Psychometric properties of the Children’s Response Styles Questionnaire in a Hong Kong Chinese community sample

Lo, Barbara Chuen Yee; Zhao, Yue; Ho, Yim Chi; Au, Terry Kit-fong

doi:10.1186/s12955-017-0774-x

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Table 2 Item Content, Response Frequencies, Item Statistics and DIF Statistics for the Distraction and Problem-Solving Subscale of the CRSQ (N = 581)

From: Psychometric properties of the Children’s Response Styles Questionnaire in a Hong Kong Chinese community sample

Item	Observed Response Frequencies (%)^a				Classic Item Statistics^b			Factor Loading	Item Parameter Estimates^c				Fit Index (G ²)^d	Gender DIF (χ²)^e
Item	0	1	2	3	Mean	SD	r	Factor Loading	a	b ₁	b ₂	b ₃	Fit Index (G ²)^d	a- DIF	b- DIF
2. When I am sad, I help someone else with something so I don’t think about my problem	39.59	40.96	15.83	3.61	0.83	0.82	0.45	0.41	1.18	−0.47	1.47	3.28	106.85*	−	−
6. When I am sad, I go to my favorite place to get my mind off my feelings	42.17	29.43	16.87	11.53	0.98	1.03	0.38	0.43	0.99	−0.39	1.11	2.39	58.03	−	−
8. When I am sad, I spend a lot of time on my schoolwork	48.36	34.08	13.08	4.48	0.74	0.85	0.38	0.36	0.97	−0.09	1.88	3.59	57.36	5.6	0.6
10. When I am sad, I do something I enjoy	15.32	39.24	26.51	18.93	1.49	0.97	0.45	0.49	1.22	−1.76	0.22	1.52	70.95*	−	−
12. When I am sad, I do something fun with a friend	24.27	29.95	27.02	18.76	1.40	1.05	0.56	0.66	1.63	−1.00	0.17	1.29	48.56	−	−
16. When I am sad, I ask a friend, parent, or teacher to help me solve my problem	32.19	34.77	16.52	16.52	1.17	1.06	0.52	0.63	1.46	−0.71	0.66	1.49	35.37	0.7	9.7
18. When I am sad, I try to find something good in the situation or something I learned	32.7	39.41	18.07	9.81	1.05	0.95	0.59	0.63	1.77	−0.63	0.81	1.82	57.84	−	−
20. When I am sad, I talk it out with someone who I think can help me feel better	26.51	28.74	24.1	20.65	1.39	1.09	0.52	0.64	1.43	−0.98	0.20	1.27	56.58	0.8	10.7
22. When I am sad, I think of a way to make my problem better	20.83	42.51	25.99	10.67	1.27	0.91	0.54	0.55	1.48	−1.25	0.53	1.93	49.12	−	−
24. When I am sad, I remind myself that this feeling will go away	25.65	34.94	20.48	18.93	1.33	1.06	0.42	0.50	1.04	−1.23	0.52	1.67	45.92	−	−

^aResponse score categories contain: 0 = “Almost Never”, 1 = “Sometimes”, 2 = “Often”, and 3 = “Almost Always”
^b M = mean. SD = standard deviation. r = item-total correlation
^c a = item discrimination parameter estimates, b ₁, b ₂, b ₃ = item severity parameter estimates
^dFit index: likelihood ratio goodness-of-fit statistic G ² provided by PARSCALE. A nonsignificant result (Benjamini-Hochberg adjusted overall alpha level of .05) is an indicator of adequate model fit
^eGender differential item functioning (DIF): tested using the likelihood ratio-based significance test under the IRT framework (IRT-LR) in an iterative purification procedure for identifying DIF free anchor set. “−” indicates the anchor items which are free of differential item functioning (DIF)
^* p < Benjamini-Hochberg adjusted overall alpha level of .05

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