N Yamaguchi, E Chosa, K Yamamoto, K Kawahara, H Hamada, N Taniguchi, T Tajima, T Funamoto, S Kurogi, T Ota, S Nakamura
Screening for musculoskeletal problems in Japanese schoolchildren: a cross-sectional study nested in a cohort
Public health
several inventories developed assess social problemsolving however instruments originally developed adult adolescence capture full range main interpersonal relationships elementary students resolve daily life interpersonal problems apply elementaryage typical responses therefore development valid scale measure interpersonal problemsolving ability elementary school students warranted study aimed develop perform preliminary psychometric evaluation interpersonal problemsolving inventory elementary school students ipsie ipsie administered elementary student samples consist 516 vietnamese elementary school students grades 35 study examined reliabilities international problem behaviour ipb interpersonal problemsolving inventory ipsi well construct validity ipsi construct validity ipsi investigated using exploratory factor analysis efa explore emerging factor structure data confirmatory factor analysis cfa utilized fit data reliabilities ipb ipsi assessed calculating internal consistencies cronbachs 079 vs 090 mcdonalds 079 vs 082 efa results suggested ipsi twofactor structure cfa reexamined define theorydriven fivefactor structure ipsis data cfa findings indicated scores ipsi fivefactor structure expected acceptable global fit indices cfi 0943 tli 0939 rmsea 0030 rmr 0046 concurrent validity ipsi tested calculating correlations ipsi spsir scores r 667 ipsi spstea scores r 482 finding figures suggest overall scales ipsie wellfunctioning measures good psychometric properties caution limitations ipsie discussed future study possible applicability suggested