The Environmental Reward Observation Scale (EROS): Development, Validity, and Reliability

2007 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria E.A. Armento ◽  
Derek R. Hopko
Keyword(s):  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Observation Scale ◽  
Environmental Reward

Relationships Among Valued Action, Behavioral Activation, Avoidance, and Reinforcement in a Sample of College Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 118 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Doi ◽  
K. Yokomitsu ◽  
Y. Sakano
Keyword(s):  
Acceptance And Commitment Therapy ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Behavioral Activation ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Epidemiological Studies ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Observation Scale ◽  
Acceptance And Commitment ◽  
Environmental Reward

Behavioral activation is a validated intervention for depression, which helps depressed people re-engage overt behaviors to facilitate contacts with reinforcing environmental contingencies and subsequent reductions in depression. Moreover, behavioral activation deals with values that are based on acceptance and commitment therapy. However, there is no empirical study that examines the role of behavior in line with values in behavioral activation. This study examined the role of behavior in line with values in behavioral activation by examining the association between behavior in line with values and variables of behavioral activation intervention targets, as well as the mediating effect of behavioral commitment. Japanese versions of the Personal Values Questionnaire II, the Behavioral Activation for Depression Scale, the Environmental Reward Observation Scale, and the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression were completed by 292 Japanese undergraduate students ( M age = 19.2 yr., SD = 1.7; 65 men, 226 women, 1 unknown). Results indicated that behavior in line with values was associated with focused, goal-directed activation and completion of scheduled activities, which were mediated by behavioral commitment to values.

scholarly journals Validación de la Environmental Reward Observation Scale (EROS) en población Colombiana

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Andrés Valderrama Diaz ◽  
Javier Mauricio Bianchi Salguero ◽  
Javier Andres Villalba Garzon
Keyword(s):  
Redes Sociales ◽  
Observation Scale ◽  
Salud Mental ◽  
Environmental Reward

Se estimaron las propiedades psicométricas de la Environmental Reward Observation Scale (EROS) en población colombiana, con dos muestras: población comunitaria y clínica. Para la primera se evaluaron 507 personas en 22 departamentos del país con edades entre los 18 y los 72 años, 60,5% son mujeres y restante hombres, la segunda muestra estuvo compuesta por 68 personas con edades comprendidas entre los 18 y 72 años que se atendidas en el momento de la evaluación por profesionales en salud mental. Se realizó la aplicación de los instrumentos (Enviromental Reward Observation Scale Y Escala Auto Aplicada De Depresión De Zung) por medio de redes sociales y correos electrónicos, con el fin de tener una muestra más amplia y una mayor variabilidad de la misma. Se encontraron apropiados niveles de consistencia interna (alfa de 0,87) e importantes evidencias de validez de constructo (agrupación en un factor que explica el 46,82% de la varianza total) y discriminante (r=-0,67).

Psychometric Properties of the Environmental Reward Observation Scale: Study on Its Internal Structure, Factor Invariance, and Method Effect Associated With Its Negative Items

2020 ◽  
pp. 003329412098193
Author(s):  
Lindsey W. Vilca ◽  
Robert I. Echebaudes-Ilizarbe ◽  
Jannia M. Aquino-Hidalgo ◽  
José Ventura-León ◽  
Renzo Martinez-Munive ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Factorial Structure ◽  
Initial Sample ◽  
Observation Scale ◽  
Method Effect ◽  
Three Samples ◽  
Environmental Reward ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
Larger Sample

The aim of this study was to assess the factorial structure of the scale, the method's effect associated with its negative items, its temporal invariance, and factorial invariance according to sex. For this purpose, three samples were collected, an initial sample of 200 participants, a second sample of 461 participants and a third sample of 107 participants; making a total of 768 Peruvian university students. Other instruments were applied together with the EROS scale in order to measure satisfaction with life, anxiety, stress and depression. Regarding the results, in the initial sample it was found that the original scale containing positive and negative items does adequately fit the data (RMSEA = .19; CFI = .77; TLI = .71) and also evidence was found supporting the existence of a methodological effect associated with the negative items. It was also found that version B of the scale which only has positive items data fits the data (RMSEA = .13; CFI = .96; TLI = .95). In the second sample it was found that version B still had a good fit to the data in a larger sample (RMSEA = .07; CFI = .98; TLI = .98). In addition, it was found that the scale can be considered invariant according to sex and presents validity based on other constructs. In the third sample it was found that the test-retest reliability of the scale was adequate (.70 [CI95% .593–.788]) and also evidence was found in favor of the temporal invariance of the scale. It is concluded that the scale formed only by positive items presents more robust psychometric properties and constitutes a better alternative to measure the level of reward provided by the environment.

scholarly journals Translation, reliability, and validity of Japanese version of the Respiratory Distress Observation Scale

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. e0255991
Author(s):  
Hideaki Sakuramoto ◽  
Chie Hatozaki ◽  
Takeshi Unoki ◽  
Gen Aikawa ◽  
Shunsuke Kobayashi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Operating Characteristic ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Characteristic Curve ◽  
Japanese Version ◽  
Weighted Kappa ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
English Version ◽  
Observation Scale ◽  
Weighted Kappa Coefficient ◽  
Ventilated Patients

