1. Development of a New Instrument for the Assessment of Psychological predictors of well-being and quality of life in people with HIV or AIDS
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Rafael Ballester-Arnal, Fernando Molero, Eduardo Remor, Carmina R. Fumaz, Sandra Gómez-Martínez, Arrate Aguirrezabal-Prado, Silvia Ubillos-Landa, Marian González-García, and Maria José Fuster
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Male ,Quality of life ,Activities of daily living ,Psychometrics ,Social Psychology ,Well-being ,HIV Infections ,Personal Satisfaction ,Structural equation modeling ,Developmental psychology ,Social support ,Goodness of fit ,Sickness Impact Profile ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Activities of Daily Living ,Adaptation, Psychological ,Humans ,Qualitative Research ,Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ,Psychological predictors ,Debriefing ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Reproducibility of Results ,Social Support ,HIV ,Focus Groups ,Health psychology ,Infectious Diseases ,Socioeconomic Factors ,Spain ,Quality of Life ,Female ,Factor Analysis, Statistical ,Psychology ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
This study aims to develop an instrument for the assessment of psychological predictors of well-being and quality of life (QoL) in people living with HIV. A four- step procedure was followed to achieve this objective. A literature review, focus group in different regions of Spain and content analysis generated a preliminary pool of 96 items. Interjudgement ratings over the items and a cogni- tive debriefing interview were performed to delete or review items (one omitted and 15 reviewed). The psy- chometric properties of the instrument were assessed in a sample of 84 HIV ? . Pilot testing allowed a new wave of depuration process by empirical criteria (30 items omitted). A final pool of 63 items covering 23 facets ( a from 0.53 to 0.95) of psychological predictors remained. Exploratory factorial analysis (GLS) assessing the underlying structure of the questionnaire showed a six-factor model explaining 56.5 of variance. Empirical exploratory structure revealed evidence of goodness of fit ( v 2 = 113.110, gl = 130, p [ 0.05; RMSEA = 0.017; RMSEA IC90 % 0.000– 0.057). This study presents the first instrument able to screen key psychological variables expected to be related to adjustment, well-being and QoL in people with HIV.
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- 2012