The Spanish version of the Insomnia Severity Index: A confirmatory factor analysis

A recent line of research concerns bedtime procrastination, its effects on sleep quality and duration, and the associated repercussions for health and wellbeing. The Bedtime Procrastination Scale is a brief, self-report instrument developed by Kroese et al. with the aim of evaluating this behavior and exploring its association with insufficient sleep, and hence with health. The aim was to develop and validate a Spanish version of the Bedtime Procrastination Scale (BPS-Sp) and to examine the relationship between bedtime procrastination and both general procrastination and self-control. The original BPS was translated from English into Spanish in accordance with international guidelines on the cross-cultural adaptation of measurement instruments. The sample for the validation study comprised 177 nursing students who completed a questionnaire requesting demographic data and which included the following instruments: the newly developed BPS-Sp, the Tuckman Procrastination Scale, and the Brief Self-Control Scale. Statistical analysis involved tests of normality (Kolmogorov-Smirnov), reliability (Cronbach’s alpha, test-retest), construct validity, and confirmatory factor analysis. Scores on the BPS-Sp showed excellent internal consistency (α = .83) and temporal stability (test-retest r = .84), as well as significant correlations with general procrastination ( r = .26; p < .01) and self-control ( r = −.17; p < .05). Confirmatory factor analysis showed an adequate fit for the single-factor solution proposed by Kroese et al. The results suggest that the BPS-Sp is a valid and reliable instrument for assessing bedtime procrastination in the Spanish-speaking population.

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Psychometric Properties of the Bern Illegitimate Tasks Scale – Spanish Version

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.593870 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Denisse Lizette Valdivieso Portilla ◽

Angélica Gonzalez Rosero ◽

Geovanny Alvarado-Villa ◽

Jorge Moncayo-Rizzo

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Informed Consent ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽

Psychometric Properties ◽

Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽

Work Stress ◽

Factor Model ◽

Spanish Version ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Written Informed Consent

In recent years, a new factor for work stress has been studied along with stress as an offense to self-theory. Illegitimate tasks refer to assignments that are unnecessary or are not related to the employee’s role. Because of this, the Bern Illegitimate Tasks Scale was developed, which measures illegitimate tasks in terms of unreasonable tasks and unnecessary tasks. There are no studies in Latin America on illegitimate tasks, so the purpose of this research is to translate and validate the Bern Illegitimate Tasks Scale. The study was performed with a sample of nursing staff from a hospital in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Written informed consent was obtained from each of the participants. The reliability of the questionnaire was evaluated and its structural validity was verified by exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. The internal consistency of the whole scale, measured by Cronbach’s alpha, was 0.857. Moreover, the unnecessary and unreasonable subscales measure were 0.846 and 0.841, respectively. The exploratory factor analysis supported a two-factor model that explained 73.96% of the variance. Additionally, the confirmatory factor analysis showed good indexes of fit (GFI = 0.915, CFI = 0.955, TLI = 0.933, SRMR = 0.084, and RMSEA = 0.087). The Spanish version of the Bern Illegitimate Tasks Scale presents good psychometric properties and can be applied to nurses in the Ecuadorian population.

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Assessing teacher leadership in physical education: the Spanish version of the transformational teaching questionnaire

Anales de Psicología ◽

10.6018/analesps.34.2.291711 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 34 (2) ◽

pp. 405 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Octavio Alvarez ◽

Ines Tomas ◽

Isaac Estevan ◽

Javier Molina-García ◽

Ana Queralt ◽

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Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Transformational Leadership ◽

Physical Education ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽

Goodness Of Fit ◽

Leadership Theory ◽

Spanish Version ◽

Transformational Teaching ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Gender Groups

Drawing from the transformational leadership theory, this study aims to translate and analyse the psychometric properties of a Spanish version of the Transformational Teaching Questionnaire (TTQ).A cohort sample of 2107 adolescents (997 males and 1110 females) from 82 secondary schools voluntarily participated in the research.In Study 1 ((n = 1066), the exploratory factor analysis informed a one-factor solution. In Study 2 (n = 1041), the confirmatory factor analysis showed the single-factor and the four-factor models showed satisfactory and adequate goodness of fit indices, respectively. Confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated that the four-factor structure of transformational teaching with a high second-order factor, previously found in Canadian adolescents, was replicated in this study. Internal consistency was high in all subscales and in the total scale. The expected pattern of significant relationships with other variables was supported, and evidence of measurement invariance across gender groups was obtained.This study provides evidence for the cross-cultural validation of the TTQ, a questionnaire designed to assess students’ perceptions of their teachers’ behaviours from the perspective of transformational leadership theory. These findings suggested that the Spanish version of TTQ would be useful for assessing transformational teaching in Spanish adolescents in physical education classes.

