Persian Adaptation of Foreign Language Reading Anxiety Scale: A Psychometric Analysis

Baghaei, Purya; Hohensinn, Christine; Kubinger, Klaus D.

doi:10.2466/08.11.pr0.114k16w1

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“…Further exploration of category and threshold adjustment should be carefully considered, particularly for the passive function sub-scale, which had fewer items, rendering a low level of person reliability. While related studies have shown that a disordered threshold does not cause much problem for the model compared with some misfitting items [17,18], we found that rescoring seemed not to improve the fit to the model. Therefore, we preferred keeping the original 5-response options.…”

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Investigating psychometric properties of the arm activity measure – Thai version (ArmA-TH) sub‐scales using the Rasch model

Buntragulpoontawee

Khunachiva

Euawongyarti

et al. 2021

BMC Med Res Methodol

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Background This study investigated the ArmA-TH sub-scale measurement properties based on item response theory using the Rasch model. Methods Patients with upper limb hemiplegia resulting from cerebrovascular and other brain disorders were asked to complete the ArmA-TH questionnaire. Rasch analysis was performed to test how well the ArmA-TH passive and active function sub-scales fit the Rasch model by investigating unidimensionality, response category functioning, reliability of person and item, and differential item functioning (DIF) for age, sex, and education. Results Participants had stroke or other acquired brain injury (n = 185), and the majority were men (126, 68.1 %), with a mean age of 55 (SD 22). Most patients (91, 49.2 %) had graduated from elementary/primary school. For the ArmA-TH passive function scale, all items had acceptable fit statistics. The scale’s unidimensionality and local independence were supported. The reliability was acceptable. A disordered threshold was found for five items, and none indicated DIF. For the ArmA-TH active function scale, one item was misfit and three were locally dependent. The reliability was good. No items showed DIF. All items had disordered thresholds, and the data fitted the Rasch model better after rescoring. Conclusions Both sub-scales of ArmA-TH fitted the Rasch model and were valid and reliable. The disordered thresholds should be further investigated.

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Investigating psychometric properties of the arm activity measure – Thai version (ArmA-TH) sub‐scales using the Rasch model

Buntragulpoontawee

Khunachiva

Euawongyarti

et al. 2021

BMC Med Res Methodol

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“…Our result suggests that it is relevant to use another instrument to measure a more specific aspect of anxiety, in this case, anxiety in connection with the reading practice. As mentioned above, reading anxiety is a situation-specific anxiety experienced only in reading contexts (Baghaei et al, 2014;Piccolo et al, 2017;Zbornik, 1988).…”

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“…In order to assess specific performance anxieties, instruments have been developed in different languages (Alkhateeb, 2014;Baghaei, Hohensinn, & Kubinger, 2014;Hsiao, 2002;Ramirez et al, 2019). Nonetheless, studies evaluating reading anxiety have been focused mostly on specific disorders in second language learners individuals (L2) (Chow, Chiu, & Wong, 2017;Guimba & Alico, 2016;Mohammadpur & Ghafournia, 2015;Zheng & Cheng, 2018).…”

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Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the Brazilian version of the Reading Anxiety Scale: Short version

Piccolo

Giacomoni

Lima

et al. 2020

Estud. psicol. (Campinas)

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Reading anxiety refers to a negative emotional reaction to the reading process that causes the individual to avoid activities involving reading. To date, there are no instruments to evaluate this construct validated for Brazilian children. This study presents the cultural adaptation of the short version of the Reading Anxiety Scale and the study of its psychometric properties. The adaptation was conducted following standardized procedures: translation of the instrument into Brazilian Portuguese; synthesis of translated versions; evaluation by expert referees; evaluation of the instrument by the target audience; back-translation; pilot study with a clinical sample; preparation of the Reading Anxiety Scale short version; pilot study with typically developed children and the instrument psychometric properties. Factor analisys was used to reduce the number of items of the original scale. The studies of internal consistency and convergent validity suggest initial evidence of validity for the use of this instrument to investigate reading anxiety in Brazilian children.

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“…Yen (1993) lists a number of factors leading to local item dependence: test speededness, fatigue, practice, item or response format, passage dependence, and scoring rubrics or raters. These factors can affect test takers' performance on some test items that would likely load on second factors in a factor analysis (Yen, 1993;Baghaei, Hohensinn, & Kubinger, 2014).…”

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Modeling Local Item Dependence Due to Common Test Format With a Multidimensional Rasch Model

Baghaei

Aryadoust

2014

International Journal of Testing

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Persian Adaptation of Foreign Language Reading Anxiety Scale: A Psychometric Analysis

Cited by 10 publications

References 24 publications

Investigating psychometric properties of the arm activity measure – Thai version (ArmA-TH) sub‐scales using the Rasch model

Investigating psychometric properties of the arm activity measure – Thai version (ArmA-TH) sub‐scales using the Rasch model

Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the Brazilian version of the Reading Anxiety Scale: Short version

Modeling Local Item Dependence Due to Common Test Format With a Multidimensional Rasch Model

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