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  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,960 Views
14 Pages

Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of Brief COPE in Russian Schoolteachers

  • Anna Pavlova,
  • Julia Marakshina,
  • Georgy Vasin,
  • Victoria Ismatullina,
  • Pavel Kolyasnikov,
  • Timofey Adamovich,
  • Artem Malykh,
  • Anna Tabueva,
  • Ilya Zakharov and
  • Sergey Malykh

10 August 2022

This study investigates the psychometric properties of brief COPE in Russian schoolteachers. A total of 773 (91% female; M = 43, SD = 9.79) teachers participated in the study. Principal component analysis (PCA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA)...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,594 Views
23 Pages

Psychometric Properties of Heavy Work Investment Measures: A Systematic Review

  • Julio César Acosta-Prado,
  • Arnold Alejandro Tafur-Mendoza,
  • Rodrigo Arturo Zárate-Torres and
  • Duván Emilio Ramírez-Ospina

12 November 2021

In recent years, the study of heavy work investment (HWI) has been diversifying greatly in the various fields of application in the organizational field, for example, occupational health, human resources, quality at work among others. However, to dat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,066 Views
20 Pages

The aims of this systematic review were to critically appraise the quality of the cross-cultural adaptation and the psychometric properties of the translated versions of oral health literacy assessment tools. CINAHL (EBSCO), Medline (EBSCO), EMBASE (...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,005 Views
9 Pages

Task and Ego Orientation in Sport Questionnaire (TEOSQ): Psychometric Properties in Its Digital Version

  • Verónica Morales-Sánchez,
  • Nuria Pérez-Romero,
  • María Auxiliadora Franquelo,
  • Isabel Balaguer,
  • Antonio Hernández-Mendo and
  • Rafael E. Reigal

The Task and Ego Orientation in Sport Questionnaire’s (TEOSQ’s) psychometric properties have been explored in previous studies but never in its digital version, which facilitates data collection. The objective of this study was to analyze...

  • Article
  • Open Access
396 Views
13 Pages

Psychometric Properties of the Spanish Version of the Swallowing Quality of Life Questionnaire in Fibromyalgia Patients

  • Irene Calles-Plata,
  • Araceli Ortiz-Rubio,
  • Laura Pérez-Gisbert,
  • Irene Torres-Sánchez,
  • Andrés Calvache Mateo,
  • Marie Carmen Valenza and
  • Alejandro Heredia-Ciuró

17 November 2025

Background and Purpose: The Swallowing Quality of Life Questionnaire (SWAL-QoL) is recognized as the gold-standard instrument for assessing the impact of dysphagia on health-related quality of life (HRQoL). However, a validated Spanish version is cur...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,389 Views
12 Pages

Analysis of the Structural Characteristics and Psychometric Properties of the Pelvic Floor Bother Questionnaire (PFBQ): A Systematic Review

  • Guadalupe Molina-Torres,
  • Leticia Amiano-López,
  • Marta María Córdoba-Peláez,
  • Alfonso Javier Ibáñez-Vera and
  • Esther Diaz-Mohedo

29 November 2022

Background: The Pelvic Floor Bother Questionnaire is a validated and reliable questionnaire that studies the presence and degree of pelvic floor discomfort, providing a global vision of pelvic floor dysfunction. This questionnaire assesses urinary st...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,247 Views
11 Pages

Psychometric Properties of the Self-as-Context Scale with a University Counseling Center Sample

  • Robert D. Zettle,
  • Grace A. Lyons,
  • Jonathan M. Larson and
  • Christopher Leonard

4 July 2025

The model upon which acceptance and commitment therapy is based posits that its outcomes are mediated by increased psychological flexibility as a core process. Of the six subprocesses contributing to psychological flexibility, self-as-context has bee...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,959 Views
14 Pages

The development of supervisors’ behaviours has been proposed as an innovative approach for the reduction of employees’ work stress. The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) developed the “Stress Management Competency Indicator Tool” (SMCIT), designed...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,950 Views
16 Pages

The main aim of the study is a comprehensive assessment of psychometric properties of the Polish version of Perception of Success Questionnaire (POSQ) in sport. Apart from standard psychometric evaluation, the paper presents an analysis of item relia...

