This is a set of psychometric parameters and instructions for the 17 instruments.
Tools included in the set concern four categories of constructs determining health-related behaviors:
A – individual predispositions: A/B type behaviors, anger expression, emotional control, dispositional optimism;
B – beliefs and expectations: locus of health control, self-efficacy;
C – health behaviors and health evaluation;
D – struggling with the disease: patient's expectations, beliefs about pain control, strategies for coping with pain, acceptance of the disease, adaptation to cancer disease.
Tools included in the NPPPZ set:
- AIS – Acceptance of Illness Scale (Barbara J. Felton, T. A. Revenson, G. A. Hinrichsen; Polish adaptation: Zygfryd Juczyński)
- BPCQ – Beliefs about Pain Control Questionnaire (Suzanne Skevington; Polish adaptation: Zygfryd Juczyński)
- CECS – Emotional Control Scale (Maggie Watson, Steven Greer; Polish adaptation: Zygfryd Juczyński)
- CSQ – Coping Strategies Questionnaire (Anne C. Rosenstiel, Frances J. Keefe; Polish adaptation: Zygfryd Juczyński)
- GSES – Generalised Self-Efficacy Scale (Ralf Schwartzer, Michael Jerusalem and Zygfryd Juczyński)
- IZZ – Health Behavior Inventory (Zygfryd Juczyński)
- KompOs – Personal Competence Scale (Zygfryd Juczyński)
- LKZ – Health Criteria List (Zygfryd Juczyński)
- LOT-R – Life Orientation Test (Michael F. Scheier, Charles S. Carver, Michael W. Bridges; Polish adaptation: Ryszard Poprawa, Zygfryd Juczyński)
- LWO – Personal Values Schedule (Zygfryd Juczyński)
- MHLC – Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale (Kenneth A. Wallston, Barbara S. Wallston, Robert DeVellis; Polish adaptation: Zygfryd Juczyński)
- Mini-MAC – Mental Adjustment to Cancer Scale (Maggie Watson, Matthew Law, Maria dos Santos, Steven Greer, John Baruch, Judith Bliss; Polish adaptation: Zygfryd Juczyński)
- PRF – List of Patient Expectations (Peter Salmon, Jone Quine; Polish adaptation: Zygfryd Juczyński)
- SEG – Anger Expression Scale (Nina Ogińska-Bulik, Zygfryd Juczyński)
- SWLS – Satisfaction with Life Scale (Ed Diener, R. A. Emmons, R. J. Larson, S. Griffin; Polish adaptation: Zygfryd Juczyński)
- TAB – Type A/B Scale - DM version (Nina Ogińska-Bulik, Zygfryd Juczyński)
- TYP-A – SKALA – Type A Scale (The Framingham Heart Study Research Group; Polish adaptation: Zygfryd Juczyński)
All the instruments are “paper-and-pencil”, self-report instruments. They are short scales and questionnaires, easy to use. Subjects enter their answers on answer sheets.
Materials:
- Kit (manual, answer sheets for 17 tests, 25 copies per test)
- Manual
- Answer sheets for 17 tests (25 copies per test)
Questionnaires and scales can be used for scientific (research) and diagnostic (practical) purposes. Some of the tools can be used for screening. They can be applied not only by psychologists and can be particularly useful for doctors, sociologists, educators and other specialists involved in health promotion, health education, prevention and therapy.
Reliability
In most cases, internal consistency was assessed using the Cronbach alpha factor. Sporadically, compliance was assessed using the half-way method (even-odd positions). In justified cases, the stability of results was also determined by the test-retest method. Retesting was generally carried out after six weeks.
Validity
Diagnostic validity was determined by correlating the results of a given tool with an external criterion (usually another test) measuring similar properties, used at the same time as the tool from the NPPPZ set. On the other hand, the correlation of the scores by a given tool with an external criterion applied after a certain period of time (e.g. with a medical assessment) was a measure of prognostic validity.
Norms
Standard ten norms for general samples; means for a variety of clinical groups.
Uprawnienia do zakupu i stosowania danego testu zależą od jego kategorii, wyznaczonej zgodnie z kategoryzacją Komisji do Spraw Testów Psychologicznych działającej z ramienia Polskiego Towarzystwa Psychologicznego.
NPPPZ jest narzędziem kategorii A.
A – testy dla psychologów; dla innych specjalistów
Wymagane kwalifikacje:
- Ukończone studia magisterskie z psychologii – wymagane przedłożenie kopii dyplomu
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- ORAZ praca z ludźmi w obszarze zawodowym, który stanowi uzasadnienie dla wyboru i stosowania narzędzia.
