Change in posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms: do clinicians and patients agree?

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：:The Republic of Colombia has a long-standing history of internal armed conflict, further complicated by the ideological assumptions underlying their war. In recent years, its government designed the Program for Reincorporation to Civilian Life (Programa para la Reincorporación a la Vida Civil, PRVC), aiming demobiliza...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Garcia-Barrera MA,Karr JE,Trujillo-Orrego N,Trujillo-Orrego S,Pineda DA

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurocognitive impairment and negative symptoms contribute to functional disability in people with schizophrenia. Yet, a high level of unexplained variability remains after accounting for the role of these factors. This study examined the role of thought disorder, psychological complexity, and interpersonal representa...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Moore RC,Viglione DJ,Rosenfarb IS,Patterson TL,Mausbach BT

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 30%-40% of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) meet criteria for a comorbid anxiety disorder in clinical samples (Tannock, 2009), but little is known about treatment response for this subgroup. The current study evaluated processes of change in a psychosocial treatment designed ...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Jarrett MA

更新日期：2013-06-01 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：: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：: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：:In this study, we examined whether nonattachment, a relatively new construct in the mindfulness literature, showed convergent, discriminant, and incremental validity in relation to the well-studied 5 facets of mindfulness. Mindfulness was defined as a multifaceted construct including observing, describing, acting with...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Sahdra B,Ciarrochi J,Parker P

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Examination of the available literature regarding the development of the MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool-Criminal Adjudication (MacCAT-CA) reveals 2 theoretical factor structures on which the MacCAT-CA was based: one in which 3 lower-order constructs are proposed (understanding, reasoning, appreciation) and one i...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Zapf PA,Skeem JL,Golding SL

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical investigations of individuals with chronic stage traumatic brain injury (TBI) showing mild-to-moderate levels of residual impairment largely use standardized neuropsychological assessments to measure executive functioning. The Hayling Sentence Completion Test (HSCT) relies upon several executive functions but...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Kmiecik MJ,Rodgers BN,Martinez DM,Chapman SB,Krawczyk DC

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sample of 917 children, aged 7 to 17 years, their parents, and their teachers each completed the appropriate version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), and 120 from each group did so again 2 weeks later. The results indicate that the SDQ demonstrates sound interinformant and test-retest reliabili...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Mellor D

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A brief interview to measure stress coping capabilities was developed and tested in 4 samples of African American and White adolescents in low-income neighborhoods of 2 large U.S. cities. The Social Competence Interview (SCI) is a 10-min social stressor that assesses physiological and social-emotional responses to a r...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Ewart CK,Jorgensen RS,Suchday S,Chen E,Matthews KA

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of the present study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the English and Spanish versions of the Parenting Stress Index-Short Form (PSI-SF) with mothers of 12- to 15-month-old infants with elevated levels of behavior problems and from predominately Hispanic, low-income backgrounds. Mothers of 58 in...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Barroso NE,Hungerford GM,Garcia D,Graziano PA,Bagner DM

更新日期：2016-10-01 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：:Prior research supports the use of multiple types of evidence from multiple sources when assessing ADHD in adults. However, limited research has examined how to best integrate the resulting set of data into a well-supported diagnostic conclusion. Moreover, clients sometimes overreport symptoms or display low effort on...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Nelson JM,Lovett BJ

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the factor structure of the Achievement of Therapeutic Objectives Scale (ATOS; McCullough, Larsen, et al., 2003) in short-term dynamic psychotherapy (STDP) and cognitive therapy (CT). The ATOS is a process scale that has shown promise as a measure of patients' achievements of treatment objectives i...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Ryum T,Støre-Valen J,Svartberg M,Stiles TC,McCullough L

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Appearance comparison processes are implicated in the development of body-image disturbance and disordered eating. The Physical Appearance Comparison Scale-Revised (PACS-R) assesses the simple frequency of appearance comparisons; however, research has suggested that other aspects of appearance comparisons (e.g., compa...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Schaefer LM,Thompson JK

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are a number of prominent trait-based models and assessments of psychopathy that posit the existence of a varying number of central traits, which differ in their relation to one another and the degree to which they manifest similar empirical networks. In the current study (N = 347), we examined Lilienfeld's popu...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Miller JD,Maples-Keller JL,Lynam DR

