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You, Jianing; Leung, Freedom; Lai, Ching-man; Fu, Kei – Assessment, 2011
This study used item response theory (IRT) to examine the Impulsive Behaviors Checklist for Adolescents (IBCL-A) among 6,276 (67.7% girls) Chinese secondary school students. The IBCL-A included 15 maladaptive impulsive behaviors adapted from the Revised Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines. The authors obtained the severity and discrimination…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Test Bias, Construct Validity, Predictive Validity
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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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Lhewa, Dechen; Banu, Sophia; Rosenfeld, Barry; Keller, Allen – Assessment, 2007
This study sought to translate and validate the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 (HSCL) and the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire (HTQ) in a Tibetan population. Translated questionnaires were administered to 57 Tibetan survivors of torture/human rights abuses living in the United States and receiving services in a torture treatment program. Participants…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Depression (Psychology), Anxiety, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder