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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Validity and Reliability of the Persian Version of Parkinson’s Disease Sleep Scale-2 by Mohammad Taghi Joghataei, Seyed-Mohammad Fereshtehnejad, Maryam Mehdizadeh, Sepideh Goudarzi, Sayed Amir Hasan Habibi, Mahsa Meimandi, Arian Dehmiyani, Ghorban Taghizadeh

“…This study investigated the psychometric properties of the Persian version of PDSS-2. …”
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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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Rate of Overlap between ICD-11 Gaming Disorder and DSM-5 Internet Gaming Disorder along with Turkish Reliability of the Gaming Disorder Scale for Adolescents (GADIS-A) by Mustafa Tuncturk, Gul Karacetin, Cagatay Ermis, R. Ogulcan Ciray, Merve Can, Celal Yesilkaya, Ayca Atay, Gokce Elif Alkas, Damla Kasap, Omca Guney, Sezen Alarslan, Burak Cakir, Eren Halac, Aysegul Tonyalı, Fatma Nur Elmas, Serkan Turan

“…Conclusion: The GADIS-A had good to excellent psychometric properties in Turkish adolescents. Despite having a stricter diagnostic criterion, GD overlapped with IGD in a clinical population.…”
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Construction of a scale measuring primary teachers’ self-efficacy to teach STEAM: the STEAM-TSES by Ivana Stepanović Ilić, Francisco Peixoto, Milana Dabić Boričić, Marina Videnović, Jose Castro Silva, Nadia Ferreira, Vera Monteiro

“…The analyses show good psychometric characteristics of the STEAM-TSES, and the correlations with the TSE scale indicate the validity of distinguishing constructs associated with STEAM education.…”
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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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Validation of an Italian questionnaire to assess sleep disorders: The Sleep Disorders Score Questionnaire (SDS-Q) by Sergio GARBARINO, Ottavia GUGLIELMI, Giovanni RALLO, Nicola MAGNAVITA

“…Discussion and Conclusions: The Insomnia, Sleepiness and Apnoea subscales of SDS-Q have demonstra- ted good psychometric properties in terms of reliability and validity. …”
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Using the Satisfaction with Life Scale in People with Parkinson’s Disease: A Validation Study in Different European Countries by Ramona Lucas-Carrasco, Brenda L. Den Oudsten, Erhan Eser, Michael J. Power

“…The objective of this international study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). …”
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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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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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The Self-Compassion Scale Short Form for Children Aged 8–12: Validation of the Italian Version by Valentina Levantini, Iacopo Bertacchi, Antonella Magno, Gianluca Domenico Privitera, Alessia Rinaldi, Nicoletta Zara, Pietro Muratori

“…Methods: The current study explored the psychometric properties of the Italian translation of the Self-Compassion Scale for Children (SCS-C) in a sample of 230 children (mean age = 10.52, SD = 1.33). …”
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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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Computational Thinking for Science Positions Youth to Be Better Science Learners by Matthew A. Cannady, Melissa A. Collins, Timothy Hurt, Ryan Montgomery, Eric Greenwald, Rena Dorph

“…Using a sample from 600 middle school science students, we provide the psychometric properties of a computational thinking for science assessment and demonstrate that this construct is a consistent predictor of science content learning. …”
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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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The level of cognitive functioning in school-aged children is predicted by resting EEG Directed Phase Lag Index by Audrey-Rose Charlebois-Poirier, Saeideh Davoudi, Ève Lalancette, Inga Sophia Knoth, Sarah Lippé

“…Abstract Quantifying cognitive potential relies on psychometric measures that do not directly reflect cortical activity. …”
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Impact of Time Delay in Perceptual Decision-Making: Neuronal Population Modeling Approach by Urszula Foryś, Natalia Z. Bielczyk, Katarzyna Piskała, Martyna Płomecka, Jan Poleszczuk

“…We show, however, that this steady state becomes unstable above a critical delay value for which, in certain parameter ranges, a subcritical Hopf bifurcation occurs. We then apply psychometric function to translate model-predicted ring rates into probabilities that a decision is being made. …”
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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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Caregrief scale confirmatory factor analysis in a sample of portuguese caregivers by J. Vasconcelos-Raposo, A. Ribeiro, A. Silva, B. Santos, C. M. Teixeira

“…To analyze the instrument’s psychometric properties, we used confirmatory factorial analysis with a sample of 150 caregivers (formal and informal). …”
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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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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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