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Validation of the Spanish version of the Drive for Muscularity Scale (DMS) among males: Confirmatory factor analysis

Eating Behaviors ◽

10.1016/j.eatbeh.2016.01.010 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 21 ◽

pp. 116-122 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Ana R. Sepulveda ◽

Melissa Parks ◽

Yolanda de Pellegrin ◽

Dimitra Anastasiadou ◽

Miriam Blanco

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽

Spanish Version ◽

Drive For Muscularity ◽

Confirmatory Factor

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Spanish version of SPADI (shoulder pain and disability index) in musculoskeletal shoulder pain: a new 10-items version after confirmatory factor analysis

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes ◽

10.1186/s12955-016-0436-4 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Alejandro Luque-Suarez ◽

Antonio Rondon-Ramos ◽

Manuel Fernandez-Sanchez ◽

Kathryn E. Roach ◽

Jose Miguel Morales-Asencio

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽

Shoulder Pain ◽

Spanish Version ◽

Confirmatory Factor

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The Swedish version of the Insomnia Severity Index: Factor structure analysis and psychometric properties in chronic pain patients

Scandinavian Journal of Pain ◽

10.1016/j.sjpain.2015.06.001 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 22-27 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Elena Dragioti ◽

Tobias Wiklund ◽

Peter Alföldi ◽

Björn Gerdle

Keyword(s):

Chronic Pain ◽

Factor Analysis ◽

Factor Structure ◽

Depression Scale ◽

Severity Index ◽

Invariance Property ◽

Insomnia Severity Index ◽

Chronic Pain Patients ◽

Pain Patients ◽

Insomnia Severity

AbstractObjectiveInsomnia is the most commonly diagnosed comorbidity disorder among patients with chronic pain. This circumstance requests brief and valid instruments for screening insomnia in epidemiological studies. The main object of this study was to assess the psychometric properties and factor structure of the Swedish version of the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI). The ISI is a short instrument designed to measure clinical insomnia and one of the most common used scales both in clinical and research practice. However there is no study in Sweden that guarantees neither its factor structure nor its feasibility in chronic pain patients. We further examined the measurement invariance property of the ISI across the two sexes.MethodsThe ISI was administered to 836 (269 men and 567 women) chronic pain patients from the Swedish Quality Registry for Pain Rehabilitation. This study used demographic data, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), the Mental Summary Component (MSC) of the Health Survey (SF-36) and the item 7 from Multidimensional Pain Inventory (MPI). The sample was divided into two random halves: exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was performed in the first sample (N1 = 334, 40%) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) in the second half of the sample (N2 = 502, 60%). The measurement and structural invariance of the proposed structure (4-item version) between the two sexes as well as reliability and validity indexes were further assessed.ResultsExploratory factor analysis using the principal axis factoring method generated one global factor structure for the ISI, explaining 63.1% of the total variance. The one factor solution was stable between the two sexes. Principal component analysis was also applied and indicated almost identical results. The structure was further assessed by CFA, resulting in an adequate fit only after omitting three items. The difference on structural and measurement invariance in the loadings by participants’ sex was not significant (Δχ2 = 10.6; df = 3; p = .69 and Δχ2 = 2.86; df = 3; p = 41 respectively). The shorter version four-item Insomnia Severity Index (ISI-4) was analysed further. The Chronbach’s alpha for the global ISI-4 score was 0.88. The construct validity of the ISI-4 was also supported by the, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, the Mental Summary Component of quality of life and quality of sleep data. Pain intensity was significantly associated with the ISI-4 score (beta = .29, p < 001) whereas no significant correlation between four-item Insomnia Severity Index score and age was observed (p > 05).Conclusions and implicationsAlthough short, the four-item Insomnia Severity Index (ISI-4) version seemed to effectively assess insomnia in chronic pain patients. An important clinical implication is that the four-item Swedish Insomnia Severity Index can be used in chronic pain cohorts when screening for insomnia problems. Its measurement and structural invariance property across the two sexes shows that the ISI-4 is a valid measure of the insomnia across groups of chronic patients. Our results also suggest its utility both in pain clinical practice and research purposes.

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Confirmatory factor analysis and psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire-Appearance Scales

Body Image ◽

10.1016/j.bodyim.2015.03.005 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 14 ◽

pp. 47-53 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

María Roncero ◽

Conxa Perpiñá ◽

Jose H. Marco ◽

Sergio Sánchez-Reales

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽

Psychometric Properties ◽

Spanish Version ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Body Self

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Scale of attitudes toward alcohol - Spanish version: evidences of validity and reliability

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/1518-8345.1721.2918 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 25 (0) ◽

Author(s):

Erika Gisseth León Ramírez ◽

Divane de Vargas

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Alcohol Use ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽

Alcohol Use Disorders ◽

Spanish Version ◽

Scale Model ◽

Factorial Structure ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Attitudes Toward Alcohol

ABSTRACT Objective: validate the Scale of attitudes toward alcohol, alcoholism and individuals with alcohol use disorders in its Spanish version. Method: methodological study, involving 300 Colombian nurses. Adopting the classical theory, confirmatory factor analysis was applied without prior examination, based on the strong historical evidence of the factorial structure of the original scale to determine the construct validity of this Spanish version. To assess the reliability, Cronbach’s Alpha and Mc Donalid’s Omega coefficients were used. Results: the confirmatory factor analysis indicated the good fit of the scale model in a four-factor distribution, with a cut-off point at 3.2, demonstrating 66.7% of sensitivity. Conclusions: the Scale of attitudes toward alcohol, alcoholism and individuals with alcohol use disorders in Spanish presented robust psychometric qualities, affirming that the instrument possesses a solid factorial structure and reliability and is capable of precisely measuring the nurses’ atittudes towards the phenomenon proposed.

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