John M Taylor
Adopting Optimal Statistical Practices: Graduate Programs
The Journal of nursing education
behavioral inhibition proposed temperamental risk factor development childhood anxiety disorders universally however validated instrument especially evaluation turkish children study aimed examine reliability validity turkish version behavioral inhibition questionnaire parent form children aged 37 years around 250 mothers fathers 37 years old children recruited nonclinical population collect responses questionnaires sample created reaching 3 schools preschool elementary grade purpose providing questionnaires filled student andor hisher little sisters brothers parents questionnaires sent parents gathered parents asked fill sociodemographic data form behavioral inhibition questionnaire parent form children behavior questionnaire strengths difficulties questionaire parent form order perform convergent divergent validity analyses result reliability analysis total cronbach alpha coefficient behavioral inhibition questionnaire determined 092 strong reliability internal consistency coefficients behavioral inhibition questionnaire subscales also showed strong reliability alphas ranging 081 087 except performance 069 physical challenges 019 subscales items excluded due itemtotal correlations confirmatory factor analysis results validity assessment analyses confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated behavioral inhibition questionnaire construct validity 5 factors loaded 2second order main factors one thirdorder final factor root mean square error 0032 root mean square residual 0153 comparative fit index 0978 goodness fit index 0915 turkerlewis index 0970 strongest correlations overall behavioral inhibition questionnaire score found 2 main subscales inhibition social novelties r 0926 p 001 situational novelties r 0928 p 001 similarly peers r 0848 p 001 new situations r 0898 p 001 subscales strong correlations overall behavioral inhibition questionnaire score weakest correlation overall behavioral inhibition questionnaire score observed physical challenges subscale even though subscale displayed moderate association r 0454 p 001 good convergent validity determined accompanied significant moderate positive correlations children behavior questionnaire shyness strengths difficulties questionnaire internalizing scales adequate divergent validity also demonstrated based significant positive mild moderate correlations children behavior questionnaire impulsivity children behavior questionnaire smilinglaugh strengths difficulties questionnaire prosocial scales nonsignificant correlation strengths difficulties questionnaire externalizing scale study demonstrated turkish version behavioral inhibition questionnaire parent form effective tool good reliability validity among 37 years old children