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Black, David S.; Sussman, Steve; Johnson, C. Anderson; Milam, Joel – Assessment, 2012
The Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) has the longest empirical track record as a valid measure of trait mindfulness. Most of what is understood about trait mindfulness comes from administering the MAAS to relatively homogenous samples of Caucasian adults. This study rigorously evaluates the psychometric properties of the MAAS among Chinese…
Descriptors: Adolescents, High School Students, Measures (Individuals), Psychometrics
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May, Alexis; Klonsky, E. David – Assessment, 2011
The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) is used by the United States Centers for Disease Control to estimate rates of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in adolescents. This study investigated the validity of the YRBS suicidality items by examining their relationship to criterion variables including loneliness, anxiety, depression, substance use, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Measures (Individuals), Validity, Risk
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Verona, Edelyn; Sadeh, Naomi; Case, Steve M.; Reed, Americus, II; Bhattacharjee, Amit – Assessment, 2008
Two studies investigated the psychometric properties of a self-report measure of commonly recognized forms of aggression (FOA) that could be used to efficiently gather aggression data in large samples. EFA and CFA in Study 1 suggested that a five-factor model (Physical, Property, Verbal, Relational, and Passive-Rational) best represented the data…
Descriptors: Aggression, Measures (Individuals), Gender Differences, High School Students
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Teten, Andra L.; Hall, Gordon C. Nagayama; Pacifici, Caesar – Assessment, 2005
The psychometric properties of the Acceptance of Coercive Sexual Behavior (ACSB), a multimedia measure of adolescent dating attitudes, were examined. The ACSB is an interactive instrument that uses video vignettes to depict adolescent dating situations. Analyses of the measure's factor structure, internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and…
Descriptors: Validity, Sexuality, Factor Structure, Psychometrics