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. 2023 May 12:19:e174501792303281.
doi: 10.2174/17450179-v19-e230419-2022-50. eCollection 2023.

Development and Validation of the Questionnaire for Adaptive Hyperactivity and Goal Achievement (AHGA)

Goce Kalcev  1 , Giulia Cossu  2 , Antonio Preti  3 , Maria Teresa Littera  4 , Stèphanie Frau  4 , Diego Primavera  5 , Rosanna Zaccheddu  2 , Veronica Matza  6 , Marta Ermellino  6 , Elisa Pintus  2 , Mauro G Carta  2
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Development and Validation of the Questionnaire for Adaptive Hyperactivity and Goal Achievement (AHGA)

Goce Kalcev et al. Clin Pract Epidemiol Ment Health. .

Abstract

Objective: This paper illustrates the preliminary psychometric properties of the Questionnaire for Adaptive Hyperactivity and Goal Achievement (AHGA), aimed at measuring adaptive characteristics of hyperactivity and goal pursuit in older adults.

Methods: The 12-item scale was administered to a sample of 120 subjects (older adults) between February 2022 and June 2022. The reliability of AHGA was measured using Cronbach's alpha, and factor structure was established using parallel analysis (PA) and principal component analysis (PCA). Convergent validity was tested against the Biological Rhythms Interview of Assessment in Neuropsychiatry (BRIAN).

Results: All included subjects have an average age of 74.1±5.1 years. AHGA reliability was good (Cronbach's alpha: 0.713 [95%CI: 0.630 to 0.783]). Factor analysis suggested two main components: goal achievement and hyperactivity, which explained 41% of the variance in the data. The results support the convergent validity of the scale: AHGA measures adaptive characteristics of hyperactivity and goal pursuit, in contrast to BRIAN, which measures pathological characteristics.

Conclusion: The reported findings represent an innovative approach to hyperthymic features by embracing a broader spectrum concept that conceptualizes the potential transition between pathological and adaptive aspects as a continuum.

Keywords: AHGA; Adaptive hyperactivity; Factorial validity; Goal achievement; Older adults; Questionnaire.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

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Parallel analysis was applied to the items of the Questionnaire for Adaptive Hyperactivity and Goal Achievement (n=12). A plot of the eigenvalues calculated on the basis of the actual data and the simulated and resampled data.
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A separation plot of the results of the principal component analysis is applied to the items of the Questionnaire for Adaptive Hyperactivity and Goal Achievement (n=12). Items are plotted on the basis of their loadings on the two extracted main dimensions.
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Distribution of the factor loadings in the two principal components.
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