scholarly journals A pilot study of the Portuguese version of the Voices Acceptance and Action Scale: Psychometric properties in a clinical sample with psychosis-spectrum disorders

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-118
Author(s):  
Maria João Martins ◽  
Paula Castilho ◽  
António Macedo ◽  
Ana Telma Pereira ◽  
Paula Vagos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Clinical Sample ◽  
Portuguese Version ◽  
Spectrum Disorders

Tendo em conta o interesse recente nas intervenções baseadas na aceitação para a psicose, tem sido recomendado que os mecanismos de coping com as vozes, nomeadamente a aceitação experiencial, sejam avaliados no contexto clínico e de investigação. A Escala de Aceitação e Ação em relação às Vozes (VAAS-12) é um instrumento de autorresposta especificamente desenvolvido para avaliar as crenças baseadas na aceitação ou na ação em relação às alucinações auditivo-verbais. O presente estudo tem como objetivo a tradução, adaptação e estudo das propriedades psicométricas da versão portuguesa da VAAS-12 numa amostra clínica dentro do espectro das perturbações psicóticas. A VAAS-12 foi traduzida e adaptada para Português. As suas propriedades psicométricas foram posteriormente estudadas numa amostra de cinquenta e quatro participantes do sexo masculino, maioritariamente solteiros, desempregados e com uma experiência de ouvir vozes na última semana. Foram realizadas análises fatoriais confirmatórias para as estruturas de um e dois fatores sugeridas em estudos prévios, sendo que ambas apresentaram índices de ajustamento inaceitáveis. A análise fatorial exploratória realizada posteriormente revelou uma estrutura alternativa de dois fatores (“Não interferência e ação” e “Aceitação e Funcionamento”) que obteve ajustamento adequado. Foi encontrada adequada consistência interna e validade de constructo, tendo sido encontradas associações negativas com a perceção das vozes como hostis-dominantes e resistência em relação às vozes. A VAAS-12 parece ser adequada para uso em contexto clínico e de investigação, embora mais estudos sejam necessários particularmente no que diz respeito à subescala “Aceitação e Funcionamento”.

scholarly journals Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the Brazilian version of the Reading Anxiety Scale: Short version

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciane da Rosa PICCOLO ◽  
Claudia Hofheinz GIACOMONI ◽  
Melina LIMA ◽  
Fabiane Puntel BASSO ◽  
Vitor Geraldi HAASE ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Clinical Sample ◽  
Emotional Reaction ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Short Version ◽  
Reading Anxiety ◽  
Brazilian Children

Abstract Reading anxiety refers to a negative emotional reaction to the reading process that causes the individual to avoid activities involving reading. To date, there are no instruments to evaluate this construct validated for Brazilian children. This study presents the cultural adaptation of the short version of the Reading Anxiety Scale and the study of its psychometric properties. The adaptation was conducted following standardized procedures: translation of the instrument into Brazilian Portuguese; synthesis of translated versions; evaluation by expert referees; evaluation of the instrument by the target audience; back-translation; pilot study with a clinical sample; preparation of the Reading Anxiety Scale short version; pilot study with typically developed children and the instrument psychometric properties. Factor analisys was used to reduce the number of items of the original scale. The studies of internal consistency and convergent validity suggest initial evidence of validity for the use of this instrument to investigate reading anxiety in Brazilian children.

scholarly journals Psychometric properties of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory: Revised (OCI-R)

2011 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernanda P. Souza ◽  
Edna B. Foa ◽  
Elisabeth Meyer ◽  
Kátia G. Niederauer ◽  
Aristides V. Cordioli
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Clinical Sample ◽  
Brazilian Portuguese ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Portuguese Version ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy ◽  
Convergent And Divergent Validity ◽  
Using Data

