1.Translation of the English Learning Anxiety Scale and Test of its Reliability and Validity
Chinese Mental Health Journal 1992;0(01):-
Objective: To make an English Learning Anxiety Scale (ELAS) based on the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) and to do a psychometric test of the ELAS. Method: After translation of the FLCAS into Chinese and did item adaptation to form an ELAS. It was administered to 669 college students with major field other than English. Result: The ELAS was composed of 23 items in four subscales: nervousness , worry, apprehension of being questioned, and sense of anxiety.Factor loadings in the exploratory factor analysis were: A1, 0.46-0.70; A2, 0.53-0.73; A3, 0.55-0.70, A4,0.50-0.67. 48.95% of the total variance could explained. The Cronnbach?is 0.70-0.89, split-half reliability(S-B), 0.71-0.88. ?2/df, RMSEA, GFI, AGFI, NFI, NNFI, CFI, IFI of the goodness of fit indices of confirmatory factor analysis were 2.40, 0.05, 0.92, 0.90, 0.85, 0.89, 0.90, 0.90. The correlation coefficient between ELAS and CET4 score is-0.25~0.64. The correlation coefficient between ELAS and the subscales was 0.69~0.80. The correlation coefficient between the subscales was 0.45~0.63. Conclusion: ELAS has good reliability and validity, could be an effective research instrument in studying anxiety of Chinese college students with major field other than English.
2.Lifestyle of Patients with Post-polio Syndrome to Save Physical Fitness (review)
Yuming WANG ; Huiming GONG ; Da-lai EERDUN ; Yutong FENG
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice 2018;24(8):909-912
Post-polio syndrome patients have limited muscle strength and endurance, and new fatigue and weakness appears at the same time, so it is necessary to save physical fitness in life. The patients are able to save their physical fitness by adjusting their lifestyle, and multidisciplinary support should be combined to alleviate symptoms and maintain function. Saving physical fitness requires the patients to achieve the following aspects, including setting up inventory of physical fitness using, consulting doctors, evaluating and improving sleep quality, weight-control, streamlining the living space, simplifying the daily work and housework, asking for help, planning rest time, attention to the weather changes, and identifying the sign of depression and isolation, etc. In family affairs such as cooking, cleaning, office, and outdoor activities, they should use the life-preserving lifestyle as much as possible.