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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
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Nicastro, Rosetta; Jermann, Francoise; Bondolfi, Guido; McQuillan, Annabel – Assessment, 2010
This article explores mindfulness skills in community and borderline personality disorder (BPD) samples. Study 1 includes 173 community volunteers and explores the psychometric properties of the French version of the Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills (KIMS). Study 2 explores the KIMS factor structure in 130 BPD patients and compares KIMS…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Behavior Modification, Factor Structure, Personality
Pagano, Maria E.; Kelly, John F.; Scur, Michael D.; Ionescu, Rebecca A.; Stout, Robert N.; Post, Stephen D. – Grantee Submission, 2013
The positive outcomes derived from participation in Alcoholics Anonymous-related helping (AAH) found among adults has spurred study of AAH among minors with addiction. AAH includes acts of good citizenship in AA, formal service positions, public outreach, and transmitting personal experience to another fellow sufferer. Addiction research with…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Patients, Participation, Alcohol Abuse
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Tsakanikos, Elias; Underwood, Lisa; Sturmey, Peter; Bouras, Nick; McCarthy, Jane – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
The present study employed the Disability Assessment Schedule (DAS) to assess problem behaviors in a large sample of adults with ID (N = 568) and evaluate the psychometric properties of this instrument. Although the DAS problem behaviors were found to be internally consistent (Cronbach's [alpha] = 0.87), item analysis revealed one weak item…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Behavior Problems, Adults, Psychometrics
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Feenstra, Dine J.; Hutsebaut, Joost; Verheul, Roel; Busschbach, Jan J. V. – Psychological Assessment, 2011
The Severity Indices of Personality Problems (SIPP-118; Verheul et al., 2008) is a self-report questionnaire focusing on core components of (mal)adaptive personality functioning. The SIPP-118 was developed and validated in an adult population. In adult populations, the 16 facets of the SIPP-118 fit into 5 higher order domains: self-control,…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Validity, Pathology, Personality
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Hagtvet, Knut A.; Hoglend, Per A. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2008
Precision and generalizability for relative and absolute change scores were estimated by means of error/tolerance ratios and generalizability coefficients for 51 patients receiving 1 year of psychodynamic psychotherapy. These estimations involved 6 scale indicators and 3 raters. Practical suggestions are offered for the number of rates needed to…
Descriptors: Generalizability Theory, Psychotherapy, Change, Scores
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Baer, Ruth A.; Smith, Gregory T.; Allen, Kristin B. – Assessment, 2004
A self-report inventory for the assessment of mindfulness skills was developed, and its psychometric characteristics and relationships with other constructs were examined. Participants included three samples of undergraduate students and a sample of outpatients with borderline personality disorder. Based on discussions of mindfulness in the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Psychometrics, Personality, Personality Problems