Confirmatory factor analysis of the Beck Anxiety Inventory among earthquake survivors in China

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (9) ◽  
pp. 1461-1474 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing An ◽  
Minjiang Yu ◽  
Mingwang Cheng ◽  
Guoshen Chen ◽  
Guoqiang Rui ◽  
...  

We explored the factor structure of the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) with a sample of 523 people aged 21–44 years from 4 counties and districts in the city of Ya'an, China, who had survived the 2013 earthquake there. Exploratory factor analysis was used to identify the potential factor structure of the BAI and confirmatory factor analysis was used to evaluate the goodness of fit of the factor structure model. The results indicated that the BAI had satisfactory reliability and validity but that the factor structure was unstable; therefore, it was difficult to name the 4 extracted factors. However, in general, our results showed that the BAI is an appropriate instrument to use for detecting the anxiety level of earthquake survivors in China.

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (8) ◽  
pp. 1245-1254
Author(s):  
Yicheng Zhou ◽  
Jing An ◽  
Mingwang Cheng ◽  
Liying Sheng ◽  
Guoqiang Rui ◽  
...  

We examined the factor structure of the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) with 531 students at 6 universities in Nanjing to evaluate its applicability as a measure of the anxiety of Chinese postgraduates. We performed exploratory factor analysis to identify the potential factor structure of the BAI. We referred to confirmatory factor analysis models from previous studies for model fit. All 7 competing models fitted well with the students' data. The 4-factor structure proposed by Wetherell and Areán yielded the best fit. Results indicate that the BAI has satisfactory reliability and validity among Chinese postgraduates.


2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 657-666 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Liang ◽  
Lei Wang ◽  
Jianbo Zhu

This study analyses the factor structure and psychometric properties of the Chinese version of Beck Anxiety Inventory on Chinese doctors. Participants include 762 doctors sampled in 18 public hospitals in three cities in Eastern China. Exploratory factor analysis is employed to identify the potential factor structure of the inventory. Confirmatory factor analysis is referred to for model fit. The results indicate that the Chinese version of Beck Anxiety Inventory has satisfactory reliability and validity, but its factor structure is unstable and has great differences compared with international versions. Naming the four extracted factors is difficult. In general, the Chinese version of Beck Anxiety Inventory is appropriate for Chinese doctors and can be used as a good screener to detect the anxiety of Chinese doctors.


2009 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 239-243
Author(s):  
Roberto Nuevo ◽  
Andrés Losada ◽  
María Márquez-González ◽  
Cecilia Peñacoba

The Worry Domains Questionnaire was proposed as a measure of both pathological and nonpathological worry, and assesses the frequency of worrying about five different domains: relationships, lack of confidence, aimless future, work, and financial. The present study analyzed the factor structure of the long and short forms of the WDQ (WDQ and WDQ-SF, respectively) through confirmatory factor analysis in a sample of 262 students (M age = 21.8; SD = 2.6; 86.3% females). While the goodness-of-fit indices did not provide support for the WDQ, good fit indices were found for the WDQ-SF. Furthermore, no source of misspecification was identified, thus, supporting the factorial validity of the WDQ-SF scale. Significant positive correlations between the WDQ-SF and its subscales with worry (PSWQ), anxiety (STAI-T), and depression (BDI) were found. The internal consistency was good for the total scale and for the subscales. This work provides support for the use of the WDQ-SF, and potential uses for research and clinical purposes are discussed.


2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 2797
Author(s):  
Hakan Arslan ◽  
Kemal Dil ◽  
Ensar Çetin ◽  
Sedat Yazıcı

