Differential Item Functioning of WHOQOL-BREF in nine Iberoamerican countries

an exploratory study of differential item functioning (dif) in efl reading comprehension

بررسی دلایل عملکرد متفاوت سوالات آزمون درک مطلب به زبان خارجی تاریخچه ی تحقیق درباره ی منابع عملکرد مختلف سوالات (دیف) در آزمون درک مطلب پر است از مجموعه ای از متغیرهای فرضیه ای که چند مورد از مهمترین آنها عبارتند از: جنسیت، آشنایی با موضوع متن، علاقه به موضوع یا محتوای متن، حدس زدن، و عوامل بافت اجتماعی (پی 2004؛ زومبو و گلین 2005). مطالعه حاضر با استناد به فلسفه ی انکارپذیری پوپر عوامل ذکر...

Rasch analysis of the WHOQOL-BREF in post polio syndrome.

OBJECTIVE The World Health Organisation quality of life abbreviated scale (WHOQOL-BREF) was developed as a measure of quality of life across 4 separate health domains; physical health, psychological, social relationships and environment. This study evaluated the validity of the WHOQOL-BREF in post-polio syndrome by testing it for fit against the Rasch model. RESULTS The scale was posted to 31...

WHOQOL-BREF psychometric properties in a sample of smokers.

OBJECTIVE To study the World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument Bref psychometric properties in a sample of smokers. It is a self-administered instrument to evaluate quality of life. It contains 26 questions allocated to 4 domains: Social, Psychological, Physical and Environmental, there are 2 questions related to the Global domain. METHOD The sample was formed by 276 tobacco user...

The psychometric properties of the WHOQOL-BREF in Japanese couples

This study investigated the psychometric properties of the Japanese version of the WHOQOL-BREF among 10,693 community-based married Japanese men and women (4376 couples) who were either expecting or raising a child. Analyses of item-response distributions, internal consistency, criterion validity, and discriminant validity indicated that the scale had acceptable reliability and performed well i...

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