Adaptation and Psychometric Properties in Spanish of the Herth Hope Index in People Who have Attempted Suicide

Sánchez‐Teruel, David; Robles‐Bello, María Auxiliadora; Conde, José Antonio Camacho

doi:10.1007/s11126-020-09766-x

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“…The descriptive statistics and inter-item correlations for the UCLA-8 are reported in Table 2. All inter-item correlations for the UCLA-10 were within the acceptable range of 0.15-0.85 [52] in the sample comprising teachers. In the sample comprising students, all inter-item correlations were within the acceptable range except for the intercorrelation between items 9 and 10.…”

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Assessment of Loneliness During the Pandemic: Comparing Various Short Forms of the UCLA Loneliness Scale in South Africa Using Classical Test Theory and Mokken Analysis

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Padmanabhanunni²

2022

OBM Neurobiol

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An important mental health concern arising from the COVID-19 pandemic was the loneliness resulting from the lockdown measures taken by many countries due to the outbreak. Thus, loneliness needs to be studied in detail for intervention purposes. The UCLA Loneliness Scale is the most widely used measure of loneliness. However, the 20-item measure has some drawbacks, including questionnaire fatigue, especially when used with other measures, and a lack of accurate responses to all items. In this study, we evaluated two short forms of the UCLA Loneliness Scale used in other studies (UCLA-10 and UCLA-8), as well as a five-item version developed in this study, through the classical test theory and Mokken analysis with two different sample groups (teachers, N = 337; students, N = 355). The results of the Mokken analysis and the confirmatory factor analysis showed that the UCLA-10 and UCLA-5 were unidimensional and exhibited reliability and convergent validity. In contrast, the UCLA-8 was multidimensional and violated several assumptions of monotonicity and invariant item-ordering, although it showed satisfactory reliability and concurrent validity. All three versions of the scale correlated significantly with other indices of psychological well-being regarding concurrent validity, and the correlation coefficients were comparable to the coefficients of the 20-item version with the same variables. All three versions of the loneliness scale also demonstrated satisfactory convergent and discriminant validity. The results indicated that the UCLA-10 and UCLA-5 can be used as reliable and valid measures when the use of the long version of the UCLA Loneliness Scale is unsuitable.

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“…An example item of the BHS is, "I cannot imagine what my life would be like in 10 years". The BHS generally shows adequate reliability, with estimates ranging from 0.89-0.98 [51][52][53]. The BHS was used in two studies on young adults in South Africa, and the reliability estimates of 0.88 and 0.82 were reported in those studies [54,55].…”

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Assessment of Loneliness During the Pandemic: Comparing Various Short Forms of the UCLA Loneliness Scale in South Africa Using Classical Test Theory and Mokken Analysis

Pretorius¹,

Padmanabhanunni²

2022

OBM Neurobiol

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“…Chen and Chen ( 2008 ) related Hertz’s hope scale to students’ emotional resilience. Individuals’ high hope and optimism are quick to rebound in the face of obstacles (Segerstrom, 2006 ; Sánchez-Teruel et al, 2020 ). It has been found that people who respond with positive emotions in pursuit of goals have more hope and optimism and respond with less negative effects when they encounter difficulties (Gallagher et al, 2020 ; Bredal & Ekeberg, 2016 ).…”

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“…The maximum possible score is 48 and the minimum is 12. This scale has been translated and adapted to general Norwegian population (Rustøen et al, 2018 ), Japanese version (Hirano et al, 2007 ), Portuguese-speaking population with patients with chronic ilness (Sartore et al, 2010 ), Dutch version in patients with mental illness (van Gestel-Timmermans et al, 2010 ), Chinese version (Chan et al, 2012 ), Iranian elderly people (Yaghoobzadeh et al, 2019 ) and young Spanish people who made a suicide attempt (Sánchez-Teruel et al, 2020 ). All these versions have a different structure comparing to the original version.…”

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“…All these versions have a different structure comparing to the original version. The adaptation to people who have made a suicide attempt has a two-dimensional structure (Sánchez-Teruel et al, 2020 ). Other adaptations result in a single factor, namely the Swedish version (Benzein & Berg, 2003 ), the German population with cancer (Geiser et al, 2015 ), also within a sample of Iranian patients with heart disease (Soleimani et al, 2019 ), Norwegian adults with cancer problems (Rustøen et al, 2018 ) and Italian patients with cancer (Ripamonti et al, 2012 ).…”

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Measurement invariance in gender and age of the Herth Hope Index to the general spanish population across the lifespan

Robles‐Bello

Sánchez‐Teruel

2022

Curr Psychol

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The Herth Hope Index (HHI) is used to measure hope. Assessing the psychometric properties of HHI in Spanish population, exploring its structural validity, the different functionalities of the items and the invariability of this measure according to the gender and age of the population. Confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to explore the scale’s dimensionality and test for strong measurement invariance across sex and age in a cross-sectional, multicenter, prospective study. A new scale was obtained with the structure of one factor with 9 items. Goodness-of-fit indices were excellent. The internal consistency of the one dimension proved high values. The configural invariance on gender shows that both men and women understand the new HHI items, also, this research also shows that there is no scalar invariance across age groups, revealing good levels of adjustment of the item. The Spanish version of the HHI proved to be a valid, reliable instrument to assess the hope in Spanish population.

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Predictor variables of mental health in the Spanish population confined by COVID‐19

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Background: Drastic changes in the lifestyle of individuals have been caused by coronarivus SARS-CoV-2 with lethal effects associated with COVID-19, which acts as a stressor for the population with adverse effects on mental health status. The aim was to identify which sociodemographic variables and psychological factors predict psychological disorders in the general Spanish population. Methods:The sample consisted of 699 people exposed to a confinement situation, where 402 (57.51%) were women and 297 (42.49%) were men, between 18 and 73 years old (M = 27.79; SD = 12.68). Different sociodemographic and psychological variables were assessed to see if they predicted levels of anxiety and depression. Results:The results identify the predictive capacity of some sociodemographic risk variables such as sex (β = .144; IC95% = 1.341-3.376) and living with people who are ill with COVID-19 (β = .088; IC95% = 1.157-6.785), as well as protective factors such as self-efficacy (β = −.126; IC95% = −0.282-0.066) and hope (β = −.429; IC95% = −0.591-0.408) in mental health. In predicting anxiety levels, self-efficacy and hope are protective factors, especially when living with people in essential services. In levels of depression, only hope is considered a protective factor in people living with patients infected by COVID-19. Conclusions:This study is the first to advance in the understanding of sociodemographic and psychological variables in a Spanish sample subjected to the stressful and traumatic effects of the SARS-CoV-2 viral agent.

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Adaptation and Psychometric Properties in Spanish of the Herth Hope Index in People Who have Attempted Suicide

Cited by 12 publications

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Assessment of Loneliness During the Pandemic: Comparing Various Short Forms of the UCLA Loneliness Scale in South Africa Using Classical Test Theory and Mokken Analysis

Assessment of Loneliness During the Pandemic: Comparing Various Short Forms of the UCLA Loneliness Scale in South Africa Using Classical Test Theory and Mokken Analysis

Measurement invariance in gender and age of the Herth Hope Index to the general spanish population across the lifespan

Predictor variables of mental health in the Spanish population confined by COVID‐19

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