scholarly journals Development and Validation of the Psychotherapeutic Effectiveness Attribution Questionnaire (PEAQ-12) in a Spanish Population

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (19) ◽  
pp. 10372
Author(s):  
Antonio Romero-Moreno ◽  
Alberto Paramio ◽  
Serafín J. Cruces-Montes ◽  
Antonio Zayas ◽  
Diego Gómez-Carmona ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Principal Component ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Content Validation ◽  
Theoretical Orientations ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Attribution Questionnaire ◽  
Patient’S Perception ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Number Of Individuals ◽  
Initial Process

In recent decades, the study of psychotherapy effectiveness has been one of the pillars of clinical research because of its implication for therapeutic cure. However, although many studies have focused their interest on the patient’s perception, there are no instruments oriented to the study of psychotherapists’ attributions of effectiveness: to what factors psychotherapists attribute responsibility for the cure of the therapies they provide. The present study aimed to develop and validate an instrument for assessing the attribution of the effectiveness of psychotherapy in a population of 69 psychotherapists of different theoretical orientations. After an initial process of inter-judge content validation, 12 items were selected for validation in the targeted population, adequately fulfilling the quality requirements in the validity–reliability tests, and grouped into four factors after principal component analysis. These factors were as follows: (1) therapeutic alliance enhancers; (2) psychotherapist emotional characteristics; (3) therapy-specific variables; and (4) facilitators of patient engagement with therapy. This four-factor structure also showed a good fit for the fit indices checked in confirmatory factor analysis. In summary, we can conclude that the Psychotherapeutic Effectiveness Attribution Questionnaire (PEAQ-12) developed in our research can be helpful if tested on a larger number of individuals. The results can be replicated in other populations of psychotherapists.

Development and validation of a scale to measure the resilience of schools: Perspectives of young people from vulnerable and challenging territories

2021 ◽  
pp. 136548022199174
Author(s):  
Ana Milheiro Silva ◽  
Sofia Marques da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
National Level ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Border Regions ◽  
Educational Pathways ◽  
Resilience Scale ◽  
12Th Grade ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Territorial Disparities ◽  
Development And Validation

This article presents the development and validation of a scale for young people, which measures the resilience of schools in ensuring the educational pathways of students in vulnerable and challenging territories. This scale was developed within a national-level project, conducted in Portuguese border regions with Spain, which are peripheral contexts with economic, social, cultural, and educational disadvantages, but with locally-situated promising dynamics. Resilient schools, from an ecological perspective, are sensitive and committed to their internal and external settings. These schools act as a whole to face problem solving and risk situations, while also needing to support youth educational pathways and fulfill their role. This is particularly important in contexts with territorial disparities and specificities, as is the case of border regions. The Resilience Scale of Schools – Youth Version (RSS-Y) integrates dimensions related to schools’ focus and priorities, as well as practices and resources. Its development took into consideration that schools in vulnerable territories deal with specific constraints and fewer opportunities. In addition, this scale seeks to study the characteristics of resilience that young people identify in their schools and how they perceive their schools’ support. This quantitative scale was developed following a multi-step approach and was applied to 3,968 young people (9th to 12th grade). It comprises 17 items, rated on a five-point Likert scale to assess agreement. Statistical analysis ensure the internal consistency (Factor 1, α = .846; Factor 2, α = .845; Factor 3, α = .789) and the validity of this scale, indicating adequate psychometric properties to measure students’ perspectives on the resilience characteristics of schools. A Principal Component Analysis (PCA) proposes a three-factor structure that explains 57.393% of the total variance. A Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) indicates that this model is a good fit with the data. The RSS-Y can provide an important contribution to educational research developed in more deprived territories, but also to school contexts, since it recognizes the importance of schools’ differentiated approaches and highlights characteristics that promote the resilience and quality of schools.

Development of a Uniquely South African Leadership Questionnaire

2002 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 9-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hermann H. Spangenberg ◽  
Callie C. Theron
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Charismatic Leadership ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Leadership Model ◽  
Emerging Leadership ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Unit Performance

This paper describes the development of a leadership questionnaire the aim of which is to assess the behaviours required to lead change and transformation, while at the same time managing organisational unit performance effectively. A Delphi technique was used to facilitate the identification and testing of emerging leadership dimensions and items, starting with a three-stage model of charismatic leadership, The resultant leadership model comprises four stages, measured as 21 dimensions. The research questionnaire consists of 235 items. The questionnaire was field tested by means of 360° assessment conducted amongst 189 unit managers from a diverse group of organisations. Seven hundred and fifty completed questionnaires were obtained. Unrestricted principal component analyses were performed on each of the sub-scales (dimensions) to examine the unidimensionality assumption. This procedure resulted in the formation of three additional sub-scales. Item analyses on each of the sub-scales produced highly satisfactory Cronbach Alpha values. Further confirmatory factor analyses using LISREL were conducted on each of the 24 sub-scales. A series of goodness-of-fit indices generally showed satisfactory results. Overall, results indicate that a 96-item questionnaire format consisting of 24 dimensions with four items each (selected on the basis of factor loadings) could be used with confidence. Recommendations are made for further research.

