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van Heijst, Barbara F. C.; Geurts, Hilde M. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
Autism is a lifelong neurodevelopmental disorder, with a known impact on quality of life. Yet the developmental trajectory of quality of life is not well understood. First, the effect of age on quality of life was studied with a meta-analysis. Our meta-analysis included 10 studies (published between 2004 and 2012) with a combined sample size of…
Descriptors: Autism, Quality of Life, Meta Analysis, Comparative Analysis
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Shields, Alan L.; Campfield, Delia C.; Miller, Christopher S.; Howell, Ryan T.; Wallace, Kimberly; Weiss, Roger D. – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2008
This study describes the reliability reporting practices in empirical studies using eight adolescent alcohol screening tools and characterizes and explores variability in internal consistency estimates across samples. Of 119 observed administrations of these instruments, 40 (34%) reported usable reliability information. The Personal Experience…
Descriptors: Reliability, Measures (Individuals), Meta Analysis, Scores
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Thomas, Lisa L.; Kuncel, Nathan R.; Crede, Marcus – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2007
The Non-Cognitive Questionnaire (NCQ) is a 23-item measure assessing eight noncognitive variables that are thought to predict the performance and retention of students in college. The NCQ is widely used in research and practice. This study is a meta-analytic review of the validity of scores on the NCQ across 47 independent samples for predicting…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Measures (Individuals), Persistence, Grade Point Average