Reliability, criterion-concurrent validity, and construct-discriminant validity of a head-marking version of the taekwondo anaerobic intermittent kick test

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amel Tayech ◽  
Mohamed Arbi Mejri ◽  
Issam Makhlouf ◽  
Aaron Uthof ◽  
Mourad Hambli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Reliability Criterion

scholarly journals Adaption and validation of the Working Alliance Inventory for General Practice: qualitative review and cross-sectional surveys

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 516-522 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A Sturgiss ◽  
Elizabeth Rieger ◽  
Emily Haesler ◽  
Matthew J Ridd ◽  
Kirsty Douglas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Working Alliance ◽  
Shared Decision Making ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Shared Decision ◽  
Working Alliance Inventory

Abstract Background Relational aspects of primary care are important, but we have no standard measure for assessment. The ‘working alliance’ incorporates elements of the therapeutic relationship, shared decision-making, goal setting and communication skills. The Working Alliance Inventory (short form) (WAI-SF) has been used in adult psychology, and a high score on the survey is associated with improved outcomes for clients. Objective To adapt the WAI-SF for use between GPs and patients and to test its concurrent validity with measures of shared decision-making and the doctor–patient relationship and discriminant validity with measures of social desirability. Methods Two rounds of online survey feedback from 55 GPs and 47 patients were used to adapt the WAI-SF—the WAI-GP. The tool was then completed by 142 patients in waiting rooms after seeing their GP and by 16 GPs at the end of their session. Concurrent validity with measures of shared decision-making and patient–doctor depth of relationship was determined using Spearman Rho correlations. Patients also completed two social desirability surveys, and discriminant validity with WAI-GP was assessed. Results Following feedback, the survey was re-worded to remove phrases that were perceived as judgmental or irrelevant. The patient measure of the WAI-GP was strongly correlated with Dyadic OPTION (rho = 0.705, P = 0.0001) and Patient–Doctor Depth of Relationship scale (rho = 0.591, P = 0.0001) and not with measures of social desirability. Conclusion The psychometric properties of the WAI-GP support its use for measuring GP-patient alliance. Possibilities for use include assessing the influence of therapeutic alliance on the effectiveness of interventions.

A New Comprehensive Oral Health Literacy Scale: Development and Psychometric Evaluation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yue Sun ◽  
Jing Sun ◽  
Yan Zhao ◽  
Aixiao Cheng ◽  
Junhong Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Item Pool ◽  
Oral Health Literacy ◽  
Oral Health Knowledge ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

Abstract Background: It has been widely accepted that oral health status is related to oral health literacy. The need to measure oral health literacy has led to the development of measurement instruments. This study aimed to develop a comprehensive instrument for adults and to examine its reliability and validity in China.Methods: A three-step design process was used. First, a literature review and expert panel discussion were used to draw up a 37-item pool covering oral health knowledge, belief, practice, skill and functional oral health literacy. The Delphi method was used to delete and modify questions in the item pool. The draft instrument was evaluated by nine experts and the consensus among them was calculated using the content validity index. The scale was then used to conduct a psychometric study among 370 participants from community health centers in Beijing. Construct validity, discriminant validity and concurrent validity were examined. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, and test–retest methods were used to assess reliability.Results: The final scale included 30 items in four dimensions. The item–level content validity index was 0.90. Exploratory factor analysis extracted four fixed factors, and the Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin and Bartlett’s tests came to 0.752, with the model explaining 35.21% of the total variance. The four dimensions were associated with oral health knowledge, perceptions of oral health issues, oral health practice and skills, and functional oral health literacy. The mean score of the lowest 27% was significantly lower than the highest 27% (p < 0.01), suggesting adequate discriminant validity. The associations between comprehensive oral health literacy scores and educational level, income and self-reported literacy level were significant (P < 0.001), showing adequate overall concurrent validity. Internal consistency and test–retest reliability were acceptable, with a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.72 and a total test–retest reliability coefficient of 0.979. Conclusions: Initial testing of the comprehensive oral health literacy instrument suggested that it is a valid and reliable instrument to evaluate individuals’ oral health literacy, with four dimensions for evaluating knowledge, belief, skill and functional oral health literacy.

