Sentences with phrase «high internal consistency of»

The CDI has demonstrated high internal consistency of.94 for normal subjects and.80 for psychiatric populations [49].

The results indicate high internal consistency of the three CSI coping scales, implying that the CSI can be a valid instrument to assess the coping efforts of university students of Hong Kong.

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This list includes: solid internal consistency that links specific program elements to specific outcomes, well - trained and competent staff, high - quality reflective supervision that includes observation of the provider and participant, strong leadership and organizational capacity, linkages to other community resources and supports, and consistent implementation of program components.

Internal consistency of the scale was found to be high with a Cronbach's α of.88 (Lee, 1992).

Oculus thrives on its sense of internal consistency and increasingly high - stakes games of mindf * cking, and Karen Gillan s overly committed performance didn't hurt.

A high internal consistency reliability coefficient of.92 was computed for the subject matter pretest.

Cronbach's alpha was found to be good for each of the factors, indicating high internal consistency [27](Shyness / Boldness 0.88, Sociability / Dogs 0.88, Amicability / Humans 0.87, Aggressiveness / Humans 0.82).

Until we can establish a reasonable level of internal consistency and empirical adequacy, declining to interpret model - based probabilities as decision - relevant probabilities isn't high skepticism, but scientific common sense.

The Persian version of this test demonstrated very high internal consistency as well as high test - retest reliability.

PHQ internal consistency and test — retest on both Likert score and number of symptoms were high.

Maternal depression was assessed at 6.5 and 12 months on the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), 45,46 a 21 - item self - report measure, which has strong internal consistency reliability, r = 0.93,47 high test - retest reliability over an 18 - month period, r = 0.68,48 and is highly correlated with in - depth clinical assessments of depression, median r = 0.66.46 The average of the 2 BDI scores was used except in those cases where only one score was obtained.

The Persian version of this test demonstrated very high internal consistency (α = 0.92) and high test - retest reliability (r = 0.83)(Kaviani & Mousavi, 2008).

Recently published US population normative data indicate high levels of internal consistency for both the self - report and parent - proxy report in 8 - to 12 - year - olds.18

Good internal consistency (Cronbach's α = 0.89) and high validity were demonstrated.28 Of the 105 mothers who filled in the questionnaire, 18 exceeded the recommended cutoff score for depression (> 23).

The score ranges from 0 to 63 points, where higher score suggests higher level of depressive symptoms.28 This questionnaire has exhibited good internal consistency and good convergent and divergent validity in individuals with MS. 29

The total score ranges from 30 to 120, with a higher score indicating greater impulsivity.21 The 25 items of the Chinese version of the BIS - 11 have demonstrated good overall internal consistency in Taiwanese adolescents, with a Cronbach's α of 0.834.19 The factor structure of the Chinese version of the BIS - 11 consists of three factors: «inability to plan», «lack of self - control» and «novelty seeking».

Correlation between items and subscales also were high further supporting internal consistency of the scale.

On the other hand, there was less psychometric data available for the six «self - related» scales than for the psychopathology scales, although internal consistencies for these scales were uniformly high (with the exception of some subscales for the Pictorial Scale of Perceived Competence and Social Acceptance for Young Children; PSPCSAYC).

The internal consistency of the scale is high (0.86).

The findings indicate a theoretically predicted factor structure, high internal consistency, and document the convergent and discriminant validity of the MDI scales.

Previous studies have found TCSQ to have high reliability and validity as a measure of coping style in China.49 50 In this study, Cronbach's α for the total scale was 0.845, and the internal consistency coefficients of the subscales were α = 0.823 (positive coping) and α = 0.863 (negative coping).

We use SPSS18.0 to analyze the reliability and validity of the questionnaire, and the result shows that all variables» Cronbach's alpha coefficient is above 0.7, which suggests the internal consistency of the variables is good, and the scales have a high reliability.

One limitation of the present study is the unfavourable internal consistency of the 20 - item MHKQ scale (Cronbach's α = 0.61), which is in keeping with previous studies showing weak to acceptable internal consistency.10, 11, 29 However, this may be due to the fact that for knowledge scales measuring various factors of a construct, knowing the correct answer of one item does not necessarily lead to the right recognition of another item, thus a very high internal consistency may not be expected.

We used the Greek version of the instrument (Avgoustaki, Dimitriadou, & Stalikas, 2012a; N = 1674), which demonstrated high internal consistency (α = 0.94).

