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Validation and Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Italian Version of the Paediatric Eating Assessment Tool (I-Pedi-Eat-10) in Genetic Syndromes
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Roberta Onesimo; Elisabetta Sforza; Elizabeth Katherine Anna Triumbari; Francesco Proli; Chiara Leoni; Valentina Giorgio; Donato Rigante; Valentina Trevisan; Cristina De Rose; Eliza Maria Kuczynska; Antonella Cerchiari; Marika Pane; Eugenio Mercuri; Peter Belafsky; Giuseppe Zampino – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: The Pediatric Eating Assessment Tool (PEDI-EAT-10) is a reliable and valid tool for rapid identification of dysphagia in patients aged 18 months to 18 years. Aims: To translate and adapt the PEDI-EAT-10 into the Italian language and evaluate its validity and reliability. Methods & Procedures: The translation and cross-cultural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Adolescents, Physical Disabilities
Construct Validity of the WISC-IV Italian Edition: A Bifactor Examination of the Standardization Sample: Chi niente sa, di niente dubita
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Kush, Joseph C.; Canivez, Gary L. – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2021
This study utilized confirmatory factor analyses to examine the latent factor structure of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Fourth Edition, Italian adaptation (WISC-IV Italian) standardization sample. One through five, oblique first-order factor models and higher-order as well as bifactor models were examined and compared using CFA.…
Descriptors: Children, Intelligence Tests, Foreign Countries, Construct Validity
Sense of Community in Early Adolescents: Validating the Scale of Sense of Community in Early Adolescents
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Prati, Gabriele; Tomasetto, Carlo; Cicognani, Elvira – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2021
Psychological sense of community among early adolescents has been investigated using instruments developed for adolescents/adults or ad hoc scales. The aim was to contribute to the validation of a scale of Sense of Community in Early Adolescents (SoC-EA) using a 3-year longitudinal study. Participants were 576 Italian students attending middle…
Descriptors: Sense of Community, Early Adolescents, Adolescent Development, Middle School Students
The Positivity Scale
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Caprara, Gian Vittorio; Alessandri, Guido; Eisenberg, Nancy; Kupfer, A.; Steca, Patrizia; Caprara, Maria Giovanna; Yamaguchi, Susumu; Fukuzawa, Ai; Abela, John – Psychological Assessment, 2012
Five studies document the validity of a new 8-item scale designed to measure "positivity," defined as the tendency to view life and experiences with a positive outlook. In the first study (N = 372), the psychometric properties of Positivity Scale (P Scale) were examined in accordance with classical test theory using a large number of…
Descriptors: Validity, Measures (Individuals), Psychological Testing, Test Theory