Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 0 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 13 |
Descriptor
Author
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 13 |
| Reports - Research | 8 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 5 |
Education Level
| Elementary Education | 1 |
| Elementary Secondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| Minnesota Multiphasic… | 1 |
| National Longitudinal Survey… | 1 |
| Psychological Screening… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkWalters, Glenn D.; Ruscio, John – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2013
The purpose of this study was to determine whether qualitatively distinct trajectories of antisocial behavior could be identified in 1,708 children (843 boys, 865 girls) from the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-Child Data (NLSY-C). Repeated ratings were made on the Behavior Problems Index (BPI: Peterson and Zill "Journal of Marriage and…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Violence, Behavior Problems, Antisocial Behavior
Walters, Glenn D. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2011
Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine whether life-course-persistent (LCP) and adolescence-limited (AL) antisocial behavior form distinct categories or lie along a common dimension. Method: Taxometric analyses were performed on 2,175 men and women from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-Child Data (Center for Human Resource…
Descriptors: Classification, Adolescents, Longitudinal Studies, Delinquency
Walters, Glenn D.; Ruscio, John – Assessment, 2010
There are several important decisions that must be made when implementing taxometric procedures such as mean above minus below a cut (MAMBAC), maximum covariance (MAXCOV), and maximum eigenvalue (MAXEIG). A Monte Carlo study was performed with 10,000 (5,000 categorical, 5,000 dimensional) samples to examine 5 ways to locate the first and last…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Classification, Intervals, Monte Carlo Methods
Ruscio, John; Walters, Glenn D.; Marcus, David K.; Kaczetow, Walter – Psychological Assessment, 2010
A number of recent studies have used Meehl's (1995) taxometric method to determine empirically whether one should model assessment-related constructs as categories or dimensions. The taxometric method includes multiple data-analytic procedures designed to check the consistency of results. The goal is to differentiate between strong evidence of…
Descriptors: Methods, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Reliability
Walters, Glenn D.; McGrath, Robert E.; Knight, Raymond A. – Psychological Assessment, 2010
The taxometric method effectively distinguishes between dimensional (1-class) and taxonic (2-class) latent structure, but there is virtually no information on how it responds to polytomous (3-class) latent structure. A Monte Carlo analysis showed that the mean comparison curve fit index (CCFI; Ruscio, Haslam, & Ruscio, 2006) obtained with 3…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Factor Analysis, Monte Carlo Methods, Comparative Analysis
Ruscio, John; Walters, Glenn D. – Psychological Assessment, 2011
Taxometric analyses have proven helpful for distinguishing categorical and dimensional data. Many taxometric procedures require at least 3 variables for analysis. What if a construct is defined by only 2 conceptually nonredundant characteristics or a data set contains only 2 empirically nonredundant variables? In Study 1, we performed extensive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Classification, Child Behavior, Elementary School Students
Walters, Glenn D.; Berry, David T. R.; Lanyon, Richard I.; Murphy, Michael P. – Psychological Assessment, 2009
A taxometric analysis of 3 factor scales extracted from the Health Problem Overstatement (HPO) scale of the Psychological Screening Inventory (PSI; R. I. Lanyon, 1970, 1978) was performed on the data from 1,240 forensic and psychiatric patients. Mean above minus below a cut, maximum covariance, and latent-mode factor analyses produced results…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Screening Tests, Patients, Deception
Walters, Glenn D.; Ruscio, John – Psychological Assessment, 2009
Meehl's taxometric method has been shown to differentiate between categorical and dimensional data, but there are many ways to implement taxometric procedures. When analyzing the ordered categorical data typically provided by assessment instruments, summing items to form input indicators has been a popular practice for more than 20 years. A Monte…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Monte Carlo Methods, Program Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods
Walters, Glenn D.; Heilbrun, Kirk – Assessment, 2010
The Psychopathy Checklist and Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL/PCL-R) were used to predict institutional aggression and community violence in two groups of forensic patients. Results showed that Facet 4 (Antisocial) of the PCL/PCL-R or one of its parcels consistently achieved incremental validity relative to the first three facets, whereas the…
Descriptors: Classification, Measures (Individuals), Role, Check Lists
Walters, Glenn D.; Rogers, Richard; Berry, David T. R.; Miller, Holly A.; Duncan, Scott A.; McCusker, Paul J.; Payne, Joshua W.; Granacher, Robert P., Jr. – Psychological Assessment, 2008
The 6 nonoverlapping primary scales of the Structured Interview of Reported Symptoms (SIRS) were subjected to taxometric analysis in a group of 1,211 criminal and civil examinees in order to investigate the latent structure of feigned psychopathology. Both taxometric procedures used in this study, mean above minus below a cut (MAMBAC) and maximum…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Psychopathology, Personality, Measures (Individuals)
Walters, Glenn D.; Duncan, Scott A.; Mitchell-Perez, Kari – Assessment, 2007
A taxometric analysis of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) is conducted on a group of 409 male maximum-, medium-, and minimum-security federal prison inmates using the four PCL-R facet scores (interpersonal, affective, impulsive lifestyle, and antisocial behavior) as indicators. Results obtained from three quasi-independent taxometric…
Descriptors: Scores, Correctional Institutions, Antisocial Behavior, Factor Structure
Walters, Glenn D.; Gray, Nicola S.; Jackson, Rebecca L.; Sewell, Kenneth W.; Rogers, Richard; Taylor, John; Snowden, Robert J. – Psychological Assessment, 2007
A taxometric analysis of the Psychopathy Checklist: Screening Version (PCL:SV; S. D. Hart, D. N. Cox, & R. D. Hare, 1995) was performed on a group of 2,250 male and female forensic/psychiatric patients and jail/prison inmates. The 4 PCL:SV facet scores (Interpersonal, Affective, Impulsive Lifestyle, Antisocial Behavior) served as indicators in…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Factor Analysis, Correctional Institutions, Antisocial Behavior
Walters, Glenn D.; Diamond, Pamela M.; Magaletta, Philip R.; Geyer, Matthew D.; Duncan, Scott A. – Assessment, 2007
The Antisocial Features (ANT) scale of the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) was subjected to taxometric analysis in a group of 2,135 federal prison inmates. Scores on the three ANT subscales--Antisocial Behaviors (ANT-A), Egocentricity (ANT-E), and Stimulus Seeking (ANT-S)--served as indicators in this study and were evaluated using the…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Personality Assessment, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions
