Observational studyInternational journal of methods in psychiatric research2019
Testing for response shift in treatment evaluation of change in self-reported psychopathology amongst secondary psychiatric care outpatients.
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- Identifying distinct trajectories of change in anhedonia during psychological treatment for depression.Psychological medicine · 2026Article
- Development and Validation of Oral Health-Related Quality of Life Scale for Patients Undergoing Endodontic Treatment (OHQE) for Irreversible Pulpitis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- If it's information, it's not "bias": a scoping review and proposed nomenclature for future response-shift research.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2022Article
- The Effect of Noninvariance on the Estimation of the Mediated Effect in the Two-Wave Mediation Model.Structural equation modeling : a multidisciplinary journal · 2022Article
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- Testing for response shift in treatment evaluation of change in self-reported psychopathology amongst secondary psychiatric care outpatients.International journal of methods in psychiatric research · 2019Observational
- Community Norms for the Symptom Questionnaire (SQ-48): Normalised T-Scores and Percentile Rank Order Scores.Clinical psychology & psychotherapyArticle
- Evaluating Response Shift in Statistical Mediation Analysis.Advances in methods and practices in psychological scienceArticle
- The Spanish Version of the Sexual Opinion Survey (SOS-6): Evidence of Validity of a Short Version.International journal of psychological researchArticle
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Abstract
objectivesIf patients change their perspective due to treatment, this may alter the way they conceptualize, prioritize, or calibrate questionnaire items. These psychological changes, also called "response shifts," may pose a threat to the measurement of therapeutic change in patients. Therefore, it is important to test the occurrence of response shift in patients across their treatment.
methodsThis study focused on self-reported psychological distress/psychopathology in a naturalistic sample of 206 psychiatric outpatients. Longitudinal measurement invariance tests were computed across treatment in order to detect response shifts.
resultsCompared with before treatment, post-treatment psychopathology scores showed an increase in model fit and factor loading, suggesting that symptoms became more coherently interrelated within their psychopathology domains. Reconceptualization (depression/mood) and reprioritization (somatic and cognitive problems) response shift types were found in several items. We found no recalibration response shift.
conclusionThis study provides further evidence that response shift can occur in adult psychiatric patients across their mental health treatment. Future research is needed to determine whether response shift implies an unwanted potential bias in treatment evaluation or a desired cognitive change intended by treatment.
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