Adaptation and initial validation of student stress inventory for use among Malaysian secondary school students
The paper discusses the process to adapt the Student Stress Inventory (SSI) and reports the finding of its content validation. The process entailed, firstly, forward and backward translation of items to be used in a new population of test takers whose culture is different from that of the original...
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| description | The paper discusses the process to adapt the Student Stress Inventory (SSI) and reports the finding of its content validation. The process entailed, firstly, forward and backward translation of items to be used in a new population of test takers whose culture is different from that of the original SSI standardisation sample. The translation process was accomplished by subject matter experts (SMEs) who are well-versed in the English and Malay languages. They too understand the nature and extent of culture in the destination and original culture. The second stage is the item verification process in which five SMEs (Clinical Psychologist, Counsellor, Linguist, English teacher, and Parent) verified and provided comments on every item before subjecting them to content and face validation stage. 10 SMEs, who were Psychology graduates, have been engaged to judge if the adapted Malay items are essential in measuring the construct-in-question among the Malay test takers. The SME judgments were calculated to obtain the content validity ratio of each item. Items that do not meet the minimum value of CVR will be further reviewed. Besides, the feedback provided in the validation was used by the researchers to improve the face validity of the items. |
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| spelling | iium-817312020-11-18T01:06:42Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/81731/ Adaptation and initial validation of student stress inventory for use among Malaysian secondary school students Abdul Kudus, Farah Nadiah Shamsul, Nur Syazera Abd Rahman, Shukran BF Psychology BF725 Class psychology H Social Sciences (General) LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools The paper discusses the process to adapt the Student Stress Inventory (SSI) and reports the finding of its content validation. The process entailed, firstly, forward and backward translation of items to be used in a new population of test takers whose culture is different from that of the original SSI standardisation sample. The translation process was accomplished by subject matter experts (SMEs) who are well-versed in the English and Malay languages. They too understand the nature and extent of culture in the destination and original culture. The second stage is the item verification process in which five SMEs (Clinical Psychologist, Counsellor, Linguist, English teacher, and Parent) verified and provided comments on every item before subjecting them to content and face validation stage. 10 SMEs, who were Psychology graduates, have been engaged to judge if the adapted Malay items are essential in measuring the construct-in-question among the Malay test takers. The SME judgments were calculated to obtain the content validity ratio of each item. Items that do not meet the minimum value of CVR will be further reviewed. Besides, the feedback provided in the validation was used by the researchers to improve the face validity of the items. IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia 2020-06-28 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/81731/1/81731_Adaptation%20and%20initial%20validation%20of%20student%20stress%20inventory.pdf Abdul Kudus, Farah Nadiah and Shamsul, Nur Syazera and Abd Rahman, Shukran (2020) Adaptation and initial validation of student stress inventory for use among Malaysian secondary school students. IIUM Journal of Human Sciences, 2 (1). pp. 64-75. ISSN 2682-8731 https://journals.iium.edu.my/irkh/index.php/ijohs/article/view/147/50 |
| spellingShingle | BF Psychology BF725 Class psychology H Social Sciences (General) LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools Abdul Kudus, Farah Nadiah Shamsul, Nur Syazera Abd Rahman, Shukran Adaptation and initial validation of student stress inventory for use among Malaysian secondary school students |
| title | Adaptation and initial validation of student stress inventory for use among Malaysian secondary school students |
| title_full | Adaptation and initial validation of student stress inventory for use among Malaysian secondary school students |
| title_fullStr | Adaptation and initial validation of student stress inventory for use among Malaysian secondary school students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adaptation and initial validation of student stress inventory for use among Malaysian secondary school students |
| title_short | Adaptation and initial validation of student stress inventory for use among Malaysian secondary school students |
| title_sort | adaptation and initial validation of student stress inventory for use among malaysian secondary school students |
| topic | BF Psychology BF725 Class psychology H Social Sciences (General) LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools |
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