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The Measurement of Dispositions to Rash Action in Children
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Zapolski, Tamika C. B.; Stairs, Agnes M.; Settles, Regan Fried; Combs, Jessica L.; Smith, Gregory T. – Assessment, 2010
Among adolescents and adults, there appear to be at least four different personality traits that dispose individuals to rash or ill-advised action: sensation seeking, negative urgency, lack of planning, and lack of perseverance. The four are only moderately correlated and they appear to play different roles in dysfunction. It is important to…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Multitrait Multimethod Techniques, Validity, Child Behavior
Measuring Depression at the End of Life: Is the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale a Valid Instrument?
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Olden, Megan; Rosenfeld, Barry; Pessin, Hayley; Breitbart, William – Assessment, 2009
Depression at the end of life is a common mental health issue with serious implications for quality of life and decision making. This study investigated the reliability and validity of one of the most frequently used measures of depression, the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D) in 422 patients with terminal cancer admitted to a palliative…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Validity, Suicide, Rating Scales
Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Antisocial Process Screening Device with a Clinical Inpatient Population
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Fite, Paul J.; Greening, Leilani; Stoppelbein, Laura; Fabiano, Gregory A. – Assessment, 2009
Research linking psychopathic tendencies to childhood behavior problems is predicated on the assumption that the findings are based on using psychometrically sound measures of psychopathic tendencies. Although evaluated with community samples, the psychometric properties of such measures have not been evaluated with inpatient clinical populations…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Screening Tests, Patients
Development and Validation of the Schedule of Compulsions, Obsessions, and Pathological Impulses (SCOPI)
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Watson, David; Wu, Kevin D. – Assessment, 2005
This article describes a factor analytically derived, self-report instrument - the Schedule of Compulsions, Obsessions, and Pathological Impulses (SCOPI) - using data from college students, adults, psychiatric outpatients, and patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The five SCOPI scales all are internally consistent (with coefficient…
Descriptors: Patients, Validity, College Students, Factor Analysis
Development and Validation of the Conduct Disorder Rating Scale
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Waschbusch, Daniel A.; Elgar, Frank J. – Assessment, 2007
Several rating scales for measuring externalizing problems in children are inconsistent with widely used diagnostic criteria for conduct disorder (CD). The Conduct Disorder Rating Scale (CDRS) was developed to provide valid measures of CD in children age 5 to 12 years. In Study 1, the CDRS was evaluated in a community sample of 1,554 children.…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Gender Differences, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Disorders
Internal Consistency Reliability of the Self-Report Antisocial Process Screening Device
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Poythress, Norman G.; Douglas, Kevin S.; Falkenbach, Diana; Cruise, Keith; Lee, Zina; Murrie, Daniel C.; Vitacco, Michael – Assessment, 2006
The self-report version of the Antisocial Process Screening Device (APSD) has become a popular measure for assessing psychopathic features in justice-involved adolescents. However, the internal consistency reliability of its component scales (Narcissism, Callous-Unemotional, and Impulsivity) has been questioned in several studies. This study…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Conceptual Tempo, Reliability, Measurement Techniques