Psychometrics - Science topic

The purpose of this study is to develop and validate the Resilient Mindset Scale (RMS), a brief tool designed to measure resilient mindset among Turkish individuals. Additionally, the study aims to explore the relationship between resilient mindset and mental well-being among adolescents and young adults, providing further evidence in this domain....

Bu çalışmada, lisansüstü öğrenim gören öğrencilerin danışmanları ile olan ilişkilerinin niteliğini belirlemek amacıyla farklı bir dilde geliştirilen Lisansüstü Eğitimde Danışman-Öğrenci İlişkileri Ölçeği’nin Türkçeye uyarlanması ve ölçeğin Türkçe formunun psikometrik özelliklerinin incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Araştırmanın katılımcıları, 2019-2020 eğ...

In our original research article entitled “Deconstructing the components model of addiction: an illustration through “addictive” use of social media” (Fournier et al., 2023), we showed that the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale, a six-item psychometric instrument derived from the components model of addiction to assess social media “addiction”, d...

Disentangling the connections between subjective and psychological well-being may help practitioners identify effective targets of intervention to promote mental health in school settings. Based on theoretical foundations of well-being, the present study utilized psychometric network analysis to explore prospective associations between the subjecti...

Objective: To evaluate the psychometric properties and reliability of the Brazilian version of the tool Parent Attitudes about Childhood Vaccine (PACV-BR). Methods: The sample included 110 parents of children up to two years old served by Family Health Basic Units. The tool’s internal consistency and factor validity were respectively assessed by Cr...

BACKGROUND We aimed to develop and validate a practical instrument to assess older adults’ satisfaction with their social participation (SP). DESIGN AND SETTING This methodological validation study was conducted at a public higher education institution. METHODS A two-phase study was designed, developed, and validated to assess older adults’ satis...

The World Health Organization quality of life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) instrument has been used to assess several diseases, including chronic pain sufferers' quality of life. In Indonesia it can be utilized for evaluating the quality of life among tuberculosis (TBC) patients. This study aimed to assess the psychometric attributes of quality of life quest...

The observed increase in suicide rates in young people makes it necessary to develop screening scales to identify people at risk. A brief scale is the Roberts Suicidal Ideation Scale (EIS), showing good psychometric properties in Mexican adolescents. The objective of the present study was to corroborate the structure of said instrument through a Co...

span lang="EN-US">The beliefs that parent currently have are increasingly attracting attention regarding the implementation of literacy for their children at home, was measured using parent reading belief inventory (PRBI) measuring tool developed by DeBaryshe and Binder. PRBI has not been adapted in Indonesia, making collaborative research difficul...

span lang="EN-US">Many schools have shifted their learning mode from face to face to fully online in order to reduce virus transmission and avoid learning loss, resulting in accelerated use of the learning management system (LMS). The implementation of online learning over the last 3 years in Indonesia needs to be evaluated. However, the available...

Psychological theories are often formulated at the level of latent, not directly observable, variables. Empirical measurement of latent variables ought to be valid. Classical psychometric validity indices can be difficult to apply in experimental contexts. A complementary validity index, termed retrodictive validity, is the correlation of theory-de...

Accurate identification of teachers' continuing professional learning (CPL) needs is paramount to create relevant professional development opportunities. How teachers' CPL needs can best be identified is, however, a question often unaddressed. This study introduces different classes of identification methods: linear-dominance, linear-unfolding, and...

There is a growing research interest in the affective aspects of climate change and their links with pro-climate engagement. Yet, psychometrically valid instruments assessing the wide panorama of emotional responses to climate change are limited. Here, we report on the development and validation of the Inventory of Climate Emotions (ICE), a self-re...

Objective: Tumor genomic profiling (TGP) can inform advanced cancer patients' treatment decisions, and also reveal secondary germline findings-information about inherited risks for cancer and other disorders. We sought to develop a measure of patient perceptions of the clinical and personal utility of secondary germline findings. Methods: We dev...

