Background: Researchers have previously commenced examining the degree of concordance between parent proxy and child self-reports on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of many disease and impairment populations. Objects: To explore the differences between parent proxy and child self-reports on the HRQOL using Korean version of KIDSCREEN-10 questionnaires for applying to elementary school children and their parents who participated for a school-based wellness program. Methods: The focus groups were recruited for a school-based wellness program by implementing the following wellness services: 1) referring to a screening session for detecting potential posture-related musculoskeletal problems and 2) recommending home exercise programs. Before a primary field testing for the program, two focus groups were formed with a group of 9 parents and their 9 elementary school children aged 8–10 years of age. The parent proxy and child self-report versions of KIDSCREEN-10 questionnaires were administered to both groups after completion of the wellness program. Item level Rasch rating scale analysis was applied to compute logit scales of KIDSCREEN-10 questionnaire. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) and scatterplot of item difficulty between two reports were analyzed. Results: For fit statistics of parent proxy report, all items except 4 items (i.e., psychological well-being, mood/emotions, self-perception, parent relation) were found to be acceptable. For fit statistics of child self-report, all items except 3 items (i.e., psychological well-being, autonomy and home life) were acceptable. The relationship between two reports using ICCs were ranging from weak to very strong at p = 0.05 (i.e, ICCs = 0.011 to 0.905). Scatterplot analysis between two reports showed a major disparity on self-perception item at 95% confidence intervals. Conclusion: Both item level analyses and ICC comparisons provided a disparity between parent proxy and child self-reports of the HRQOL on self-perception item after competing a school-based wellness program. Therapist should consider the item as part of the HRQOL assessment.

The primary aim of this study was to compare responsiveness of self-report by worker and therapist-scored functional capacity instrument. Self-report and therapist-scored interval-level person measures and item difficulties were compared at admission and discharge. Therapist and worker ratings were collected on 230 clients from 27 rehabilitation sites using the newly developed Occupational Rehabilitation Data Base (ORDB) functional capacity instrument. ORDB comprises several subscales measuring relevant variables of "a return-to-work model" in work-related rehabilitation clinics. The functional capacity scale deals with 10 DOT job factors. The rating scale categories were 1-severely impaired, 2-moderately impaired, 3-mildly impaired, and 4-not impaired. Only data from clients with low back pain (n=98) with complete data (both admission and discharge scores) were used for the present study. Therapists and workers completed the functional capacity instrument at admission and discharge. Rasch analysis [1-parameter item response theory model (IRT)] was applied to calibrate item difficulty and person ability measure of therapist and workers ratings. Effect sizes for therapist and self-report ratings were slightly different, .69 and .30, respectively. Therapist and worker ratings were more consistent at discharge (r=.54) than at admission (r=.32). Workers have a tendency to be more severe in their ratings (show higher item difficulties) than therapists at admission and discharge. Therapists and workers report similar magnitudes of improvement following treatment program. These findings challenge the belief that injured workers may unreliable source for monitoring therapeutic outcomes. Self-report measures have the advantage of conserving therapist time for treatment (versus evaluation). While the therapist and self-report ratings are comparable at discharge, there is less consistency at admission. Comparable therapist-worker ratings may be achieved by controlling for rating severity using IRT methodologies.

사용자의 감성을 측정하기 위한 심리적 측정방법 중에서 사용자가 느끼는 감성을 형용사와 같은 어휘를 통해 간접적으로 측정하는 방법, 즉 감성어휘를 추출하여 사용자의 감성을 측정하는 방법이 가장 보편화되어 있는 방법이다. 본 연구의 선행연구에서는 사용자가 제품을 사용하는 도중에 유발되는 인간의 감성 변화를 나타낼 수 있는 감성어휘들과 대표감성들을 추출하여 제품을 사용하는 도중에 표출되는 사용자의 감성을 측정하기에 적합한 주관적 평가스케일을 도출하였다. 사용자의 감성을 측정하기 위한 심리적 측정방법에는 감성어휘를 이용한 체크리스트 외에도 자기-보고 질문지형 스케일도 널리 사용되고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 선행연구를 통해 도출한 주관적 평가스케일을 보다 더 효과적으로 활용하기 위하여 자기-보고 질문지형 스케일을 제안하였다. 또한 개발한 자기-보고 질문지형 척도의 Cronbach's α 계수 분석을 통해 신뢰도를 확인할 수 있었다. 따라서 본 연구에서 제시한 자기-보고 질문지형 척도는 제품을 사용하면서 자연스럽게 표출되는 사용자의 감성을 효과적으로 측정하기 위한 척도로 활용할 수 있을 것이다.

이 연구는 한국의 공사립 유치원에서 현직교사로 재직 중인 135명의 여교사를 대상으로 하였다. 연구의 목 적은 교사-유아 관계 평가에 대한 도구적 이해가 평정자 교육을 실시하기 전과 실시한 후의 평가도구의 세 하위척도인 갈등, 친밀감, 의존 척도에서 교사의 지각 특성이 어떻게 나타나고 있는가를 알아보는 것이었 다. 그 결과 첫째, 한국 유치원 교사의 교사-유아 관계 평가의 척도에 대한 지각 특성은 그 민감성에서 높 은 갈등, 상대적으로 낮은 친밀감과 의존을 보이는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 교사-유아 관계 평가 도구에 대 한 지각 반응은 평정자 교육을 실시하기 전과 실시한 후에 별로 큰 변화를 보이지 않고 있었다. 따라서 교 사가 평가도구에 대한 바른 이해를 가지고 평정할 수 있도록 평정자 교육을 실시해 주의를 기울여야 한다 는 점을 시사 받을 수 있었다.