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Development and Validation of the Questionnaire for Adaptive Hyperactivity and Goal Achievement (AHGA)
OBJECTIVE: This paper illustrates the preliminary psychometric properties of the Questionnaire for Adaptive Hyperactivity and Goal Achievement (AHGA), aimed at measuring adaptive characteristics of hyperactivity and goal pursuit in older adults. METHODS: The 12-item scale was administered to a sampl...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10351347/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37916197 http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/17450179-v19-e230419-2022-50 |
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author | Kalcev, Goce Cossu, Giulia Preti, Antonio Littera, Maria Teresa Frau, Stèphanie Primavera, Diego Zaccheddu, Rosanna Matza, Veronica Ermellino, Marta Pintus, Elisa Carta, Mauro G. |
author_facet | Kalcev, Goce Cossu, Giulia Preti, Antonio Littera, Maria Teresa Frau, Stèphanie Primavera, Diego Zaccheddu, Rosanna Matza, Veronica Ermellino, Marta Pintus, Elisa Carta, Mauro G. |
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description | OBJECTIVE: This paper illustrates the preliminary psychometric properties of the Questionnaire for Adaptive Hyperactivity and Goal Achievement (AHGA), aimed at measuring adaptive characteristics of hyperactivity and goal pursuit in older adults. METHODS: The 12-item scale was administered to a sample of 120 subjects (older adults) between February 2022 and June 2022. The reliability of AHGA was measured using Cronbach’s alpha, and factor structure was established using parallel analysis (PA) and principal component analysis (PCA). Convergent validity was tested against the Biological Rhythms Interview of Assessment in Neuropsychiatry (BRIAN). RESULTS: All included subjects have an average age of 74.1±5.1 years. AHGA reliability was good (Cronbach’s alpha: 0.713 [95%CI: 0.630 to 0.783]). Factor analysis suggested two main components: goal achievement and hyperactivity, which explained 41% of the variance in the data. The results support the convergent validity of the scale: AHGA measures adaptive characteristics of hyperactivity and goal pursuit, in contrast to BRIAN, which measures pathological characteristics. CONCLUSION: The reported findings represent an innovative approach to hyperthymic features by embracing a broader spectrum concept that conceptualizes the potential transition between pathological and adaptive aspects as a continuum. |
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spelling | pubmed-103513472023-11-01 Development and Validation of the Questionnaire for Adaptive Hyperactivity and Goal Achievement (AHGA) Kalcev, Goce Cossu, Giulia Preti, Antonio Littera, Maria Teresa Frau, Stèphanie Primavera, Diego Zaccheddu, Rosanna Matza, Veronica Ermellino, Marta Pintus, Elisa Carta, Mauro G. Clin Pract Epidemiol Ment Health Article OBJECTIVE: This paper illustrates the preliminary psychometric properties of the Questionnaire for Adaptive Hyperactivity and Goal Achievement (AHGA), aimed at measuring adaptive characteristics of hyperactivity and goal pursuit in older adults. METHODS: The 12-item scale was administered to a sample of 120 subjects (older adults) between February 2022 and June 2022. The reliability of AHGA was measured using Cronbach’s alpha, and factor structure was established using parallel analysis (PA) and principal component analysis (PCA). Convergent validity was tested against the Biological Rhythms Interview of Assessment in Neuropsychiatry (BRIAN). RESULTS: All included subjects have an average age of 74.1±5.1 years. AHGA reliability was good (Cronbach’s alpha: 0.713 [95%CI: 0.630 to 0.783]). Factor analysis suggested two main components: goal achievement and hyperactivity, which explained 41% of the variance in the data. The results support the convergent validity of the scale: AHGA measures adaptive characteristics of hyperactivity and goal pursuit, in contrast to BRIAN, which measures pathological characteristics. CONCLUSION: The reported findings represent an innovative approach to hyperthymic features by embracing a broader spectrum concept that conceptualizes the potential transition between pathological and adaptive aspects as a continuum. Bentham Science Publishers 2023-05-12 /pmc/articles/PMC10351347/ /pubmed/37916197 http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/17450179-v19-e230419-2022-50 Text en © 2023 Kalcev et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Article Kalcev, Goce Cossu, Giulia Preti, Antonio Littera, Maria Teresa Frau, Stèphanie Primavera, Diego Zaccheddu, Rosanna Matza, Veronica Ermellino, Marta Pintus, Elisa Carta, Mauro G. Development and Validation of the Questionnaire for Adaptive Hyperactivity and Goal Achievement (AHGA) |
title | Development and Validation of the Questionnaire for Adaptive Hyperactivity and Goal Achievement (AHGA) |
title_full | Development and Validation of the Questionnaire for Adaptive Hyperactivity and Goal Achievement (AHGA) |
title_fullStr | Development and Validation of the Questionnaire for Adaptive Hyperactivity and Goal Achievement (AHGA) |
title_full_unstemmed | Development and Validation of the Questionnaire for Adaptive Hyperactivity and Goal Achievement (AHGA) |
title_short | Development and Validation of the Questionnaire for Adaptive Hyperactivity and Goal Achievement (AHGA) |
title_sort | development and validation of the questionnaire for adaptive hyperactivity and goal achievement (ahga) |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10351347/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37916197 http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/17450179-v19-e230419-2022-50 |
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