Investigating the psychometric properties of pathological concern questionnaire in Indian emerging adults.

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Indian Journal of Psychiatry Pub Date : 2024-10-01 Epub Date: 2024-10-17 DOI:10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_659_23

Shubham Gupta, Priyanka Tiwari

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Abstract

Background: The Pathological Concern Questionnaire (PCQ) measures thoughts, emotions, and actions based on attitudes, including repression of personal needs and overinvestment in satisfaction of others' needs. The PCQ is widely used in the literature, but its psychometric properties are not well-established in the Indian population.

Aim: The current study aimed to examine the reliability and validity of PCQ among emerging adults in India.

Materials and methods: The data were collected from 252 emerging adults, aged between 18 and 29 years using PCQ. Confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to analyse the data. Internal reliability was computed using Cronbach's alpha and correlational analysis was conducted to examine the convergent and discriminant validity.

Results: The statistical findings supported an acceptable goodness of fit for PCQ in India. PCQ showed an adequate internal consistency (α = 0.903). In addition, correlational analyses supported the convergent and discriminant validity of the PCQ.

Conclusion: Our findings suggest that the PCQ is a valid and reliable instrument to measure pathological concern among Indian emerging adults.

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调查印度新成人病态担忧问卷的心理测量特性。

背景：病态关注问卷（Pathological Concern Questionnaire， PCQ）测量基于态度的思想、情绪和行为，包括压抑个人需求和过度投资于满足他人需求。PCQ在文献中被广泛使用，但其心理测量特性在印度人群中尚未建立。目的：本研究旨在检验印度新兴成人的PCQ的信度和效度。资料与方法：采用PCQ方法对252例18 ~ 29岁的新生成人进行数据采集。采用验证性因子分析对数据进行分析。采用Cronbach's alpha计算内部信度，并进行相关分析以检验收敛效度和区分效度。结果：统计结果支持印度PCQ的可接受的拟合优度。PCQ具有良好的内部一致性（α = 0.903）。此外，相关分析支持PCQ的收敛效度和判别效度。结论：我们的研究结果表明PCQ是一种有效和可靠的工具来衡量印度新兴成人的病理关注。

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Indian Journal of Psychiatry Medicine-Psychiatry and Mental Health

CiteScore

4.40

自引率

3.20%

发文量

130

审稿时长

34 weeks

期刊介绍： The Indian Journal of Psychiatry (ISSN 0019-5545), is an official publication of the Indian Psychiatric Society. It is published Bimonthly with one additional supplement (total 5 issues). The IJP publishes original work in all the fields of psychiatry. All papers are peer-reviewed before publication. The issues are published Bimonthly. An additional supplement is also published annually. Articles can be submitted online from www.journalonweb.com . The journal provides immediate free access to all the published articles. The journal does not charge the authors for submission, processing or publication of the articles.