Dyspnea is a common, distressing symptom of cardiopulmonary and neuromuscular diseases and is defined as “a subjective experience of breathing discomfort that consists of qualitatively distinct sensations that vary in intensity.” However, Japanese intensive care units (ICUs) do not routinely screen for dyspnea, as no validated Japanese version of the Respiratory Distress Observation Scale (RDOS) is available. Therefore, we aimed to translate the English version of this questionnaire into Japanese and assess its validity and reliability. To translate the RDOS, we conducted a prospective observational study in a 12-bed ICU of a universal hospital that included 42 healthcare professionals, 10 expert panels, and 128 ventilated patients. The English version was translated into Japanese, and several cross-sectional web-based questionnaires were administered to the healthcare professionals. After completing the translation process, a validity and reliability evaluation was performed in the ventilated patients. Inter-rater reliability was evaluated using Cohen’s weighted kappa coefficient. Criterion validity was ascertained based on the correlation between RDOS and the dyspnea visual analog scale. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve analysis was used to evaluate the ability of the RDOS to identify patients with self-reported dyspnea. The average content validity index at the scale level was 0.95. Data from the 128 patients were collected and analyzed. Cohen’s weighted kappa coefficient and the correlation coefficient between the two scales were 0.76 and 0.443 (95% confidence intervals 0.70–0.82 and 0.23–0.62), respectively. For predicting self-reported dyspnea, the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve was 0.81 (95% confidence interval 0.67–0.97). The optimal cutoff used was 1, with a sensitivity and specificity of 0.89 and 0.61, respectively. Our findings indicated that the Japanese version of the RDOS is acceptable for face validity, understandability, criterion validity, and inter-rater reliability in lightly sedated mechanically ventilated patients, indicating its clinical utility.

Environmental Reward Observation Scale

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria E. A. Armento ◽  
Derek R. Hopko
Keyword(s):  
Observation Scale ◽  
Environmental Reward

scholarly journals Psychometric validation of the Environmental Reward Observation Scale (EROS) in breast cancer survivors

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-83
Author(s):  
Concepcion Fernández-Rodríguez ◽  
Sonia González-Fernández ◽  
Ignacio Pedrosa
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Cancer Survivors ◽  
Emotional Disorders ◽  
Breast Cancer Survivors ◽  
Emotional State ◽  
Characteristic Curve ◽  
Psychometric Validation ◽  
Cáncer De Mama ◽  
Observation Scale ◽  
Environmental Reward

La pérdida de gratificaciones, como resultado de la enfermedad y tratamiento oncológico, se relaciona con problemas emocionales en su-pervivientes. Environmental Reward Observation Scale (EROS) es una escala para evaluar reforzamiento ambiental, desarrollada a partir de mode-los conductuales que muestran la relación entre reforzamiento ambiental y estado emocional. Este estudio valida esta escala con supervivientes de cáncer de mama y analiza su utilidad para discriminar entre supervivientes con y sin trastornos emocionales. Un total de 219 mujeres supervivientes (Medad = 52.97; DTedad = 7.50) completaron medidas de reforzamiento am-biental, activación y evitación conductual, y estado emocional. Los datos se ajustan a una estructura esencialmente unidimensional, mostrando una consistencia interna elevada y de moderadas a altas con todas las medidas empleadas. Fueron estadísticamente significativas las diferencias en las puntuaciones entre participantes con y sin trastorno emocional. Mediante curvas ROC se estableció el punto de corte óptimo para discriminar ansie-dad y depresión. Aplicando la Teoría de Respuesta al Ítem, se encontró que todos los ítems muestran un poder de discriminación de moderado a alto para evaluar reforzamiento ambiental. La EROS se presenta como una medida fiable y válida que puede emplearse para mejorar la evaluación del estado emocional de supervivientes oncológicos. The loss of rewards resulting from oncological disease has been associated with emotional problems in cancer survivors. The Environmental Reward Observation Scale (EROS) evaluates environmental reinforcement and is based on behavioral models which show the relationship between environmental reinforcement and emotional state. The aim of this study is to analyze the psychometrical properties of this scale in breast cancer survivors and its usefulness in discriminating between survivors with and without emotional disorders. A total of 219 women survivors (Mage= 52.97; SDag= 7.50) completed measures of environmental reinforcement, behavioral activation and avoidance, and emotional state. Data fit an essentially unidimensional structure, showing high internal consistency and correlations, varying from moderate to high, with all the measures used. In the EROS scores, statistically significant differences were found between participants with and without emotional disorders. Optimum cut-off point to discriminate between anxiety and depression was established via Receiver Operating Characteristic curve. Using the framework of the Item Response Theory model, all the items were found to have a power of discrimination for measuring environmental reinforcement ranging from moderate to high. The EROS is a psychometrically sound instrument, which can be used to improve assessment of emotional state in breast cancer survivors. 

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