A multitrait-multisource confirmatory factor analytic approach to the construct validity of ADHD rating scales.

abstract：:Healthy Zambian adults (N = 324) were evaluated to determine to what degree a Western neuropsychological (NP) test battery, with African American norms adjusted for age, gender, and education could be used in healthy Zambians, including 157 men (48.46%) and 167 women (51.54%) with an average age of 38.48 (SD = 12.80) ...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Hestad KA,Menon JA,Serpell R,Kalungwana L,Mwaba SO,Kabuba N,Franklin DR,Umlauf A,Letendre S,Heaton RK

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to develop a Spanish version of the Adolescent Stress Questionnaire and to examine its psychometric properties: factor structure, measurement invariance across samples, reliability, and concurrent validity. Participants consisted of 1,560 Spanish students between 12 and 18 years of age. The r...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Lima JF,Alarcón R,Escobar M,Fernández-Baena FJ,Muñoz ÁM,Blanca MJ

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Goldberg's International Personality Item Pool (IPIP; Goldberg, 1999) provides researchers with public-domain, free-access personality measurement scales that are proxies of well-established published scales. One of the more commonly used IPIP sets employs 50 items to measure the 5 broad domains of the 5-factor model,...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Socha A,Cooper CA,McCord DM

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced specificity of autobiographical memories is a hallmark of depressive cognition. Autobiographical memory (AM) specificity is typically measured by the Autobiographical Memory Test (AMT), in which respondents are asked to describe personal memories in response to emotional cue words. Due to this free descriptive...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Takano K,Gutenbrunner C,Martens K,Salmon K,Raes F

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop a youth form of the Motivators of and Barriers to Health-Smart Behaviors Inventory (MB-HSBI-Youth) for use in identifying self-reported motivators of and barriers to the following health-promoting behaviors (called health-smart behaviors): eating a healthy breakfast, eating healthy foods and snacks...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Tucker CM,Rice KG,Desmond FF,Hou W,Kaye LB,Smith TM

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20; Bagby, Parker, & Taylor, 1994; Bagby, Taylor, & Parker, 1994) is the most widely used self-report measure of the alexithymia construct. The TAS-20 comprises 3 factors that assess difficulty identifying feelings, difficulty describing feelings, and externally oriented thin...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Parker JD,Eastabrook JM,Keefer KV,Wood LM

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study aimed to examine the relation between experiential avoidance and anxiety disorders, as well as the usefulness of the Avoidance and Fusion Questionnaire for Youth (AFQ-Y; Greco, Lambert, & Baer, 2008) in detecting anxiety disorder in a sample of adolescent inpatients. First, the relation between exper...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Venta A,Sharp C,Hart J

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mind wandering is a commonly experienced phenomenon. Although self-report measures are available to assess these attentional lapses, examination of their correspondence with the reported frequency of these episodes in daily life is warranted. Using ecological momentary assessments (EMAs), the present study aimed to va...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Ostojic-Aitkens D,Brooker B,Miller CJ

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between context and emotion regulation is currently at the center of a burgeoning area of research. Commonly used emotion regulation questionnaires, however, are predominantly trait-based, and insensitive to situational choice of regulatory strategy. The current work describes the development and vali...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Katz BA,Lustig N,Assis Y,Yovel I

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of endophenotypes, notably with configured self-reports, represents a promising research pathway to overcome the limits of a syndromal approach of psychiatric diseases. The Affective Neuroscience Personality Scales (ANPS) is a self-report questionnaire, based on neuroethological considerations, that could he...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Pingault JB,Pouga L,Grèzes J,Berthoz S

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The violence risk appraisal guide (VRAG) was developed in the early 1990s, and approximately 60 replications around the world have shown its utility for the appraisal of violence risk among correctional and psychiatric populations. At the same time, authorities (e.g., Dawes, Faust, & Meehl, 1989) have argued that tool...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Rice ME,Harris GT,Lang C

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS; Kessler et al., 2005) is one of the most extensively used scales to detect attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults. The aim of this work is to analyze the psychometric properties of the 18 ASRS items in people with substance use disorders (SUDs). Furthermore, w...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Sanchez-Garcia M,Fernandez-Calderon F,Carmona-Marquez J,Chico-Garcia M,Velez-Moreno A,Perez-Gomez L

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty adults in outpatient psychotherapy completed the NEO Personality Inventory--Revised (NEO PI-R, P. T. Costa & R. R. McCrae, 1992a). Half were instructed to fake good and half were given standard instructions. All completed the Interpersonal Adjective Scale--Revised, Big Five (J. S. Wiggins & P. D. Trapnell, 1997)...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Ballenger JF,Caldwell-Andrews A,Baer RA

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is used as a distinct diagnosis in clinical practice, its symptoms were characterized as a dimensional structure in several taxometric analyses. However, a categorical latent structure of PTSD could be superimposed by using indistinct PTSD symptoms that can appear within t...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Kliem S,Kröger C,Foran HM,Mößle T,Glaesmer H,Zenger M,Brähler E