Post-Hurricane Distress Scale (PHDS): A Novel Tool for First Responders and Disaster Researchers

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-89
Author(s):  
Yonatan Carl ◽  
Ediricardo Rodríguez Ortiz ◽  
Moisés Cintrón ◽  
Andy Vega ◽  
Cristina Font ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
First Responders ◽  
Factor Loading ◽  
Internal Reliability ◽  
Impact Of Event Scale ◽  
Event Scale ◽  
High Risk Populations ◽  
Peritraumatic Distress ◽  
Distress Scale

ABSTRACTObjectiveThe aim of this study was the construction and validation of a novel research instrument to quantify the degree of post-hurricane trauma and distress in an affected population. The Post-Hurricane Distress Scale (PHDS) has quantitative measures of both acute and prolonged distress, attributable to meteorological and hydrological disasters.MethodsA careful evaluation of existing questionnaires, as well as extensive canvasing of the post-Maria population of Puerto Rico, availed the construction of the PHDS. The PHDS consists of 20 items, organized into 4 subscales. The PHDS was pre-validated (n=79), revised, and then distributed to a broad sampling of the post-Hurricane Maria Puerto Rican population (n=597). Validation, including factor analysis, analyses of concurrent validity, discriminant validity, and internal reliability, was performed.ResultsAfter comparing various scales, factor loading profiles, concurrent validities, and models of fit, we show that the PHDS is best scored as a single 0–6 distress scale. When compared with the Traumatic Exposure Severity Scale, the PHDS shows superior concurrent validity, more accurately predicting scores for the Peritraumatic Distress Inventory, Impact of Event Scale – Revised, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7 Scale. The PHDS shows good internal reliability and discriminant validity.ConclusionsThe PHDS represents a novel, useful instrument for disaster first-responders and researchers. The prompt identification of high-risk populations is possible using this instrument. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2019;13:82-89)

scholarly journals A Novel Anti-Environmental Forest Experience Scale to Predict Preferred Pleasantness Associated with Forest Environments

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (18) ◽  
pp. 6731
Author(s):  
Ernest Bielinis ◽  
Jianzhong Xu ◽  
Aneta Anna Omelan
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Internal Validity ◽  
Urban Landscapes ◽  
Evaluation Instrument ◽  
Psychometric Test ◽  
Connectedness To Nature ◽  
Dense Forest

In this study, a method for predicting the preferred pleasantness induced by different forest environments, represented by virtual photographs, was proposed and evaluated using a novel Anti-Environmental Forest Experience Scale psychometric test. The evaluation questionnaire contained twenty-one items divided into four different subscales. The factor structure was assessed in two separate samples collected online (sample 1: n = 254, sample 2: n = 280). The internal validity of the four subscales was confirmed using exploratory factor analysis. Discriminant validity was tested and confirmed using the Amoebic Self Scale (spatial–symbolic domain). Concurrent validity was confirmed using the Connectedness to Nature Scale. Predictive validity was based on an assessment of pleasantness induced by nine different photographs (control—urban landscapes, forest landscapes, dense forest landscapes), with subscales differently correlated with the level of pleasantness assessed for each photograph. This evaluation instrument is appropriate for predicting preferred pleasantness induced by different forest environments.

Concurrent and Discriminant Validity of the Star Excursion Balance Test for Military Personnel With Lateral Ankle Sprain

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maude Bastien ◽  
Hélène Moffet ◽  
Laurent Bouyer ◽  
Marc Perron ◽  
Luc J. Hébert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Motor Control ◽  
Ankle Sprain ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Visual Estimation ◽  
Balance Test ◽  
Lateral Ankle Sprain ◽  
Lateral Ankle ◽  
Normalization Methods ◽  
Star Excursion Balance Test

