Table 1

Summary of psychometric tests carried out on two samples

Psychometric property
Statistical test
Student sample (number)
Population sample (number)

Content validity
Responder bias: Chi-square tests
-
2075

Missing and popular responses
348
2075

Floor/ceiling effects (individual items)
348
1749
Construct validity
Confirmatory Factor Analysis
348
1749
Internal consistency
Cronbach's α 's
348
1749

Item-total score correlations
348
1749
Criterion validity
Floor and ceiling effects (total score)
348
1749

Demographic differences in scores:
-
1749

Wilcoxon rank sum tests/Kruskal-Wallis tests/Jonckheere's test



Correlations with other scales:



Spearman's rank correlation coefficient
72 (EQ-5D VAS)
1233 (GHQ-12)


63 (PANAS- PA/NA)



63 (SPWB)



71 (SDHS)



79 (WHO-5)



79 (SWLS)



77 (GLS)



67 (EIS)


Jonckheere's test
-
1233(GHQ-12)
Reliability
Intra-class correlation coefficients
124
-
Social desirability bias
Spearman's rank correlation coefficient
116
-

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