scholarly journals La persona del terapeuta: Validación española del Cuestionario de Evaluación del Estilo Personal del Terapeuta (EPT-C) [The person of the therapist: Spanish validation of the Personal Style of the Therapist Questionnaire (PST-Q)]

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Prado-Abril ◽  
Javier Fernández-Álvarez ◽  
Sergio Sánchez-Reales ◽  
Soo J. Youn ◽  
Félix Inchausti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Factorial Structure ◽  
Personal Style ◽  
Factor Solution ◽  
Spanish Validation ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Training And Research ◽  
Person Of The Therapist ◽  
Best Fit

The Personal Style of the Therapist Questionnaire (PST-Q) is an instrument with more than 20 years of theoretical and empirical developments at the international scenario, especially in Latin America. The main goal of the study was to provide preliminary evidence on its psychometric properties and factorial structure in a sample of Spanish licensed clinical psychologists (N = 350). 7 confirmatory factor analysis were performed to found a 20-item and 5-factor solution that had the best fit indices and internal consistency values. The original abbreviated model of the PST-Q was partially confirmed, since item 28 had to be eliminated because it had a factor weight less than .30. The alpha values were slightly lower than the original, but equivalent to those of the Portuguese validation. The implications of the findings for training and research in Psychotherapy and Clinical Psychology are discussed.

scholarly journals La persona del terapeuta: Validación española del Cuestionario de Evaluación del Estilo Personal del Terapeuta (EPT-C)

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 131
Author(s):  
Javier Prado-Abril ◽  
Javier Fernández-Álvarez ◽  
Sergio Sánchez-Reales ◽  
Soo Jeong Youn ◽  
Félix Inchausti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Personal Style ◽  
Spanish Validation ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Training And Research ◽  
Person Of The Therapist ◽  
Best Fit

Abstract: The person of the therapist: Spanish validation of the Personal Style of the Therapist Questionnaire (PST-Q). The Personal Style of the Therapist Questionnaire (PST-Q) is an instrument with more than 20 years of theoretical and empirical developments at the international scenario, especially in Latin America. The main goal of the study was to provide preliminary evidence on its psychometric properties and factorial structure in a sample of Spanish licensed clinical psychologists (N = 350). 7 confirmatory factor analysis were performed to found a 20-item and 5-factor solution that had the best fit indices and internal consistency values. The original abbreviated model of the PST-Q was partially confirmed, since item 28 had to be eliminated because it had a factor weight less than .30. The alpha values were slightly lower than the original, but equivalent to those of the Portuguese validation. The implications of the findings for training and research in psychotherapy and clinical psychology are discussed.Keywords: Personal style of the therapist; PST-Q; practice-oriented research; clinical psychology; psychotherapy.  Resumen: El Cuestionario de Evaluación del Estilo Personal del Terapeuta (EPT-C) es un instrumento con más de 20 años de desarrollos teóricos y empíricos a nivel internacional, especialmente en Latinoamérica. El objetivo del estudio consistió en proporcionar evidencia preliminar sobre sus propiedades psicométricas y estructura factorial en una muestra de psicólogos clínicos españoles debidamente acreditados (N = 350). Se realizaron 7 análisis factoriales confirmatorios hasta dar con una solución de 5 factores y 20 ítems que resultó ser la que presentó los mejores índices de ajuste y de consistencia interna. Se confirmó parcialmente el modelo abreviado original del EPT-C, ya que tuvo que eliminarse el ítem 28 por presentar una carga factorial inferior a .30. Los valores alfa fueron ligeramente inferiores al original, pero equivalentes a los de la validación portuguesa. Se discuten las implicaciones de los hallazgos para la formación e investigación en psicoterapia y psicología clínica. Palabras clave: Estilo personal del terapeuta; EPT-C; investigación orientada por la práctica; psicología clínica; psicoterapia.

