Spanish Validation of the Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (SMFQ) in Children Aged 8-12.

IF 3.2 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Psicothema Pub Date : 2022-11-01 DOI:10.7334/psicothema2022.54

José P Espada, María T Gonzálvez, Iván Fernández-Martínez, Mireia Orgilés, Alexandra Morales

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Abstract

Background: The Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (SMFQ) is one of the few well-established available measures designed to assess childhood depression. The objective of the present study was to assess the psychometric properties and explore the differential item functioning (DIF) of the SMFQ in a community sample of Spanish children. Gender and age differences in SMFQ scores were also analyzed.

Method: The sample included 824 students aged 8-12 years (Mage = 9.64, SD = 1.2) recruited from four public and private schools in urban areas in the southeast of Spain.

Results: Findings from factor analysis and Polytomous Rasch analysis supported a unidimensional interpretation of the SMFQ, thereby replicating findings across cultures and languages. The SMFQ had good reliability, and test-retest analysis indicated fair to good temporal stability. Evidence of construct validity was provided by a path diagram of the SMFQ and SDQ subscales. No age or gender differences in the SMFQ scores were observed. However, two items (3 and 11) exhibited gender-related DIF.

Conclusions: The use of SMFQ sum-scores as a continuous measure of the severity of depressive symptoms can be supported. The measure shows promise as brief, reliable, valid instrument for the assessment of depressive symptoms in Spanish children.

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8-12岁儿童情绪与情感问卷的西班牙语验证。

背景:短期情绪和感觉问卷(SMFQ)是为数不多的确定可用的评估儿童抑郁症的方法之一。本研究的目的是评估西班牙社区儿童SMFQ的心理测量特性，并探讨其差异项目功能(DIF)。还分析了SMFQ得分的性别和年龄差异。方法:从西班牙东南部城区的4所公立和私立学校中招募824名8-12岁的学生(Mage = 9.64, SD = 1.2)。结果:因子分析和多分Rasch分析的结果支持SMFQ的单维解释，从而在不同文化和语言中重复了研究结果。SMFQ具有较好的信度，重测分析表明具有较好的时间稳定性。建构效度的证据由SMFQ和SDQ分量表的路径图提供。SMFQ得分没有观察到年龄或性别差异。然而，有两个项目(3和11)表现出与性别有关的DIF。结论:使用SMFQ和分数作为抑郁症状严重程度的连续测量是可以支持的。该方法有望成为评估西班牙儿童抑郁症状的简单、可靠、有效的工具。

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Psicothema PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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6.50

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