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Using a sample of 832 young people, between 13 and 25 years old, the present research examined the psychometric properties of a Brazilian adaptation of the Child and Youth Resilience Measure-28 (CYRM-28), a scale empirically derived from a threefactor resilience model that has been promising for cross-cultural research. To establish validation, we use Confirmatory Factor Analysis to determine whether the traditional three-factor structure and the original items of CYRM-28 are compatible with a Brazilian sample. This was followed by tests of internal consistency by examining Cronbach's alpha and convergent validity by testing correlations with the CD-RISC-10. The results led to a reduced version of 19 items distributed in three resilience factors. The findings are consistent with those observed in samples from other cultures and suggest that CYRM-19-Br is promising for use in resilience research in Brazil.
Utilizando uma amostra de 832 jovens, entre 13 e 25 anos, a presente investigação examinou as propriedades psicométricas de uma adaptação brasileira da Child and Youth Resilience Measure-28 (CYRM-28), uma escala empiricamente derivada de um modelo de resiliência de três fatores que tem sido promissora para pesquisas interculturais. Para estabelecer a validação, usamos a Análise Fatorial Confirmatória para determinar se a estrutura tradicional de três fatores e os itens originais da CYRM-28 são compatíveis com uma amostra brasileira. Isso foi seguido por testes de consistência interna examinando o alfa de Cronbach e a validade convergente testando correlações com o CD-RISC-10. Os resultados levaram a uma versão reduzida de 19 itens distribuídos em três fatores de resiliência. Os achados são consistentes com aqueles observados em amostras de outras culturas e sugerem que a CYRM-19-Br é promissora para uso em pesquisas de resiliência no Brasil.
Utilizando una muestra de 832 jóvenes, entre 13 y 25 años, la presente investigación examinó las propiedades psicométricas de una adaptación brasileña de Child and Youth Resilience Measure-28 (CYRM-28), una escala derivada empíricamente de un modelo de escala de tres factores de resiliencia que ha sido prometedor para la investigación intercultural. Para establecer la validación, utilizamos el Análisis Factorial Confirmatorio para determinar si la estructura tradicional de tres factores y los ítems originales de CYRM-28 son compatibles con una muestra brasileña. A esto le siguieron pruebas de consistencia interna examinando el alfa de Cronbach y la validez convergente probando las correlaciones con el CD-RISC-10. Los resultados llevaron a una versión reducida de 19 ítems distribuidos en tres factores de resiliencia. Los hallazgos son consistentes con los observados en muestras de otras culturas y sugieren que el CYRM-19-Br es prometedor para su uso en la investigación de resiliencia en Brasil.
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Adolescent , Adult , Adaptation, Psychological , Resilience, PsychologicalABSTRACT
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has instilled fear and stress among healthcare workers. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to assess work stress and associated factors among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 outbreak and to evaluate whether prior experience of treating severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) had a positive or negative influence on healthcare workers' stress levels during the COVID-19 pandemic. DESIGN AND SETTING: Cross-sectional survey in a tertiary hospital in Kaohsiung City, in southern Taiwan. METHODS: The survey was conducted using an online self-administered questionnaire to measure the stress levels among healthcare workers from March 20 to April 20, 2020. The stress scales were divided into four subscales: worry of social isolation; discomfort caused by the protective equipment; difficulties and anxiety regarding infection control; and workload of caring for patients. RESULTS: The total stress scores were significantly higher among healthcare workers who were aged 41 or above, female, married, parents and nurses. Those with experience of treating SARS reported having significantly higher stress scores on the subscale measuring the discomfort caused by protective equipment and the workload of caring for patients. During the COVID-19 outbreak, frontline healthcare workers with experience of treating SARS indicated having higher stress levels regarding the workload of caring for patients than did non-frontline healthcare workers with no experience of treating SARS. CONCLUSIONS: Work experience from dealing with the 2003 SARS virus may have had a negative psychological impact on healthcare workers amidst the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Humans , Male , Female , Adult , Health Personnel/psychology , Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome/psychology , Pandemics , COVID-19/psychology , Anxiety/epidemiology , Cross-Sectional Studies , Workload , Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome/epidemiology , Occupational Stress/epidemiology , COVID-19/epidemiologyABSTRACT
Objective@#To translate the Children′s International Mucositis Evaluation Scale (ChIMES) into Chinese and evaluate its psychometric charateristics in pediatric patients with acute leukemia.@*Methods@#After translation and cognitive debriefing interviews, convenience sampling was used to recruit 105 pediatric patients with acute leukemia in a Shanghai AAA pediatric hospital.@*Results@#The known-group validity was great, and criterion validity was 0.947. Through EFA, the Chinese version of ChIMES included two dimensions which accounted for 75.270% of the accumulated variance, and each item had high factor loading quantity (>0.5). Cronbach alpha was 0.826 and the split-half reliability was 0.590. Relevance between each item and total score was good, with Pearson correlation coefficient 0.424-0.900.@*Conclusion@#The Chinese version of ChIMES has been proved valid and reliable and can be practically and feasibly used in the future.