The aim of this study is to develop a scale that measures active citizenship self-efficacy. Because self-efficacy identifies a person’s perceived beliefs towards his or her capacity and ability to succeed a task, it has a motivational and causative role in one’s possible acts or behaviors. For his reason, measuring active citizenship behaviors through self-efficacy is of special importance for understanding citizenry behaviors. The study explores the development of the Active Citizenship Self-Efficacy Scale (ACSES) and its psychometric properties. Participants consist of 414 university students, of which 326 were female and 88 were male. The validity of the scale was tested via explanatory and confirmatory factor analysis. The results for explanatory factor analysis with principal component solution indicated three factor structure that explains 57,17 percent of the total variance. Since the chi square test indicated that our data was meaningful, we also conducted a confirmatory factor analysis and found the indices of goodness of fit as for RMSEA = .070, GFI = .90, CFI = .97, NFI =.95, RFI = .95, AGFI = .87, IFI = .97 and NNFI = .96. These results from both explanatory and confirmatory factor analysis indicated that scale obtains construct validity criterion. The Cronbach alphas’ of the ACSES for the total 18 items and subdomains were found .90, and .84, .82, and .86 respectively. Since the determination of citizens’ self-efficacy level can in part reflect the results of citizenship education and practices we believe that this scale has a potential use in citizenship studies.Extended English abstract is in the end of PDF (TURKISH) file. ÖzetBu çalışmanın amacı aktif yurttaşlık öz yeterliği ile ilgili bir ölçme aracı geliştirmektir. Öz-yeterlik kişinin bir işi başarmada kendi kendisine yönelik algı inancını yansıttığı için olası davranışlar üzerine nedensel ve motivasyonel bir etkiye sahiptir. Bu nedenle, aktif yurttaşlık davranışlarını öz-yeterlik aracılığıyla ölçmek yurttaşlık davranışlarını anlamada önemlidir. Çalışmada Aktif Yurttaşlık Öz-yeterlik Ölçeği (AYÖYÖ) geliştirilerek psikometrik özellikleri tanıtılmıştır. Ölçek, 18 soru ve üç boyuttan meydana gelen bir ölçme aracıdır. Araştırmanın katılımcıları 326’sı kadın; 88’i erkek olmak üzere 414 üniversite öğrencisidir.  Elde edilen verilere açıklayıcı ve doğrulayıcı faktör analizi yapılarak ölçeğin geçerliliği test edilmiştir. Açıklayıcı faktör analizinde ölçeğin üç faktörlü yapısının toplam varyansı açıklama oranının % 57,17 olduğu görülmüştür. Doğrulayıcı faktör analizinde ki-kare değeri anlamlı bulunmuştur; uyum indeksleri ise RMSEA = .070, GFI = .90, CFI = .97, NFI =.95, RFI = .95, AGFI = .87, IFI = .97 ve NNFI = .96 olarak tespit edilmiştir. Bu sonuçlar, ölçeğin yapı geçerliğinin sağladığını göstermektedir. AYÖYÖ’nin tüm maddeler için Cronbach alpha güvenirlik katsayısı .90, alt boyutlar için ise .84, .82. ve .86  olarak tespit edilmiştir. Yurttaşların öz-yeterlik düzeylerinin tespit edilmesi yurttaşlık eğitimi ve uygulamalarının sonuçlarını görme açısından önemli olduğundan bu ölçme aracının yurttaşlık araştırmalarında yaygın kullanım potansiyeline sahip olduğunu düşünüyoruz.


2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 297-327
Author(s):  
Ümit Horozcu ◽  
Ahmet Celalettin Güneş

In this study the reliability and validity analysis of “Scale of Allah Centeredness” (SAC) are presented. This scale has been developed to measure the extent to which people's feelings in the natural flow of social life, especially those that directly concern them, center God on their assessment of these situations, in other words, to what extent they accept God's consent as a measure of goodness and righteousness. Two main applications were carried out in the study except the two pretests. The data of the first study on 326 people over the age of 16 were subjected to factor analysis and as a result a 8-item one-dimensional scale structure was obtained. Again, with the data of the second study conducted on 185 adults over 16 years of age, the 8-item single-factor structure obtained as a result of the first analysis was subjected to confirmatory factor analysis. Based on the confirmatory factor analysis, the following scores were obtained: X2 /df = 1.73, RMSEA= 0.074, NFI = 0.95, NNFI = 0.97, CFI = 0.98, RFI = .98, IFI = .93, RMR = 0.062, SRMR = 0.046, GFI = 0.94 ve AGFI = 0.89. The reliability coefficient (Cronbach’s Alpha) of 8 items and the single-factor construct was .89. Also, the results of the split half reliability (Spearman Brown) test were as follows: Reliability coefficient of the first half was .76, the reliability coefficient of the second half is .77 and the correlation coefficient (r) between the two halves is .81. The values revealed show that the scale is a reliable and valid scale.