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the high prevalence rates and growing research on hooking up among college students, no multidimensional inventory exists in the literature to assess motivations for hooking up. In the current study, we report on the development and validation of the Hookup Motives Questionnaire (HMQ), designed to assess the v...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Kenney SR,Lac A,Hummer JF,LaBrie JW

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2 studies, we examined the use of validity screening items in adolescent survey data. In each study, adolescent respondents were asked whether they were telling the truth and paying attention in answering survey questions. In Study 1 (N = 7,801), the prevalence rates of student risk behaviors were significantly low...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Cornell D,Klein J,Konold T,Huang F

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social anxiety disorder and social anxiety are highly prevalent psychological conditions in youth. Because of the known risks associated with the spectrum of social anxiety in youth, early detection with valid and reliable assessment measures is imperative. Self-report measures have become the most widely used method ...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Johnson HS,Inderbitzen-Nolan HM,Anderson ER

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is commonly accepted that gathering information via multiple assessment methods (e.g., interview and questionnaire, self- and informant report) is important for establishing construct validity. Although numerous articles report convergent and discriminant agreement correlations between self- and other ratings of pe...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Nuzum H,Ready RE,Clark LA

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Developing discrepancy between one's values and behaviors is theoretically important in motivating change; however, existing studies lack a validated measure of value-behavior discrepancy for alcohol misuse. The current studies aimed to modify Wilson & DuFrene (2008) Valued Living Questionnaire (VLQ) to assess consist...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Miller MB,Meier E,Lombardi N,Leavens EL,Grant DM,Leffingwell TR

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined possible differences in the factor structure of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on the basis of whether frequency or intensity symptom response formats were used to assess PTSD. Participants included 669 veterans recruited from an epidemiological study of four Veterans Affairs Medical Centers' primary...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Elhai JD,Palmieri PA,Biehn TL,Frueh BC,Magruder KM

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recurrent objective bulimic episodes (OBE) are a defining diagnostic characteristic of binge eating disorder (BED) and bulimia nervosa (BN). OBEs are characterized by experiencing loss of control (LOC) while eating an unusually large quantity of food. Despite nosological importance and complex heterogeneity across pat...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Blomquist KK,Roberto CA,Barnes RD,White MA,Masheb RM,Grilo CM

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Screening for depression is an integral part of psychological evaluations conducted prior to bariatric surgery. The Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) is the most commonly used measure of depression in these treatment evaluations. The reliability and validity of the BDI-II has not yet been evaluated within bariatri...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Hall BJ,Hood MM,Nackers LM,Azarbad L,Ivan I,Corsica J

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Five-Factor Narcissism Inventory (FFNI; Glover, Miller, Lynam, Crego, & Widiger, 2012) is a 148-item self-report inventory of 15 traits designed to assess the basic elements of narcissism from the perspective of a 5-factor model. The FFNI assesses both vulnerable (i.e., cynicism/distrust, need for admiration, reac...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Sherman ED,Miller JD,Few LR,Campbell WK,Widiger TA,Crego C,Lynam DR

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In response to concerns described by H. N. Garb, J. M. Wood, M. T. Nezworski, W. M. Grove, and W. J. Stejskal (2001), the authors present the weighted and unweighted means and medians of the effect sizes obtained by J. B. Hiller, R. Rosenthal, R. F. Bornstein, D. T. R. Berry, and S. Brunell-Neuleib (1999). These indic...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Rosenthal R,Hiller JB,Bornstein RF,Berry DT,Brunell-Neuleib S

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The success of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) in improving life functioning among chronic pain patients is followed by an interest in investigating mechanisms of action via which it unfolds and validating measures to assess its key constructs. The Psychological Inflexibility in Pain Scale (PIPS-II) assesses p...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Vasiliou VS,Michaelides MP,Kasinopoulos O,Karekla M

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article introduces the special section on experience sampling methods and ecological momentary assessment in clinical assessment. We review the conceptual basis for experience sampling methods (ESM; Csikszentmihalyi & Larson, 1987) and ecological momentary assessment (EMA; Stone & Shiffman, 1994). Next, we highli...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Trull TJ,Ebner-Priemer UW

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This introduction to the Special Section on Cognitive Science and Psychological Assessment begins with a brief overview of cognitive science and its interface with the clinical assessment of cognitive functioning. Concepts and themes permeating the articles in this section are then taken up. Included are cognitive-mod...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Neufeld RW

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is emblematic of unresolved heterogeneity in psychiatric disorders-the variation in biological, clinical, and psychological correlates that impedes progress on etiology. One approach to this problem is to characterize subgroups using measures rooted in biological or psyc...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Karalunas SL,Gustafsson HC,Fair D,Musser ED,Nigg JT

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is no universally agreed definition of well-being as a subjective experience, but Huppert and So (2013) adopted and systematically applied the definition of well-being as positive mental health-the opposite of the common mental disorders described in standard mental health classifications (e.g., Diagnostic and S...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Marsh HW,Huppert FA,Donald JN,Horwood MS,Sahdra BK

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tools for assessing an individual's readiness to change nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) are limited. The Transtheoretical model of change (TTM) has been useful in predicting behavior change and guiding interventions for a variety of health behaviors including eating disorders, substance use disorders, and exercise. The...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Kruzan KP,Whitlock J,Hasking P

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00