Psychometric Properties and Configural Invariance of the Polish – Language Version of the 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale in Non-clinical and Alcohol Addict Persons

Heart of Darkness, due to its semantic complexity, interpretative openness and universal thematic interests, has been frequently intersemiotically adapted in a variety of media, encompassing radio broadcast, films, opera, graphic narratives and video games, as well as rewritten in the form of interlingual translations and refracted, with refractions including reviews and critical assessments, but also textual versions radically different from the source text. This article considers selected reinterpretations of Conrad’s text and comments briefly on how in each case the adaptation illustrates a fusion of Conrad’s vision with that of the adapter, hence (trans)fusion, and how this may give a new life to the source text via interpretative shifts. The article presents case studies: the film adaptation – Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now (1979), Tarik O’Regan’s one-act chamber opera (both the United Kingdom in 2011 and the US staging in 2015), the graphic narrative by Catherine Anyango and David Zane Mairowitz (2010) and Jacek Dukaj’s Polish language version Serce ciemności (2017). This selection is governed by the variety of media and by the dissimilar approaches of the adapters to their source text. What is evident based on these variants is the role of the adapter as a creative participant in the process of transmitting the ideas of the original text, often updating them to make them relevant to new recipients of various cultural backgrounds. Additionally, reinterpretations and recontextualizations of the novella result directly from adaptive strategies specific to a given medium.

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The Polish COVID Stress Scales: Considerations of psychometric functioning, measurement invariance, and validity

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0260459 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (12) ◽

pp. e0260459

Author(s):

Katarzyna Adamczyk ◽

D. Angus Clark ◽

Julia Pradelok

Keyword(s):

Measurement Invariance ◽

Health Anxiety ◽

Time Lags ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Language Version ◽

Structure Reliability ◽

Level Measurement ◽

Polish Language ◽

Different Populations ◽

Anxiety Depression

The COVID Stress Scales (CSS) were developed to measure stress in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. To further investigate the psychometric properties of the CSS, we used data collected in Poland across two waves of assessment (N = 556 at T1 and N = 264 at T2) to evaluate the factor structure, reliability (at the item and scale level), measurement invariance (across the Polish and Dutch translations of the CSS, and time), over time stability, and external associations of the Polish-language version of the CSS (CSS-PL). Overall, results suggest that the CSS-PL is psychometrically robust, largely invariant across the countries and time-lags considered. The CSS-PL was also positively related to other measures of COVID-19 fear, health anxiety, obsessive compulsive symptoms, anxiety, depression, and intent to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. This study thus provides considerable information about the CSS’s items and scales, and lays the foundation for future investigations into COVID stress across time and different populations.

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A Spanish-Language Risk Perception Survey for Developing Diabetes: Translation Process and Assessment of Psychometric Properties

Journal of Nursing Measurement ◽

10.1891/1061-3749.24.3.365 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 24 (3) ◽

pp. 365-378 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Kevin L. Joiner ◽

Rosa Maria Sternberg ◽

Christine Kennedy ◽

Jyu-Lin Chen ◽

Yoshimi Fukuoka ◽

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Keyword(s):

Risk Perception ◽

Psychometric Properties ◽

Disease Risk ◽

Personal Control ◽

Spanish Language ◽

Foreign Born ◽

Language Version ◽

Design And Methods ◽

Perception Survey ◽

Risk Scale

Background and Purpose: Create a Spanish-language version of the Risk Perception Survey for Developing Diabetes (RPS-DD) and assess psychometric properties. Research Design and Methods: The Spanish-language version was created through translation, harmonization, and presentation to the tool’s original author. It was field tested in a foreign-born Latino sample and properties evaluated in principal components analysis. Results: Personal Control, Optimistic Bias, and Worry multi-item Likert subscale responses did not cluster together. A clean solution was obtained after removing two Personal Control subscale items. Neither the Personal Disease Risk scale nor the Environmental Health Risk scale responses loaded onto single factors. Reliabilities ranged from .54 to .88. Test of knowledge performance varied by item. Conclusions: This study contributes to evidence of validation of a Spanish-language RPS-DD in foreign-born Latinos.

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Psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Diagnostic Interview for Depressive Personality

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/j.eurpsy.2010.11.003 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 27 (8) ◽

pp. 582-590

Author(s):

L.J. Irastorza ◽

P. Rojano ◽

T. Gonzalez-Salvador ◽

J. Cotobal ◽

M. Leira ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Psychometric Properties ◽

Discriminant Validity ◽

Area Under The Curve ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Diagnostic Interview ◽

Cutoff Point ◽

Rater Reliability ◽

Language Version ◽

Depressive Personality

AbstractThe aim of this study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Spanish-language version of the Diagnostic Interview for Depressive Personality (DIDP). The DIDP was administered to 328 consecutive outpatients and the test–retest and inter-rater reliability were assessed. Factor analysis was used in search of factors capable of explaining the scale and a cutoff point was established. The DIDP scales showed adequate Cronbach's α values and acceptable test–retest and inter-rater reliability coefficients. Convergent and discriminant validity were explored, the latter with respect to avoidant and borderline personality disorders. The results of the factor analysis were consistent with the four-factor structure of the DIDP scales. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis revealed the area under the curve to be 0.848. We found 30 to be a good cutoff point, with a sensitivity of 74.5% and a specificity of 78.5%. The DIDP proved to be a reliable and valid instrument for assessing depressive personality disorder, at least among our outpatients. The psychometric properties of the DIDP support its clinical usefulness in assessing depressive personality.

