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Background: Currently, information about the psychometric properties of the Resilience Measurement Scale (RESI-M) in family caregivers of children with cancer according to item response theory (IRT) is not available; this information could complement and confirm the findings available from classical test theory (CTT). The objective of this study was to test the five-factor structure of the RESI-M using a full information confirmatory multidimensional IRT graded response model and to estimate the multidimensional item-level parameters of discrimination (MDISC) and difficulty (MDIFF) from the RESI-M scale to investigate its construct validity and level of measurement error. Methods: An observational study was carried out, which included a sample of 633 primary caregivers of children with cancer, who were recruited through nonprobabilistic sampling. The caregivers responded to a battery of tests that included a sociodemographic variables questionnaire, the RESI-M, and measures of depression, quality of life, anxiety, and caregiver burden to explore convergent and divergent validity. Results: The main findings confirmed a five-factor structure of the RESI-M scale, with RMSEA = 0.078 (95% CI: 0.075, 0.080), TLI = 0.90, and CFI = 0.91. The estimation of the MDISC and MDIFF parameters indicated different values for each item, showing that all the items contribute differentially to the measurement of the dimensions of resilience. Conclusion: That regardless of the measurement approach (IRT or CTT), the five-factor model of the RESI-M is valid at the theoretical, empirical, and methodological levels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The positive attitude towards statistics promotes the study and use of this fundamental discipline to analyze data, hence the relevance of evaluating the attitudinal level and developing strategies that promote a positive attitude. The Auzmendi’s Scale of Attitude towards Statistics (EAE-25) is one of the most used instruments in Spanish language to assess this attitude; however, it has not been validated in Mexico, which is important for its use in this country and to provide evidence of validity. The objectives of the study were to test the originally proposed model, to verify its reliability, to describe its distribution, to compare the averages between both sexes, and to verify its concurrent validity. A non-probabilistic sampling was used in this instrumental study. A sample of 383 Mexican psychology students was analyzed (73.6 % women and 26.4 % men). The EAE-25 and a scale assessing attitude towards research were applied. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to test the Auzmendi’s fivefactor model. The parameter estimation was performed by unweighted least squares, using polychoric correlation matrix. The internal consistency was estimated by the McDonald’s omega coefficient (ω), the convergent validity by the average variance extracted (AVE), and the discriminant validity by the heterotrait- monotrait ratio of correlations (HTMT). The mean differences between both sexes were tested through the t-test and concurrent validity through Pearson’s correlation coefficients. The model of five correlated factors (confidence, anxiety, pleasure, usefulness, and motivation) showed good fit (χ2/df =1.79, GFI = .98, AGFI = .97, NFI = .97, CFI =.99, RMSEA = .04, and SRMR = .07). The five factors showed reliability (ω > .80 in confidence, anxiety, pleasure, and usefulness, and ω = .72 in motivation) and discriminant validity (HTMT < .85 in nine out of ten factor pairs, and < .90 in the pair of the anxiety and confidence factors). The values of AVE were higher than .50 in the factors of confidence, anxiety and pleasure, which shows convergent validity in these three factors. A value of AVE very close to .50 in utility (AVE = .49) was compensated by an omega coefficient of .82, which suggests an acceptable convergent validity. However, the value of AVE was lower than .50 in motivation (AVE = .34). The EAE-25 and its factors presented normal distribution, with the exception of the motivation factor. The scores in the scale and its factors were obtained through the quotient between the sum of the items scored in the sense of acceptance attitude and the number of items added. These scores were interpreted in an absolute sense, by dividing the continuum from 1 to 5 into five intervals in correspondence with the five ordered categories of response to the items: [1, 1.8) y [1.8, 2.6) rejection, [2.6, 3.4) neutral, and [3.4, 4.2) y [4.2, 5] acceptance. The average attitude was positive in confidence (M = 3.53) and utility (M = 3.52), and neutral in the EAE-25 total score and its other three factors. The EAE-25 total scores were polarized towards acceptance in approximately four out of ten students and towards the rejected in approximately one out of ten; in the rest, they were neutral. There were no differences of means between both sexes. The EAE-25 total score had a high correlation with the total score in the scale of attitude towards research (r = .52, p < .001) and low with the qualification in the research subject of the previous semester (r = .13, p < .001). It is concluded that EAE-25 presents internal consistency and construct validity. It is suggested to use this scale in applied research in the field of university education and upper secondary education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE) aims to measure affect with high transcultural validity. The bifactor model is the best theoretical option to represent affective balance, although it is not typically used in validation studies. The objectives of this research were to test a bifactor model vis-à-vis the traditional model composed of two correlated factors, to prove its invariance across sexes, and to provide evidence of concurrent validity. A nonprobability sample composed of 600 Mexican students of psychology and medicine was recruit. One-group and multigroup confirmatory factor analyses were carried out. The SPANE and the scales selected to assess depression, perceived stress, and satisfaction with life were applied. The bifactor model showed better goodness-of-fit indices than the two correlated factors model: Δχ2(11) = 121.436, p <. 001, Δχ2/Δ df = 11.04 > 5, Δ GFI =.034, Δ NFI =.025, Δ NNFI =.022, and Δ CFI =.023 >.01. The internal consistency for the general factor as well as for the factor of positive affect was excellent, whereas it was good for the factor of negative affect. The measurement model was valid across sexes. The general factor of affective balance had a very high correlation with depression, high with perceived stress, and medium with satisfaction with life. It is concluded that SPANE is reliable and shows evidence of validity among Mexican student of psychology and medicine, and the bifactor model is adequate to represent affective balance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Background: The resilience to face disease is a process of positive adaptation despite the loss of health. It involves developing vitality and skills to overcome the negative effects of adversity, risks, and vulnerability caused by disease. In Mexico, the Mexican Resilience Measurement Scale (RESI-M) has been validated with a general population and has a five-factor structure. However, this scale does not allow evaluation of resilience in specific subpopulations, such as caregivers.Method: This study investigated the psychometric properties of RESI-M in 446 family caregivers of children with chronic diseases. