Using Mindful Attention Awareness Scale on male prisoners: Confirmatory factor analysis and Rasch models
| Autor: | Narges Ehsani, Chung Ying Lin, Shapour Soltankhah Kolvani, Amir H. Pakpour, Vida Imani, Seyed Abbas Alaviyoun, Ali Poorebrahim |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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050103 clinical psychology Mindfulness Social Sciences Iran Medical Conditions Mathematical and Statistical Techniques Surveys and Questionnaires Medicine and Health Sciences Psychology Attention Multidisciplinary 05 social sciences Statistics Contrast (statistics) Middle Aged Built Structures Confirmatory factor analysis humanities Neurology Physical Sciences language Engineering and Technology Medicine Factor Analysis Clinical psychology Research Article Adult Insomnia Psychometrics Structural Engineering Science Research and Analysis Methods behavioral disciplines and activities 050105 experimental psychology Mental Health and Psychiatry otorhinolaryngologic diseases Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Statistical Methods Persian Rasch model Prisoners Cognitive Psychology Construct validity Biology and Life Sciences Differential item functioning language.human_language Dyssomnias Prisons Cognitive Science Law and Legal Sciences General Health Questionnaire Sleep Disorders Factor Analysis Statistical Criminal Justice System Mathematics Neuroscience |
| Zdroj: | PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 7, p e0254333 (2021) PLoS ONE |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| Popis: | Aim This study tested the construct validity (i.e., factor structure) of the Persian Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) on a sample of male prisoners. Methods All the participants (mean±SD age = 39.44±7.94 years) completed three scales—the Persian MAAS, the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), and the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12). Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and Rasch analysis with differential item functioning (DIF) were applied to examine the construct validity of the MAAS. Specifically, the DIF was tested across different insomnia status (using ISI with a cutoff of 15), psychiatric well-being status (using GHQ-12 with a cutoff of 12), and age (using mean age of 39.44 as the cutoff). Results The CFA results showed a single factor solution for the Persian MAAS. The Rasch results showed all MAAS items fit in the construct (infit mean square [MnSq] = 0.72 to 1.41; outfit MnSq = 0.74 to 1.39) without displaying DIF items (DIF contrast = -0.34 to 0.31 for insomnia condition; -0.22 to 0.25 for psychiatric well-being; -0.26 to 0.29 for age). Conclusions The Persian version of the MAAS is, therefore, a valid instrument to measure mindfulness among Iranian male prisoners. |
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