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Trucco, Elisa M.; Wright, Aidan G. C.; Colder, Craig R. – Assessment, 2013
Motivational factors such as social goals are important features of developing social adjustment, and thus researchers studying social adjustment need psychometrically sound measures of social goals. A valid measure of social goals for English-speaking youth is lacking. Such a measure would increase understanding of children's social adjustment…
Descriptors: Children, Early Adolescents, Social Adjustment, Interpersonal Relationship
Rogers, Richard; Gillard, Nathan D.; Wooley, Chelsea N.; Kelsey, Katherine R. – Assessment, 2013
A major strength of the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) is its systematic assessment of response styles, including feigned mental disorders. Recently, Mogge, Lepage, Bell, and Ragatz developed and provided the initial validation for the Negative Distortion Scale (NDS). Using rare symptoms as its detection strategy for feigning, the…
Descriptors: Personality Measures, Mental Disorders, Response Style (Tests), Deception
Gana, Kamel; Daigre, Stephanie; Ledrich, Julie – Assessment, 2013
In this article, we present a French adaptation and validation of the Adult Dispositional Hope Scale (ADHS). The sample was composed of 310 French adults. We found that the ADHS scores demonstrated good reliability as well as adequate temporal stability. Confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) supported a bifactorial structure of the scale. The two…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Adults, Psychological Patterns, French
Blazek, Nicole L.; Forbey, Johnathan D. – Assessment, 2011
Although the use of computerized testing in psychopathology assessment has increased in recent years, limited research has examined the impact of this format in terms of potential differences in test validity rates. The current study explores potential differences in the rates of valid and invalid Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory--2…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Females, Computer Assisted Testing, Test Validity
Olatunji, Bunmi O.; Adams, Thomas; Ciesielski, Bethany; David, Bieke; Sarawgi, Shivali; Broman-Fulks, Joshua – Assessment, 2012
This investigation examined the measurement properties of the Three Domains of Disgust Scale (TDDS). Principal components analysis in Study 1 (n = 206) revealed three factors of Pathogen, Sexual, and Moral Disgust that demonstrated excellent reliability, including test-retest over 12 weeks. Confirmatory factor analyses in Study 2 (n = 406)…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Test Validity, Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals)
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
Prenoveau, Jason M.; Zinbarg, Richard E.; Craske, Michelle G.; Mineka, Susan; Griffith, James W.; Rose, Raphael D. – Assessment, 2009
Form A of the Dysfunctional Attitude Scale (DAS-A), a self-report measure of depressive beliefs, is widely used to test Beck's cognitive model of depression. The present study is the first to evaluate the DAS-A factor structure in an adolescent population of 542 high school juniors and the first to examine a hierarchical model. Findings support…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Test Validity, Depression (Psychology), Adolescents
Doyle, Suzanne R.; Calsyn, Donald A.; Ball, Samuel A. – Assessment, 2009
This study assesses the psychometric properties of the Condom Barriers Scale (CBS), an instrument originally designed to measure women's perceptions and attitudes regarding male condom use, with a sample of men at high risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Participants include 590 male patients in drug abuse treatment involved in a…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Females, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Drug Abuse
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
Ford, Julian D.; Trestman, Robert L.; Wiesbrock, Valerie; Zhang, Wanli – Assessment, 2007
The authors report the development and initial psychometric evaluation of gender-specific brief screening instruments to identify undetected psychiatric impairment on incarceration. Women and men completed the Correctional Mental Health Screen (CMHS), a 56-item screen derived from validated measures. Representative subsamples completed structured…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Mental Health, Test Validity, Mental Disorders
Spillane, Nichea S.; Boerner, Laura M.; Anderson, Kristen G.; Smith, Gregory T. – Assessment, 2004
Researchers studying eating disorders in men often use eating-disorder risk and symptom measures that have been validated only on women. Using a sample of 215 college women and 214 college men, this article reports on the validity the Eating Disorder Inventory2 (EDI-2), one of the best-validated among women and the most widely used risk and…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Eating Disorders, College Students, Psychometrics
Cafri, Guy; Thompson, J. Kevin – Assessment, 2004
There has been growing interest in the assessment of a muscular appearance. Given the importance of assessing muscle appearance attitudes, the aim of this study was to explore the convergence of the Drive for Muscularity Scale, Somatomorphic Matrix, Contour Drawing Rating Scale, Male Figure Drawings, and the Muscularity Rating Scale. Participants…
Descriptors: Human Body, Attitude Measures, Test Validity, Rating Scales
Negy, Charles; Snyder, Douglas K. – Assessment, 2006
Although both theoretical and empirical literature suggests that individuals' family-of-origin experiences affect subsequent relationship functioning as adults, few studies have examined the appropriateness of family assessment techniques when applied retrospectively for use in either theory development or clinical applications. This study…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, Family Environment, Psychometrics, Gender Differences
Douglas, Kevin S.; Strand, Susanne; Belfrage, Henrik; Fransson, Goran; Levander, Sten – Assessment, 2005
This study evaluated the structural reliability, construct-related validity, and cultural validity generalization of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist: Screening Version (PCL:SV) in a sample of more than 560 male and female Swedish forensic psychiatric treatment patients, forensic evaluation patients, and criminal offenders. Structural reliability…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Check Lists, Test Reliability, Test Validity
Hunt, Melissa; Hopko, Derek R.; Bare, Robert; Lejuez, C. W.; Robinson, E. V. – Assessment, 2005
To continue research assessing the validity of the Balloon Analog Risk Task (BART) as a measure of risk taking, the BART was administered to a nonforensic sample of individuals with varying levels of psychopathic characteristics. Construct validity of the BART was evaluated by measuring risk-taking behavior in relation to self-reported…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Construct Validity, Mental Disorders, Individual Characteristics
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