Background and Objectives: Proportional reasoning is regarded as the gate of functional thinking and is a potent means for developing algebraic thinking which necessitates students' understanding of the functional relationship between measure spaces. The ability to recognize and identify the structural similarity and multiple comparisons in the pro...

The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a scale to measure the quality of pre-service music teachers' formative, verbal feedback in the context of secondary-level instrumental ensemble rehearsals. The questions that guided this study include: (a) What are the psychometric qualities (e.g., validity, reliability, and precision) of the P...

The study analyzed the psychometric properties of business studies achievement test for senior secondary schools in Nigeria. One research question guided the study. The study adopted an instrumentation design. The area of the study was Anambra State. The population of the study consists of all 23,077 students and 586 business studies teachers in tw...

span lang="EN-US">Every human being has emotional turmoil, which will be a serious problem if they cannot control it. The importance of emotion regulation has become one of the bases for developing a measure of emotion regulation for students, the Indonesian emotion regulation scale (IERS). No research yet describes an instrument that measures stud...

Understanding the creative personality of students has significant implications for their future success and well-being. This study aimed to describe the development of the Creative Personality Scale in secondary school students. Data were collected from 275 students in junior and senior high schools. The research process was carried out in five st...

Objective: to assess the psychometric characteristics of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture, to characterize the patient safety culture, and to assess the influence of the sociodemographic and professional variables on the safety culture dimensions. Method: a methodological, observational, analytical and cross-sectional study conducte...

The present study aimed to investigate the psychometric properties and measurement invariance of the Compulsive Online Shopping Scale (COSS) in an Iranian population. The total sample of 802 participants (257 females; Mean age = 22.27, SD = 2.83) were selected via convenience sampling from Tehran, Iran. Confirmatory Factor Analysis supported the 7-...

Generalizability theory and bifactor modeling have been used to represent psychometric properties of scores in numerous disciplines but are rarely combined to take advantage of what each has to offer. In this article, we briefly describe the nature of these procedures and provide an extended example of how they can be used together when developing,...

Introduction The present study analyzed evidence of validity and internal consistency of the Brazilian version of the COVID-19 Household Environment Scale (CHES). More specifically, we tested validity evidence for: (1) the content of the Brazilian version, which involved two experts experienced in research with LGB couples; (2) exploratory factor a...

We developed and tested the Indian Autism Screening Questionnaire (IASQ), which was reported to be reliable and valid as compared to the Indian Scale for Assessment of Autism (ISAA) and the Childhood Autism Rating Scale -2 (CARS2). The present study describes the feasibility, acceptability, sociodemographic and developmental details of IASQ study p...

Hemodialysis patients undergo hemodialysis two to three times a week and must live together with the dialysis machine. The patient’s self-participation is to combine the patient’s own experience and professional knowledge to influence the care. A successful self-participation experience empowers patients to adapt to living with hemodialysis. Howeve...

Background: The 6-Minute Walk Test (6-MWT) is a simple and commonly used functional performance test that assesses an individual's aerobic capacity and endurance of the lower limb. In knee osteoarthritis, the 6-MWT is often employed as a clinical assessment tool to evaluate functional capacity and monitor changes in physical performance over time....

Collapsing different category numbers within attitudinal measurement on learning and instruction can be an option of physics education research (PER) scholars while interpreting categorical responses from participants. Psychometric evaluation of the different category numbers, however, has inconclusive results to date. Item response theory (IRT) of...

Conspiracy theories among the population of Ukraine are a significant problem, especially as we deal with the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and the events related to Russian military aggression. The complex socio-political landscape in Ukraine, shaped by its historical context and recent geopolitical tensions, could potentially contribute t...

The motor imagery ability is closely related to an individual’s motor performance in sports. However, whether motor imagery ability is diminished in athletes with yips, in whom motor performance is impaired, is unclear. Therefore, this cross-sectional study aimed to determine whether general motor imagery ability or vividness of motor imagery speci...