scholarly journals Validation of a Questionnaire Developed to Evaluate a Pediatric eHealth Website for Parents

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
pp. 2671 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno José Nievas Soriano ◽  
Sonia García Duarte ◽  
Ana María Fernández Alonso ◽  
Antonio Bonillo Perales ◽  
Tesifón Parrón Carreño
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Content Validation ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Expert Review ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Competing Models ◽  
Confirmatory Analysis ◽  
Adequate Internal Consistency

There is a need for health professionals to provide parents with not only evidence-based child health websites but also instruments to evaluate them. The main aim of this research was to develop a questionnaire for measuring users’ evaluation of the usability, utility, confidence, the well-child section, and the accessibility of a Spanish pediatric eHealth website for parents. We further sought to evaluate the content validity and psychometric reliability of the instrument. A content validation study by expert review was performed, and the questionnaire was pilot tested. Psychometric analyses were used to establish scales through exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. Reliability studies were performed using Cronbach’s alpha and two split-half methods. The content validation of the questionnaire by experts was considered as excellent. The pilot web survey was completed by 516 participants. The exploratory factor analysis excluded 27 of the 41 qualitative initial items. The confirmatory factor analysis of the resultant 14-item questionnaire confirmed the five initial domains detected in the exploratory confirmatory analysis. The goodness of fit for the competing models was established through fit indices and confirmed the previously established domains. Adequate internal consistency was found for each of the subscales as well as the overall scale.

Measuring University Students’ Group Work Contribution: Scale Development and Validation

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 288-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min-Ho Joo ◽  
Vanessa P. Dennen
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Group Work ◽  
Work Team ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Group Project ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
School Based ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Model Fit Indices ◽  
Development And Validation

The purpose of this study is to validate the Group Work Contribution Scale, a scale that was developed for use as a self-assessment at the conclusion of a group project. Specifically, this scale measures the factors related to a learner’s participation within a school-based work team. A two-step validation process was conducted, using first exploratory and then confirmatory factor analysis. A total of 458 undergraduate students participated across two data collection sessions (231 and 227 participants). The refined Group Work Contribution Scale consists of four underlying factors: effort, initiative, responsibility, and backing-up behavior. The final 12-item scale for Group Work Contribution was confirmed via model fit indices.

scholarly journals Public Perceptions of the Societal Impact of Elite Sport: Scale Development and Testing

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 560-571 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens De Rycke ◽  
Veerle De Bosscher ◽  
Hiroaki Funahashi ◽  
Popi Sotiriadou
Keyword(s):  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Measurement Scale ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Elite Sport ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Belgian Population ◽  
Societal Impacts ◽  
Public Money

Many Nations are increasingly investing public money in elite sport on the belief that this will trigger a range of benefits for the population. However, there is lack of insight into how the population perceives elite sport’s impact on society. This study developed and tested a measurement scale assessing the publics’ beliefs of the positive and negative societal impacts that could potentially flow from elite sport. A sample of the Belgian population (N = 1,102) was surveyed. A 32-item scale was built using principal component and confirmatory factor analysis procedures for which the goodness-of-fit indices were excellent. Multivariate analysis revealed that the Belgian population perceived elite sport to have mostly positive societal impacts. The study findings can serve researchers wanting to measure the perceived potential positive and negative societal impacts of elite sport.

scholarly journals Construction of Moral Disengagement Scale for Adults: A Reliable Measure

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-223
Author(s):  
Ayesha Saif ◽  
Saima Riaz
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Moral Disengagement ◽  
Item Analysis ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Indigenous Research ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Model Fit Indices ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
Age Range

The main objective of current research was development of an indigenous Moral Disengagement Scale for Adults (MDS-A) in Urdu language. The subsequent objective was the establishment of reliability of newly developed Scale. Initially an item pool of 116 items was formulated based on Bandura’s model (2002) which was reduced to 106 items and later 92 items after expert’s evaluation and item analysis, respectively. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was conducted on 92 items scale by administering it on 579 adults (250 men and 329 women), age range of 19-83 years from villages and various educational institutes of district Gujrat, Pakistan. EFA by using Principal Component Analysis with Varimax Orthogonal Rotation resulted in six factor solution of 63 items. Later Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) confirmed the six-factor structure on an independent sample of 413 adults (193 men and 220 women) with age range 19-80 years from Gujrat district, Pakistan. After deletion of 43 items, CFA yielded good model fit indices for final 20 items MDS-A. MDS-A had very satisfactory Cronbach’s alpha reliability and test-retest reliability. MDS-A also demonstrated construct validity in terms of highly significant item-total correlations and subscale-to-scale total correlations. Overall, a reliable and valid scale for measurement of moral disengagement among adults in Pakistani culture is available for further indigenous research and counselling settings.

