Supplemental Material for Towards Construct Validity of Relational Aggression: An Examination of the Children’s Social Behavior Scale

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Behavior ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Relational Aggression ◽  
Behavior Scale

scholarly journals Towards Construct Validity of Relational Aggression: An Examination of the Children's Social Behavior Scale

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cassandra M Brandes ◽  
Kathleen Wade Reardon ◽  
Allison Shields ◽  
Jennifer L Tackett
Keyword(s):  
Social Behavior ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Relational Aggression ◽  
External Validity ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Demographic Groups ◽  
Developmental Factors ◽  
Behavior Scale ◽  
Interdisciplinary Study

Relational aggression – or behavior intended to harm the relationships of its victims – has been the focus of interdisciplinary study across developmental, clinical, personality, and social psychology in the last several decades. One of the primary measures used to assess relational aggression in youth is the Children’s Social Behavior Scale (CSBS; Crick & Grotpeter, 1995), but despite its common usage, the construct validity of this measure has not been comprehensively assessed. In the present study, we used a multistage construct validity framework to thoroughly investigate the nature of relational aggression across six community samples totaling 3,102 youth and their caregivers. We used multiple methods to map the reliability, internal or structural validity, and external validity of this scale. Through these analyses, we found that CSBS Relational Aggression demonstrated strong internal consistency, test-retest, and interrater reliability as well as a robust single factor structure and invariance across multiple demographic groups. External validity analyses positioned relational aggression within a theoretically consistent nomological net including psychopathology, personality, and social developmental factors. Contrary to concerns about the validity of self- and parent-reports of relational aggression, both parent- and youth-report forms of the CSBS Relational Aggression scale demonstrated strong reliability and validity. While construct validation has received inadequate attention in the psychological literature to date, through this project, we aimed to demonstrate how this approach may be used to investigate existing measures across psychological research.

Preschool Social Behavior Scale--Teacher Form

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicki R. Crick ◽  
Juan F. Casas ◽  
Monique Mosher
Keyword(s):  
Social Behavior ◽  
Behavior Scale

scholarly journals Psychometric evaluation of the nine-item heart failure self-care behavior scale (9-EHFScBS)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reza Negarandeh ◽  
Elham Ghasemi ◽  
Leila Janani
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Psychometric Evaluation ◽  
The Self ◽  
Failure Index ◽  
Behavior Scale ◽  
Care Behavior

Background & Aim: Self-care in patients with heart failure can improve multiple outcomes and reduce mortality. Measuring self-care requires valid and reliable tools. This study aimed to determine the psychometric properties of the 9-items European Heart Failure Self-Care Behavior Scale. Methods & Materials: The present study is a psychometric evaluation. The original version of the tool was translated from English to Persian using the standard Backward-Forward method. The questionnaire's validity was assessed using face, content, criterion (the Self-Care of Heart Failure Index v.6 as a criterion), and construct validity.  An exploratory factor analysis approach was used to construct validity with a sample of 216 patients with chronic heart failure referred to Dr. Shariati and Imam Khomeini Hospital's heart clinics in Tehran; and Ayatollah Mousavi Hospital in Zanjan. The reliability of the questionnaire was evaluated by internal consistency and stability methods. Results: After the validation process (validity and reliability), all 9 items of the questionnaire were approved and remained. The content validity index of the total content of the questionnaire was calculated to be 0.96. Based on factor analysis, only one factor was confirmed for the questionnaire. The correlation between the present questionnaire and the Self-Care of Heart Failure Index v.6 was positive and significant (p<0.001, r=0.753). Internal consistency (α=0.728) and stability (0.897) of the questionnaire were also confirmed. Conclusion: The European Heart Failure Self-Care Behavior Scale is valid and reliable for measuring Iranian patients' self-care behaviors with heart failure.

scholarly journals СОЦИЈАЛНО ПОНАШАЊЕ И ШКОЛСКИ УСПЈЕХ УЧЕНИКА СА ИНТЕЛЕКТУАЛНОМ ОМЕТЕНОШЋУ

Nova skola ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Андријана Бакоч ◽  
Оливера Калајџић ◽  
Ивана Зечевић ◽  
Бојана Мастило
Keyword(s):  
Social Behavior ◽  
Behavior Scale