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recently developed 40-item short-form of the Psychopathic Personality Inventory-Revised (PPI-R; Lilienfeld & Widows, 2005) has shown considerable promise as an alternative to the long-form of the instrument (Eisenbarth, Lilienfeld, & Yarkoni, 2015). Beyond the initial construction of the short-form, however, Eisenba...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Ruchensky JR,Edens JF,Donnellan MB,Witt EA

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social information processing (SIP) patterns were conceptualized in orthogonal domains of process and context and measured through responses to hypothetical vignettes in a stratified sample of 387 children (50% boys; 49% minority) from 4 geographical sites followed from kindergarten through 3rd grade. Multidimensional...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Dodge KA,Laird R,Lochman JE,Zelli A,Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group.

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An important component of neuropsychological testing is assessment of premorbid intelligence to estimate a patient's ability independent of neurological impairment. A common test of premorbid IQ-namely, the Reading section of the Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT)-has been shown to have high measurement error in the h...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Yudien MA,Moore TM,Port AM,Ruparel K,Gur RE,Gur RC

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research on emotion regulation (ER) strategies has often relied on trait self-report measures, where individuals retrospectively report their tendency to engage in a specific strategy. Although this method is convenient and useful in many clinical and research settings, it is subject to a number of response and memory...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： McMahon TP,Naragon-Gainey K

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the Personality Assessment Screener (PAS; Morey, 1997) has garnered substantial research interest, the measure's temporal stability and sensitivity to change have remained largely uninvestigated. The present study employs a dynamic approach to investigating the convergent and discriminant validity of the PAS ...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： McCredie MN,Truong TN,Edens JF,Morey LC

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the 4 studies presented (N = 1,939), a converging set of analyses was conducted to evaluate the item adequacy, factor structure, reliability, and validity of the Disgust Scale (DS; J. Haidt, C. McCauley, & P. Rozin, 1994). The results suggest that 7 items (i.e., Items 2, 7, 8, 21, 23, 24, and 25) should be consider...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Olatunji BO,Williams NL,Tolin DF,Abramowitz JS,Sawchuk CN,Lohr JM,Elwood LS

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite increasing study of psychopathic traits in children and adolescents, evidence regarding the factor structure of these traits has been inconsistent across community, clinic-referred, and incarcerated samples. Empirical support exists for both 2-factor (Impulsivity-Conduct Problems and Callous-Unemotional) and 3...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Dong L,Wu H,Waldman ID

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detecting the emotional state of others from facial expressions is a key ability in emotional competence and several instruments have been developed to assess it. Typical emotion recognition tests are assumed to be unidimensional, use pictures or videos of emotional portrayals as stimuli, and ask the participant which...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Passarelli M,Masini M,Bracco F,Petrosino M,Chiorri C

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social functioning is an essential but poorly understood component of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) for people with Huntington disease (HD). We report on the psychometric properties of 2 Neuro-QoL patient-reported outcome measures to assess social functioning in HD. Persons with prodromal (n = 198) or manifes...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Carlozzi NE,Hahn EA,Goodnight SM,Kratz AL,Paulsen JS,Stout JC,Frank S,Miner JA,Cella D,Gershon RC,Schilling SG,Ready RE

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Multidimensional Acculturative Stress Inventory (MASI), a 36-item stress measure that was developed to assess acculturative stress among persons of Mexican origin living in the United States, was tested on a community sample of 174 adults (117 women, 57 men). Principal-components analyses yielded 4 stable and inte...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Rodriguez N,Myers HF,Mira CB,Flores T,Garcia-Hernandez L

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The autonomy preference index scale (API) has been designed to measure patient preference for 2 dimensions of autonomy: Their desire to take part in making medical decisions (decision making, [DM]) and their desire to be informed about their illness and the treatment (information seeking; [IS]). The DM dimension is me...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Morandi S,Golay P,Vazquez-Montes M,Rugkåsa J,Molodynski A,Yeeles K,Burns T

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Risk assessment instruments are widely used by juvenile probation officers (JPOs) to make case management decisions; however, few studies have investigated whether these instruments maintain their predictive validity when completed by JPOs in the field. Moreover, the validity of these instruments for use with minority...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Perrault RT,Vincent GM,Guy LS

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00