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Lewis, Kathy; Olver, Mark E.; Wong, Stephen C. P. – Assessment, 2013
The Violence Risk Scale (VRS) uses ratings of static and dynamic risk predictors to assess violence risk, identify targets for treatment, and assess changes in risk following treatment. The VRS was rated pre- and posttreatment on a sample of 150 males, mostly high-risk violent offenders many with psychopathic personality traits. These individuals…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Violence, Predictive Validity, Predictor Variables
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Garb, Howard N.; Wood, James M.; Fiedler, Edna R. – Assessment, 2011
Using 65 items from a mental health screening questionnaire, the History Opinion Inventory-Revised (HOI-R), the present study compared three strategies of scale construction--(1) internal (based on factor analysis), (2) external (based on empirical performance) and (3) intuitive (based on clinicians' opinion)--to predict whether 203,595 U.S. Air…
Descriptors: Opinions, Mental Health, Test Validity, Measures (Individuals)
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Enebrink, Pia; Langstrom, Niklas; Gumpert, Clara H. – Assessment, 2006
The authors investigated the predictive and incremental validity of the Early Assessment Risk List for boys (EARL-20B; Augimeri, Koegl, Webster, & Levene, 2001), a structured clinical checklist designed for the professional judgment of risk for aggressive and disruptive behaviors and risk/needs factor-based management of this risk. Seventy-six…
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, Males, Behavior Problems, Aggression