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Verification of the profile of mood states‐brief: Cross‐cultural analysis
Author(s) -
Yeun Eun Ja,
ShinPark Kay KongBum
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.20269
Subject(s) - psychology , mood , cross cultural , clinical psychology , anthropology , sociology
This international study investigated whether the mood states of adults can be compared between different settings and cultures using the same instrument, namely, by comparing the psychometric properties of the Profile of Mood States‐Brief (POMS‐B) using data gathered in the United States and Korea. The Korean research instrument was a translation of the original POMS‐B, and was evaluated psychometrically for each country separately as well as for the two countries combined, based on a convenience sample of 184 adults: The POMS‐B was administered to 69 native English speakers and the Korean version (K‐POMS‐B) was administered to 115 native Korean speakers. The mean total mood disturbance (TMD) score was 23.59 ( SD = 16.7): 26.11 ( SD = 15.9) for the Americans and 21.06 ( SD = 17.5) for the Koreans. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was high for both versions. The content validity index was 96% in the K‐POMS‐B. The Korean version of the POMS‐B seems to be ready for use in research. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 62: 1173–1180, 2006.