Introduction Evaluating signs of anxiety related to body appearance is becoming increasingly important in contemporary society and, in this sense, the Social Appearance Anxiety Scale (SAAS) seems an interesting alternative of measurement. Objectives To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the SAAS when applied to Brazi...

Background The Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS) was developed in April 2020 as an instrument to gauge the symptoms of stress and anxiety occurring secondary to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was constructed using the English language due to which its application to a multi-linguistic country like India became a hindrance. Aim To establish psychometric v...

Readiness monitoring, utilizing daily athlete-centric data, enables practitioners to inform training load or recovery interventions for performance optimization. The Hooper Index, combining four subjective measures, ranks an athlete’s physical and psychometric readiness. We aim to demonstrate the utility of the Hooper Index, not previously applied...

The Teamwork and Safety Climate Survey (TSCS) is one of the questionnaires used to measure patient safety. The questionnaire includes two scales: teamwork climate and safety climate. The objective of the study is the linguistic and cultural adaptation of the TSCS to Polish conditions and checking the reliability and usability of the tool in long-te...

Progress Testing (PT) is an assessment tool whose use has grown throughout Brazil in the last decade. PT makes it possible to assess the students’ knowledge gain throughout the undergraduate course and, for their interpretations to be valid, their items (questions) must have adequate quality from the point of view of content validity and reliabilit...

Feeling heard is considered a cornerstone of close relationships and crucial to healthy self-development, but psychologically, this sentiment of feeling heard remains understudied. The current paper therefore aims to define and measure the experience of feeling heard. Based on an integrative literature review, feeling heard is conceptualized as con...

Background Paraguay has recently experienced an exponential increase in chikungunya cases, leading to psychological distress, particularly anxiety. Aim To develop and validate the Chikungunya Anxiety Scale (CHIKAS). Materials and Methods An initial scale of 18 items was used, which was subjected to validation by expert judgment to obtain 14 items...

Measurement invariance (MI) of a psychometric scale is a prerequisite for valid group comparisons of the measured construct. While the invariance of loadings and intercepts (i.e., scalar invariance) supports comparisons of factor means and observed means with continuous items, a general belief is that the same holds with ordered-categorical (i.e.,...

Background For better disease management and improved prognosis, early identification of co-morbid depression in diabetic patients is warranted. the WHO-5 well-being index (WHO-5) has been used to screen for depression in diabetic patients, and its Chinese version (WHO-5-C) has been validated. However, its psychometric properties remain to be furth...

Relationally enriched jobs can foster psychological states, which, with respect to the beneficiaries of one’s work, drive one’s motivation. These states can be measured with the psychological effects of relational job characteristics scale, an instrument for which the validity is, at present, only supported by preliminary evidence. Accordingly, the...

Background Women’s birthing experience is a sensitive indicator of the quality of childbirth care and can impact the physical and mental health of both women and their neonates. Negligible evidence exists on Indian women’s birth experiences and–to the best of authors’ knowledge–no questionnaire has been tested in India for measuring women’s birthin...

Background Several initiatives have been implemented to develop, manage, and assess patient safety (PS) competencies, which are considered as a serious public health issue across the world. The Health Professional Education in Patient Safety Survey (H-PEPSS) is widely used as a psychometric scale for evaluating perceived PS competencies but has not...

Adverse childhood experiences, such as abuse and neglect, have been shown to have longstanding negative consequences on a child’s development and outcomes. Studies have noted that there is variation in how youth in child welfare respond to adversity, yet few studies have examined the psychometrics of measures of resilience in this population. In pa...

Background Mindfulness training programs and non-invasive brain stimulation are both evidence-based interventions that have applications in mental health disorders. While both have showed promising results on a range of symptoms related to mental health, their combination has more recently grabbed the attention of researchers. There is a theoretica...

Food consumption patterns are changing as consumers are becoming more aware and interested in sustainable and ethical food production practices. The growing disconnect between primary (livestock) agriculture and society reinforces the importance of research examining the motivations behind consumer purchase behaviors. However, evidence that links l...