2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
María Cristina Enríquez-Reyna ◽  
Rosa María Cruz-Castruita ◽  
Oswaldo Ceballos-Gurrola ◽  
Cirilo Humberto García-Cadena ◽  
Perla Lizeth Hernández-Cortés ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Objective: analyze and assess the psychometric properties of the subscales in the Spanish version of the Exercise Benefits/Barriers Scale in an elderly population in the Northeast of Mexico. Method: methodological study. The sample consisted of 329 elderly associated with one of the five public centers for senior citizens in the metropolitan area of Northeast Mexico. The psychometric properties included the assessment of the Cronbach's alpha coefficient, the Kaiser Meyer Olkin coefficient, the inter-item correlation, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Results: in the principal components analysis, two components were identified based on the 43 items in the scale. The item-total correlation coefficient of the exercise benefits subscale was good. Nevertheless, the coefficient for the exercise barriers subscale revealed inconsistencies. The reliability and validity were acceptable. The confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the elimination of items improved the goodness of fit of the baseline scale, without affecting its validity or reliability. Conclusion: the Exercise Benefits/Barriers subscale presented satisfactory psychometric properties for the Mexican context. A 15-item short version is presented with factorial structure, validity and reliability similar to the complete scale.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriela Massaro Carneiro Monteiro ◽  
Carolina Meira Moser ◽  
Luciana Terra de Oliveira ◽  
Glen Owens Gabbard ◽  
Pricilla Braga Laskoski ◽  
...  

Introduction: Work environment can affect the employees, fostering well-being versus emotional burden. The aim of this study was to develop the Institutional Culture Assessment Scale (ICAS), and evaluate its Factor Structure, Reliability and Validity in a Brazilian sample of medical students and physicians in different settings and phases of the medical career. Method: 2537 individuals were evaluated by an online questionnaire. The sample was split in half for independent testing of Exploratory Factor Analysis and Confirmatory Factor Analysis. We then used Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) to test the best solutions in the second half of the sample. Then, considering a unidimensional model solution, an item response theory (IRT) analysis was conducted. Simple linear regression analysis was performed to investigate associations between ICAS factor scores and internal validators (burnout scores), using again the second half of the sample. Result: Parallel analysis revealed two factors. The first factor encompassed items involving the institution and supervisors. The second factor encompassed items involving peers. We decided to performed the next analysis with a unidimensional construct based solely on institution/supervisor items. A unidimensional model including the remaining seven items from the ICAS instrument revealed an excellent fit with the data. All items loaded significantly on the unidimensional latent trait with factor loadings ranging from 0.583 to 0.869. McDonalds Omega was 0.89, showing a high internal consistency. Conclusion: This study presents a valid and reliable scale to assess aspects of institutional culture connected to the relationships with superiors/supervisors and to the relation to the institutions themselves.


2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 1180-1196
Author(s):  
Ayça Kaya ◽  
Türkan Argon