  • Article
  • Open Access
707 Views
14 Pages

Psychometric Properties of the Greek Version of the Pediatric Assessment Scale for Severe Feeding Problems (PASS-FP)

  • Andri Papaleontiou,
  • Louiza Voniati,
  • Vassiliki Siafaka,
  • Alexandros Gryparis,
  • Rafaella Georgiou and
  • Dionysios Tafiadis

14 August 2025

Background/Objective: Pediatric feeding problems are becoming more widespread. They represent a synthesis of social, behavioral, and biological issues. Inevitably, the multifaceted nature of these problems has to be evaluated through one multidimensi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,260 Views
15 Pages

Validation and Psychometric Properties of the Gameplay-Scale for Educative Video Games in Spanish Children

  • Félix Zurita Ortega,
  • Nuria Medina Medina,
  • Francisco Luis Gutiérrez Vela and
  • Ramón Chacón Cuberos

14 March 2020

The knowledge of evaluation instruments to determine the level of gameplay of schoolchildren is very important at this time. A systematic review has been carried out in this study. The aim of this paper is to investigate the psychometric properties o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,877 Views
17 Pages

Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of the 18-Items Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale (Form B) in a Portuguese Sample of People Aged 60 and Over

  • Celso Silva,
  • Rogério Ferreira,
  • Bruno Morgado,
  • Brooke C. Schneider,
  • Ana João,
  • Francisco Sampaio,
  • Lara G. Pinho and
  • César Fonseca

3 September 2024

The aim of the study is to assess the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the 18-items Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale (Form B) in a Portuguese sample of people aged 60 and over. Background: The 18-item Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale (F...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,517 Views
13 Pages

Development and Psychometric Properties of The Delayed Childbearing Questionnaire (DCBQ-55)

  • Samira Behboudi-Gandevani,
  • Saeideh Ziaei,
  • Anoshirvan Kazemnejad,
  • Farideh Khalajabadi Farahani and
  • Mojtaba Vaismoradi

23 September 2018

The comprehensive assessment of delayed childbearing needs a valid and reliable instrument. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to develop an instrument to evaluate factors influencing delayed childbearing among women and to assess its psycho...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,522 Views
21 Pages

Structural and Psychometric Properties of Neck Pain Questionnaires Through Patient-Reported Outcome Measures: A Systematic Review

  • Manuel Gonzalez-Sanchez,
  • Álvaro Jesús Reina-Ruiz,
  • Guadalupe Molina-Torres,
  • Sandra Kamila Trzcińska,
  • Elio Carrasco-Vega,
  • Alena Lochmannová and
  • Alejandro Galán-Mercant

10 July 2025

Background and Objectives: Questionnaires are patient-reported outcome measures that require a validation process to assess their reliability and replicability. Over time, questionnaires have not only focused on a single health condition, such as nec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,994 Views
9 Pages

Preventing suicide has been a worldwide imperative for the last decade. Accurately assessing suicide risk is the first step towards prevention, and access to reliable tools that measure risk factors is essential to achieve this goal. The Positive And...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
9,969 Views
12 Pages

New Burnout Evaluation Model Based on the Brief Burnout Questionnaire: Psychometric Properties for Nursing

  • María del Carmen Pérez-Fuentes,
  • María del Mar Molero Jurado,
  • África Martos Martínez and
  • José Jesús Gázquez Linares

Health care personnel are considered one of the worker sectors most exposed to heavier workloads and work stress. One of the consequences associated with the exposure to chronic stress is the development of burnout syndrome. Given that evaluating thi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,326 Views
21 Pages

Design and Psychometric Properties of the BAtSS: A New Tool to Assess Attitudes towards Bats

  • Beatriz Pérez,
  • Boris Álvarez,
  • Alex Boso and
  • Fulgencio Lisón

20 January 2021

Despite the benefits that bats offer the ecosystem, these animals are feared and attacked. The COVID-19 pandemic has aggravated this situation. Today there is an urgent need to address the human-bat conflict to develop conservation policies. Understa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
568 Views
17 Pages

Psychometric Properties of the Adjustment to Aging Scale (Atas) in Iranian Older Adults

  • Parisa Mollaei,
  • Yadollah-Abolfathi Momtaz,
  • Malihe Saboor and
  • Nasibeh Zanjari

10 November 2025

Background/Objectives: Adjustment to aging is a key indicator of positive aging and psychological maturity, influenced by cultural and social contexts. This study aimed to translate and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Adjustment to Aging...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,039 Views
12 Pages

(1) Background: A learner’s cognitive load in a learning system should be effectively addressed to provide optimal learning processing because the cognitive load explains individual learning differences. However, little empirical research has b...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,045 Views
40 Pages