The Cognitive Map of Occupations: Factor Structure in a Spanish Sample

1999 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Teresa Muñoz Sastre ◽  
Etienne Mullet ◽  
Christèle Semin
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Cognitive Map ◽  
Factorial Structure ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Factor Solution ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Correlated Factors ◽  
Three Factor

Summary: The present work was aimed at assessing the factorial structure of Gottfredson's (1981) cognitive map of occupations. Participants, 500 Spanish pupils aged 14 years, were presented 129 occupations derived from Shinar's (1975) questionnaire, and asked to rate each occupation on one of 10 different scales derived from Gottfredson 's work: femininity, masculinity, prestige, income, realistic, research, artistic, social, entrepreneurial, and conventional. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted on the 129 × 10 matrix of means. The best solution was found to be a three-factor solution, with an independent social status factor and two correlated factors: gender and creativity.

Validity and Reliability of a Brief Emotional Intelligence Scale (BEIS-10)

2010 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 198-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin A. Davies ◽  
Andrew M. Lane ◽  
Tracey J. Devonport ◽  
Jamie A. Scott
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Measurement Tool ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Factor Solution ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Salient Factor ◽  
Development And Validation

This study describes the development and validation of a brief self-report measure of emotional intelligence based on Salovey and Mayer’s (1990) conceptualization. In stage one, the 33-item Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS: Schutte et al., 1998 ) was assessed for content validity by a panel of experts. The panel deemed 17 items unsuitable for further analysis. In stage two, a theoretically derived 5-factor solution and a unidimensional model were subjected to confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) in a student-athlete sample (n = 955). Results supported the multidimensional solution. The Brief Emotional Intelligence Scale (BEIS-10) was developed by extracting the two items from each factor with the most salient factor loadings. CFA results yielded good fit indices for the 10-item, 5-factor solution. Finally, stage three provided evidence of test-retest stability for the BEIS-10 over a 2-week period in a sample of 111 student-athletes. The BEIS-10 is offered as a valid and reliable measurement tool that has particular utility in situations where brevity is important.

Assessing Superstitious Belief

2009 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
pp. 447-454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil Dagnall ◽  
Andrew Parker ◽  
Gary Munley
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Maximum Likelihood Method ◽  
Likelihood Method ◽  
Factorial Structure ◽  
Factor Solution ◽  
Superstitious Belief ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Psychometric Analyses ◽  
Positive Item

The current study evaluated the psychometric properties of Wiseman and Watt's (2004) negative and positive superstitious belief items. The original items were compared with a modified, reworded set of items which emphasized each item's relation with either good or bad luck, and standard psychometric analyses were done. Modifying the items did not improve their psychometric properties; there was a negligible effect on Cronbach alpha, and Positive Item 3 continued to perform poorly. Confirmatory factor analysis, using the maximum likelihood method, suggested that a two-factor solution was preferable to a one-factor solution for both the original and modified items and that the problematic item should be discounted. It was concluded that the items require development and refinement before firm conclusions can be made about the factorial structure of superstitious belief. These results should also be tested further using Rasch methods.

scholarly journals Validation of the Chinese Version of the Centrality of Religiosity Scale (CRS): Teacher Perspectives

Religions ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 266 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Chi-Kin Lee ◽  
Xiaoxue Kuang
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Private Practice ◽  
Teacher Perspectives ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Single Factor ◽  
Factor Solution ◽  
Public Practice ◽  
Multiple Indicators ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Better Than

