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Internal Structure of the Reflective Functioning Scale
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Taubner, Svenja; Horz, Susanne; Fischer-Kern, Melitta; Doering, Stephan; Buchheim, Anna; Zimmermann, Johannes – Psychological Assessment, 2013
The Reflective Functioning Scale (RFS) was developed to assess individual differences in the ability to mentalize attachment relationships. The RFS assesses mentalization from transcripts of the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI). A global score is given by trained coders on an 11-point scale ranging from antireflective to exceptionally reflective.…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Attachment Behavior, Individual Differences, Adults
The Laboratory Parenting Assessment Battery: Development and Preliminary Validation of an Observational Parenting Rating System
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Wilson, Sylia; Durbin, C. Emily – Psychological Assessment, 2012
Investigations of contributors to and consequences of the parent-child relationship require accurate assessment of the nature and quality of parenting. The present study describes the development and psychometric evaluation of the Laboratory Parenting Assessment Battery (Lab-PAB), an observational rating system that assesses parenting behaviors…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Psychometrics, Child Rearing, Laboratories
WISC-IV Profiles in Children with Traumatic Brain Injury: Similarities to and Differences from the WISC-III
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Allen, Daniel N.; Thaler, Nicholas S.; Donohue, Brad; Mayfield, Joan – Psychological Assessment, 2010
The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Fourth Edition (WISC-IV; D. Wechsler, 2003a) is often utilized to assess children with traumatic brain injury (TBI), although little information is available regarding its psychometric properties in these children. The current study examined WISC-IV performance in a sample of 61 children with TBI. As…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Head Injuries, Measures (Individuals), Brain
Evaluating the Validity of Computerized Content Analysis Programs for Identification of Emotional Expression in Cancer Narratives
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Bantum, Erin O'Carroll; Owen, Jason E. – Psychological Assessment, 2009
Psychological interventions provide linguistic data that are particularly useful for testing mechanisms of action and improving intervention methodologies. For this study, emotional expression in an Internet-based intervention for women with breast cancer (n = 63) was analyzed via rater coding and 2 computerized coding methods (Linguistic Inquiry…
Descriptors: Intervention, Computational Linguistics, Cancer, Validity
The Facial Expression Coding System (FACES): Development, Validation, and Utility
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Kring, Ann M.; Sloan, Denise M. – Psychological Assessment, 2007
This article presents information on the development and validation of the Facial Expression Coding System (FACES; A. M. Kring & D. Sloan, 1991). Grounded in a dimensional model of emotion, FACES provides information on the valence (positive, negative) of facial expressive behavior. In 5 studies, reliability and validity data from 13 diverse…
Descriptors: Patients, Psychiatry, Metabolism, Validity
MMPI--2 Code-Type Congruence of Injured Workers
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Livingston, Ronald B.; Jennings, Earl; Colotla, Victor A.; Reynolds, Cecil R.; Shercliffe, Regan J. – Psychological Assessment, 2006
In this study, the authors examined the stability of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory--2 (J. N. Butcher, W. G. Dahlstrom, J. R. Graham, A. Tellegen, & B. Kaemmer, 1989) code types in a sample of 94 injured workers with a mean test-retest interval of 21.3 months (SD = 14.1). Congruence rates for undefined code types were 34% for…
Descriptors: Congruence (Psychology), Injuries, Personality Measures, Test Reliability