Backgrounds: Assessing quality of life (QoL) using a well-developed and validated questionnaire is an essential part of a breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL) treatment. However, a QoL questionnaire with the best psychometric properties is so far...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
4,233 Views
26 Pages

14 October 2022

Distance learning self-efficacy is the realistic awareness of the individual’s cognitive, emotional, and social capabilities, ability to solve problems, preferred thinking style, confidence in himself, and handling of desirable and difficult li...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
533 Views
13 Pages

9 November 2025

Background: The Multiple Sclerosis Intimacy and Sexuality Questionnaire (MSISQ-15) is a questionnaire designed to assess Sexual Dysfunction symptoms in multiple sclerosis patients; its first version was created in English and has been validated in 7...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,651 Views
11 Pages

Testing Psychometric Properties and Measurement Invariance of Basic Psychological Needs in the Digital Version of the Sport Scale

  • Nuria Pérez-Romero,
  • Rafael E. Reigal,
  • María Auxiliadora Franquelo,
  • Diogo Monteiro,
  • Isabel Castillo,
  • Antonio Hernández-Mendo and
  • Verónica Morales-Sánchez

25 September 2022

Motivation is an important field in sport because it is related to the satisfaction, psychological well-being, or adherence to sport. The Psychological Need Satisfaction in Exercise Scale (PNSE) is one of the questionnaires that assess motivation fro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,370 Views
7 Pages

Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of the Lithuanian Version of the Majeed Pelvic Score

  • Giedrius Petryla,
  • Rokas Bobina,
  • Sigitas Ryliškis,
  • Valentinas Uvarovas,
  • Jaunius Kurtinaitis,
  • Tomas Sveikata,
  • Giedrius Kvederas and
  • Igoris Šatkauskas

25 April 2021

Background and Objectives: There are no valid patient-based pelvic ring function assessment tools in Lithuania. The most widely used instrument is the Majeed Pelvic Score (MPS), which is proven to be an effective tool for assessing pelvic function af...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,268 Views
7 Pages

Psychometric Properties of the Maternal and Paternal Parenting Styles Scale in Chilean Adolescents

  • José Luis Gálvez-Nieto,
  • Karina Polanco-Levicán and
  • Braulio Navarro

Parenting style has been related to a series of positive outcomes that extend into adulthood. The aim of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the maternal and paternal parenting styles scale (PSS-MP) in a sample of adolescents. A...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,379 Views
9 Pages

(1) Background: The need to offer brief scales with items that can be answered with few response options is increasingly important in order to be able to access a broad range of the population. The three-item version of Diener’s Satisfaction wi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,789 Views
17 Pages

There has been a perceived need for the development of instruments to assess relationship quality and love. The aim of this study was to describe the psychometric properties of the Short Love Scale (SLS-12) and to compare different measurement models...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
5,691 Views
10 Pages

Psychometric Properties and Factor Structure of the Spanish Version of the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II (AAQ-II) in Ecuador

  • Belén Paladines-Costa,
  • Víctor López-Guerra,
  • Pablo Ruisoto,
  • Silvia Vaca-Gallegos and
  • Raúl Cacho

(1) Background: The Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II (AAQ-II) is the most well-known self-report measure to assess psychological inflexibility, a transdiagnostic pathological process, and targets for interventions. Objective: The aim of this st...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,699 Views
13 Pages

Identifying the Psychometric Properties of the Malay Version of the WHOQOL-BREF among Employees with Obesity Problem

  • Mohd Helma Rusyda,
  • Nor Ba’yah Abdul Kadir,
  • Wan Nur Khairunnisa Ismail,
  • Siti Jamiaah Abdul Jalil,
  • Nurul-Azza Abdullah,
  • Arena Che Kasim,
  • Suzana Mohd. Hoesni and
  • Mohd Rizal Abdul Manaf

The Malay version of the WHOQOL-BREF was published approximately 15 years ago. Since then, no known research has been conducted to identify the psychometric properties of the scale using confirmatory factor analysis. This study aimed to establish a m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,695 Views
21 Pages

Psychometric Properties of the POAGTS: A Tool for Understanding Parents’ Perceptions Regarding Autism Spectrum Disorder Genetic Testing

  • Shixi Zhao,
  • Wei-Ju Chen,
  • Oi-Man Kwok,
  • Shweta U. Dhar,
  • Tanya N. Eble,
  • Tung-Sung Tseng and
  • Lei-Shih Chen

Due to the increased prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), more children with ASD may be referred for genetic testing. It is important to develop a tool to help parents consider the benefits and drawbacks of genetic testing for ASD before pur...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,886 Views
10 Pages

Frontline healthcare providers are exposed to indirect trauma through dealing with traumatized patients. This puts them at risk of vicarious traumatization. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, this study seeks to establish the psychometric properti...

