使用项目响应理论检查CEFIS-AYA的心理特征
Meghan M Howe1, Steven A Miller1, Susan Tran2
1Department of Psychology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL, United States.
Journal of pediatric psychology
|October 10, 2024
概括
青少年和年轻成年人的COVID-19暴露和家庭影响量表 (CEFIS-AYA) 使用项目响应理论进行了验证. 该尺度确定了新兴成年人的五个关键流行病影响特征,只有教育中断/里程碑预测了痛苦.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 心理测量 心理测量 心理测量
- 青少年和年轻人的健康
背景情况:
- COVID-19流行病对青少年和年轻人 (AYA) 产生了重大影响.
- 为了评估这些影响,开发了COVID-19暴露和家庭影响量表,青少年和年轻成人版本 (CEFIS-AYA).
- 之前的分析通过主要组件分析确定了七个暴露和五个影响组件.
研究的目的:
- 将项目响应理论 (IRT) 模型应用于CEFIS-AYA,以获得更强大的心理测量评估.
- 描述CEFIS-AYA的维度和项目-特征关系的强度.
- 检查CEFIS-AYA特征得分与与流行病相关的心理痛苦之间的关联.
主要方法:
- 从2020年7月至2021年7月期间收集的3项涉及834名新兴成年人 (18-29岁) 的研究数据的二次分析.
- 应用项目响应理论 (IRT) 模型来评估CEFIS-AYA的结构和项目属性.
- 检查识别的特征得分和自我报告的痛苦之间的相关性.
主要成果:
- CEFIS-AYA显示出一个多维结构,其中五个特征显示出最强的经验支持.
- 这五个特征代表了大流行对社会/情绪功能,一般性干扰,教育/里程碑,身体健康和工作/财务状况的影响.
- 虽然物品认可与特征水平的关联有所不同,但只有教育/里程碑 (特征3) 的中断与较低的痛苦有显著的关联.
结论:
- 与初始评估相比,IRT分析为CEFIS-AYA提供了一个更节的维度结构.
- 这些发现支持CEFIS-AYA在评估流行病对新兴成年人的影响方面的实用性.
- 建议使用多样化的人口样本进行复制,以确认尺度的心理特征.
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