Psychometric properties of an Arabic translation of the long (12 items) and short (7 items) forms of the Violent Ideations Scale (VIS) in a non-clinical sample of adolescents.

Autor: Fekih-Romdhane F; The Tunisian Center of Early Intervention in Psychosis, Department of psychiatry 'Ibn Omrane', Razi Hospital, Manouba, 2010, Tunisia.; Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Tunis El Manar University, Tunis, Tunisia., Malaeb D; College of Pharmacy, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates., Yakın E; Centre d'Etudes Et de Recherches en Psychopathologie Et Psychologie de La Santé, Université de Toulouse-Jean Jaurès, UT2J, 5 Allées Antonio Machado, Toulouse, 31058, France., Sakr F; School of Pharmacy, Lebanese International University, Beirut, Lebanon., Dabbous M; School of Pharmacy, Lebanese International University, Beirut, Lebanon., Khatib SE; Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, Lebanese International University, Bekaa, Lebanon.; Center for Applied Mathematics and Bioinformatics (CAMB), Gulf University for Science and Technology (GUST), Hawally, Kuwait., Obeid S; Social and Education Sciences Department, School of Arts and Sciences, Lebanese American University, Jbeil, Lebanon. saharobeid23@hotmail.com., Hallit S; School of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, P.O. Box 446, Jounieh, Lebanon. souheilhallit@hotmail.com.; Psychology Department, College of Humanities, Effat University, Jeddah, 21478, Saudi Arabia. souheilhallit@hotmail.com.; Applied Science Research Center, Applied Science Private University, Amman, Jordan. souheilhallit@hotmail.com.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BMC psychiatry [BMC Psychiatry] 2024 Jan 02; Vol. 24 (1), pp. 12. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jan 02.
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-023-05465-6
Abstrakt: Background: Accurately measuring violent ideations would be of particular high relevance in Arab countries, which are witnessing an unprecedented increase in violence rates among adolescents because of the widespread social, economic and political unrest in the region. Therefore, the present study aimed to test the psychometric properties of an Arabic translation of the 12-item and the 7-item forms of the Violent Ideations Scale (VIS and VIS-SF) in a sample on non-clinical Arabic-speaking adolescents.
Methods: Five hundred seventy-seven community adolescents (mean age of 15.90 ± 1.73 years, 56.5% females) answered an anonymous online survey comprising an Arabic translation of the Violent Ideations Scale (VIS) and a measure of physical aggression.
Results: Confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) offered support for the single-factor structure of the Arabic VIS and the VIS-SF. Both the long and short forms of the scale yielded excellent internal consistency, with McDonald's ω coefficients of 0.96 and 0.94 and Cronbach's α coefficients of 0.96 and 0.94, respectively. Multi-group CFA established measurement invariance across gender groups. Finally, results revealed significant and positive correlations between the two forms of the VIS and physical aggression scores, thus supporting concurrent validity.
Conclusion: Both the VIS and VIS-SF have demonstrated good psychometric properties in their Arabic versions, and suitability for sound assessment of violent ideations. We therefore expect that these measures assist clinicians in risk assessment and management of violence, and help foster research in this area in Arab countries.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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