  • Review
  • Open Access
34 Citations
13,036 Views
15 Pages

28 October 2022

Parental stress is a construct related to people’s perception of difficulties and feelings of not being able to cope with the demands of parenting. This construct is often experienced as a negative or aversive response to parental obligations,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,285 Views
9 Pages

Psychometric Properties of the Dimensional Yale Food Addiction Scale for Children 2.0 among Portuguese Adolescents

  • Ana Matos,
  • Sílvia Félix,
  • Carol Coelho,
  • Eva Conceição,
  • Bárbara César Machado and
  • Sónia Gonçalves

19 July 2024

The dimensional Yale Food Addiction Scale for Children 2.0 (dYFAS-C 2.0) was developed to provide a reliable psychometric measure for assessing food addiction in adolescents, in accordance with the updated addiction criteria proposed in the fifth edi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,699 Views
12 Pages

The present study assessed the psychometric properties of the Bulgarian version of the Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-DC), which is a 20-item self-report scale designed to measure depressive symptoms in children and adolescent...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
7,983 Views
10 Pages

Objectives: The present study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of Przybylski’s 10-item Fear of Missing Out scale and to investigate the measurement invariance across age and gender among Chinese adolescents and emerging adults. Methods: A...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,969 Views
17 Pages

Dementia Prevention Self-Management in Older Thai Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: Development and Psychometric Properties of Two Questionnaires

  • Noppamas Pipatpiboon,
  • Jirapas Sripetchwandee,
  • Eakachai Kantawong,
  • Ruksanudt Budda and
  • Daniel Bressington

2 December 2024

Background/Objectives: The prevalence of dementia, a complication of uncontrolled type 2 diabetes (T2DM), is rising among older adults. Effective self-management for dementia prevention is essential, but no validated questionnaires currently exist to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,593 Views
18 Pages

The Short Dark Triad is a scale used to capture three aversive personality traits—Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy on the subclinical level. The present study aimed to verify the psychometric properties of the Slovak version of the Short...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
24,844 Views
15 Pages

The Individual Work Performance Questionnaire: Psychometric Properties of the Italian Version

  • Silvia Platania,
  • Martina Morando,
  • Stefania Valeria Gruttadauria and
  • Linda Koopmans

Individual work performance can be defined as individual behaviour capable of generating value and a competitive advantage for the organization. Furthermore, this construct is linked to other fundamental variables that constitute worker well-being, s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,636 Views
17 Pages

Psychometric Properties of the Brief COPE Inventory on a Student Sample

  • Julia A. Marakshina,
  • Sofia A. Mironets,
  • Anna A. Pavlova,
  • Victoria I. Ismatullina,
  • Marina M. Lobaskova,
  • Anna A. Pecherkina,
  • Elvira E. Symaniuk and
  • Sergey B. Malykh

18 November 2025

The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (COPE) inventory among students. The data was collected via an online platform from Russian universities involving first–f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,397 Views
14 Pages

The Intuitive Eating Scale-2 Adapted for Mexican Pregnant Women: Psychometric Properties and Influence of Sociodemographic Variables

  • María Eugenia Flores-Quijano,
  • Cecilia Mota-González,
  • Guadalupe Rozada,
  • Jacqueline Citlalli León-Rico,
  • María Eugenia Gómez-López and
  • Rodrigo Vega-Sánchez

19 November 2023

A weight-inclusive approach to health involves the promotion of intuitive eating, i.e., the individual’s ability to be aware of their physiological hunger and satiety cues to determine when and how much to eat, while paying attention to how cer...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
7,560 Views
14 Pages

8 February 2023

Recent studies have focused on the negative effects of loneliness on health and quality of life in older adults. The De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale (DJGLS) has been widely used and has proven to be a valid and reliable instrument for loneliness as...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,065 Views
13 Pages

Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of the French Version of the EXIT to Measure Women’s Experiences of Induction of Labor

  • Candy Guiguet-Auclair,
  • Marion Rouzaire,
  • Anne Debost-Legrand,
  • Sigrid Dissard,
  • Manon Rouille,
  • Amélie Delabaere and
  • Denis Gallot

20 July 2022

Background: In France, more than 20% of women require induction of labor (IOL), which can be psychologically and emotionally challenging for patients. It is important to assess how they feel about their IOL experiences. Our aim was to cross-culturall...

