Title :
The Psychometric Properties of Children´s Impact of Event Scale Administered via Mobile Phone
Author :
Zhu, Zhuo-Hong ; Huang, Fei ; Wang, Wen-Zhong ; Zhang, Jian-Xin ; Ji, Yang ; Zhang, Kui
Author_Institution :
Instn. of Psychol., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing, China
Abstract :
This study was design to test the reliability and validity of test via mobile phone based platform (MPBT) administered into potential PTSD sufferings in Mianzhu, Sichuan province, and examine the equivalence with traditional paper-and-pencil test (PPT) counterpart and gender differences. In the case of Children´s Revised Impact of Event Scale (CRIES), the MPBT form had acceptable psychometric properties, equivalence with PPT form and no gender differences. These results prove the application of mobile phone to assess and monitor the psychological state of users to be a useful and valid way.
Keywords :
mobile handsets; psychometric testing; telemedicine; children revised impact; event scale administered via mobile phone; gender differences; paper-and-pencil test; psychological state; psychometric property; test via mobile phone based platform; Abstracts; Advertising; Data structures; Frequency; Information analysis; Mobile handsets; Monitoring; Power generation; Psychology; Psychometric testing;
Conference_Titel :
Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering , 2009. ICBBE 2009. 3rd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2901-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2902-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICBBE.2009.5163647
