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Peer reviewedTarter, Ralph E.; Kirisci, Levent – Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2001
Investigates the Drug Use Screening Inventory's (DUSI) utility for identifying youth who will develop a disorder of abuse/dependence. Findings indicate that the DUSI, taking only 15-20 minutes to complete, is a useful practical instrument to identify youth who could benefit most from prevention interventions. (Contains 12 references and 4 tables.)…
Descriptors: Early Identification, Etiology, Predictor Variables, Prevention
Peer reviewedSchofield, Margot J.; Mishra, Gita D. – Gerontologist, 2003
Examines the reliability and validity of the Vulnerability to Abuse Screening Scale (VASS) for the early identification of elder abuse. Results confirmed the VASS factor structure and construct validity. The Vulnerability and Coercion factors held the strongest face and construct validity for physical and psychological abuse. (Contains 52…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Elder Abuse, Factor Structure, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedUnic, Ivana; Stalmeier, Peep F. M.; Peer, Petronella G. M.; van Daal, Willem A. J. – Patient Education and Counseling, 1997
Studies of variables predicting familial breast cancer (N=59) were analyzed to develop screening recommendations for women with nonhereditary familial breast cancer present. The pooled relative risk (RR) and cumulative probability were used to estimate risk. Data and conclusions are presented. Recommendations for screening and counseling are…
Descriptors: Cancer, Counseling, Family Health, Females
Peer reviewedScott, Linda Howard – Psychological Bulletin, 1981
Critically evaluates the literature through 1977 on the Goodenough-Harris Drawing Test. Areas reviewed are administration and standardization of the man and woman scales, test ceiling, sex differences, the Quality scale, reliability, criterion validity, validity with measures of academic achievement, cultural variables, and use with the learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Intelligence, Learning Disabilities, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedFedoruk, Genevieve M. – Childhood Education, 1989
Uses a review of literature to explain the inaccuracy and inappropriateness of routine kindergarten screening for potential first-grade learning problems for purposes of placement in kindergarten or first grade. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Environmental Influences, Grade 1, Identification
Download full textRogers, Jean G.; Webster, Raymond E. – 1987
A review of nine major studies of preschoolers compares the predictive validity of achievement and psychoeducational tests in the identification of at-risk learners with the predictive validity of socioeconomic information. Findings indicate that tests used for special education identification have only a slightly better than chance prediction…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, At Risk Persons, Comparative Analysis, Disabilities
Gray, Elizabeth – 1988
Studies are reviewed on early identification and remediation of "at risk" preschool, 1st-, and 2nd-grade children to prevent possible future reading failure. The research review identifies essential characteristics of reading and reading acquisition, explains difficulties in learning how to read, explores variables within the individual…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Early Childhood Education, Early Identification, Emergent Literacy
