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Psychometric Evaluation of the Fear of Positive Evaluation Scale in Patients with Social Anxiety Disorder
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Weeks, Justin W.; Heimberg, Richard G.; Rodebaugh, Thomas L.; Goldin, Philippe R.; Gross, James J. – Psychological Assessment, 2012
The Fear of Positive Evaluation Scale (FPES; J. W. Weeks, R. G. Heimberg, & T. L. Rodebaugh, 2008) was designed to assess fear of positive evaluation, a proposed cognitive component of social anxiety. Although previous findings on the psychometric properties of the FPES have been highly encouraging, only 1 previous study has examined the…
Descriptors: Profiles, Measures (Individuals), Anxiety Disorders, Anxiety
The Novaco Anger Scale--Provocation Inventory (1994 Version) in Dutch Forensic Psychiatric Patients
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Hornsveld, Ruud H. J.; Muris, Peter; Kraaimaat, Floris W. – Psychological Assessment, 2011
We examined the psychometric properties of the Novaco Anger Scale--Provocation Inventory (NAS-PI, 1994 version) in Dutch violent forensic psychiatric patients and secondary vocational students. A confirmatory factor analysis of the subscale structure of the NAS was carried out, reliability was investigated, and relations were calculated between…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Personality Traits, Persuasive Discourse, Personality
The Criterion and Discriminant Validity of the Referential Thinking (REF) Scale
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Startup, Mike; Sakrouge, Rebecca; Mason, Oliver J. – Psychological Assessment, 2010
The Referential Thinking (REF) scale was designed to be a comprehensive self-report measure of both simple and guilty ideas of reference in the general population. One aim of the present study was to test the proposed interpretations of REF scores by comparing REF scores with ratings of delusions among psychotic patients. A 2nd aim was to test…
Descriptors: Validity, Patients, Comparative Analysis, Severity (of Disability)
Detection of Overreporting of Psychopathology on the Personality Assessment Inventory: A Meta-Analytic Review
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Hawes, Samuel W.; Boccaccini, Marcus T. – Psychological Assessment, 2009
The Personality Assessment Inventory (L. C. Morey, 1991) includes 3 measures for identifying overreporting of psychopathology: the Negative Impression scale (NIM), Malingering Index (MAL), and Rogers Discriminant Function (RDF). Meta-analysis revealed that each measure was a strong predictor of uncoached (NIM, d = 1.48, k = 23; MAL, d = 1.15, k =…
Descriptors: Personality Assessment, Mental Disorders, Identification, Psychopathology
Clinical Utility of the Cross-Cultural (Chinese) Personality Assessment Inventory (CPAI-2) in the Assessment of Substance Use Disorders among Chinese Men
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Cheung, Fanny M.; Cheung, Shu Fai; Leung, Freedom – Psychological Assessment, 2008
This study examined the clinical utility of the Cross-Cultural (Chinese) Personality Inventory (CPAI-2) in differentiating the personality characteristics of Chinese men with substance use disorders from other psychiatric patients and normal control participants. The CPAI-2 profile of 121 Chinese men with substance use disorders was contrasted…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Personality Assessment, Antisocial Behavior, Personality
The Cognition Rating Form: A New Approach to Assessing Self-Generated Cognitions in Adolescent Sentence Completions.
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Lehnert, Kim L.; And Others – Psychological Assessment, 1996
The Cognition Rating Form (CRF), a scoring measure for the Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank, was evaluated with 56 adolescent psychiatric patients and 102 high school controls. Concurrent validities and sensitivity rates indicated that the CRF shows promise as a thought sampling scoring measure. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Processes, Concurrent Validity, Control Groups
A Computer-Administered Version of the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale.
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Rosenfeld, Rochelle; And Others – Psychological Assessment, 1992
A computer-administered version of the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale was administered to 31 patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder, 16 with other anxiety disorders, and 23 nonpatient controls. The computer version correlated highly with the clinician-administered version and was well understood and liked by subjects. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, Anxiety, Behavior Patterns, Comparative Testing