Validation of a Brief Questionnaire Measuring Positive Mindset in Patients With Uveitis

Barry, John A.; Folkard, Annie; Ayliffe, William

doi:10.5964/pch.v3i1.76

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“…To assess mental well‐being, respondents completed the Positive Mindset Index (PMI) (Barry, Folkard, & Ayliffe, ). This scale consists of six items (happiness, confidence, being in control, emotional stability, motivation, and optimism) on a 5‐point scale (e.g., ‘very happy’ to ‘very unhappy’) with a neutral mid‐point.…”

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Gender differences in preferences for psychological treatment, coping strategies, and triggers to help‐seeking

Liddon

Kingerlee

Barry

2017

British J Clinic Psychol

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Objective. There is some evidence that men and women deal with stress in different ways; for example, a meta-analysis found that women prefer to focus on emotions as a coping strategy more than men do. However, sex differences in preferences for therapy is a subject little explored. Design.A cross-sectional online survey.Method. Participants (115 men and 232 women) were recruited via relevant websites and social media. The survey described therapies and asked participants how much they liked each. Their coping strategies and help-seeking behaviour were assessed too.Results. Survey data were analysed using multiple linear regression. After familywise adjustment of the alpha for multiple testing to p < .0125, and controlling for other relevant variables, men liked support groups more than women did (b = À.163, p < .010), used sex or pornography to cope with stress more than women did (Exp [B] = .280, p < .0002), and thought that there is a lack of male-friendly options more than women did (Exp[B] = .264, p < .002). The majority of participants expressed no preference for the sex of their therapist, but of those who did, men were only slightly more likely to prefer a female therapist whereas women were much more likely to prefer females (p < .0004). Even after familywise adjustment, there were still more significant findings than would be expected by chance (p < .001, two-tailed).Conclusions. Although there are many similarities in the preferences of men and women regarding therapy, our findings support the hypothesis that men and women show statistically significant differences of relevance to clinical psychologists. Practitioner pointsMen are less inclined than women to seek help for psychological issues This study demonstrates that men and women show significant differences in some aspects of therapy, coping behaviour, and help-seeking It is possible that men would be more inclined to seek help if therapies catered more for men's preferences Practitioners can learn to improve the success of their practice by taking the gender of clients into account

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Gender differences in preferences for psychological treatment, coping strategies, and triggers to help‐seeking

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Barry

2017

British J Clinic Psychol

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“…To assess the degree to which CB might impact mental health, The Positive Mindset Index (PMI) [ 18 ] was administered to participants. This scale consists of six items (happiness, confidence, being in control, emotional stability, motivation and optimism) on a 5-point Likert scale.…”

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“…This scale consists of six items (happiness, confidence, being in control, emotional stability, motivation and optimism) on a 5-point Likert scale. This scale shows good internal reliability (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.926) and shows good concurrent validity with measures of mental health [ 18 , 19 ].…”

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Development and validation of a questionnaire assessing the quality of life impact of Colour Blindness (CBQoL)

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BackgroundCongenital colour vision deficiency (CVD), commonly called ‘colour blindness’, affects around 8% of men and 0.4% of women. Although many aspects of health (e.g. change in colour of urine) and healthcare (e.g. coloured medication, colour-coded diagnostic tests), and modern life depend upon colour coding (e.g. graphs, maps, signals), the impact of colour blindness on everyday life is not generally considered a topic of importance. This study is the first to create and validate a questionnaire measuring the quality of life (QoL) impact of being colour blind.MethodsThis study consisted of two phases. Firstly, the questionnaire design and development phase was led by an expert panel and piloted on a focus group. Secondly, an online sample of 128 men and 291 women filled in the questionnaire, and the psychometric properties of the questionnaire were analysed using principal components analysis (PCA). The scores of colour blind (CB) participants and normal-sighted controls, controlling for age and sex, were compared using matched t-tests.ResultsThe PCA resulted in a questionnaire with three domains (or subscales): QoL for Health & Lifestyle, QoL for Work, and QoL for Emotions. Controlling for age, there was a significantly greater negative impact on QoL for CB people than normal-sighted controls in regards to confusion over colour in various aspects of their health (p = 5 × 10−7), work (p = 1.3 × 10−7), and emotional life (p = 6 × 10−5).ConclusionColour blindness can significantly impact quality of life for health, emotions, and especially careers. The tool developed here could be useful in future clinical studies to measure changes in CBQoL in response to therapy in conditions where colour vision is affected. We also discuss ways in which everyday problems related to colour vision might be reduced, for example, workplaces could avoid colour coding where a non-colour alternative is possible.

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“…One method of measuring the effects of treatment is to administer questionnaires to clients to first assess their baseline state on some construct, and then to re-administer the questionnaire at a later time point to ascertain if there has been any change. Many instruments have been validated through assessment of its psychometric properties (Losoi et al, 2013;Marques et al, 2013;Pimenta, Leal, & Maroco, 2012) and comparison with other established measurements (Barry, Folkard, & Ayliffe, 2014). One common construct of interest to clients, clinicians, and third parties is anxiety, which is one of the most frequently presented problems that clients report when they seek therapy (Heafner, Silva, Tambling, & Anderson, 2016).…”

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Establishment of a reliable change index for the GAD-7

Bischoff

Anderson

Heafner

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Psychol. Community Health

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Aim It is increasingly important for mental healthcare providers and researchers to reliably assess client change, particularly with common presenting problems such as anxiety. The current study addresses this need by establishing a Reliable Change Index of 6 points for the GAD-7. Method Sample size included 116 online community participants using Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (MTurk) and archival data for 332 clinical participants. Participants completed measures of the GAD-7 and the MDI in 2 rounds. Using previously established cutoff scores and Jacobson and Truax’s (1991) method, we establish a Reliable Change Index which, when applied to 2 administrations of the GAD-7, indicates if a client has experienced meaningful change. Results For the GAD-7, the mean score for the clinical sample was 10.57. For the community sample at Time 1, the mean score was 4.14. A Pearson’s correlation was computed to assess the 14-28-day test-retest reliability of the GAD-7, r(110) = .87, indicating good test-retest reliability. Conclusion Using the RCI equation, this resulted in an RCI of 5.59. For practical use the RCI would be rounded to 6.

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Validation of a Brief Questionnaire Measuring Positive Mindset in Patients With Uveitis

Cited by 9 publications

References 16 publications

Gender differences in preferences for psychological treatment, coping strategies, and triggers to help‐seeking

Gender differences in preferences for psychological treatment, coping strategies, and triggers to help‐seeking

Development and validation of a questionnaire assessing the quality of life impact of Colour Blindness (CBQoL)

Establishment of a reliable change index for the GAD-7

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