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Teorias conspiratórias geralmente apresentam perguntas irrespondíveis e são, em última instância, irrefutáveis. Tais crenças possuem implicações em diversos contextos em que são necessárias tomadas de decisões. Para tanto, torna-se necessário desenvolver ou adaptar medidas que auxiliem a identificação de tais crenças. Assim, este estudo propôs a adaptação da Escala Genérica sobre Crenças Conspiratórias. No primeiro estudo foi realizada a tradução e retradução do instrumento por especialistas na língua inglesa. Logo, ambas as traduções foram submetidas à análise de dois juízes para verificar a qualidade e adequação à versão original. Após ajustes, a escala foi submetida à outra análise de juízes de forma a verificar a coerência semântica e a adequação categórica dos itens. A concordância das categorias para cada item entre os juízes foi satisfatória (índice kappa de 0,75). Para o segundo estudo, buscou-se averiguar as propriedades psicométricas do instrumento (N = 138). Os resultados da análise fatorial confirmatória atestaram uma nova estrutura fatorial para o modelo. Por fim, os autores sugerem tanto novos estudos para identificação de evidências de validade da adaptação quanto aplicações e intervenções, com uso da escala em futuras políticas públicas.
Conspiracy theories often pose unanswerable questions and are ultimately irrefutable. Such beliefs have implications in many contexts in which decision-making is needed. Therefore, it is necessary to develop or adapt measures that help to identify such beliefs. Thus, this work proposed the adaptation of the Generic Conspiracist Beliefs Scale. For the first study, translation and retranslation of the instrument were conducted by specialists in the English language. Both translations were submitted to the analysis of raters to verify the quality and adequacy to the original version. After adjustments, the scale was submitted to the analysis of raters in order to verify items' semantic coher-ence and categorical adequacy. For each item, the agreement for the categories among raters was satisfactory (kappa index of 0.75). The second study intended to ascertain the psychometric properties of the instrument (N = 138). Results of the confirmatory factor analysis proposed a new factorial structure for the model. Finally, new studies were suggested to gather evidence for the validity of this adaptation, as well as applications and interventions using the scale in future public policies.
Las teorías de conspiración con frecuencia plantean preguntas sin respuesta y, en última instancia, son irrefutables. Tales creencias tienen implicaciones en diversos contextos donde es necesario tomar decisiones. Para ello, es nece-sario desarrollar o adaptar medidas que ayuden a identificar esas creencias. Así, este estudio propuso la adaptación de la Escala Genérica sobre Creencias Conspirativas. En el primer estudio se realizó la traducción y retraducción del instrumento por especialistas en lengua inglesa. Por lo tanto, ambas traduc-ciones fueron sometidas al análisis de dos jueces para verificar la calidad y adecuación a la versión original. Después de ajustes, la escala fue sometida al otro análisis de jueces para verificar la coherencia semántica y la adecuación categórica de los ítems. La concordancia de las categorías para cada ítem entre los jueces fue satisfactoria (índice kappa de 0,75). Para el segundo estudio, se buscó averiguar las propiedades psicométricas del instrumento (N = 138). Los resultados del análisis factorial confirmatorio propusieron una nueva estruc-tura factorial para el modelo. Por último, los autores sugieren que nuevos estudios para identificar evidencias de validez de la adaptación, así como aplicaciones e intervenciones con uso de la escala en futuras políticas públicas.
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Humans , Male , Female , Politics , Thinking , Surveys and Questionnaires/standards , Culture , Psychological Tests/standards , Reproducibility of Results , Factor Analysis, StatisticalABSTRACT
STUDY DESIGN: Development and psychometric evaluation. PURPOSE: Design and psychometric assessment of the Nursing Low Back Pain Predictor Questionnaire addressing nurses suffering from chronic low back pain in Iran. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE: Low back pain is the most prevalent behavior-related health problem among nurses, and it needs to be assessed through a validated multi-factorial questionnaire, using the premises of the social cognitive theory. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study carried out in Tehran, Iran from April 17, 2014 to July 16, 2014. A 50-item questionnaire based on the social cognitive theory was generated. The questionnaire was distributed among 500 nurses working in hospitals located in different geographically areas in Tehran. Exploratory factor analysis was used to determine the factors and their related items. Cronbach's alpha was calculated to assess reliability. RESULTS: The exploratory factor analysis loaded six factors, named observational learning, outcome expectations, self-efficacy, self-regulation, and self-efficacy in overcoming impediments in the working environment and emotional coping. All factors were jointly accounted for 67.12% of behavior change variance. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient showed excellent internal consistency (alpha=0.91). Test and retest analysis with 2-week intervals indicated an appropriate stability for the questionnaire (intraclass correlation coefficient=0.94). CONCLUSIONS: According the results, the developed questionnaire is a reliable and validated theory-based instrument, which can be used to predict the work, related factors for low back pain among nurses.
