properties ◽

Children And Adolescents ◽

Clinical Samples ◽

Toronto Alexithymia Scale

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The Conners 3–short forms: Evaluating the adequacy of brief versions to assess ADHD symptoms and related problems

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry ◽

10.1177/1359104519846602 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 24 (4) ◽

pp. 791-808 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Viola Angela Izzo ◽

Maria Anna Donati ◽

Federica Novello ◽

Dino Maschietto ◽

Caterina Primi

Keyword(s):

Psychometric Properties ◽

Children And Adolescents ◽

Rating Scales ◽

Short Form ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Self Report ◽

Clinical Samples ◽

Hyperactivity Disorder ◽

Short Forms ◽

Gender And Age

The Conners’ Rating Scales are widely used to assess attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and related difficulties in children and adolescents. A short form of the scales is available, which, along with the several advantages of brief versions, also displays good psychometric properties. Nonetheless, no studies have confirmed them in cultural contexts different from the original one. The present study examined the psychometric properties of the Self-Report, Parent, and Teacher Conners 3–Short Forms in terms of reliability and validity in an Italian sample. Analyses were performed on 591 children and adolescents, 631 parents’ ratings, and 325 teachers’ ratings. To test for discriminative validity, ADHD clinical samples of 55 youth, 63 parents, and 15 teachers were compared to gender- and age-matched groups. Findings confirmed the original multidimensional structures and supported the Conners 3–Short Form scales as reliable and valid tools to assess ADHD and its main comorbid conditions.

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Psychological Symptoms in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese Youth During the COVID-19 Health Crisis: A Longitudinal Study

Child Psychiatry & Human Development ◽

10.1007/s10578-021-01211-9 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Mireia Orgilés ◽

Rita Francisco ◽

Elisa Delvecchio ◽

José P. Espada ◽

Claudia Mazzeschi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Children And Adolescents ◽

Longitudinal Research ◽

Psychological Symptoms ◽

European Countries ◽

Prevention Measures ◽

Health Crisis ◽

General Duty ◽

Impact Scale ◽

The Impact ◽

Over Time

AbstractAiming to slow down the spread of the COVID-19, a lockdown was declared in the first term of 2020 in many European countries, applying different restrictions measures. Although the psychological effects of home confinement in children have been described, there is a lack of longitudinal research examining the impact of the confinement over time. The present study analyzes the evolution of the psychological wellbeing of children and adolescents from three European countries with different restrictions. Parents of 624 Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese children and adolescents aged 3 to 18 years old completed the “Impact Scale of COVID-19 and Home Confinement on Children and Adolescents” two, five, and eight weeks after the lockdown. Results show a different pattern for each country. Children from Italy, the first European country that applied a lockdown, were better adapted than Spanish and Portuguese children the first two weeks after confinement but they were more psychologically impacted by home confinement at the eight-week assessment. Portuguese children, who followed a general duty of home confinement, were the best adapted to the situation, with no significant differences over time. A significant change was found in anxiety symptoms in Spanish children, with a decrease at the last assessment. Findings suggest that long confinements and hard restrictions affect children, so prevention measures should be applied during confinements to prevent psychological problems in children.

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Psychometric Properties of the Modified Fatigue Impact Scale

International Journal of MS Care ◽

10.7224/1537-2073.2012-019 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 15-20 ◽

Cited By ~ 45

Author(s):

Rebecca D. Larson

Keyword(s):

Psychometric Properties ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Target Population ◽

Self Report ◽

Future Research ◽

Validity Data ◽

Report Quality ◽

Impact Scale ◽

Fatigue Impact Scale ◽

The Impact

Psychometric assessments are tests or questionnaires that have been designed to measure constructs of interest in an individual or a target population. A goal of many of these self-report instruments is to provide researchers with the ability to gather subjective information in a manner that might allow for quantitative analysis and interpretation of these results. This requires the instrument of choice to have adequate psychometric properties of reliability and validity. Much research has been conducted on creating self-report quality of life questionnaires for individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS). This article focuses on one in particular, the Modified Fatigue Impact Scale (MFIS). The article starts with a brief description of the rationale, construction, and scoring of the inventory. Next, the best available reliability and validity data on the MFIS are presented. The article concludes with a brief discussion on the interpretation of scores, followed by suggestions for future research. This summative analysis is intended to examine whether the instrument is adequately measuring the impact of fatigue and whether the scores allow for meaningful interpretations.

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