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The Development and Validation of a Short Form of the Forbearance Scale
The Forbearance Scale (FS) is a 16-item self-report measure of forbearance. In this study, we examined the psychometric properties of the FS subscale and composite scores and developed a 9-item short form of the measure (FS-SF 9). A sample of 1,137 participants was drawn from community, NGO, and col...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8321233/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34335398 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.686097 |
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description | The Forbearance Scale (FS) is a 16-item self-report measure of forbearance. In this study, we examined the psychometric properties of the FS subscale and composite scores and developed a 9-item short form of the measure (FS-SF 9). A sample of 1,137 participants was drawn from community, NGO, and college settings. The sample was split into a derivation sample (n = 567) and a validation sample (n = 570). Exploratory factor analyses of the derivation sample data were used to select short-form items. Using the validation sample, confirmatory factor analyses were used to assess fit for proposed item-to-factor assignments. The results of the confirmatory factor analyses supported that the FS-SF 9 had a theoretically congruent factor structure and that all the subscale and composite scores displayed high internal consistency. Correlations with scores from established measures of a lack of forgiveness and emotion regulation also supported the validity of the FS-SF 9. Our data suggest that the FS-SF 9 subscales and composite score retained the psychometric strengths of their longer FS counterparts. Overall, the short form of the FS provides a brief assessment of the construct measured by the full form. Theoretical and practical applications are discussed. |
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spelling | pubmed-83212332021-07-30 The Development and Validation of a Short Form of the Forbearance Scale Ho, Man Yee Liang, Siya Front Psychol Psychology The Forbearance Scale (FS) is a 16-item self-report measure of forbearance. In this study, we examined the psychometric properties of the FS subscale and composite scores and developed a 9-item short form of the measure (FS-SF 9). A sample of 1,137 participants was drawn from community, NGO, and college settings. The sample was split into a derivation sample (n = 567) and a validation sample (n = 570). Exploratory factor analyses of the derivation sample data were used to select short-form items. Using the validation sample, confirmatory factor analyses were used to assess fit for proposed item-to-factor assignments. The results of the confirmatory factor analyses supported that the FS-SF 9 had a theoretically congruent factor structure and that all the subscale and composite scores displayed high internal consistency. Correlations with scores from established measures of a lack of forgiveness and emotion regulation also supported the validity of the FS-SF 9. Our data suggest that the FS-SF 9 subscales and composite score retained the psychometric strengths of their longer FS counterparts. Overall, the short form of the FS provides a brief assessment of the construct measured by the full form. Theoretical and practical applications are discussed. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-07-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8321233/ /pubmed/34335398 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.686097 Text en Copyright © 2021 Ho and Liang. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Ho, Man Yee Liang, Siya The Development and Validation of a Short Form of the Forbearance Scale |
title | The Development and Validation of a Short Form of the Forbearance Scale |
title_full | The Development and Validation of a Short Form of the Forbearance Scale |
title_fullStr | The Development and Validation of a Short Form of the Forbearance Scale |
title_full_unstemmed | The Development and Validation of a Short Form of the Forbearance Scale |
title_short | The Development and Validation of a Short Form of the Forbearance Scale |
title_sort | development and validation of a short form of the forbearance scale |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8321233/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34335398 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.686097 |
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