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Short version of the Scale for Interpersonal Behavior: Slovak translation and psychometric analysis
Assertiveness is a social communication skill and is related to the effectiveness of expressing oneself while respecting others. A lack of assertiveness is associated with various mental illnesses; hence the importance of being able to measure it reliably. The aim of the study was to translate the s...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9792610/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36582340 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1024530 |
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author | Vráblová, Viktória Halamová, Júlia |
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description | Assertiveness is a social communication skill and is related to the effectiveness of expressing oneself while respecting others. A lack of assertiveness is associated with various mental illnesses; hence the importance of being able to measure it reliably. The aim of the study was to translate the short version of the Scale for Interpersonal Behavior (s-SIB) into Slovak and subsequently test its factor structure and other psychometric properties. Our convenience sample consisted of 590 respondents from Slovakia, 22.71% of whom were men and 77.29% women. The data analysis consisted of a descriptive analysis, reliability analysis, factor structure analysis, Mokken analysis, and percentile norms. The scale showed good psychometric properties. Unlike the 4-factor solution for distress and performance in the original work, our findings showed that the general factor loadings were very good and that the bifactor model had the best fit in both cases (distress and performance). Mokken analysis indicated that the total scores for distress and perfromance and their constituent subscales can be used as proposed. In conclusion, the Slovak version of the s-SIB can be used as to measure the total score for assertiveness as well as the separate factors – Positive Assertion, Negative Assertion, Expression of and Dealing with Personal Limitations, and Initiating Assertiveness. |
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spelling | pubmed-97926102022-12-28 Short version of the Scale for Interpersonal Behavior: Slovak translation and psychometric analysis Vráblová, Viktória Halamová, Júlia Front Psychol Psychology Assertiveness is a social communication skill and is related to the effectiveness of expressing oneself while respecting others. A lack of assertiveness is associated with various mental illnesses; hence the importance of being able to measure it reliably. The aim of the study was to translate the short version of the Scale for Interpersonal Behavior (s-SIB) into Slovak and subsequently test its factor structure and other psychometric properties. Our convenience sample consisted of 590 respondents from Slovakia, 22.71% of whom were men and 77.29% women. The data analysis consisted of a descriptive analysis, reliability analysis, factor structure analysis, Mokken analysis, and percentile norms. The scale showed good psychometric properties. Unlike the 4-factor solution for distress and performance in the original work, our findings showed that the general factor loadings were very good and that the bifactor model had the best fit in both cases (distress and performance). Mokken analysis indicated that the total scores for distress and perfromance and their constituent subscales can be used as proposed. In conclusion, the Slovak version of the s-SIB can be used as to measure the total score for assertiveness as well as the separate factors – Positive Assertion, Negative Assertion, Expression of and Dealing with Personal Limitations, and Initiating Assertiveness. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-12-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9792610/ /pubmed/36582340 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1024530 Text en Copyright © 2022 Vráblová and Halamová. 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 Vráblová, Viktória Halamová, Júlia Short version of the Scale for Interpersonal Behavior: Slovak translation and psychometric analysis |
title | Short version of the Scale for Interpersonal Behavior: Slovak translation and psychometric analysis |
title_full | Short version of the Scale for Interpersonal Behavior: Slovak translation and psychometric analysis |
title_fullStr | Short version of the Scale for Interpersonal Behavior: Slovak translation and psychometric analysis |
title_full_unstemmed | Short version of the Scale for Interpersonal Behavior: Slovak translation and psychometric analysis |
title_short | Short version of the Scale for Interpersonal Behavior: Slovak translation and psychometric analysis |
title_sort | short version of the scale for interpersonal behavior: slovak translation and psychometric analysis |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9792610/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36582340 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1024530 |
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