This study applied the Centrality of Religiosity Scale (CRS) to the context of Hong Kong as a part of China with the focus on a specific target group of teachers in primary and secondary schools. For the validation of the scale in the Hong Kong context, the version of CRSi-20 was tested with data collected from local teachers (N = 671). For the validation of the scale, six versions were tested (CRSi-20, CRS-15, CRSi-14, CRS-10, CRSi-7, and CRS-5). Confirmatory Factor Analysis demonstrated that the single-factor solution of five items (CRS-5) had better fit indices than the seven-item version (CRSi-7), which, in turn, was better than CRS-15 with a five-factor solution (Intellect, Ideology, Private Practice, Public Practice, and Religious Experience). The other three versions encountered a problem with high correlations between factors. Multiple-indicators multiple-causes (MIMIC) analysis was used to test the effect of covariates on the established factor structure for CRS-5, CRSi-7, and CRS-15. The results indicated that gender and religious belief are significant predictors of the centrality of religiosity scores for CRS-5, CRSi-7, and CRS-15. In addition, age was a positive predictor for public practice, and teachers’ education level was positively related to private practice for CRS-15. Implications regarding understanding for the existing literature are discussed.

Adapting “Color Blindness” to South Korean Attitudes Toward Multicultural Minorities: Scale Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 353-390
Author(s):  
Keun Young Baek ◽  
Young Seok Seo ◽  
Ae Ran Kim ◽  
Jinlan Piao
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Behavioral Reactions ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Training And Research ◽  
Criterion Variables ◽  
Best Fit ◽  
Additional Variance ◽  
Three Factor

Four studies were conducted to develop and validate the South Korean Attitudes Toward Multicultural Minorities Scale (SKAMMS). Exploratory factor analysis ( n = 336) identified three factors: Unawareness of South Korean Privilege and Discrimination against Multicultural Minorities, Attitudes Against Multiculturalism, and Attitudes Against Advocacy and Policy for Multicultural Minorities. Confirmatory factor analysis ( n = 537) provided cross-validation of the 16-item, three-factor model and identified that a three-factor bifactor model best fit the data. Correlational analyses provided evidence of the discriminant and convergent validities of the SKAMMS. Evidence of incremental validity of the SKAMMS was obtained ( n = 165), where the SKAMMS accounted for additional variance in criterion variables (i.e., cognitive, affective, and behavioral reactions toward racism) above other measures of attitudes toward multicultural minorities. The estimated 2-week test-retest reliabilities ( n = 53) ranged from .67 to .82. We discuss implications for the use of the SKAMMS for practice, advocacy, education/training, and research.

scholarly journals Trauma-spectrum symptoms among the Italian general population in the time of the COVID-19 outbreak

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodolfo Rossi ◽  
Valentina Socci ◽  
Dalila Talevi ◽  
Cinzia Niolu ◽  
Francesca Pacitti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
General Population ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Italian Population ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Factor Solution ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Three Factor

AbstractBackgroundRecent evidence showed substantial negative mental health outcomes associated with the current COVID-19 pandemic, including trauma-related symptoms although the effects on the Italian population who were subjected to unprecedented nationwide lockdown measure remains unknown. The Global Psychotrauma Screen (GPS) is a brief instrument designed to assess a broad range of trauma-related symptoms with no available validation in the Italian population.AimsThis study aimed at examining the factor structure of the Italian version of the GPS in a general population sample exposed to the COVID-19 pandemic and at evaluating trauma-related symptoms in the Italian population in the context of specific COVID-19 related risk factors associated with the implementation of lockdown measures and social distancing.MethodsCross-sectional web-based observational study, as part of a long-term monitoring programme of mental health outcomes in the general population. 18147 participants completed a self-report online questionnaire to collect key demographic data and to evaluate trauma-related symptoms using the GPS, PHQ-9, GAD-7, ISI and PSS. Validation analyses included both exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, and correlation analyses.ResultsExploratory factor analyses supported both a two-factor and a three-factor model. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that a one-factor solution that was used as a baseline comparison showed acceptable fit indices, the two-factor solution showed good fit indices, but the best fitting model was a three-factor solution, with Negative Affect (symptoms of depressed mood, anxiety, irritability), core Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms (PTSS) (avoidance, re-experiencing, hyperarousal and insomnia) and Dissociative symptoms. GPS Risk factors as well as specific COVID-19 related stressful events, were associated with GPS total as well as the three factor scores.ConclusionsOur data suggest that a wide range of trauma-spectrum symptoms were reported by a large Italian sample during the COVID-19 pandemic. The GPS symptoms clustered best in three factors: Negative Affect symptoms, Core PTSS, and Dissociative symptoms. In particular high rates of core PTSS and negative affect symptoms were associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy and should be routinely assessed in clinical practice.