This list includes: solid internal consistency that links specific program elements to specific outcomes, well - trained and competent staff, high - quality reflective supervision that includes observation of the provider and participant, strong leadership and organizational capacity, linkages to other community resources and supports, and consistent implementation of program components.

The AQ subscales have high levels of internal consistency and moderate to high levels of test - retest reliability [34].

The internal consistency of the SDQ and the subscales of the DBD are high.

The SDQ subscales obtained from the online administration showed high internal consistency (polychoric ordinal alpha), and confirmatory factor analysis of the SDQ five factor model resulted in excellent fit.

This seven - item inventory has high internal consistency (α =.82) and is a good predictor of psychotic episodes.

Strong interrater and rating - rerating reliability indices of 81 % to 94 %; internal consistency indices of 88 % to 95 %; high treatment and social validity

Primary outcomes were the Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale (PDS) 25,26 for PTSD symptoms and the Symptom Checklist Depression Scale (SCL - 20) for depressive symptoms.27 The PDS (17 items) assesses severity of PTSD symptoms over the prior 4 weeks with high internal consistency and test - retest reliability26; scores are summed and range from 0 to 51; scores of 10 or less are mild; 11 to 20, moderate; 21 to 35, moderate to severe; and at least 36, severe.

In the original study on the psychometric properties of the FIS, high internal consistency was reported for all three subscales (Finley & Schwartz, 2004).

The investigation of psychometric properties of the adapted measurements indicate high internal consistencies.

Finley and Schwartz (2004) found that the NFS had a high internal consistency, and a unidimensional factor structure that explained 69.4 % of the variance.

Moreover, their scores have shown higher internal consistency than those of parents, and have proved useful for discriminating CU traits in children [46].

Test — retest reliability of these scales is high over a period averaging 8 days (r values =.82 — .93) and internal consistencies are adequate (α values =.63 — .79; Achenbach & Rescorla, 2001).

The scale had a Cronbach's alpha of.90 in the current study, indicating high internal consistency.

Validity studies conducted with independent groups of adolescents indicated high internal consistency (αs =.77 and.88) and test - retest reliability over 1 - and 2 - week intervals (r =.82 and.85, respectively)(Blascovich & Tomaka, 1991).

Internal consistency of dimensions was high: Affect and communication (α = 0.92), Promotion of autonomy (α = 0.88), behavior control (α = 0.82), psychological control (α = 0.86), revelation (α = 0.85), and Humor (α = 0.88).

The questionnaire has acceptable levels of test — retest reliability and high levels of internal consistency.

The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) was recently developed for the WHO by an international group of substance abuse researchers to screen for problem or risky use of tobacco, alcohol, cannabis, cocaine, amphetamine - type stimulants, sedatives, hallucinogens, inhalants, opioids, and «other drugs» that do not fall into the previous nine categories.40 The ASSIST was found to have high internal consistency (α > 0.80), correlated well against similarly worded items of other questionnaires, and good concurrent validity with a range of substance use and dependence measures.40

Alpha coefficients were computed with a cutoff of 0.70 (or higher) indicating acceptable internal consistency reliability.

Externalizing and internalizing problems were measured via parent report on the Externalizing and Internalizing subscales of the Behavior Assessment System for Children, Second Edition — Parent Rating Scales (BASC - 2; Reynolds and Kamphaus 2004), used previously to study emotional and behavioral problems in youth with ASD (Volker et al. 2010), and found to have high internal consistency (α = 0.81 — 0.94), test re-test reliability (r =.88 — .91), and moderate to high concurrent validity (r =.53 to.83; Reynolds and Kamphaus 2004).

The internal consistency of the 4 - item emotion regulation scale was high (α = 0.86).

There was a high degree of internal consistency in this sample (coefficient α = 0.86).

Previous research has shown that this scale demonstrates acceptable internal consistency, ranging from.7 to.8, and high test — retest reliability (Fritz & Helgeson, 1998; Helgeson & Fritz, 1999), including a study of adolescents with diabetes (Helgeson & Fritz, 1996).

The group of scales related to the state of mind showed a high internal consistency (Cronbach» sα = 0.87).

The high internal consistency and replication of the factor structure across both samples suggest that parenting behaviors, such as assisting with problem - solving and responsively balancing provision of assistance and autonomy, form a parenting behavior construct that may be described as collaborative parent involvement.

The anxious and avoidant subscales of this measure have a high level of internal consistency, with coefficient alphas of.91 and.94, respectively [21].