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The Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure (SWAP): Evaluating Psychometric Questions about Its Reliability, Validity, and Impact of Its Fixed Score Distribution
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Blagov, Pavel S.; Bi, Wu; Shedler, Jonathan; Westen, Drew – Assessment, 2012
The Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure (SWAP) is a personality assessment instrument designed for use by expert clinical assessors. Critics have raised questions about its psychometrics, most notably its validity across observers and situations, the impact of its fixed score distribution on research findings, and its test-retest reliability. We…
Descriptors: Personality Measures, Personality Assessment, Psychometrics, Test Validity
A Multitrait-Multimethod Examination of the Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales in a College Sample
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Beaujean, A. Alexander; Firmin, Michael W.; Michonski, Jared D.; Berry, Theodore; Johnson, Courtney – Assessment, 2010
This study assessed trait validity of the Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales' (RIAS) Verbal Index (VIX) and Nonverbal Index (NIX) scores in a group of college students. Using both observation of patterns and latent variable modeling of a multitrait-multimethod correlation/covariance matrix, the results indicate that the RIAS VIX scores…
Descriptors: Multitrait Multimethod Techniques, College Students, Intelligence Tests, Test Validity
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 Motivation Multidimensionally: Development of the Assessment of Individual Motives-Questionnaire (AIM-Q)
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Bernard, Larry C.; Mills, Michael; Swenson, Leland; Walsh, R. Patricia – Assessment, 2008
We report the development of the Assessment of Individual Motives-Questionnaire (AIM-Q), a new instrument based on an evolutionary psychology theory of human motivation. It provides multitrait-multimethod (MTMM) assessment of individual differences on 15 motive scales. A total heterogeneous sample of N = 1,251 participated in eight studies that…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Questionnaires, Test Reliability, Multitrait Multimethod Techniques
Validation of the Treatment Motivation Scales for Forensic Outpatient Treatment (TMS-F)
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Drieschner, Klaus H.; Boomsma, Anne – Assessment, 2008
The validity of the Treatment Motivation Scales for outpatient offender treatment (TMS-F), a self-report questionnaire with scales for the motivation of patients to engage in the treatment and six cognitive and emotional determinants of this motivation, is evaluated in two studies. In Study 1 (N = 620), the "construct validity" of the…
Descriptors: Multitrait Multimethod Techniques, Construct Validity, Predictive Validity, Motivation
Adolescent Personality: A Five-Factor Model Construct Validation
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Baker, Spencer T.; Victor, James B.; Chambers, Anthony L.; Halverson, Jr., Charles F. – Assessment, 2004
The purpose of this study was to investigate convergent and discriminant validity of the five-factor model of adolescent personality in a school setting using three different raters (methods): self-ratings, peer ratings, and teacher ratings. The authors investigated validity through a multitrait-multimethod matrix and a confirmatory factor…
Descriptors: Social Environment, Personality, Validity, Multitrait Multimethod Techniques