Journal article
The Regret Coping Scale for Health-Care Professionals (RCS-HCP): A validation study with Danish social educators.
- Pihl-Thingvad J Department of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
- Jacobsen CW National Center of Psychotraumatology, Department of Psychology, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark.
- Brandt LPA Department of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
- Andersen LL National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark.
- Elklit A National Center of Psychotraumatology, Department of Psychology, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark.
- Courvoisier D Department of General Internal Medicine, Rehabilitation, and Geriatrics, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
- 2018-07-25
Published in:
- Work (Reading, Mass.). - 2018
Instrument validation
occupational health
work environment
Adaptation, Psychological
Adult
Denmark
Emotions
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Psychometrics
Reproducibility of Results
Social Workers
Surveys and Questionnaires
Translating
English
BACKGROUND
Coping with regret has a substantial impact on wellbeing and mental health, but has rarely been investigated in an occupational setting.
OBJECTIVE
To translate the Regret Coping Scale for Health-Care Professionals (RCS-HCP) and explore internal consistency, construct-, criterion- and predictive validity.
METHODS
The instrument was translated using forward- back method. The qualities were evaluated with a sample of 2758 social educators using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis as well as Cronbach's alpha, Pearson correlation, and multivariable regression.
RESULTS
The translated instrument showed a trend similar to the original instrument. A 10-item version resulted from the research being reported. The reduced RCS-HCP showed improved fit (Full model, 15 items); CFI = 0.91, TLI = 0.89, RMSEA = 0.66, PClose = 0.000 and BIC = 1392 vs. (Reduced instrument, 10 items); CFI = 0.97, TLI = 0.96, RMSEA = 0.05, PClose = 0.499 and BIC 307. This instrument had acceptable internal consistency for short scales (Cronbach's alpha = 0.65, 0.69 and 0.84 respectively). The subscales correlated as expected with measures of health and occupational factors, coefficient ranging from 0.182 to 0.399. Also, the RCS-HCP predicted stress three month later ΔF[3,2747] = 15.1, p < 0.001, but with very small effect ΔR2 = 0.01, p≤0.001.
CONCLUSIONS
The 10-item Danish version of the RCS-HCP is a valid instrument for measuring coping with regret in health related work.
Coping with regret has a substantial impact on wellbeing and mental health, but has rarely been investigated in an occupational setting.
OBJECTIVE
To translate the Regret Coping Scale for Health-Care Professionals (RCS-HCP) and explore internal consistency, construct-, criterion- and predictive validity.
METHODS
The instrument was translated using forward- back method. The qualities were evaluated with a sample of 2758 social educators using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis as well as Cronbach's alpha, Pearson correlation, and multivariable regression.
RESULTS
The translated instrument showed a trend similar to the original instrument. A 10-item version resulted from the research being reported. The reduced RCS-HCP showed improved fit (Full model, 15 items); CFI = 0.91, TLI = 0.89, RMSEA = 0.66, PClose = 0.000 and BIC = 1392 vs. (Reduced instrument, 10 items); CFI = 0.97, TLI = 0.96, RMSEA = 0.05, PClose = 0.499 and BIC 307. This instrument had acceptable internal consistency for short scales (Cronbach's alpha = 0.65, 0.69 and 0.84 respectively). The subscales correlated as expected with measures of health and occupational factors, coefficient ranging from 0.182 to 0.399. Also, the RCS-HCP predicted stress three month later ΔF[3,2747] = 15.1, p < 0.001, but with very small effect ΔR2 = 0.01, p≤0.001.
CONCLUSIONS
The 10-item Danish version of the RCS-HCP is a valid instrument for measuring coping with regret in health related work.
- Language
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- English
- Open access status
- closed
- Identifiers
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- DOI 10.3233/WOR-182756
- PMID 30040787
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/46632
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