The depression proneness rating scale: Reliability, validity, and factor structure

1990 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Zemore ◽  
Donald G. Fischer ◽  
Laura S. Garratt ◽  
Colleen Miller
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Scale Reliability ◽  
Depression Proneness

Factor Structure of the Depression-Proneness Rating Scale

1987 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 863-866
Author(s):  
Sung-Mook Hong
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Principal Components Analysis ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Principal Components ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Varimax Rotation ◽  
Cognitive Components ◽  
Depression Proneness ◽  
Components Analysis ◽  
Depression Scales

The Zemore Depression-Proneness Rating Scale was administered to 208 university students. A principal components analysis with varimax rotation identified three factors representing Negative Self-attitude, Performance Difficulty, and Lack of Appetite. Some similarity between the present factors and those of the Beck Depression Inventory was discussed. Because the scale overemphasizes cognitive components, attention to items on the somatic aspects of depression was suggested. However, it should be noted that depression-proneness appears to be the feature of Zemore's scale that sets it apart from other depression scales.

Analysis of the Attitudes Toward Prisoners Scale: Scale Reliability and Factor Structure

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jay A. Hamm ◽  
Jacqueline H. Remondet Wall ◽  
Philip R. Magaletta ◽  
Ashley Dickinson
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Scale Reliability

Factor Structure of the Scales for Assessing Emotional Disturbance : 3 Rating Scale for Students Identified With Emotional Disturbance

2021 ◽  
pp. 019874292110123
Author(s):  
Matthew C. Lambert ◽  
Douglas Cullinan ◽  
Michael H. Epstein ◽  
Jodie Martin
Keyword(s):  
Internal Structure ◽  
Emotional Disturbance ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Distinct Group ◽  
Considerable Proportion ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Validity Evidence ◽  
Common Variance

This study examined the internal structure of the Scales for Assessing Emotional Disturbance-3 Rating Scale (RS), a teacher-completed RS developed to measure emotional disturbance (ED). As defined in U.S. law and regulations, ED involves five characteristics or patterns of behavioral and emotional maladaptation. RS data obtained on a sample of students with ED were used to examine validity evidence based on the internal structure of the assessment. Of particular interest was the extent to which multivariate factors derived from the RS data conform to the five characteristics of ED stated in the definition. Results indicate that the RS data fit a 5-factor model reasonably well. A subsequent bifactor analysis identified a considerable proportion of common variance across factors, suggesting the presence of a strong general ED factor, two distinct group factors (Inability to Learn and Inappropriate Behavior), and three weak group factors. The findings provided evidence of the validity of the SAED-3 RS based on internal structure and pointed to support for use of the RS in contributing to the process of determining whether a student qualifies for the ED education disability. Implications for improved research on the nature of ED and how students with ED can be better served are discussed.

Factor Analysis of the Frontal Systems Behavior Scale (FrSBe)

Assessment ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie C. Stout ◽  
Rebecca E. Ready ◽  
Janet Grace ◽  
Paul F. Malloy ◽  
Jane S. Paulsen
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Executive Dysfunction ◽  
Behavior Rating Scale ◽  
Neurological Patients ◽  
Frontal Systems ◽  
Behavior Scale ◽  
Behavior Disturbances ◽  
Modest Level

The Frontal Systems Behavior Scale (FrSBe), formerly called the Frontal Lobe Personality Scale (FLOPS), is a brief behavior rating scale with demonstrated validity for the assessment of behavior disturbances associated with damage to the frontal-subcortical brain circuits. The authors report an exploratory principal factor analysis of the FrSBe–Family Version in a sample including 324 neurological patients and research participants, of which about 63% were diagnosed with neurodegenerative diseases (Huntington's, Parkinson's, and Alzheimer's diseases). The three-factor solution accounted for a modest level of variance (41%) and confirmed a factor structure consistent with the three subscales proposed on the theoretical basis of the frontal systems. Most items (83%) from the FrSBe subscales of Apathy, Disinhibition, and Executive Dysfunction loaded saliently on three corresponding factors. The FrSBe factor structure supports its utility for assessing both the severity of the three frontal syndromes in aggregate and separately.

scholarly journals Medication Beliefs and Adherence to Antiseizure Medications

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Devender Bhalla ◽  
Elham Lotfalinezhad ◽  
Fatemeh Amini ◽  
Ahmad Delbari ◽  
Reza Fadaye-Vatan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Linear Regression ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Epileptic Seizures ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Structure Parameters ◽  
Medication Beliefs ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
The Mean

