Psychometric properties of an Arabic translation of the long (12 items) and short (7 items) forms of the Violent Ideations Scale (VIS) in a non-clinical sample of adolescents
Abstract Background Accurately measuring violent ideations would be of particular high relevance in Arab countries, which are witnessing an unprecedented increase in violence rates among adolescents because of the widespread social, economic and political unrest in the region. Therefore, the present...
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| description | Abstract Background Accurately measuring violent ideations would be of particular high relevance in Arab countries, which are witnessing an unprecedented increase in violence rates among adolescents because of the widespread social, economic and political unrest in the region. Therefore, the present study aimed to test the psychometric properties of an Arabic translation of the 12-item and the 7-item forms of the Violent Ideations Scale (VIS and VIS-SF) in a sample on non-clinical Arabic-speaking adolescents. Methods Five hundred seventy-seven community adolescents (mean age of 15.90 ± 1.73 years, 56.5% females) answered an anonymous online survey comprising an Arabic translation of the Violent Ideations Scale (VIS) and a measure of physical aggression. Results Confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) offered support for the single-factor structure of the Arabic VIS and the VIS-SF. Both the long and short forms of the scale yielded excellent internal consistency, with McDonald’s ω coefficients of 0.96 and 0.94 and Cronbach’s α coefficients of 0.96 and 0.94, respectively. Multi-group CFA established measurement invariance across gender groups. Finally, results revealed significant and positive correlations between the two forms of the VIS and physical aggression scores, thus supporting concurrent validity. Conclusion Both the VIS and VIS-SF have demonstrated good psychometric properties in their Arabic versions, and suitability for sound assessment of violent ideations. We therefore expect that these measures assist clinicians in risk assessment and management of violence, and help foster research in this area in Arab countries. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-581efe40313a439e958e36ffb4e950292024-01-07T12:38:26ZengBMCBMC Psychiatry1471-244X2024-01-012411810.1186/s12888-023-05465-6Psychometric properties of an Arabic translation of the long (12 items) and short (7 items) forms of the Violent Ideations Scale (VIS) in a non-clinical sample of adolescentsFeten Fekih-Romdhane0Diana Malaeb1Ecem Yakın2Fouad Sakr3Mariam Dabbous4Sami El Khatib5Sahar Obeid6Souheil Hallit7The Tunisian Center of Early Intervention in Psychosis, Department of psychiatry “Ibn Omrane”, Razi HospitalCollege of Pharmacy, Gulf Medical UniversityCentre d’Etudes Et de Recherches en Psychopathologie Et Psychologie de La Santé, Université de Toulouse-Jean JaurèsSchool of Pharmacy, Lebanese International UniversitySchool of Pharmacy, Lebanese International UniversityDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, Lebanese International UniversitySocial and Education Sciences Department, School of Arts and Sciences, Lebanese American UniversitySchool of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Holy Spirit University of KaslikAbstract Background Accurately measuring violent ideations would be of particular high relevance in Arab countries, which are witnessing an unprecedented increase in violence rates among adolescents because of the widespread social, economic and political unrest in the region. Therefore, the present study aimed to test the psychometric properties of an Arabic translation of the 12-item and the 7-item forms of the Violent Ideations Scale (VIS and VIS-SF) in a sample on non-clinical Arabic-speaking adolescents. Methods Five hundred seventy-seven community adolescents (mean age of 15.90 ± 1.73 years, 56.5% females) answered an anonymous online survey comprising an Arabic translation of the Violent Ideations Scale (VIS) and a measure of physical aggression. Results Confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) offered support for the single-factor structure of the Arabic VIS and the VIS-SF. Both the long and short forms of the scale yielded excellent internal consistency, with McDonald’s ω coefficients of 0.96 and 0.94 and Cronbach’s α coefficients of 0.96 and 0.94, respectively. Multi-group CFA established measurement invariance across gender groups. Finally, results revealed significant and positive correlations between the two forms of the VIS and physical aggression scores, thus supporting concurrent validity. Conclusion Both the VIS and VIS-SF have demonstrated good psychometric properties in their Arabic versions, and suitability for sound assessment of violent ideations. We therefore expect that these measures assist clinicians in risk assessment and management of violence, and help foster research in this area in Arab countries.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-023-05465-6Violent ideationsViolenceViolent ideations acalePsychometric propertiesArabic |
| spellingShingle | Feten Fekih-Romdhane Diana Malaeb Ecem Yakın Fouad Sakr Mariam Dabbous Sami El Khatib Sahar Obeid Souheil Hallit Psychometric properties of an Arabic translation of the long (12 items) and short (7 items) forms of the Violent Ideations Scale (VIS) in a non-clinical sample of adolescents BMC Psychiatry Violent ideations Violence Violent ideations acale Psychometric properties Arabic |
| title | Psychometric properties of an Arabic translation of the long (12 items) and short (7 items) forms of the Violent Ideations Scale (VIS) in a non-clinical sample of adolescents |
| title_full | Psychometric properties of an Arabic translation of the long (12 items) and short (7 items) forms of the Violent Ideations Scale (VIS) in a non-clinical sample of adolescents |
| title_fullStr | Psychometric properties of an Arabic translation of the long (12 items) and short (7 items) forms of the Violent Ideations Scale (VIS) in a non-clinical sample of adolescents |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psychometric properties of an Arabic translation of the long (12 items) and short (7 items) forms of the Violent Ideations Scale (VIS) in a non-clinical sample of adolescents |
| title_short | Psychometric properties of an Arabic translation of the long (12 items) and short (7 items) forms of the Violent Ideations Scale (VIS) in a non-clinical sample of adolescents |
| title_sort | psychometric properties of an arabic translation of the long 12 items and short 7 items forms of the violent ideations scale vis in a non clinical sample of adolescents |
| topic | Violent ideations Violence Violent ideations acale Psychometric properties Arabic |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-023-05465-6 |
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