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was performed, internal consistency values were calculated using Cronbach's alpha coefficient, and mean comparisons were determined using t-tests.Results: The expected five-factor model showed an adequate fit with the data based on a maximum likelihood test. The internal consistency for each factor ranged from .76 to .93, and the global internal consistency was .95. No average difference in RESI-M and its factors was found between women and men.Conclusion: The RESI-M showed internal consistency and its model of five correlated factors was valid among family caregivers of children with chronic diseases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Strict adherence to personal health recommendations is necessary to improve the clinical control of arterial hypertension.Objective: To identify predictors of the behavior to avoid the "consumption of restricted foods" in a sample of hypertensive patients from Tamaulipas, Mexico.Method: Participants were 183 patients with arterial hypertension diagnosis, who completed two self-administered questionnaires and different questions regarding adherence and self-care behaviors. A trajectory analysis was used for the interpretation of data.Results: Less tolerance to frustration, a major affective social support and a lower body mass index were behavior predictors to avoid the consumption of restricted foods (pBS= 0.294, χ2/gl= 1.417, GFI = 0.993, AGFI = 0.965, NFI = 0.934, IFI = 0.980 y SRMR = 0.040), explaining approximately 20% of the variance in the study behavior.Conclusion: The study of adherence and self-care behaviors demands to identify what and how some personal and interpersonal variables are influencing in their daily practice, which can contribute to improve the interdisciplinary interventions programs in clinical and communitarian settings for attending patients living with arterial hypertension. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14) is the most commonly used instrument to evaluate the effectiveness of dental treatments. In order to elucidate its factor structure and establish the crossvalidity of the scale applied to periodontal disease (OHIP-14-PD), this study aims to: 1) explore the factor structure of the OHIP-14-PD, and 2) contrast invariance of the models proposed for the OHIP-14 and of those derived from exploratory factor analysis (EFA) across a general population sample (GPS) and a dental clinic sample (DCS). The OHIP-14-PD was applied to 249 adult patients seeking dental care and 256 general population adults from Monterrey, Mexico. The EFA revealed one-, two- and three-factor models. The proposed hierarchical models yielded inadmissible solutions. We conclude that the one-factor model had the best properties, but the two-factor model (physical impact [items from 1 to 7] and psychosocial [items from 8 to 14]) also was valid. The two models were invariant at measurement weights, but not at the variances of factors and residuals. In both models, the fit improved with the inclusion of the correlation between the residuals of items 5 and 6. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The aims of this study were to estimate the internal consistency and contrast the invariance (between a clinical sample and a general population sample) of the 4-factor model for the 24 items of the Anger Expression scale of the revised State-Trait-Anger Expression Inventory, and explore alternative models if there appears problems of internal consistency and factor definition. The scale was applied to 200 women living with HIV, and 120 women and 120 men from the general population. Items 3 and 17 showed problems of internal consistency. The correlation between anger-in factor and anger-out factor was unique in the confirmatory factor analysis. Horn's parallel analysis and Velicer's criterion indicated that the number of factors is three. After their extraction, the 2 expected factors of anger control and a factor of anger expression (union of anger-in factor and anger-out factor without items 3 and 17) were configured. The internal consistency of these 3 factors varied from .76 to .89. The fit to the data and the invariance properties of 3-factor model were acceptable from four indexes: 2/df (<3), RMSEA and SRMR (<.10), and CFI (>.80, except for the model constrained on structural variancescovariances and the model constrained on measurement residuals when the invariance was contrasted). It is concluded that the scale should be reduced to 22 items and has a structure of three correlated factors with acceptable cross-validity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: In Mexico, a Sexual Fantasies and Situations Questionnaire (cfss) has been developed. Objectives: To describe distributions, study differences between sexes and propose cut-off points among psychology students as future professionals involved in providing sexual health attention. Methodology: A sample using non-proportional sex quotas was employed. The cfss was applied to 400 psychology students (200 women and 200 men). Results: The distributions of the items, of the scales of contents and situations and of the two content factors showed a bias towards low frequencies. The averages in the items, in the two scales and in the two content factors, were greater among men than among women, except for sexual fantasies with people of the same sex, with older people and with concurrent couples, as well as in situations before or after going out with a couple and before or after sleeping. Conclusions: It was concluded that a classification by sex differentiated quartiles must be made. The study and use of the questionnaire is suggested in order to avoid possible biases that could affect clinical judgment among psychology students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The rise in the prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity both worldwide and in Mexico points to the need to evaluate various aspects related to this situation, such as parental strategies related to feeding and physical activity, for which questionnaires with adequate psychometric properties are required to measure the concept involved. Objective. the purpose of the present study was to evaluate the psychometric properties: factorial structure and internal consistency of the Parental Strategies of Feeding and Activity Scale, which consists of 35 items, and to correlate it with the child's body mass index (BMI). Participants. Participants included 557 dyads (mother-pre-school or school child), for which weight, height and BMI was recorded. Results. After the analysis, a scale consisting of 29 items was identified, having high internal consistency. Factorial structure included four ranked factors: monitoring and feeding limits, feeding control, feeding discipline, and monitoring and limits of physical activity, in addition to a general factor. Adequate adjustment to the data, parsimonious modeling showed all factors as consistent. A correlation was found between the control factors and feeding discipline on one hand, and the child's BMI on the other. Conclusion. To contrast the invariance of the parental model is recommended for further studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]