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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
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Kerimova, Melek; Osmanli, Nermin – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
The aim of this research was to adapt "Brief Symptom Inventory" developed by Derogatis (1983) into Azerbaijani language. Data were collected from 309 college students to determine psychometric properties of inventory. Samples in the study have been selected separately. The package programs of SPSS 18.0 and Lisrel 8.80 were used for the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), College Students, Psychometrics
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Negi, Nalini Junko; Iwamoto, Derek Kenji – Research on Social Work Practice, 2014
Objective: This study examines the factor structure of the Brief Symptom Inventory-18 (BSI-18; Derogatis, 2001) in a hard-to-reach population of mainly undocumented migrant Latino day laborers. While, the BSI-18 has been found to be a valid and reliable measure of psychological distress, cross-cultural assessments in sub-groups of Latinos are…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Mental Health, Migrant Workers
Ahn, Christine M.; Ebesutani, Chad; Kamphaus, Randy W. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2014
The present study was the first to examine the psychometric properties of the Korean version of the Behavior Assessment System for Children-2, Self-Report of Personality, College Version (K-BASC-2 SRP-COL), among a Korean national sample. Using 1,000 Korean college students, ages 18 to 25 years, we found support for the reliability (via internal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Behavior Rating Scales, Personality Measures, College Students
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Dogan, Türkan; Yildirim, Ibrahim; Myers, Jane E. – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2012
Problem Statement: Studies show that wellness is closely associated with individual life style. Thus, any efforts toward improving wellness should target aspects of a person's life style. A means of assessing holistic wellness is needed to design programs that increase individuals'/clients' health and wellness and to develop psychological…
Descriptors: Wellness, Life Style, Foreign Countries, Construct Validity
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Wiesner, Margit; Chen, Vincent; Windle, Michael; Elliott, Marc N.; Grunbaum, Jo Anne; Kanouse, David E.; Schuster, Mark A. – Psychological Assessment, 2010
This study used data from 3 sites to examine the invariance and psychometric characteristics of the Brief Symptom Inventory-18 across Black, Hispanic, and White mothers of 5th graders (N = 4,711; M = 38.07 years of age, SD = 7.16). Internal consistencies were satisfactory for all subscale scores of the instrument regardless of ethnic group…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Mothers, Grade 5, Whites