The Star Excursion Balance Test (SEBT) has frequently been used to measure motor control and residual functional deficits at different stages of recovery from lateral ankle sprain (LAS) in various populations. However, the validity of the measure used to characterize performance—the maximal reach distance (MRD) measured by visual estimation—is still unknown.Objectives:To evaluate the concurrent validity of the MRD in the SEBT estimated visually vs the MRD measured with a 3D motion-capture system and evaluate and compare the discriminant validity of 2 MRD-normalization methods (by height or by lower-limb length) in participants with or without LAS (n = 10 per group).Results:There is a high concurrent validity and a good degree of accuracy between the visual estimation measurement and the MRD gold-standard measurement for both groups and under all conditions. The Cohen d ratios between groups and MANOVA products were higher when computed from MRD data normalized by height.Conclusion:The results support the concurrent validity of visual estimation of the MRD and the use of the SEBT to evaluate motor control. Moreover, normalization of MRD data by height appears to increase the discriminant validity of this test.

Psychometric properties of the Italian version of Colquitt’s Organizational Justice Scale (OJS)

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 861-874 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paola Spagnoli ◽  
Maria Luisa Farnese ◽  
Francesca D’Olimpio ◽  
Andrea Millefiorini ◽  
Liliya Scafuri Kovalchuk
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Organizational Justice ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Italian Version ◽  
Content Type

Purpose Although Colquitt’s Organizational Justice Scale (COJS) is one of the most widely used organizational justice scales (OJS) worldwide, a rigorous adaptation and validation in Italy is still missing. Accordingly, the purpose of this paper is to examine the construct validity and reliability of the Italian translation of the scale. Design/methodology/approach Factorial and concurrent validity were examined to assess construct validity. A confirmatory factorial analysis through structural equation modelling was conducted on five factorial models: one-factor, two-factor, three-factor, four-factor and second-order factor model. Concurrent validity implied the examination of the relationships between organizational justice and job satisfaction (convergent validity) and between organizational justice and workplace bullying (discriminant validity). Findings Evidence of the prevalence of the original Colquitt (2001) four-factor model was found, though also the second-order model obtained adequate goodness of fit. Findings supported both convergent and discriminant validity. Reliability analysis reported evidence of excellent internal consistency. Thus, the Italian version of the OJS can be used in Italy for research and practical purposes. Originality/value This is the first study properly addressing the factorial and concurrent validity of the OJS in Italy.

Development of the Overt-Covert Aggression Inventory

2003 ◽  
Vol 93 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takao Miyazaki ◽  
Takahiro Shimizu ◽  
Gen Komaki ◽  
Hirohito Tsuboi ◽  
Fumio Kobayashi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Japanese Version ◽  
Epidemiological Studies ◽  
Japanese People ◽  
Aggression Questionnaire ◽  
Covert Aggression

The expression of anger in Japanese people is different from that of other races. We developed a new brief inventory, the Overt-Covert Aggression Inventory, to assess aggressive behavior of Japanese people by focusing on their uniqueness and examined us reliability and validity. This inventory, the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression scale, the Japanese version of the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire, and the Picture-Frustration Study were administered to 3,104 men and 316 women in a factory. Internal consistency, test-retest reliability, concurrent validity, and construct validity of the scale were examined. We confirmed that the Overt-Covert Aggression Inventory has adequate reliability and sufficient concurrent validity; however, further studies of the construct validity and discriminant validity are required.

scholarly journals A Computer Adaptive Measure of Delay Discounting

Assessment ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (8) ◽  
pp. 1036-1055
Author(s):  
Vaishali Mahalingam ◽  
Michael Palkovics ◽  
Michal Kosinski ◽  
Iva Cek ◽  
David Stillwell
Keyword(s):  
Delay Discounting ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Time Delays ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Smoking Behavior ◽  
Data Set ◽  
International Data ◽  
And Gender

Delay discounting has been linked to important behavioral, health, and social outcomes, including academic achievement, social functioning and substance use, but thoroughly measuring delay discounting is tedious and time consuming. We develop and consistently validate an efficient and psychometrically sound computer adaptive measure of discounting. First, we develop a binary search–type algorithm to measure discounting using a large international data set of 4,190 participants. Using six independent samples ( N = 1,550), we then present evidence of concurrent validity with two standard measures of discounting and a measure of discounting real rewards, convergent validity with addictive behavior, impulsivity, personality, survival probability; and divergent validity with time perspective, life satisfaction, age and gender. The new measure is considerably shorter than standard questionnaires, includes a range of time delays, can be applied to multiple reward magnitudes, shows excellent concurrent, convergent, divergent, and discriminant validity—by showing more sensitivity to effects of smoking behavior on discounting.