The willingness to use service robots plays a pivotal role in human–robot interaction. To establish a valid measure in the Chinese context, this study aimed to revisit the validity and reliability of the Service Robot Integration Willingness (SRIW) Scale among Chinese adults. A total of 955 participants were recruited to complete the Chinese versio...

While the use of video games and social media is an enjoyable recreational activity for most users, a minority develop problematic patterns of use. In the ICD-11, for the first time, there is a category of “disorders due to addictive behaviors” (including gaming disorder). The scientific literature also suggests a potential for the problematic use...

INTRODUCTION. Balance disturbances are frequent syndromes after a cerebral stroke (CS). The availability of a validated tool for balance and walking functions comprehensive assessments is very important part of real clinical practice, for rehabilitation diagnosis and individual medical rehabilitation plan. AIM. To determine the psychometric propert...

In today’s financial landscape, traditional banking institutions rely extensively on customers’ historical financial data to evaluate their eligibility for loan approvals. While these decision support systems offer predictive accuracy for established customers, they overlook a crucial demographic: individuals without a financial history. To address...

The study aims to adapt the Brief-CRS scale and calculate the fit or not of the Brief-CRS measuring instrument for family respondents in Indonesia. The research applied quantitative approach through a cross-sectional research design. The samples of study were 179 fathers and mothers participating completed 14 items Brief Coparenting Relationship Sc...

This methodological study aimed to establish the validity and reliability of the Spiritual Care Needs Scale in the 9–18 age group within the Turkish context. Expert opinions were considered in the analysis of the study, which was completed with the participation of 840 children. The content validity index and Cronbach’s alpha coefficients were exam...

The Sarcoma Assessment Measure (SAM) was developed as a sarcoma-specific patient-reported outcome measure to be used in clinical practice. We have reported in detail how SAM has been developed in collaboration with patients and healthcare professionals. The aim of this paper is to report the preliminary validation of SAM. The 22-item SAM was admini...

Background Many studies report that the implementation of advance care planning (ACP) is low, but we lack an instrument to actually measure this. Implementation fidelity can be such a tool and refers to the degree to which an intervention or program is delivered as intended. This method has rarely been used in trials where ACP is the intervention,...

Aesthetic emotions are defined as emotions arising when a person evaluates a stimulus for its aesthetic appeal. Whether these emotions are unique to aesthetic activities is debated. We address this debate by examining if recollections of different types of engaging activities entail different emotional profiles. A large sample of participants were...

Despite emotional intelligence (EI) being recognized as important in all areas of a person's life, measuring the emotional aspects of most Sri Lankans remains challenging due to the lack of suitable psychometric assessments. The current study translated and carried out the cross-cultural adaptation of the Trait Emotional Intelligence Scale-Short Fo...

Background Adopting a healthy lifestyle, including regular physical activity, is often part of interventions targeting childhood overweight and obesity. However, to properly inform the objectives of the intervention, reliable psychometric measures are needed to better understand children’s and their families necessities and characteristics. Object...

Pediatric chronic pain is a complex experience that is often challenging to describe and measure. Multidimensional tools that evaluate the biopsychosocial impact of chronic pain in pediatric patients can help clinicians to prioritize and tailor interdisciplinary pain care; yet, the psychometric value and clinical utility of such tools has not yet b...

Personality science has steadily developed the Alternative Model for Personality Disorders (AMPD) for more than 10 years. While there has been considerable headway validating important aspects of the AMPD, forensic practitioners assessing risk have limited empirical support for integrating the AMPD into their everyday practice. To begin addressing...

Introduction The Gastric Alimetry platform offers a multimodal assessment of gastric function through body surface gastric mapping (BSGM) and concurrent symptom-tracking via a validated App. We aim to perform a longitudinal cohort study to examine the impact of Gastric Alimetry, and changes in clinical management on patient symptoms, quality of lif...