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Psychometric properties and concurrent validity of the Transgender Congruence Scale (TCS) in the Swedish setting

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-020-73663-3 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Stavros I. Iliadis ◽

Cathrine Axfors ◽

Agnes Friberg ◽

Hans Arinell ◽

Ulrika Beckman ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Psychometric Properties ◽

Gender Dysphoria ◽

Concurrent Validity ◽

Factor Model ◽

Mean Value ◽

Swedish Version ◽

Multiple Group ◽

Configural Invariance ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Adolescents And Adults

Abstract The Transgender Congruence Scale (TCS) is a non-binary tool used in Sweden for gender dysphoria (GD) assessment; however, its Swedish version has not been validated. To investigate the psychometric properties of the TCS, its capacity to distinguish individuals with GD and its concurrent validity compared to other scales. Patients with GD (n = 135) and controls (n = 443) filled in a questionnaire containing sociodemographic questions, the TCS, the Utrecht Gender Dysphoria Scale (UGDS), and the Gender Identity/Gender Dysphoria Questionnaire for Adolescents and Adults (GIDYQ-AA). TCS had good discriminatory validity and internal consistency. Patients with GD, stratified by birth-assigned sex, had lower TCS scores compared to controls. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) supported the two-factor model of the TCS. Multiple-group CFA suggested measurement invariance between birth-assigned sexes and configural invariance between patients with GD and controls. Area under the ROC curve for birth-assigned males was 0.991 and for females 0.994. A TCS mean value of three provided sensitivity 94.3% and 95.1% as well as specificity 98.6% and 98% for aM and aF, respectively. The TCS was significantly correlated to UGDS and GIDYQ-AA. The TCS may be a valuable tool in the clinical assessment of individuals with GD.

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Psychometric properties of the Barkley Deficits in Executive Functioning Scale: A Spanish-Language Version in a community sample of puerto rican adults.

Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1037/pas0000171 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 28 (5) ◽

pp. 483-498 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

María C. Vélez-Pastrana ◽

Rafael A. González ◽

Javier Rodríguez Cardona ◽

Paloma Purcell Baerga ◽

Ángel Alicea Rodríguez ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Executive Functioning ◽

Psychometric Properties ◽

Puerto Rican ◽

Community Sample ◽

Spanish Language ◽

Language Version

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Psychometric properties of the health-promoting lifestyle profile II: cross-cultural validation of the Malay language version

BMC Public Health ◽

10.1186/s12889-019-7109-2 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Garry Kuan ◽

Yee Cheng Kueh ◽

Nurzulaikha Abdullah ◽

Evelyn Li Min Tai

Keyword(s):

Psychometric Properties ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Language Version ◽

Health Promoting ◽

Health Promoting Lifestyle ◽

Cultural Validation

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Psychometric Properties of a Spanish-Language Version of a Short-Form FAMCARE: Applications to Caregivers of Patients With Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias

Journal of Family Nursing ◽

10.1177/1074840719867345 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 25 (4) ◽

pp. 557-589 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Jeanne A. Teresi ◽

Katja Ocepek-Welikson ◽

Mildred Ramirez ◽

Katherine A. Ornstein ◽

Suzanne Bakken ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Alzheimer’S Disease ◽

Alzheimer's Disease ◽

Psychometric Properties ◽

Short Form ◽

Quality Care ◽

Family Satisfaction ◽

Theory Model ◽

Spanish Language ◽

Language Version ◽

Language Measures

Although family satisfaction is recognized as a critical indicator of quality care for persons with serious illness, Spanish-language measures are limited. The study aims were to develop a Spanish translation of the short-form Family Satisfaction With End-of-Life Care (FAMCARE), investigate its psychometric properties in Hispanic caregivers to patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD; N = 317; 209 interviewed in Spanish), and add parameters to an existing item bank. Based on factor analyses, the measure was found to be essentially unidimensional. Reliabilities from a graded item response theory model were high; the average estimate was 0.93 for the total and Spanish-language subsample. Discrimination parameters were high, and the model fit adequate. This is the first study to examine the performance of the short-form FAMCARE measure among Hispanics and caregivers to patients with ADRD. The short-form measure can be recommended for Hispanics and caregivers to patients with ADRD.

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