Emergency Medical Technician Professional Competence Perception Scale: Validity and Reliability Study by Fatma Hakyemez, Celal Katı

“…Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS 26.0 and AMOS 24.0 software packages.In order to establish the psychometric properties of the instrument, Exploratory Factor Analysis revealed a construct composed of 66 items and 4 sub-dimensions, accounting for 70.45% of the total variance. …”
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Predicting online shopping addiction: a decision tree model analysis by Xueli Wan, Jie Zeng, Ling Zhang

“…BackgroundOnline shopping addiction has been identified as a detrimental behavioral pattern, necessitating the development of effective mitigation strategies.ObjectiveThis study aims to elucidate the psychological mechanisms underlying online shopping addiction through constructing and analyzing a C5.0 decision tree model, with the ultimate goal of facilitating more efficient intervention methods.MethodologyA comprehensive survey was conducted among 457 university students in Sichuan, China, utilizing validated psychometric instruments, including the Online shopping addiction Scale, College Academic Self-Efficacy Scale, College Students’ Sense of Life Meaning Scale, Negative Emotion Scale, Social Anxiety Scale, Sense of Place Scale, and Tuckman Procrastination Scale.ResultsThe predictive model demonstrated an accuracy of 79.45%, identifying six key factors predictive of online shopping addiction: academic procrastination (49.0%), sense of place (26.1%), social anxiety (10.1%), college students’ sense of life meaning (7.0%), negative emotions (7.0%), and college academic self-efficacy (0.9%).ConclusionThis pioneering study in online shopping addictiononline shopping addiction prediction offers valuable tools and research support for identifying and understanding this behavioral addiction, potentially informing future intervention strategies and research directions. …”
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Validation and reliability assessment of the Persian Adaptation of the Interprofessional Team Collaboration Scale II (P-AITCS-II) for Iranian healthcare providers by Roohangiz Norouzinia, Sara Esmaelzadeh Saeieh, Carole Orchard, Samaneh Mirzaei, Mohsen Gholinataj Jelodar

“…Abstract The primary objective of this study was to perform a psychometric evaluation of the Persian adaptation of the Assessment of Interprofessional Team Collaboration Scale (P-AITCS-II). …”
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Psychological intervention, from the positive psychology approach, in infertile couples who are in the artificial insemination process by Arelys Pérez Figueroa, Damaisy Miranda Otero, Laziel Canovas Rodriguez

“…Clinical interviews, participant observation and psychometric tests were carried out. A psychological intervention strategy based on traditional psychology and positive psychology was applied. …”
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Profiles of Early Expressive Phonological Skills-Brazilian Portuguese (PEEPS-BP): a diagnostic accuracy study by Simone Nicolini de Simoni, Denis Altieri de Oliveira Moraes, Karina Carlesso Pagliarin, Márcia Keske-Soares

“…Methods This was a quantitative cross-sectional psychometric study. The sample consisted of 30 children with no identified neurodevelopmental disorders aged 24 to 36 months. …”
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Cultural and contextual adaptation of the Solastalgia subscale of the Environmental Distress Scale in drought-affected Kilifi, Kenya by Syed Shabab Wahid, Linda Norah Khakali, Felix Agoi, Benjamin Oestericher, Emily Mendenhall, Edna N. Bosire

“…Discussion The culturally adapted Swahili EDS-Solastalgia scale needs to be tested for its psychometric properties prior to utilization in survey studies to quantitatively establish the burden of climate-related distress and test for associations with common mental health conditions. …”
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Associations between the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) and Tests of Variables of Attention (TOVA) in rural school-aged children in Benin Africa by Roméo Zoumenou, Nathalie Costet, Michael J. Boivin, Jaqueline Wendland, Florence Bodeau-Livinec

“…The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) has been used as a mental health screening measure in the SSA, but its psychometric properties are not well understood. Five hundred and sixty-six mothers completed the SDQ for their 6-year-old children in rural Benin north of Cotonou. …”
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Development and Validation of a Bedside Scale for Assessing Upper Limb Function Following Stroke: A Methodological Study. [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Sampath Kumar Amaravadi, Vijayakumar Palaniswamy, Akshatha Nayak, Dhaval Pawani, Prasanna Mithra, Ashish John Prabhakar, Abraham M. Joshua

“…Despite the excellent psychometric properties, many require considerable amount of time, are resource-intensive, and often impractical for bedside evaluation. …”
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Participation in Decision Making as a Property of Complex Adaptive Systems: Developing and Testing a Measure by Ruth A. Anderson, Donde Plowman, Kirsten Corazzini, Pi-Ching Hsieh, Hui Fang Su, Lawrence R. Landerman, Reuben R. McDaniel

