Primary appraisal of infertility

dc.contributor.author	Γουρουντή, Κλεάνθη	el
dc.contributor.author	Αναγνωστόπουλος, Φώτιος	el
dc.contributor.author	Βασλαματζής, Γρηγόριος	el
dc.date.accessioned	2015-05-18T15:10:00Z
dc.date.issued	2015-05-18
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/10659
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/	*
dc.source	http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/wwah	en
dc.subject	Primary Appraisals
dc.subject	Infertility
dc.subject	Validation
dc.subject	Factor Structure
dc.subject	Πρωταρχικές εκτιμήσεις
dc.subject	Υπογονιμότητα
dc.subject	Επικύρωση
dc.subject	Διάρθρωση παραγόντων
dc.title	Primary appraisal of infertility	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.secondaryTitle	evaluation of the psychometric properties of a Greek version of the Appraisal of Life Events scale (ALE) in a sample of infertile women undergoing fertility treatment	en
heal.classification	Medicine
heal.classification	Psychology
heal.classification	Ιατρική
heal.classification	Ψυχολογία
heal.classificationURI	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006614
heal.classificationURI	http://zbw.eu/stw/descriptor/15790-5
heal.classificationURI	N/A-Ιατρική
heal.classificationURI	N/A-Ψυχολογία
heal.keywordURI	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006125
heal.identifier.secondary	DOI: 10.1080/03630242.2010.522471
heal.dateAvailable	10000-01-01
heal.language	en
heal.access	forever
heal.recordProvider	Σχολή Επαγγελμάτων Υγείας και Πρόνοιας. Τμήμα Μαιευτικής	el
heal.publicationDate	2010
heal.bibliographicCitation	Gourounti, K., Anagnostopoulos, F. and Vaslamatzis, G. (2010) Primary appraisal of infertility: evaluation of the psychometric properties of a Greek version of the Appraisal of Life Events scale (ALE) in a sample of infertile women undergoing fertility treatment. "Women & Health", 50 (7), p. 688-704. Available from: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03630242.2010.522471 [Accessed: 18/05/2015].	en
heal.abstract	The Appraisal of Life Events is a self-report questionnaire that can be used retrospectively, asking respondents to reflect on the impact of a previously experienced event. The aim of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Greek version of the Appraisal of Life Events scale. The sample consisted of 137 women facing fertility problems and undergoing fertility treatment in a public hospital in Athens, Greece. The Appraisal of Life Events was ‘forward-backward’ translated from English to Greek language and was then pilot-tested to determine comprehensibility. Factor structure was investigated using exploratory factor analysis. Measures of stress (infertility-related stress, anxiety, depressive symptoms, mood states), personality traits (neuroticism, extraversion, optimism) and coping strategies were used to assess the convergent validity of the Appraisal of Life Events. Cronbach's α was used to measure internal consistency reliability. Two Appraisal of Life Events factors emerged from exploratory factor analysis. The threat and loss items were grouped together to form one factor. The original subscale of the challenge appraisal was reproduced. Convergent validity was confirmed by computing correlations between the two derived Appraisal of Life Events scales and the measures of stress, personality traits, and coping strategies. Internal consistency reliability was satisfactory (α = .79−.95). The Appraisal of Life Events had a meaningful factor structure and satisfactory reliability and convergent validity.	en
heal.publisher	Gold, Ellen B.	en
heal.journalName	Women & Health	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
heal.fullTextAvailability	false