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Direct linkvan Breda, Adrian D. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2017
Purpose: In South Africa, the field of scale development and utilization in social work is referred to as "ecometrics," that is, the measurement of ecological constructs. There is, however, a lack of ecometric tools for social workers, particularly regarding strengths or resilience. Given the high vulnerability of South African youth,…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Social Work, Rating Scales, Guidelines
Åhsberg, Elizabeth; Fahlström, Gunilla; Rönnbäck, Eva; Granberg, Ann-Kristin; Almborg, Ann-Helene – Research on Social Work Practice, 2017
Objective: To construct a needs assessment instrument for older people using a standardized terminology (International classification of functioning, disability, and health [ICF]) and assess its psychometrical properties. Method: An instrument was developed comprising questions to older people regarding their perceived care needs. The instrument's…
Descriptors: Caseworkers, Social Work, Older Adults, Needs Assessment
Gambrill, Eileen – Research on Social Work Practice, 2015
The Campbell and Cochrane Collaborations were created to reveal the evidentiary status of claims focusing especially on the effectiveness of specific interventions. Such reviews are constrained by the population of studies available and biases that may influence this availability such as preferred framing of problems. This highlights the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Effectiveness, State of the Art Reviews, Bias
Moussa, Miriam Taouk; Lovibond, Peter; Laube, Roy; Megahead, Hamido A. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2017
Objective: To translate and evaluate the psychometric properties of an Arabic-language version of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS). Method: The items were translated, back translated, refined, and tested in an Australian immigrant sample (N = 220). Results: Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the Arabic DASS discriminates between…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Measures (Individuals), Depression (Psychology), Anxiety
Probst, Barbara – Research on Social Work Practice, 2014
Axis IV, one of the five dimensions of clinical description, has provided a way to report psychosocial and environmental problems that may affect the diagnosis, treatment, and/or prognosis of a psychiatric disorder. Originally conceived in DSM-III as a way to rate and rank the severity of particular environmental stressors, axis IV was simplified…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Mental Disorders, Reliability, Validity
Fraser, Mark W.; Wu, Shiyou – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
This article reviews the origins, conceptual bases, psychometric properties, and limitations of consumer satisfaction measures in social welfare and behavioral health. Based on a systematic review of research reports published between 2003 and 2013, we identify 58 consumer satisfaction measures. On average, these measures have acceptable…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Consumer Economics, Psychometrics, Predictive Validity
Özmete, Emine; Megahead, Hamido A. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2017
Objective: This study aims to adapt "The Hwalek-Sengstock Elder Abuse Screening Test (H-S "East")" (Neale, Hwalek, Scott, Sengstock, & Stahl, 1991) to Turkish and to assess its validity and reliability while determining the factors that affect elder abuse. Method: The sample of the study is composed of 465 elderly women and…
Descriptors: Elder Abuse, Foreign Countries, Older Adults, Regression (Statistics)
Tang, Xiaoqing; Duan, Wenjie; Wang, Zhizhang; Liu, Tianyuan – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Objectives: The Flourishing Scale (FS) was developed to measure psychological well-being from the eudaimonic perspective, highlighting the flourishing of human functioning. This article evaluated the psychometric characteristics of the simplified Chinese version of FS among a Chinese community population. Method: A total of 433 participants from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychometrics, Likert Scales, Well Being
Nyström, Siv; Åhsberg, Elizabeth – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Objective: This study examines whether the psychometric properties of the short version of the Evidence-Based Practice Process Assessment Scale (EBPPAS) remain satisfactory when translated and transferred to the context of Swedish welfare services. Method: The Swedish version of EBPPAS was tested on a sample of community-based professionals in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychometrics, Evidence Based Practice, Likert Scales
Lawson, Michael A.; Alameda-Lawson, Tania; Byrnes, Edward – Research on Social Work Practice, 2017
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the construct and predictive validity of the Adult-Adolescent Parenting Inventory (AAPI-2). Methods: The validity of the AAPI-2 was evaluated using multiple statistical methods, including exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and latent class analysis. These analyses were…
Descriptors: Low Income, Factor Structure, Validity, Reliability
Blair, Kevin D.; Brown, Marlo; Schoepflin, Todd; Taylor, David B. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2014
Purpose: This article describes the development and validation of the Undergraduate Perceptions of Poverty Tracking Survey (UPPTS). Method: Data were collected from 301 undergraduates at a small university in the Northeast and analyzed using exploratory factor analysis augmented by random qualitative validation. Results: The resulting survey…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Surveys, Student Attitudes, Factor Analysis
Ayala-Nunes, Lara; Jiménez, Lucía; Hidalgo, Victoria; Dekovic, Maja; Jesus, Saul – Research on Social Work Practice, 2018
Objective: The measurement of Family Feedback on Child Welfare Services (FF-CWS) is gaining prominence as an efficacy indicator and is coherent with concerns about family-centered practice and empowerment. The aim of this study was to develop and validate an instrument that would overcome the scarcity of psychometrically sound measures in this…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Error of Measurement, Validity, Child Welfare
Choi, Jae-Sung; Lee, Minhong – Research on Social Work Practice, 2014
Objective: This study examined the validity and reliability of a person-directed care (PDC) measure for nursing homes in Korea. Method: Managerial personnel from 223 nursing homes in 2010 and 239 in 2012 were surveyed. Results: Item analysis and exploratory factor analysis for the first sample generated a 33-item PDC measure with eight factors.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychometrics, Nursing Homes, Item Analysis
Wong, Lai Cheung; Chu, Amanda M. Y.; Chan, Cecilia L. W. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2014
Objective: Because forgiveness is an important aspect of studies in marital relationships, there is a need for a culturally relevant measure of forgiveness for Chinese couples. This study aims to validate the Transgression-related Interpersonal Motivations Inventory in marital relationships within a Chinese context (C-TRIM). Method: Data were…
Descriptors: Marriage, Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Asians
Strijbosch, E. L. L.; van der Helm, G. H. P.; van Brandenburg, M. E. T.; Mecking, M.; Wissink, I. B.; Stams, G. J. J. M. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2014
Purpose: This study describes the development and validation of the Group Climate Instrument for Children aged 8 to 15 years (GCIC 8-15), which purports to measure the quality of group climate in residential care. Methods: A confirmatory factor analysis was performed on data of 117 children in Dutch residential youth care. Reliability analysis was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Residential Care, Residential Institutions, Factor Analysis
