Examining the Factor Structure of the Voice Disability Coping Questionnaire in Individuals With Laryngeal Dystonia and Essential Vocal Tremor.
Purpose: The purpose of this study is twofold. First, we sought to replicate the reported factor structure of the Voice Disability Coping Questionnaire (VDCQ) in a sample of patients diagnosed with a chronic voice disorder. Second, we sought to examine how the factors of the VDCQ relate to perceived...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 68; no. 12; pp. 5680 - 5694 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=190171403&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 190171403 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 10924388 1SM jtl: Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research issn: 10924388 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2025 vid: 68 iid: 12 pid: 42 pub: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association artinfo: ui: 190171403 10.1044/2025_JSLHR-25-00175 ppf: 5680 ppct: 14 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 1.1MB tig: atl: Examining the Factor Structure of the Voice Disability Coping Questionnaire in Individuals With Laryngeal Dystonia and Essential Vocal Tremor. aug: au: Welch, Brett Lewandowski, Ali Gartner-Schmidt, Jackie Smith, Libby J. affil: Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Houston, TX Department of Psychological, Health, & Learning Sciences, University of Houston, TX Department of Communication Science and Disorders, University of Pittsburgh, PA Department of Speech-Language Pathology, Carlow University, Pittsburgh, PA Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA su: Cross-sectional method Self-evaluation World Wide Web Psychological adaptation Psychometrics Social skills Avoidance (Psychology) Research funding Research methodology evaluation Voice disorders Subjective stress Questionnaires Statistical sampling Research evaluation Structural equation modeling Maximum likelihood statistics Surveys Longitudinal method Essential tremor Botulinum toxin Factor analysis Application software Clinics Data analysis software Confidence intervals Spasmodic dysphonia Evaluation sug: subj: Cross-sectional method Self-evaluation World Wide Web Psychological adaptation Psychometrics Social skills Avoidance (Psychology) Software publishers (except video game publishers) Custom Computer Programming Services Software Publishers Offices of physicians All Other Outpatient Care Centers All other out-patient care centres Community health centres Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals Research funding Research methodology evaluation Voice disorders Subjective stress Questionnaires Statistical sampling Research evaluation Structural equation modeling Maximum likelihood statistics Surveys Longitudinal method Essential tremor Botulinum toxin Factor analysis Application software Clinics Data analysis software Confidence intervals Spasmodic dysphonia Evaluation ab: Purpose: The purpose of this study is twofold. First, we sought to replicate the reported factor structure of the Voice Disability Coping Questionnaire (VDCQ) in a sample of patients diagnosed with a chronic voice disorder. Second, we sought to examine how the factors of the VDCQ relate to perceived voice handicap and perceived stress in these patients. Method: Participants diagnosed with laryngeal dystonia (n = 78) and/or essential vocal tremor (n = 27) were recruited to participate in a cross-sectional survey research study. Participants completed the VDCQ, the Voice Handicap Index-10 (VHI-10), the Perceived Stress Scale-4 (PSS-4), and self-reported overall coping. Part 1 uses common factor analysis to test the hypothesized factor structure of the VDCQ. Part 2 uses structural equation modeling (SEM) to examine the hypothesized relationships between the VDCQ factors and the other measures. Results: Confirmatory factor analysis did not support the VDCQ's hypothesized three- or four-factor solutions. Subsequent exploratory factor analysis demonstrated a two-factor solution fit the data well, that is, Proactive Social Coping and Passive/Avoidant Coping. Results of the SEM demonstrate that the Passive/ Avoidant Coping factor is significantly associated with the VHI-10 and PSS-4 and inversely related to self-reported overall coping. Conclusions: Although neither the original three- or four-factor solution fit the data well, this study provides additional psychometric support for a two-factor solution of the VDCQ. These two factors closely resemble the initial factor structure and meaningfully relate to perceived vocal handicap, stress, and perceived overall coping. Supplemental Material: https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.30369775 pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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