scholarly journals A factor analytic examination of the Achievement Goal Questionnaire-Revised: A three-factor model

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamden K Strunk
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Achievement Goals ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Achievement Goal ◽  
Factor Solution ◽  
Factor Analytic ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Best Fit ◽  
Three Factor

The literature in achievement goals includes mixed results as to the factor structure of achievement goal measures, particularly the Achievement Goal Questionnaire, Revised (AGQ-R). In a sample of 1,496 undergraduate students (600 men, 891 women, 5 gender unreported; M age = 20.6 yr., SD = 3.2), the AGQ-R was subjected to an exploratory factor analysis that suggested three factors. Then, in a different sample of 1,125 undergraduate students (270 men, 750 women, 5 gender unreported; M age = 21.7 yr., SD = 5.4), the measure was subjected to a confirmatory factor analysis, in which a three-factor solution, again, showed the best fit to the observed data. The implications of these results for the measurement of achievement goals are discussed.

Integrating Different Factorial Solutions of a Psychometric Tool Via Social Network Analysis

Methodology ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 97-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davide Massidda ◽  
Mauro Giovanni Carta ◽  
Gianmarco Altoè
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Factorial Structure ◽  
Factor Solution ◽  
Baseline Model ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Mood Disorder Questionnaire ◽  
Psychometric Tool

Abstract. Evaluating the factorial structure of a psychometric test is crucial to capture the complexity of a psychological phenomenon. Indeed, for the same test, several studies may find different factorial solutions which, in turn, may be explained by within and/or between sample variability. In this paper we introduce a novel quantitative approach to combine different factorial solutions of the same test. We propose to use a method based on Social Network Analysis to create and statistically evaluate an integrated factorial structure based on the information provided by previous researches. We present an application to the Mood Disorder Questionnaire by considering different factorial structures reported in the literature. The integrated factorial solution indicates the presence of three factors supporting the multidimensionality of the test. The role of single items in the composition of factors is also evaluated and discussed in terms of differences and similarities between the five original studies and the new integrated model. From an applied perspective, our approach may be useful to assist researchers in summarizing different factorial solutions for the same test efficiently. Furthermore, the resulting integrated factor solution could serve as baseline model to validate the structure of the test by applying confirmatory factor techniques to new data.

Model planned abortion in Mexico City

2020 ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
María Luisa Quintero Soto ◽  
María de Lourdes Morales Flores
Keyword(s):  
Structural Model ◽  
Sample Selection ◽  
Health Policies ◽  
Factorial Structure ◽  
Factor Solution ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Probabilistic Sample ◽  
The Town ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Variance Explained

Reproductive health policies, centered on the decriminalization of abortion, involve effects on beliefs, attitudes, intentions and behaviors of abortion. As women get older, education and income, rationally choose an abortion, but are far from ideal for procreation is 22 years old. The aim of this study is to establish the factorial structure of scales measuring four factors and 28 indicators (seven per factor) relating to the termination of pregnancy. Consequently, it conducted a non experimental, transversal and exploratory study with a nonrandom selection of 145 students. From a structural model ?? 2 = 346.57 (57gl) p = 0.000; CFI = 0.990; GFI = 0.995; RMSEA = 0.005; R 2 = 0,35?las intentions determined behavior (? = 0.64), but the factor solution was explained by beliefs (alpha = 0.781; 35% of the total variance explained). However, the context, the selection of the sample and the type of analysis prevents data generalize to other areas. It is recommended to perform a confirmatory factor analysis with a probabilistic sample selection in the population of the town.

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