The 10-Item Positive and Negative Affect Schedule for Children, Child and Parent Shortened Versions: Application of Item Response Theory for More Efficient Assessment
The 10-Item Positive and Negative Affect Schedule for Children, Child and Parent Shortened Versions: Application of Item Response Theory for More Efficient Assessment
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10.1007/s10862-011-9273-2
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发表时间：
2012-06-01
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1.6
通讯作者：
Chorpita, Bruce F.
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作者：
Ebesutani, Chad;Regan, Jennifer;Chorpita, Bruce F.
儿童积极和消极情绪量表（PANAS-C/P;儿童和父母版本）产生积极情绪（PA）和消极情绪（NA）量表，这些量表在临床上可用于识别患有焦虑和情绪问题的青少年。尽管项目反应理论（IRT）相对于经典测试理论在缩短测试工具方面具有优势，但迄今为止还没有研究将IRT方法应用于PANAS-C/P量表。因此，在本研究中，我们应用IRT方法，以校本发展为样本（子样本：N = 799;父样本：N = 553），并开发了一个缩短的5项PA量表（快乐，开朗，快乐，活泼，自豪）和5项NA量表（悲惨，疯狂，害怕，害怕，sad），以便同时提高PANAS-C/P量表的评估效率，同时改善量表的心理测量特性。减少PA和NA儿童量表分类相关的诊断组在一个单独的诊所参考验证样本（N = 662），以及原来的PANAS-C儿童量表，并可用于帮助确定需要心理健康服务的青年内化障碍。
The Positive and Negative Affect Schedule for Children (PANAS-C/P; child and parent versions) yield positive affect (PA) and negative affect (NA) scales that are clinically useful for identifying youth with anxiety and mood problems. Despite the advantages that item response theory (IRT) offers relative to classical test theory with respect to shortening test instruments, no studies to date have applied IRT methodology to the PANAS-C/P scales. In the present study, we thus applied IRT methodology using a school-based development sample (child sample: N = 799; parent sample: N = 553) and developed a shortened 5-item PA scale (joyful, cheerful, happy, lively, proud) and a 5-item NA scale (miserable, mad, afraid, scared, sad) for the sake of simultaneously increasing the assessment efficiency of the PANAS-C/P scales while improving the psychometric properties of the scales. The reduced PA and NA child scales classified relevant diagnostic groups in a separate clinic-referred validation sample (N = 662) just as well as the original PANAS-C child scales and may be used to help identify youth with internalizing disorders in need of mental health services.