scholarly journals A Novel Anti-Environmental Forest Experience Scale to Predict Preferred Pleasantness Associated with Forest Environments

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernest Bielinis ◽  
Jianzhong Xu ◽  
Aneta Anna Omelan
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Internal Validity ◽  
Urban Landscapes ◽  
Evaluation Instrument ◽  
Psychometric Test ◽  
Connectedness To Nature ◽  
Dense Forest

In this study a method for predicting the preferred pleasantness induced by different forest environments, represented by virtual photographs, was proposed and evaluated using a novel Anti-Environmental Forest Experience Scale psychometric test. The evaluation questionnaire contained twenty-one items divided into four different subscales. The factor structure was assessed in two separate samples collected online (sample 1: N = 254, sample 2: N = 280). The internal validity of the four subscales was confirmed using an exploratory factor analysis. Discriminant validity was tested and confirmed using the Amoebic Self Scale (Spatial-Symbolic domain). Concurrent validity was confirmed using the Connectedness to Nature Scale. Predictive validity was based on assessment of pleasantness induced by nine different photographs (control &ndash; urban landscapes, forest landscapes, dense forest landscapes), with subscales differently correlated with the level of pleasantness assessed for each photograph. This evaluation instrument is appropriate for predicting preferred pleasantness induced by different forest environments.

Nepali Linguistic Validation of the Velopharyngeal Insufficiency Effects on Life Outcomes Instrument: VELO-Nepali

2020 ◽  
Vol 57 (8) ◽  
pp. 967-974 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael M. Lindeborg ◽  
Pramila Shakya ◽  
Bhawani Pradhan ◽  
Shiba Kala Rai ◽  
Kabita Bhattarai Gurung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Life Assessment ◽  
Velopharyngeal Insufficiency ◽  
Cognitive Interviews ◽  
Life Outcomes ◽  
Low Middle Income Countries

Objective: To translate and validate the velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) effects on life outcomes (VELO) instrument into Nepali, and test its internal consistency and validity. Design: Quality-of-life instrument translation and validation. Setting: Community served by Nepal’s craniofacial referral hospital. Participants: Twenty-three postpalatoplasty children with VPI, 19 family guardians of VPI cases, and 29 non-VPI controls. Interventions: The VELO instrument was translated to Nepali by 2 independent bilingual translators, reconciled, backward-translated, compared, and modified using patient cognitive interviews. All VPI children, guardians, and controls completed the VELO-Nepali. Main Outcome Measure(s): The VELO internal consistency was evaluated using Cronbach α coefficient. Concurrent validity and discriminant validity were assessed using 2-sample t test: assuming unequal variances. Results: The VELO was translated and optimized using cognitive interviews. The VELO-Nepali demonstrated excellent internal consistency, with Cronbach α coefficients of 0.93, 0.94, and 0.90 for VPI cases, guardians of VPI cases, and non-VPI controls, respectively. The VELO-Nepali exhibited strong discriminant validity between VPI cases ([Formula: see text] = 45.4, standard deviation [SD] = 22.1) and non-VPI controls ([Formula: see text] = 84.9, SD = 12.3), ( P < .001). The VELO-Nepali showed strong concurrent validity with similarities in VPI case scores ([Formula: see text] = 45.4, SD = 22.1), and guardian scores ([Formula: see text] = 52.9, s = 22.8; P = .473). Conclusion: The translated VELO-Nepali demonstrates strong internal consistency, discriminant validity, and concurrent validity, and can assess quality of life for Nepali VPI patients. This instrument represents the first VPI quality of life assessment validated in Nepali, and supports the feasibility of its implementation in other low- and low-middle-income countries.

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