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Stone, Lisanne L.; Otten, Roy; Engels, Rutger C. M. E.; Vermulst, Ad A.; Janssens, Jan M. A. M. – Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 2010
Since its development, the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) has been widely used in both research and practice. The SDQ screens for positive and negative psychological attributes. This review aims to provide an overview of the psychometric properties of the SDQ for 4- to 12-year-olds. Results from 48 studies (N = 131,223) on…
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, Factor Structure, Psychopathology, Behavior Rating Scales
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Burisch, Matthias – American Psychologist, 1984
Discusses the external, inductive, and deductive approaches to personality scale construction, and argues that none is consistently superior in terms of validity or predictive effectiveness. Also argues that since deductive scales normally communicate information more directly and are more economical to build and administer, they should be used…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Deduction, Evaluation, Induction