Introduction. The primary objective of our study was to determine the nature of medication beliefs and their association with adherence to antiseizure medications (ASMs) among elderly epilepsy patients. Our secondary objective was to enhance the psychometric properties and factor structure parameters of the Beliefs about Medications Questionnaire (BMQ) adapted to epilepsy and affected aged subjects. Methods. A population-based survey was performed in which older adults (≥60 years of age) were invited for a free face-to-face consultation with the specialists as well as for the collection of necessary data. The eligible subjects were those who are affected with epilepsy and having epileptic seizures of any type. In addition, the participants were required to be of any sex, currently under treatment with ASMs, resident of Tehran, and able and interested to participate independently. All were carefully examined with a reasonably detailed case-history examination. Two Persian questionnaires used were Medication Adherence Rating Scale (MARS) and BMQ. Those with a MARS score of ≥6 were considered as adherent to ASMs. All data were described in descriptive terms. We did a group comparison of means and proportions for all possible independent variables between adherents and nonadherents. Then, we did a hierarchical multiple linear regression. For this, independent variables were categorized into three different blocks: (a) sociodemographic block (Block-1), (b) treatment side-effect block (Block-2), and (c) BMQ block that included ten items of the BMQ scale (Block-3). We also did a forward step-wise linear regression by beginning with an empty model. We also estimated the psychometric properties and factor structure parameters of BMQ and its two subdomains. Results. Of all (N = 123, mean age: 63.3 years, 74.0% males), 78.0% were adherent (mean score: 7.0, 95% CI 6.2–7.8) to ASMs. The MARS scores were not different between males and females. The mean BMQ score was 23.4 (95% CI 19.8–27.0) with the mean need score of 20.0 (95% CI 18.0–22.0) and mean concern score of 16.5 (95% CI 14.3–18.7). A positive need-concern differential was 20.4%. Upon hierarchical regression, the adjusted R2 for Block-1 was 33.8%, and it was 53.8% for Block-2 and 92.2% for Block-3. Upon forward step-wise linear regression, we found that “ASMs disrupt my life” (ß −1.9, ES = −1.1, p = 0.008 ) as the only belief associated with adherence. The alpha coefficient of BMQ was 0.81. Conclusions. Ours is one of the very few studies that evaluated medication beliefs and their association with adherence to ASMs among elderly epilepsy patients in a non-western context. In our context, medication beliefs are likely to have an independent role in effecting adherence to ASMs, particularly the concern that “ASMs disrupt life.” Treating physicians should cultivate good conscience about ASMs and evaluate the patient’s medication beliefs early-on to identify those who might be at the risk of becoming nonadherent.

Reliability, validity, and factor structure of the cognitive behavioral rating scale for stroke patients

2014 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 343-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsutomu Sasaki ◽  
Takao Kojima ◽  
Kunihiro Kanaya ◽  
Kyouhei Yamada ◽  
Masataka Shibahara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Stroke Patients ◽  
Behavioral Rating

scholarly journals Factor structure and validity of the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale – Third Edition (ECERS-3)

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 242-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane M. Early ◽  
John Sideris ◽  
Jennifer Neitzel ◽  
Doré R. LaForett ◽  
Chelsea G. Nehler
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Childhood Environment ◽  
Early Childhood Environment

Reconsidering the Psychometrics of the GRS-S: Evidence for Parsimony in Measurement

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-66
Author(s):  
Yaacov Petscher ◽  
Steven I. Pfeiffer
Keyword(s):  
Rating Scales ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Area Under The Curve ◽  
Cut Scores ◽  
Scale Level ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Scale Reliability ◽  
Point Rating Scale ◽  
Item Level ◽  
Scale Down

The authors evaluated measurement-level, factor-level, item-level, and scale-level revisions to the Gifted Rating Scales–School Form (GRS-S). Measurement-level considerations tested the extent to which treating the Likert-type scale rating as categorical or continuous produced different fit across unidimensional, correlated trait, and bifactor latent factor structures. Item- and scale-level analyses demonstrated that the GRS-S could be reduced from a 72-item assessment on a 9-point rating scale down to a 30-item assessment on a 3-point rating scale. Reliability from the reduced assessment was high (ω > .95). Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve comparisons between the original and reduced versions of the GRS-S showed that diagnostic accuracy (i.e., area under the curve) of the scales was comparable when considering cut scores of 120, 125, and 130 on the WISC-IV Full Scale ( Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Child–Fourth Edition) and verbal IQ and the WIAT-III (Wechsler Individual Achievement Test–Third Edition) composite score. The findings suggest that a brief form of the GRS-S can be used as a universal or selective screener for giftedness without sacrificing key psychometric considerations.

scholarly journals An Examination of Factor Structure of the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale in a Non-Clinical Persian Sample

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Paul Slater ◽  
Brendan Bunting ◽  
Felicity Hasson ◽  
Ahmed Mohammad Al-Smadi ◽  
Omar Salem Gammouh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale ◽  
Hamilton Anxiety

Factor Structure and Factorial Replication of a New Measure of the Type a Behavior Pattern

1987 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary Leak ◽  
Karen Flotte
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Behavior Pattern ◽  
Type A ◽  
Type A Behavior ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Factor Solution ◽  
Type A Behavior Pattern ◽  
Factor Matching ◽  
Three Factor

The present study presents the first known use of the A-B Rating Scale, a measure of Type A behavior, with 276 female college students. The purpose of this research was to explore the factor structure of the A-B scale and especially to attempt a replication of the factor structure across samples. Analysis gave a three-factor solution (Drivenness, Hypomania, and Leadership). Congruence coefficients indicated that the scale possesses significant factor matching across some of the factors. Research aimed at assessing the criterion validity of the three factors is called for.

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