“…In Study 2, we strengthened the psychometric test using a large sample. Results. Results demonstrated validity and reliability of the participation in decision-making instrument (PDMI) while measuring participation of workers in two distinct job categories (RNs and CNAs). …”
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Construct validity of the simplified Chinese version of the instrument ‘Picture My Participation’ by Linjun Shi, Mats Granlund, Yue Zhao, Karina Huus

“…It provides further psychometric evidence that PMP-C (Simplified) is a sound measure to assess participation for children and youths in mainland China.…”
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Risks of Online Health Information Seeking: Adaptation of the OHISS in the Russian Sample by A.A. Maksimenko, A.A. Zolotareva

“…Empirical data obtained using the Online Health Information Seeking Scale allow us to consider the adapted scale as a psychometrically sound diagnostic instrument and recommend it for solving practical and research tasks.…”
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Construction and initial validations of the major decision-making self-efficacy scale (MDMSES) for Chinese high school students by Jingwen Li, Yanan Zhang, Limei Gao, Zhihai Qiu, Yu Zhou, Ying Guo, Tong Hao, Yongyi Li, Yu Bian, Dandan Li, Chunyan Zhu

“…Conclusion The scale development results satisfied the psychometric and statistical criteria, allowing the scale to be used as a means of detection to support intervention efforts for individuals with low MDMSE levels.…”
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STEADFAST: Psychotherapeutic Intervention Improves Postural Strategy of Somatoform Vertigo and Dizziness by Christoph Best, Regine Tschan, Nikola Stieber, Manfred E. Beutel, Annegret Eckhardt-Henn, Marianne Dieterich

“…Our goal was to evaluate the effectiveness of a psychotherapeutic and psychoeducational short-term intervention (PTI) using static posturography and psychometric examination. Seventeen SVD patients took part in the study. …”
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A Q-Methodology Study of Patients’ Subjective Experiences of TIA by Laura Spurgeon, Glyn Humphreys, Gill James, Cath Sackley

“…With development, the findings could be used as a basis for psychometric risk assessment of TIA patients.…”
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Sadness regulation strategies and measurement: A scoping review. by Sumaia Mohammed Zaid, Fonny Dameaty Hutagalung, Harris Shah Bin Abd Hamid, Sahar Mohammed Taresh

“…Notably, most studies had tested psychometric properties using Cronbach's alpha alone, while only a handful had assessed validity (construct and factorial validity) and reliability (Cronbach's alpha or test-retest) based on responses captured from questionnaire survey.…”
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Developing an Emergency Medical Services Resilience Assessment Tool in Climate Change: A Study Protocol by Kamran Mohammadi-Janbazloufar, Golrokh Atighechian, Abbas Ostadtaghizadeh, Fatemeh Rezaei, Jon Mark Hirshon

“…(d) The pilot EMSRA tool will undergo a rigorous process of quantitative and qualitative validation, including an evaluation of its psychometric properties, to assess the resilience of EMS systems in the face of climate-related challenges. …”
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Results of scoping review do not support mild traumatic brain injury being associated with a high incidence of chronic cognitive impairment: Commentary on McInnes et al. 2017. by Grant L Iverson, Justin E Karr, Andrew J Gardner, Noah D Silverberg, Douglas P Terry

“…For example, if a study reported a statistically significant difference on a single cognitive test, the authors concluded that every subject with a MTBI in that study was cognitively impaired-an approach that cannot be justified statistically or psychometrically. The authors concluded that impairment was present in various cognitive domains, such as attention, memory, and executive functioning, but they did not analyze or report the results from any of these specific cognitive domains. …”
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Validation, Adaptation and Assessment of Orofacial Esthetic Scale in Hindi Language by Paulina, Pankaj Dhawan, Neha Jain, Uswah Khan

“…Methods and Materials: The OES-H was obtained through a cross-culture adaptation process. The psychometric properties of the obtained version were then observed in a group of 54 prosthodontic and 54 non-prosthodontic patients and 54 patients requiring EPT. …”
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Validation of the Social Well-being Scale in an Iranian Sample by Mostafa Zahirinia, Hassan Khezri

“…Methods: The study adopted a descriptive-psychometric approach, with the statistical population comprising all females aged 20-50 in Hormozgan province, Iran in the year 2022. …”
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Turkish adapration of “Simulation-Based interprofessional Teamwork Assessment Tool”: SITAT-TR by Mukadder İnci Başer Kolcu, Giray Kolcu

“…Results This study evaluated 345 students from five professions at Süleyman Demirel University, using the SITAT-TR scale. Psychometric analysis showed strong validity with high content validity indices (I-CVI: 0.95–1.00; S-CVI/Ave, 0.98) and internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.915). …”
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