  • Article
  • Open Access
788 Views
19 Pages

22 October 2025

Background/Objectives: This study presents a brief report on the preliminary psychometric properties of a first Polish version of the Parental Assistance with Child Emotion Regulation (PACER) Questionnaire. The PACER measures ten emotion regulation (...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
7,174 Views
19 Pages

Assessing the Psychometric Properties of the Internet Addiction Test in Peruvian University Students

  • Arnold Alejandro Tafur-Mendoza,
  • Julio César Acosta-Prado,
  • Rodrigo Arturo Zárate-Torres and
  • Duván Emilio Ramírez-Ospina

The use of the Internet has been gradually and unstoppably gaining ground in all areas of life, from recreational activities to how social relations are established. However, the existence of clinical cases indicates that the addictive use of the Int...

  • Article
  • Open Access
852 Views
14 Pages

Positive Mental Health Questionnaire-Short Form (PMHQ-SF18): Psychometric Properties of the Spanish Version

  • Maria Teresa Lluch-Canut,
  • Montserrat Puig-Llobet,
  • Maria Aurelia Sánchez-Ortega,
  • Carmen Moreno-Arroyo,
  • Antonio R. Moreno-Poyato,
  • Juan F. Roldán-Merino,
  • Miguel Ángel Hidalgo-Blanco,
  • Carmen Ferre-Grau,
  • Núria Albacar-Riobóo and
  • Zaida Agüera
  • + 3 authors

7 November 2025

Background: The construct of positive mental health (PMH) is defined as the basis of individuals’ psychological well-being and their ability to function effectively and cope with life’s challenges. The Positive Mental Health Questionnaire...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,203 Views
14 Pages

Psychometric Properties of the Italian Version of the Short-Form Supportive Care Needs Survey Questionnaire (SCNS-SF34-It): A Multicenter Validation Study

  • Anita Zeneli,
  • Paolo Leombruni,
  • Marco Miniotti,
  • Emanuela Scarpi,
  • Marco Maltoni,
  • Sara Cavalieri,
  • Valentina Legni,
  • Cristina Nanni,
  • Mihaiela Tarca and
  • Sandra Montalti

27 January 2024

This study aimed to evaluate psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Short-Form Supportive Care Needs Survey Questionnaire (SCNS-SF34) in a cancer population. A multicenter prospective observational study was carried out in outpatient a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,945 Views
19 Pages

Psychometric Properties of the Spanish Version of the Caregiver Burden Inventory

  • Fernando L. Vázquez,
  • Patricia Otero,
  • Miguel A. Simón,
  • Ana M. Bueno and
  • Vanessa Blanco

Although the Caregiver Burden Inventory (CBI) is the most widely used multidimensional burden instrument for assessing perceived burden of caregivers, there is no data on its psychometric properties in Spanish, nor on caregivers of dependent persons...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
7,455 Views
11 Pages

17 January 2023

Evidence-based information accumulated over the years has demonstrated the importance of having a culturally embedded temperament assessment instrument. Thus, the aim of this article was to investigate the psychometric properties of a Lithuanian vers...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
17,112 Views
13 Pages

Psychometric Properties of the CYBVICS Cyber-Victimization Scale and Its Relationship with Psychosocial Variables

  • Sofía Buelga,
  • Belén Martínez-Ferrer,
  • María-Jesús Cava and
  • Jessica Ortega-Barón

9 January 2019

The main goal of the present study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the revised version of the Adolescent Cyber-Victimization Scale (CYBVICS). This scale is composed of 18 items that assess direct and indirect cyber-victimization. Two su...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
17,790 Views
15 Pages

Psychometric Properties of the Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale in a Colombian Manager Sample

  • Julio César Acosta-Prado,
  • Rodrigo Arturo Zárate-Torres and
  • Arnold Alejandro Tafur-Mendoza

Within the organizational field, emotional intelligence is linked to socially competent behaviors, which allow the development of labor and organizational abilities necessary for professional development. Thus, in workers, emotional intelligence is r...

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