Goltermann, A. (2022) Validation of the Hemianopia Reading Questionnaire. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Homonymous Hemianopia (HH) can lead to reading difficulties and an associated lowered quality of life. The Hemianopia Reading Questionnaire (HRQ) was recently developed to assess reading behaviours and reading difficulties in people with HH to support reading rehabilitation and research. The goal of this study was to assess the factor structure as well as the convergent and divergent validity of the HRQ in a large community sample. For the analysis of the convergent validity, the HRQ was correlated with the attitude scale of a questionnaire by Stokmans and the Impact of Vision Impairment questionnaire (IVI). For the analysis of the divergent validity, the HRQ was correlated with the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale – 21 (DASS-21) and the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function-A (BRIEF- A). The analyses were run with a sample of 1013 participants. The HRQ showed acceptable convergent (Stokmans‘ questionnaire: r = 0.553; IVI: r = -0.336) and divergent validity (DASS-21: r = -0.339; BRIEF-A: r = -0.331) with the convergent measures showing overall higher correlations with the HRQ than the divergent measures. The three factors extracted in the exploratory factor analysis were interpreted as Reading ability, Reading objects, and Reading attitudes. Based on these results, the HRQ seems to be a valid instrument for the assessment of reading attitude and reading difficulties in patients with HH. Keywords: Homonymous Hemianopia, Reading, Questionnaire, Validation
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Tol, S. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Clinical Neuropsychology (CN) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Jul 2022 07:22 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Jul 2022 07:22 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/764 |
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