Department of Community and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, The Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan.
University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA.
Perspect Psychiatr Care. 2022 Oct;58(4):2145-2153. doi: 10.1111/ppc.13041. Epub 2022 Feb 8.
Recognizing reminiscence functions can help psychiatric nurses promote patients' mental health. This study aimed to confirm the six-factor, 39-item structure of the Arabic version of the Reminiscence Functions Scale (RFS) in a sample of Jordanian adults (N = 470) and examine the invariance of structure across gender.
Post hoc model adjustment was conducted sequentially using modification indices (MI) to improve model fit. Measurement invariance across gender was examined using this adjusted Arabic RFS score (ARFS).
After post hoc adjustment using MI, the fit indices for the adjusted (32-item) ARFS improved, indicating a good fit for the data. The adjusted ARFS factor structure indicated strict measurement invariance across gender.
CFA supports a 32-item, six-factor model.
Psychiatric nurses can use the adjusted ARFS to measure subjects' reminiscence functions and predict the psychological and emotional distress associated with these functions.
认识怀旧功能可以帮助精神科护士促进患者的心理健康。本研究旨在确认约旦成年人样本中阿拉伯语版怀旧功能量表（RFS）的六因素、39 项结构（N=470），并检验结构在性别上的不变性。
使用修正指标（MI）对事后模型调整进行了顺序调整，以改善模型拟合度。使用经调整的阿拉伯语 RFS 评分（ARFS）检验性别间的结构不变性。
使用 MI 进行事后调整后，调整后的（32 项）ARFS 的拟合指数有所改善，表明数据拟合良好。调整后的 ARFS 因子结构表明性别间具有严格的测量不变性。
验证性因素分析支持 32 项 6 因素模型。
精神科护士可以使用调整后的 ARFS 来衡量受试者的怀旧功能，并预测与这些功能相关的心理和情绪困扰。
