Journal article
Test-Retest Reliability of the Mirowsky-Ross 2 × 2 Index of the Sense of Control
Psychological reports, Vol.94(2), pp.725-732
04/2004
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.94.2.725-732
Abstract
This study investigated the short-term stability of the 1991 Mirowsky-Ross 2 × 2 Index of the Sense of Control. From an ongoing longitudinal study, 304 subjects were randomly selected for test-retest interviews occurring 1 to 4 days after their regularly scheduled first follow-up interview. Test-retest reliability was assessed at the item level using percent agreement and weighted kappa. At the scale score level, reliability was assessed with the intraclass correlation coefficient ( ICC). ICCs were also calculated within categories of demographic, socioeconomic, psychosocial, and functional status characteristics. There was moderate to substantial item-level agreement (mean weighted kappa = .51; weighted kappa range =.38 to .66). At the scale score level there was substantial agreement ( ICC =.71). No appreciable differences in ICC values were found in the demographic, socioeconomic, psychosocial, and functional comparisons of status characteristics. Thus, this sense of control measure has acceptable test-retest reliability and is appropriate for use in longitudinal research.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Test-Retest Reliability of the Mirowsky-Ross 2 × 2 Index of the Sense of Control
- Creators
- Fredric D. Wolinsky - University of IowaStacie M. Metz - Saint Louis UniversityWilliam M. Tierney - Indiana UniversityKathleen W. Wyrwich - Saint Louis UniversityAjit N. Babu - Saint Louis UniversityKurt Kroenke - Indiana University Bloomington
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Psychological reports, Vol.94(2), pp.725-732
- DOI
- 10.2466/pr0.94.2.725-732
- ISSN
- 0033-2941
- eISSN
- 1558-691X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/2004
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy
- Record Identifier
- 9984364435502771
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