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Construction of a Self-Complexity Scale for Adolescents
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Martins, Ana; Calheiros, Maria Manuela – Psychological Assessment, 2012
The goal of this article was to develop and validate a self-complexity scale for adolescents. Therefore, 4 empirical studies were developed. In Study 1, a content analysis of attributes used in school books was conducted. This analysis was complemented in Study 2 with an exploratory study of adolescent's self-descriptions in an open-ended…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Adolescents, Student Attitudes
Development and Initial Validation of the Adolescent Responses to Body Dissatisfaction Measure
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Maxwell, Melissa A.; Cole, David A. – Psychological Assessment, 2012
One community sample (N = 607) of youths generated self-reported responses to body dissatisfaction, from which the Adolescent Responses to Body Dissatisfaction (ARBD) inventory was constructed. A 2nd, similar sample (N = 830) completed this measure as well as measures of coping, body dissatisfaction, body mass index, depressive symptoms, and…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Evidence, Eating Disorders, Adolescents
Factor Structure and Validation of an Adolescent Version of the Condom Attitude Scale: An Instrument for Measuring Adolescents' Attitudes toward Condoms.
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St. Lawrence, Janet S.; And Others – Psychological Assessment, 1994
The Condom Attitude Scale by W.P. Saco and others (1991) was modified for use with adolescents. Four studies involving 595 African American and 52 white adolescents demonstrate acceptable internal consistency, a stable factor structure, and criterion and convergent validity with other measures conceptually related to condom use attitudes. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitude Measures, Blacks, Condoms