Development and evaluation of the psychometric properties of a brief parenting scale (PS-7) for the parents of adolescents

Fung, Sai-fu; Fung, Annis Lai Chu

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“…So, the bigger sample size should be recruited and be used to further validation. More and more literatures evaluate and validate new scales with both EFA and CFA [30,31]. In the present we just used EFA to confirm the reliability and validity of the TFI-CN, we will collect more independent data to replicate and evaluate the construct validity of the scales with CFA.…”

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Chinese validation and clinical application of the tinnitus functional index

Wang

Zeng

Zhuang

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Objective: The Tinnitus Functional Index (TFI) is a new diagnostic measure of the functional impact of tinnitus that is also a sensitive measure of treatment-related changes. However, the TFI has not been translated into Chinese and fully validated in China. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the validity of a Chinese version of the TFI as a diagnostic measure of tinnitus severity in a sample of Chinese patients and to verify the value of its clinical application in China. Design: A sample of 206 patients whose primary complaint was tinnitus was used to analyze the reliability and validity of the TFI. In addition, patients were asked to fill out the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D), the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), and the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) to compare TFI with their association. The internal consistency of the TFI was assessed with Cronbach's alpha coefficient. The factor structure of the TFI was assessed by Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA). The extracted factors were compared to those of the original TFI scale. Results: The reliability of the Chinese version of the TFI (Cronbach' s α = .969) showed high internal consistency. The exploratory factor analysis (EFA) of the TFI showed that six factors with one main factor could be extracted instead of eight factors as described in the original version. Nevertheless, relations to the original eight subscales could be demonstrated. A high correlation between the TFI and the THI (r = .865, p < 0.01) and lower correlations between the TFI and the CES-D (r = .334, p < 0.01), BAI (r = .559, p < 0.01), and SWLS (r = − 0.324, p < 0.01) confirmed the satisfactory convergent and discriminant validity of the TFI. Conclusion: After translated and validated a Chinese version of the TFI and found that the TFI had high reliability and validity, which means both instruments are reliable instruments to assess the severity of tinnitus in clinical applications in China.

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Chinese validation and clinical application of the tinnitus functional index

Wang

Zeng

Zhuang

et al. 2020

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“…To avoid the potential problem for over-fitting highlighted in the structural equation modelling (SEM) literature [ 44 , 45 ], the exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were computed based on different datasets obtained by randomly stratifying Study 1 ( n = 1533) into two datasets (Sample 1, n = 767; Sample 2, n = 766). Each of the samples reflected the original sex ratio of the participants [ 46 ]. Sample 1 ( n = 767) was then used to select the items for the CRIT using a stepwise confirmatory factor analytical (SCOFA) approach [ 47 ].…”

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Development of the Cybercrime Rapid Identification Tool for Adolescents

Wong

Fung

2020

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Two studies were conducted to support the development of an eight-item Cybercrime Rapid Identification Tool (CRIT) and evaluate the psychometric properties of the proposed scale on samples of secondary school and university students. The CRIT was developed and evaluated in two cross-sectional studies with 2044 respondents from Hong Kong and China. Study 1 recruited 1533 secondary school students from Hong Kong with a mean age of 14.91 (SD = 1.77) years, and Study 2 recruited 511 university students from mainland China with a mean age of 20.41 (SD = 2.49) years. A stepwise confirmatory factor analytical approach was taken with further verification by exploratory factor analysis based on different samples. Factorial validity was further verified using confirmatory factor analysis. The analyses supported an eight-item scale with a two-factor structure. The eight-item CRIT was found to possess good internal consistency and concurrent validity. The studies offer promising support for the CRIT. It has the potential to advance epistemological methods and clinical research related to cybercrime prevention.

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“…The item selection process for the abbreviation version of the WDS was based on the Stepwise Confirmatory Factor Analytical approach (SCOFA) [35] and the criteria and practice stipulated in the literature on scale development and validation [36][37][38][39][40][41][42]. The following two-step procedure has been adopted.…”

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“…In addition to the above criteria, the results should demonstrate acceptable model fit with χ 2 / df ≤ 3 [53][54][55][56]. To avoid the potential for over-fitting, we conducted the CFA on the newly proposed BWDS with different datasets obtained from various waves of the study to evaluate its factorial validity [39,57,58].…”

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“…It was then further conceptualised with an eight-factor structure by splitting interpersonal understanding into altruism and leadership and extracting emotional management from life skills; the other four factors remained unchanged. Hence, the latest version of the WDS comprises 66 items with eight dimensions, namely self-knowledge (items 1-4), emotional management (items 5-9), altruism (items [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20], inspirational engagement (items [22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31], judgment (items [32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39], life knowledge (items [40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50], life skills (items 51-61) and willingness to learn (62)(63)(64)(65)(66), evaluated with a seven-point Likert type scale, ranging from 1 = strongly disagree to 7 = strongly agree…”

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Development and Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of a Brief Wisdom Development Scale

Fung

Chow

Cheung

2020

IJERPH

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This study was to develop an 18-item Brief Wisdom Development Scale, based on the original 66-item Wisdom Development Scale, and evaluate the psychometric properties of the proposed scale using a sample of older adults. This longitudinal study recruited 153 community-dwelling adults (mean = 72.55 years old; SD = 8.47) from older adult service centres. Using a repeated measures design, the study obtained four waves of data from the participants over 12 months. The Brief Wisdom Development Scale (BWDS) was developed based on the Stepwise Confirmatory Factor Analytical approach (SCOFA), with further verification of its factorial validity using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The results suggest that the BWDS comprising 18 items with a six-factor structure is comparable with its full version and possesses good psychometric properties in internal consistency, concurrent validity, and factorial validity. The BWDS provides an efficient, reliable, and valid construct to measure wisdom. The implications for research development are discussed here. form a new scale may have the potential danger of undermining its conceptual equivalency with the original scale.Hence, the aims of this study were threefold. First of all, there is an urgent need to evaluate the WDS. The initial concept of the Wisdom Development Scale (WDS) was introduced in 2004 based on findings from college students [4]. Yet, within five years, the number of items and factor structure of the scale has been significantly adjusted and modified by its original authors [3,5]. As Greene and Brown [5] also urged, 'WDS with a collegiate sample, but cross validation of those findings with other samples, as well as an examination of other types of validity, such as predictive and criterion-based studies, are needed' (p. 290). Second, there is also a need to evaluate the WDS with different respondents and intervention programme. As suggested by Greene and Brown [5], their proposed measure of wisdom can be used to understand 'various types of interventions and experiences' (p. 290). To serve this purpose, this study attempts to evaluate the WDS with a clinical sample recruited from older adult service centres. Lastly, there is a scarcity of studies offering cross-cultural validation and evaluation of the WDS [13,14], and the length of the questionnaire may discourage its use by researchers and practitioners when conceiving surveys or clinical research studies [15,16]. The existing wisdom literature has vividly discussed the limitations of the existing full version of self-reported wisdom measures [1,7,13,14,[17][18][19][20]. The abbreviated versions have thus been developed in recent years to address these limitations [7,12,[21][22][23][24].In short, this study is to critically examine the full version of WDS and develop a brief version of the WDS using the latest psychometric evaluation tools, examining its internal consistency, concurrent validity and factorial validity.

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Development and evaluation of the psychometric properties of a brief parenting scale (PS-7) for the parents of adolescents

Cited by 10 publications

References 81 publications

Chinese validation and clinical application of the tinnitus functional index

Chinese validation and clinical application of the tinnitus functional index

Development of the Cybercrime Rapid Identification Tool for Adolescents

Development and Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of a Brief Wisdom Development Scale

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