OBJECTIVE: The present study was designed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory - Revised. METHOD: The Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory - Revised was administered toa total of 260 participants: a clinical sample of 130 patients with anxiety disorders (64 with a diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder patients, 33 diagnosed with social phobia, and 33 with panic disorder) and a sample of 130 non-clinical subjects. RESULTS: The findings indicate that the Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory - Revised is a valid measure for identifying and assessing the severity of the six symptom subtypes in obsessive-compulsive disorder.The original factor structure of the instrument was replicated in an exploratory factor analysis. Test-retest reliability was examined using data from 64 obsessive-compulsive disorder patients who completed the inventory on two different occasions. In each sample, the overall and subscale scores showed moderate to good internal consistency, good convergent and divergent validity, and sensitivity to changes resulting from cognitive-behavioral group therapy changes. CONCLUSION: Our findings indicate that the Brazilian Portuguese version of the Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory - Revised retains the psychometric properties of its original version and the Spanish, German and Iceland versions.

Portuguese Version of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5): Comparison of Latent Models and Other Psychometric Properties in a Sample of Fire Fighters

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Carvalho ◽  
Carolina da Motta ◽  
José Pinto Gouveia
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Externalizing Behavior ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Latent Structure ◽  
Ptsd Symptoms ◽  
Portuguese Version ◽  
Dsm 5 ◽  
Competing Models ◽  
Arousal Model

<p>The PCL (Weathers et al., 1993) is a useful and widely used measure to assess PTSD symptoms in clinical and research contexts, exhibiting adequate psychometric properties across its several versions and translations (e. g. Carvalho et al., 2015; Wilkins et al., 2011). The current study analyzed the psychometric properties (latent structure, internal consistency, temporal reliability, and convergent validity) of the Portuguese version of the PCL for the DSM-5 (PCL-5, Weathers et al., 2013) in a sample of firefighters. This study also aimed to contribute with empirical data to clarify the best latent structure of DSM-5 PTSD symptoms. Specifically, the DSM-5 four-factor model and other competing models for PTSD symptoms (four-factor Dysphoria model, five-factor Dysphoric Arousal model, six-factor Anhedonia model, six-factor Externalizing Behavior model, and seven-factor Hybrid model) applied to PCL-5 were analyzed and compared in this paper.<br></p>

scholarly journals Translation, cross-cultural adaptation, and psychometric properties of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the DiAbeTes Education Questionnaire (DATE-Q)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolina Machado de Melo Felix ◽  
Gabriela Lima de Melo Ghisi ◽  
Mariana Balbi Seixas ◽  
Ana Paula Delgado Bomtempo Batalha ◽  
Danielle Guedes Andrade Ezequiel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Diabetes Education ◽  
Brazilian Portuguese ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Portuguese Version

scholarly journals Psychometric Properties of the German Version of the Children’s Rejection Sensitivity Questionnaire (CRSQ)

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Charlotte Rosenbach ◽  
Babette Renneberg ◽  
Herbert Scheithauer
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Mental Distress ◽  
Kinder Und Jugendliche ◽  
Clinical Sample ◽  
Rejection Sensitivity ◽  
Social Rejection ◽  
German Version ◽  
German Sample ◽  
Insight Into

Rejection Sensitivity (RS) is defined as the disposition to anxiously expect, readily perceive, and overreact to social rejection cues. Aim of the two studies presented in this paper was to develop and administer an instrument to assess RS in a German sample of healthy (pre)adolescents as well as in a clinical sample. The English Children’s Rejection Sensitivity Questionnaire (CRSQ) was translated, adapted, and presented to a non-clinical sample (N = 128) (Study I) to identify psychometric properties of the instrument. In Study II, the resulting questionnaire was completed by a mixed clinical sample (N = 50). Differences in results between samples, and the relation between rejection sensitivity and mental distress were investigated. The resulting German version of the questionnaire CRSQ (German: Fragebogen zur Zurückweisungsempfindlichkeit für Kinder und Jugendliche, FZE-K) showed good psychometric properties. Differences between samples provide insight into the diversity of the construct “rejection sensitivity”.

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