Developing structured test instruments is essential in forming a measurable and consistent ability assessment construct. This study examines the psychometric properties of the numerical aptitude test instrument (NAPTIN) utilizing Rasch model analysis to evaluate standardized numerical aptitude assessment test instruments for prospective high school...

Introduction Implementation leadership (IL) are effective point of care (POC) nursing leadership behaviors that facilitate contexts conducive to the successful implementation of evidence-based practices (EBPs). However, no systematic evaluation of IL tools validated for the nursing context existed. Aims The purpose of this systematic review was to...

The parental attribution measure (PAM) is an instrument that assesses the attributions made by parents regarding their children's behavior, for both clinical and community samples. This research has aimed at evaluating the psy-chometric properties of the PAM in a community sample in Spain. Data were analyzed from several samples of fathers and moth...

University students face test anxiety regardless of their country of origin. Therefore, it is necessary to use psychometric measures with identified factor structures. The Cognitive Test Anxiety Scale (CTAS) has been used in different countries to measure the cognitive aspect of test anxiety. Although the CTAS has been used widely, its factor struc...

Children's self-regulation is associated with their concurrent and long-term school achievement. Theorists have argued the importance of child–adult interactions in the development of children's self-regulatory skills. However, empirical findings are mixed and have produced small or modest effect sizes, which could be due to the low ecological vali...

Objective The Macquarie Anxiety Behavioural Scale (MABS) is a newly developed scale to assess anxiety in children and teenagers. The present study aimed to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the MABS, as well as the measurement invariance across different age groups in a preschool-aged sample. Methods A total of 1007 p...

The aim of the present study was to provide initial validity evidence of a Greek translation of the 24-item Brunel Mood Scale, referred to as the BRUMS-Greek, a measure of anger, confusion, depression, fatigue, tension, and vigour. Data were collected from 1417 Greek adult exercise participants and 369 physically inactive adults, totaling 1786 adul...

Objective: Endometriosis is a pathological condition characterized by endometrial-like tissue outside the uterus, chronic inflammatory reaction, and pelvic pain that dramatically decrease women’s health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Furthermore, this invisible and difficultly diagnosable disease might lead women to experience alexithymia, loneli...

Citation: Sienra-Monge, J.J.L.; Luna, D.; Figuerola-Escoto, R.P.; Montufar-Burgos, I.I.; Hernández-Roque, A.; Soria-Magaña, A.; Toledano-Toledano, F. Positive Mental Health Questionnaire (PMHQ) for Healthcare Workers: A Psychometric Evaluation. Healthcare 2023, 11, 3041. Abstract: The Positive Mental Health Questionnaire (PMHQ) has been validated a...

This research aims to identify the efficiency of a psychological cognitive-behavioral program for developing psychosocial integration among ISIS survivors. For achieving this objective, the researchers have applied the cognitive-behavioral theory. The number of sessions for psychosocial integrating reached 12 sessions, in which psychometric propert...

This study develops and validates a comprehensive readiness for organizational change (ROC) scale. The study was conducted based on a three-stage scale development procedure. At the first stage to generate items, a literature review and in-depth interviews with subject matter experts were carried out to conceptualize and define the conceptual model...

The COVID-19 pandemic and its preventive methods related to social isolation and quarantine have pointed to a huge change in global behavior. The perception of the hazards of the virus and contamination, as well as obligatory routine changes have impacted negatively on the well-being and mental health of people. To handle this context, humans adopt...

Background: In this paper, a Mexican Optimism Scale was constructed to investigate and estimate psychometric properties (reliability and validity based on the measurement model). The convergent validity and validity criterion were evaluated for a sample of young Mexicans. Methods: The scale was presented to 848 Mexican young people aged between 17...

Background and Aims The number of social media users is growing with each passing day at full tilt, keeping pace with digitalization and technological advances. Despite several advantages, there are also certain negative aspects to using social networking sites (SNS) for communication, amusement, self-expression, impression management, and other pu...