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Assessing anger and irritability in children: psychometric evaluation and normative data for the German version of the PROMIS® Parent Proxy Anger Scale

Authors: Anne Kaman, Christiane Otto, Janine Devine, Michael Erhart, Manfred Döpfner, Tobias Banaschewski, Anja Görtz-Dorten, Charlotte Hanisch, Michael Kölch, Veit Roessner, Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer

Published in: Quality of Life Research | Issue 3/2022

Abstract

Purpose

Anger and irritability are common and impairing symptoms in children. The PROMIS Anger scales assess self- and parent-reported irritable and angry mood over the past 7 days. The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the German version of the PROMIS Parent Proxy Short Form v1.0—Anger and to provide normative data.

Methods

To evaluate the psychometric properties, data from the study ADOPT Epidemiology were used. In this study, the PROMIS Anger Scale was administered to a population-based sample of n = 8746 parents of children aged 8–12 years. Psychometric analyses were carried out including the investigation of distribution characteristics, factor structure, model fit, internal consistency, and congruent validity. Normative data were calculated as percentile ranks and T-scores.

Results

The PROMIS Anger Scale demonstrated good psychometric properties, including satisfactory distribution characteristics, unidimensionality, good internal consistency as well as congruent validity. German normative data for the PROMIS Anger Scale are presented.

Conclusion

Based on first psychometric analyses, the German version of the PROMIS Anger Scale can be recommended for use in research and practice; however, further investigations using clinical data are needed. The normative data will allow researchers and clinicians an interpretation of the test scores in future applications.

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Title: Assessing anger and irritability in children: psychometric evaluation and normative data for the German version of the PROMIS® Parent Proxy Anger Scale
Authors: Anne Kaman
Christiane Otto
Janine Devine
Michael Erhart
Manfred Döpfner
Tobias Banaschewski
Anja Görtz-Dorten
Charlotte Hanisch
Michael Kölch
Veit Roessner
Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer
Publication date: 01-03-2022
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: Quality of Life Research / Issue 3/2022
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2649
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-021-03001-1

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