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NEUROLOGY
Volume 80, Issue -, Pages S76-S86Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182872e11
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- Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, NIH [HHS-N-260-2006-00007-C]
- Blueprint for Neuroscience Research
- NIH [HHSN265200423601C, U01 AR052177-05, KL2RR0254740, HD067440, DK091786, DK062467-10, DK06246708S1, AR052155, AT006453, MH056888, MH066302, MH090333, HL076852, AR52155, MH37896, MH085874, MH083647, AG012546, AR052186, MH086637, U01 DK082342]
- GlaxoSmithKline
- American Cancer SocietyIllinois Division [PSB-08-15]
- National Cancer Institute [5K07CA158008-01A1]
- Boehringer Ingelheim
- Pfizer
- Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
- Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.
- Frankel Foundation
- Pittsburgh Foundation
- National Council for Adoption
- Brookings Institution
- Marriage and Religion Research Institute
- NorthShore University HealthSystem
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation/Teva Neurosciences, Inc.
- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Forest Laboratories, Inc.
- Department of Defense (DOD)-United States Army
- FWO
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One of the goals of the NIH Toolbox for Assessment of Neurological and Behavioral Function was to identify or develop brief measures of emotion for use in prospective epidemiologic and clinical research. Emotional health has significant links to physical health and exerts a powerful effect on perceptions of life quality. Based on an extensive literature reviewand expert input, the Emotion team identified 4 central subdomains: Negative Affect, Psychological Well-Being, Stress and Self-Efficacy, and Social Relationships. A subsequent psychometric review identified several existing self-report and proxy measures of these subdomains with measurement characteristics that met the NIH Toolbox criteria. In cases where adequate measures did not exist, robust item banks were developed to assess concepts of interest. A population-weighted sample was recruited by an online survey panel to provide initial item calibration andmeasure validation data. Participants aged 8 to 85 years completed self-report measures whereas parents/guardians responded for children aged 3 to 12 years. Data were analyzed using a combination of classic test theory and item response theory methods, yielding efficient measures of emotional health concepts. An overview of the development of the NIH Toolbox Emotion battery is presented along with preliminary results. Norming activities led to further refinement of the battery, thus enhancing the robustness of emotional health measurement for researchers using the NIH Toolbox. Neurology (R) 2013; 80 (Suppl3):S76-S86
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