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- Title
Validity and Reliability of the Empowered Veteran Index-Short Form (EVI-SF).
- Authors
McDaniel, Justin; Humphres, Ryan; Pekios, Heather; Albright, David L.
- Abstract
Veteran empowerment may include connection, community impact, and personal growth. At least one valid and reliable tool has been developed to measure the aforementioned framework: the empowered veteran index (EVI). However, there is a need for a shorter measure to prevent survey fatigue. We recruited military veteran members of a nonprofit (n = 316), The Mission Continues, for participation in this cross-sectional online survey study. Participants completed the 35-item EVI. A short form of the EVI (EVI-SF) was developed through bifactor confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The 10-item EVI-SF model demonstrated satisfactory performance (χ2p = 0.68, SRMR = 0.02, RMSEA = 0.01, CFI = 0.99, TLI = 0.99). All factor loadings in this model were ≥ 0.30, providing evidence for the validity of the interval structure. Internal consistency reliability was good for all three subscales (omegas >0.7). Analysis of the EVI-SF showed that the instrument was valid and reliable. The EVI-SF contains 10 items with seven-point Likert scale response options. Use of the instrument may provide for the opportunity to measure empowerment of military veterans. This study provides preliminary psychometric validation of the EVI-SF.
- Subjects
CROSS-sectional method; SELF-efficacy; RESEARCH methodology evaluation; RESEARCH evaluation; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CHI-squared test; SURVEYS; VETERANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESEARCH methodology; INDIVIDUAL development; DATA analysis software; CONFIDENCE intervals
- Publication
Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work (2640-8066), 2024, Vol 21, Issue 4, p576
- ISSN
2640-8066
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/26408066.2024.2353622