This study involves the adaptation of Teacher Retention Scale designed by Joyce Marie Brydson Alexander (2010) into Turkish via teachers. To ensure the language validity of the scale during the adaptation into Turkish culture, translation, back-translation and expert opinion methods have primarily been used. A linguistic equivalency form has then been used to ensure the linguistic equivalency of the scale. To test the linguistic equivalency of the scale, English Language Teachers have been used at certain intervals (English-Turkish; Turkish-English) and it has been found that there are positive and meaningful correlations between English and Turkish form scores. It has been demonstrated that the scale owns a unidimensional structure with 6 sections as a result of exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis conducted in order to determine the factor structure of the scale. The total item correlation coefficients of Teacher Retention Scale varies from ,584 to ,769. It has been concluded that these coefficients are as expected. Besides, factor load values have been found around ,671 and ,835. For instance, Cronbach’s Alpha internal consistency coefficient has been measured  (α=.889). The variation between Upper and Lower groups measured as 27% has been found meaningful. The factor structure obtained via Exploratory Factor Analysis has been verified by the outcomes of Confirmatory Factor Analysis in terms of item statistics except for item no 2 and item no 5. Confirmatory Factor Analysis suggests that the factor load values vary from ,37 to ,91. These values have been interpreted as medium and high factor loads. In addition, the values regarding multiple correlation (R2) vary from 14 to ,83. Thus, it has been found that R2 value is at high and mediocre levels. It has also been demonstrated that X2/df, RMSEA and NNFI values were not at desired levels prior to modification and that the values of goodness of fit (items 4-6) have been pulled up to desired levels following the modification. It has also been found that retention views levels correspond to “I agree” level. In conclusion, Teacher Retention Scale is a unidimensional scale of 6 items as well as a valid and reliable testing instrument. ​Extended English summary is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file.   Özet Bu araştırma ile Joyce Marie Brydson Alexander (2010) tarafından geliştirilen Öğretmenin Okulda Kalma Tutumu Ölçeği’nin öğretmenler üzerinde Türkçe’ye uyarlanması çalışması yapılmıştır. Dil geçerliği aşamasında ölçeğin Türk kültürüne uyarlanmasında öncelikle çeviri, geri-çeviri ve uzman görüşü yöntemlerine başvurulmuştur. Daha sonra ölçeğin dil eşdeğerliği için dilsel eşdeğer form uygulaması yapılmıştır. Ölçeğin dilsel eşdeğerliğinin test edilmesinde İngilizce öğretmenlerine belirli aralıklarla (İngilizce-Türkçe; Türkçe-İngilizce) uygulama yapılmış; İngilizce ve Türkçe formların puanları arasında pozitif ve anlamlı korelasyonlar olduğu saptanmıştır. Ölçeğin faktör yapısının belirlenmesi amacıyla uygulanan açımlayıcı ve doğrulayıcı faktör analizleri sonucunda ölçeğin 6 maddeden oluşan tek boyutlu bir yapı gösterdiği ortaya konulmuştur. Öğretmenin Okulda Kalma Tutumu Ölçeği için yapılan madde toplam korelasyon katsayılarının ,584-,769 arasında değiştiği ve bu katsayıların istenen düzeyde olduğu görülmüştür. Ayrıca faktör yük değerlerinin ,671 ile ,835 arasında olduğu ortaya çıkmıştır. Ölçeğin Cronbach Alpha iç tutarlılık katsayısı (α=.889) hesaplanmıştır. Alt-Üst %27’lik gruplar arasındaki fark anlamlı bulunmuştur. AFA sonucunda elde edilen faktör yapısı madde 2 ve madde 5 haricinde madde istatistikleri açısından DFA bulguları ile doğrulanmıştır. DFA sonucunda maddelerin faktör yük değerlerinin ,37 ile ,91 arasında değiştiği tespit edilmiştir. Söz konusu değerler orta ve yüksek faktör yükü olarak değerlendirilmiştir. Öte yandan çoklu korelasyon karesine ilişkin değerler (R2), 14 ile ,83 arasında değişmektedir. Bu nedenle R2 değerinin yüksek ve orta düzeyde olduğu görülmüştür. Ayrıca modifikasyon öncesi X2/df, RMSEA ve NNFI değerlerinin istenilen ölçütte olmadığı; ancak yapılan modifikasyonlardan sonra (Madde 4-6) uyum iyiliği değerlerinin istenilen seviyeye çıktığı görülmüştür. Ayrıca öğretmenlerin okulda kalma tutumları görüşlerinin “katılıyorum” düzeyine karşılık geldiği görülmüştür. Sonuç olarak, Öğretmenin Okulda Kalma Tutumu Ölçeği’nin toplam 6 maddeden oluşan tek boyutlu geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçme aracı olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.


2010 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 418-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Moral de la Rubia ◽  
Mónica Teresa González Ramírez ◽  
René Landero Hernández

This study was conducted in order to determine factor structure and reliability of STAXI-2-AX/EX (Spielberger, 1999) and to calculate the correlation between STAXI-2-AX/EX and the Housewives Burnout Questionnaire (CUBAC). The study sample included 226 housewives. Dimensional structure was estimated using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Factor analysis results of STAXI-2-AX/EX showed that a four related factors model had an adequate goodness of fit, eliminating three items. Regarding the CUBAC, a two related factors structure presented the best goodness of fit, which improve if five items were eliminated. Finally, as we expected, the correlation between the two scales was positive (r= .38. We suggest that this study should be replicated in other countries.


2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 425-434
Author(s):  
Noélle de Oliveira Freitas ◽  
Marina Paes Caltran ◽  
Suleimy C. Mazin ◽  
Rosana Aparecida Spadoti Dantas ◽  
Lidia Aparecida Rossi

Background and Purpose: The aim of the study was to analyze the factor structure and the reliability of the Brazilian-Portuguese version of the Burn Specific Health Scale—Revised (BSHS-R) in a sample of Brazilian burned adults. Methods: This study was a cross-sectional study. The internal consistency was analyzed using Cronbach’s α, considering coefficients ≥.70 as appropriate. We conducted confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to test the hypothesis that the BSHS-R Brazilian-Portuguese version has a factor structure similar to the original. We assessed the factor structure of the BSHS-R Brazilian-Portuguese version by CFA, examining three models: three-factor, six-factor, and seven-factor structure. Results: The participants were 299 burned adults. The CFA indicated good model fit indices for the seven-factor model (root mean square error of approximation = .062; goodness-of-fit index = .844; adjusted goodness-of-fit index = .809; Akaike information criterion = 1,054.06). The seven-factor BSHS-R Brazilian-Portuguese version showed Cronbach’s α of .93. Conclusions: The BSHS-R Brazilian-Portuguese version with seven factors is reliable and valid and measures the perceived health status construct.


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