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Cross-Sectional Studies , Iran , Learning , Low Back Pain , Nursing , Psychometrics , Self-ControlABSTRACT
Objective: To develop and validate INCLEN Diagnostic Tool for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (INDT-ADHD). Design: Diagnostic test evaluation by cross sectional design. Setting: Tertiary care pediatric centers. Participants: 156 children aged 65-117 months. Methods: After randomization, INDT-ADHD and Connor’s 3 Parent Rating Scale (C3PS) were administered, followed by an expert evaluation by DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria. Main outcome measures: Psychometric evaluation of diagnostic accuracy, validity (construct, criterion and convergent) and internal consistency. Results: INDT-ADHD had 18 items that quantified symptoms and impairment. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder was identified in 57, 87 and 116 children by expert evaluation, INDT-ADHD and C3PS, respectively. Psychometric parameters of INDT-ADHD for differentiating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and normal children were: sensitivity 87.7%, specificity 97.2%, positive predictive value 98.0% and negative predictive value 83.3%, whereas for differentiating from other neuro-developmental disorders were 87.7%, 42.9%, 58.1% and 79.4%, respectively. Internal consistency was 0.91. INDT-ADHD has a 4-factor structure explaining 60.4% of the variance. Convergent validity with Conner’s Parents Rating Scale was moderate (r =0.73, P= 0.001). Conclusions: INDT-ADHD is suitable for diagnosing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in Indian children between the ages of 6 to 9 years.
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O estudo encaminhou o teste empírico da hipótese de mediação cognitiva de autoconsciência através de imagens mentais e das relações da mediação icônica com habilidades de visualização, bem como de exame das qualidades psicométricas da Escala de Autoconsciência Situacional e o Teste de Habilidades de Visualização de Imagens Mentais, com suas duas séries independentes - Self e Não-Self, visando seus usos em pesquisas futuras. O estudo ex-post-facto completo foi conduzido com 958 universitários, os quais responderam os instrumentos de forma individual ou coletiva, sendo os dados analisados através de procedimentos de Análise Fatorial, coeficiente de correlação de Pearson, técnica de Regressão Linear e Análises Multidimensionais tipo SSA. As análises efetuadas corroboraram a hipótese de mediação cognitiva de autoconsciência por imagens mentais, e de que a mediação icônica tem uma relação consistente com o nível de desenvolvimento das habilidades imaginativas...
The present study was carried out to empirically test the hypothesis of cognitive mediation of self-awareness through mental imagery and the relations of iconic mediation with visualization skills. It also examined the psychometric qualities of the Situational Self-Awareness Scale and the Visualization Test (Mental Imagery Skills) with its two independent series - Self and Non-Self, enabling their use in future research. The complete ex post facto study was conducted with 958 university students, who answered the instruments individually or collectively. The data were analyzed using factor analysis procedure, Pearson correlation coefficient, linear regression technique and multi dimensional analysis. The analyses corroborate the hypothesis of cognitive mediation of self-awareness through mental imagery and that iconic mediation has a consistent relationship with the level of development of imagery skills...
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Humans , Male , Female , Cognition , Self Concept , Universities , Psychometrics , StudentsABSTRACT
O presente trabalho teve como objetivo construir e validar a escala de entrincheiramento organizacional, construto de mesma base teórica do comprometimento de continuação. Três dimensões foram propostas: ajustamentos à posição social (APS), arranjos burocráticos impessoais (ABI) e limitação de alternativas (LA). Os dados coletados com 721 trabalhadores foram submetidos a análises exploratórias e confirmatórias para a avaliação psicométrica da escala. Os resultados indicam estabilidade, generalizabilidade e alta consistência interna dos três fatores, formados pelos vinte e dois itens restantes, e respaldam a decisão pela estrutura tridimensional. Estudos futuros com a escala validada poderão contribuir para um maior refinamento conceitual e empírico do entrincheiramento com a organização...
The objective of this work was to develop and validate an organizational entrenchment scale which is a construct on the same theoretical base of continuance commitment. Three dimensions were defined: individual adjustment to social positions (ASP), impersonal bureaucratic arrangements (IBA) and limitation of alternatives (LA). Data collected from 721 workers were subjected to exploratory and confirmatory analyses in order to conduct a psychometric evaluation of the scale. Results indicate stability, potential for generalization and strong internal consistency across the three dimensions formed by the remaining twenty-two items, and they also support the choice of a three-component structure. Future studies using this validated scale will contribute for further conceptual and empirical refinement of the organizational entrenchment concept...