Квалитет социјалног развоја зависи од утицаја многобројнихфактора, попут породице, школе, вршњака. Добра социјална прилагођеност је предиктордобре друштвене афирмације, док социјално неприхватљиво понашање може иматиутицај на академски, емоционални и бихејвиорални развој дјетета. Циљ овогистраживања је испитивање разлике у социјалном понашању ученика, које посматрамокроз социјалну компетенцију и антисоцијално понашање, у односу на школски успјех.Узорак је чинило 50 ученика са лаком интелектуалном ометеношћу (у даљем текстуЛИО), као екперименталне групе, и 50 ученика типичног развоја (у даљем тексту ТР) каоконтролне групе. У узорак су укључени ученици од 2. до 5. разреда. У циљу добијањапотпуног увида у социјално понашање ученика коришћена је Скала социјалног понашања ушколи – SSBS-2 (School Social Behavior Scale, Second Edition, Merrell, 2002). Резултати супоказали да постоји статистички значајна разлика у развијености социјалнекомпетенције у односу на школски успјех, како ученика са ЛИО (p = 0,005), тако и ученикаТР (p = 0,000). С друге стране, школски успјех није условио разлике у испољавањуантисоцијалног понашања ученика са ЛИО (p = 0,540), док је разлика уочена код ученикаТР (p = 0,001). Добијени резултати потврђују теоријско становиште о важностисоцијалне компетенције у цјелокупном функционисању особе, укључујући постизањепозитивних академских исхода.

Construct Validity of the AAMR Adaptive Behavior Scale-School: 2

1999 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry A. Stinnett ◽  
Dale R. Fuqua ◽  
William T. Coombs
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Adaptive Behavior ◽  
Behavior Scale

Book Review: School Social Behavior Scale (SSBS)

1997 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terrie Ann Kreisler ◽  
Christy Mangione ◽  
Steven Landau
Keyword(s):  
Social Behavior ◽  
Behavior Scale

Validation of the NOSGER (Nurses' Observation Scale for Geriatric Patients): Reliability and Validity of a Caregiver Rating Instrument

1996 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 525-547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margrit Wahle ◽  
Sybille Häller ◽  
René Spiegel
Keyword(s):  
Social Behavior ◽  
Elderly Patients ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Geriatric Patients ◽  
Observation Scale ◽  
Depressed Group ◽  
Six Dimensions ◽  
Caregiver Rating

The Nurses' Observation Scale for Geriatric Patients (NOSGER) is a rating scale for use in geriatric patients that can be applied by nurses or other caregivers. It deals with the daily behavior of elderly patients and measures impairment in six areas (dimensions): memory; instrumental activities of daily living (IADL); (basic) activities of daily living (ADL); mood; social behavior; and disturbing behavior. Objectivity, stability, construct validity, and acceptance of the scale have been established in previous studies using an earlier version of the NOSGER. The present validation study considered 50 healthy old subjects, 25 patients with mild dementia, 25 patients with advanced (mostly moderate according to DSM-III-R criteria) dementia, and 25 elderly patients with depression. The NOSGER was completed by relatives in the case of subjects living in their own homes and by nurses or other caregivers for institutionalized subjects. In addition to the NOSGER, selected tests of concentration, memory, and performance were applied as outside criteria.Interrater reliability (objectivity) was estimated by variance component analysis. Values between rtt = .68 and rtt = .89 (all p < .001) were found for the six NOSGER dimensions, the values being higher for the cognitive dimensions (memory, IADL, ADL) than for the noncognitive ones (mood, social behavior, disturbing behavior). Retest realibility (stability), which was calculated via rank order correlations, was somewhat higher for the cognitive NOSGER dimensions (memory rs = .91,IADLrs = .92, ADLrs = .88; p < .001) than for the noncognitive ones (mood rs = .85, social behavior rs = .87, disturbing behavior rs = .84; p < .001). All these values satisfy the level of rtt ≥ .80 required in accordance with psychometric standards. The concurrent validity of the NOSGER dimensions was assessed using correlations with external criteria with which similarity of content was expected. The NOSGER dimensions memory, IADL, ADL, and social behavior were found to correlate closely with external criteria of similar content, whereas no satisfactory concurrent validities were found for the dimensions mood or disturbing behavior. The NOSGER dimensions were also correlated with a number of unrelated external criteria so as to reveal any discordances. For the dimensions memory, IADL, ADL, and social behavior, no clear-cut discriminant validities were found. This suggests that these four dimensions may function as parameters not just of different areas of behavior, but also of a general factor that might be described as “cognitive intactness.” As a further aspect of construct validity, significant differences (all p < .001) between the four groups of subjects were found in five of the six NOSGER dimensions (memory, IADL, ADL, mood, social behavior): The healthy subjects differed significantly from all three patient groups in five of the six dimensions; the moderately demented group differed from the depressed group in four of the six dimensions and from the mildly demented group in two of the six dimensions; and the mildly demented group differed significantly from the depressed group in terms of mood (significance levels are after application of the Bonferroni correction). Significant group differences (p generally < .001) were also found for most of the objective performance tests used (data not presented).

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