2024
Cross-cultural validation and measurement invariance of anxiety and depression symptoms: A study of the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) in 42 countries
Quintana G, Ponce F, Escudero-Pastén J, Santibáñez-Palma J, Nagy L, Koós M, Kraus S, Demetrovics Z, Potenza M, Ballester-Arnal R, Batthyány D, Bergeron S, Billieux J, Briken P, Burkauskas J, Cárdenas-López G, Carvalho J, Castro-Calvo J, Chen L, Ciocca G, Corazza O, Csako R, Fernandez D, Fernandez E, Fujiwara H, Fuss J, Gabrhelík R, Gewirtz-Meydan A, Gjoneska B, Gola M, Grubbs J, Hashim H, Islam S, Ismail M, Jiménez-Martínez M, Jurin T, Kalina O, Klein V, Költő A, Lee C, Lee S, Lewczuk K, Lin C, Lochner C, López-Alvarado S, Lukavská K, Mayta-Tristán P, Miller D, Orosová O, Orosz G, NA S, Garzola G, Ramos-Diaz J, Rigaud K, Rousseau A, De Tubino Scanavino M, Schulmeyer M, Sharan P, Shibata M, Shoib, Sigre-Leirós V, Sniewski L, Spasovski O, Steibliene V, Stein D, Ünsal B, Vaillancourt-Morel M, Van Hout M, Bőthe B. Cross-cultural validation and measurement invariance of anxiety and depression symptoms: A study of the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) in 42 countries. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2024, 350: 991-1006. PMID: 38244805, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.01.127.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk of depressionBSI-18Brief Symptom InventoryPrevalent mental health issuesAnxiety symptom scoresTwo-factor structureCriterion-related validityEvidence of constructCross-cultural validityHigher risk of depressionSexual orientationSymptomatology indicesAnxiety symptomsLower risk of depressionMental health issuesDepressive symptomsSymptom InventoryMeasurement invariancePredictive validityCross-cultural studiesAssess depressionAnxietyClinically relevant variablesDepressionCase criteria
2023
Translation and Validation of the Gaming Disorder Test and Gaming Disorder Scale for Adolescents into Chinese for Taiwanese Young Adults
Wu T, Huang S, Chen J, Kamolthip R, Kukreti S, Strong C, Pontes H, Lin I, Lin C, Potenza M, Pakpour A. Translation and Validation of the Gaming Disorder Test and Gaming Disorder Scale for Adolescents into Chinese for Taiwanese Young Adults. Comprehensive Psychiatry 2023, 124: 152396. PMID: 37295061, DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2023.152396.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTaiwanese young adultsGaming Disorder TestConfirmatory factor analysisMeasurement invarianceConvergent validityInternal consistencyYoung adultsDisorder ScaleDepression Anxiety Stress Scale-21Anxiety Stress Scale-21Internet Gaming Disorder Scale-Short FormStress Scale-21Taiwanese university studentsTwo-factor structureAdequate internal consistencyOne-factor structureScale-Short FormGaming disorderScale-21Factor structureDASS-21University studentsTraditional Chinese charactersCFA resultsChinese characters