VALIDATION DATA

MEASUREMENT PROPERTIES
Limitations English only
Observations
1. RELIABILITY
A. Internal Consistency Tested
Cronbach's (Describe)

Lower for total score than subscales: 0.81 (total score)

0.911 (personal life satisfaction)

0.957 (rating about how others may think)

B. Reliability intraobserver or test-retest Not Tested
Continuous scores: intraclass
correlation coefficient (ICC)
Dichotomus: Cohen kappa (Describe)
C. Reliability interobserver or Measurement error Not Tested
Standard error of measurement (SEM),
smallest detectable change (SDC) or
Limits of agreement (LoA) (Describe)
2. VALIDITY
A. Content validity: face validity Tested
Expert opinion (relevance and
comprehensiveness) (Describe)

Test of initial version in a sample of 30

B. Construct Validity:
Structural validity
Tested
Hypotheses-testing Tested
Cross-cultural validity Not Tested
Brief Description

6 factors revealed in PCA which explained 69 % of variance

C. Criterion validity Tested
Comparison with a 'gold standard' Continuous scores:
correlations, ROC curves Dichotomus:
Sensitivity & Specificity (Describe)

Correlation with total hours lost – statist. sign. (neg.: decrease in lost hours = increase in HWQ score)