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.

Validation of a questionnaire developed to evaluate a Spanish eHealth paediatric web for parents. (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno José Nievas Soriano ◽  
Sonia García Duarte ◽  
Ana María Fernández Alonso ◽  
Antonio Bonillo Perales ◽  
Tesifón Parrón Carreño
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Content Validation ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
P Content ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Competing Models ◽  
Adequate Internal Consistency ◽  
Paediatric Health

BACKGROUND Parents need information about their children’s symptoms and the Internet is a major resource that may serve as a convenient repository of health information for parents. There is an urgent need for health professionals to provide parents with evidence-based child health websites. There is also a need for instruments to measure their accessibility, usability, usefulness and confidence building. OBJECTIVE The main aim of the present study was to develop a questionnaire for measuring users’ evaluation of different aspects of a Spanish paediatric Health web for parents. We further sought to evaluate the content validity and psychometric reliability of our instrument. METHODS After a review of the literature we designed an initial 40-qualitative item pilot survey, following the Checklist for Reporting Results of Internet E-Surveys (CHERRIES) guidelines. We performed a content validation study by experts review and the survey was then administered via web. Psychometric analyses were used to establish scales through exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. Reliability studies were performed using Cronbach's Alpha and Two-Split Half Method. RESULTS Content validation of the questionnaire by experts was considered as excellent. The pilot web survey was completed by 516 volunteer participants. Exploratory factor analysis allowed us to exclude 26 of the 40 initial items. Confirmatory factor analysis of the resultant 14-item questionnaire confirmed the five initial domains previously detected in the exploratory confirmatory analysis. The goodness of fit for the competing models was established through fit indices and confirmed the previously established domains. Adequate internal consistency was found for each of the subscales as well as the overall scale. CONCLUSIONS Effectiveness and reliability are essential aspects of eHealth interventions and should be properly evaluated. Although our research has limitations, we can assume that our questionnaire is appropriate for the evaluation of an eHealth Spanish paediatric web for parents.

scholarly journals The COVID-19 Own Risk Appraisal Scale (CORAS): Development and validation in two samples from the United Kingdom

2020 ◽  
pp. 135910532096742
Author(s):  
Rusi Jaspal ◽  
Emanuele Fino ◽  
Glynis M. Breakwell
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Risk Appraisal ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Development And Validation

Perceived risk is an important determinant of the adoption of preventive behaviours. In this article, the psychometric properties of the COVID-19 Own Risk Appraisal Scale (CORAS), including its development and validation in two samples in the United Kingdom, are described. The CORAS is a measure of perceived personal risk of contracting the disease, incorporating primarily intuitive with some analytic risk estimates. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed on data from 470 participants in the United Kingdom who completed the CORAS, the Fear of COVID-19 Scale and the COVID-19 Preventive Behaviours Index. Results showed that a unidimensional, six-item model fits the data well, with satisfactory fit indices, internal consistency and high item loadings onto the factor. We found no statistically significant differences by age, gender or ethnicity. The CORAS correlated positively with the Fear of COVID-19 Scale and the COVID-19 Preventive Behaviours Index, suggesting good concurrent validity.

Development and Validation of a Scale for Psychological Safety in School Among High School Students in India

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 394-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debarshi Roy
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Psychological Safety ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Model Fit ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
School Students ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Development And Validation

The concept of psychological safety in the workplace is becoming increasingly important to organizational culture and planning. Kahn (1990, Academy of Management Journal, 33(4), 692–724) had defined psychological safety as ‘being able to show and employ one’s self without fear of negative consequences of self-image, status or career’. For the purposes of this study, the researcher emphasized on the need for the members of an organization to feel safe, which is a step beyond just being safe. This study explores the various dimensions of psychological safety among a group of 405 high school students from across India. The study involved the administration of a confidential questionnaire involving 21 items. A principal component analysis involving the results of the survey led to the extraction of four factors. These factors were termed as protect, support, encourage and include. A confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to validate the model, and the model-fit results were within the acceptable range. The subsequent model was termed as the PSEI (Protect, Support, Encourage, Include) model for psychological safety in schools.

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