Is the Short Form of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) a better screening instrument for dementia in older primary care patients than the original MMSE? Results of the German study on ageing, cognition, and dementia in primary care patients (AgeCoD

abstract：:The 3-factor model of narcissism is generally agreed upon within the literature. However, only a limited number of studies have investigated its structure. We investigated the internal structure of the measure using exploratory factor analysis on the Polish adaptation of the Five Factor Narcissism Inventory (FFNI). Th...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Rogoza R,Cieciuch J,Strus W,Kłosowski M

更新日期：2020-10-22 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：:College students experience a variety of effects resulting from alcohol use and evaluate their experiences on a continuum from negative to positive. Using daily reports collected via cell phone, we examined the psychometric properties of alcohol use consequences and evaluations of those consequences. Participants were...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Lee CM,Cronce JM,Baldwin SA,Fairlie AM,Atkins DC,Patrick ME,Zimmerman L,Larimer ME,Leigh BC

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Readiness and Motivation Interview (RMI) is a semistructured interview measure of readiness and motivation to change that can be used for all eating disorder diagnoses. The RMI has demonstrated excellent psychometric properties and has both clinical and predictive utility in adult samples. This study examined the ...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Geller J,Brown KE,Zaitsoff SL,Menna R,Bates ME,Dunn EC

更新日期：2008-03-01 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：:Computerized adaptive testing in personality assessment can improve efficiency by significantly reducing the number of items administered to answer an assessment question. Two approaches have been explored for adaptive testing in computerized personality assessment: item response theory and the countdown method. In th...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Forbey JD,Ben-Porath YS

更新日期：2007-03-01 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

abstract：:Anxiety disorders are among the most prevalent mental health disorders experienced by children and are associated with significant negative outcomes. Only a minority of affected children, however, access professional help, and a failure to identify children with anxiety disorders presents a key barrier to treatment ac...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Reardon T,Spence SH,Hesse J,Shakir A,Creswell C

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:People differ in their openness to different types of information and some information may evoke greater avoidance than does other information. We developed an 8-item measure of people's tendency to avoid learning information. The flexible instrument can function as both a predictor and outcome measure. The results fr...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Howell JL,Shepperd JA

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The collection of articles in this special section provides a much-needed examination of the state of psychological assessment in various Asian countries or societies. In particular, the contributors review and critique assessment of personality, depression and anxiety, children and adolescents, and neuropsychological...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Sue S,Chang J

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although previous research suggests that connection to large, mostly anonymous groups is important for the fulfillment of psychological needs and a sense of psychological well-being, no measure exists to assess individual differences in this area. In 5 studies, we developed and provided support for the validity of the...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Gabriel S,Valenti J,Naragon-Gainey K,Young AF

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing body of research supports the validity of 5-factor models for interpreting the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV). The majority of these studies have utilized the WAIS-IV normative or clinical sample, the latter of which differs in its diagnostic composition from the referrals seen at...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Staffaroni AM,Eng ME,Moses JA,Zeiner HK,Wickham RE

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID-5) is a 220-item self-report instrument that assesses the alternative model of personality psychopathology in Section III (Emerging Measures and Models) of DSM-5. Despite its relatively recent introduction, the PID-5 has generated an impressive accumulation of studies examining...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Dhillon S,Bagby RM,Kushner SC,Burchett D

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to decenter from internal experiences is important for mental health. Consequently, improving decentering is a common therapeutic target, particularly for mindfulness-based interventions. However, extant decentering measures are limited as they fail to directly assess all 3 metacognitive processes recently...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Hanley AW,Bernstein A,Nakamura Y,Hadash Y,Rojas J,Tennant KE,Jensen RL,Garland EL

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study extends the validation of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) Response Bias Scale (RBS; R. O. Gervais, Y. S. Ben-Porath, D. B. Wygant, & P. Green, 2007) in separate forensic samples composed of ...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Wygant DB,Sellbom M,Gervais RO,Ben-Porath YS,Stafford KP,Freeman DB,Heilbronner RL

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ) is a 16-item self-report measure considered the gold-standard assessment instrument for worry. Two abbreviated versions of the PSWQ have also been developed. An 8-item measure (PSWQ-A) was designed to address poor model fit of the full version with older adult samples, and a 3...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Kertz SJ,Lee J,Björgvinsson T

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite growing affective-memory research, only 2 potential clinical measures have been published, each with limitations. We describe the development and piloting of an integrated memory measure for neutral and affectively valenced words, the Cognitive-Affective Verbal Learning Test (C-AVLT). The C-AVLT and mood self-...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Considine CM,Keatley E,Abeare CA

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individual differences in attentional control involve the ability to voluntarily direct, shift, and sustain attention. In studies of the role of attentional control in emotional adjustment, social relationships, and vulnerability to the effects of stress, self-report questionnaires are commonly used to measure this co...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Williams PG,Rau HK,Suchy Y,Thorgusen SR,Smith TW

更新日期：2017-05-01 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：:An item response theory (IRT) approach to test linking based on summed scores is presented and demonstrated by calibrating a modified 23-item version of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) to the standard 20-item CES-D. Data are from the Depression Patient Outcomes Research Team, II, which us...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Orlando M,Sherbourne CD,Thissen D

更新日期：2000-09-01 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：:The correspondence between the Hare Psychopathy Checklist: Screening Version (PCL:SV; S. D. Hart, D. N. Cox, & R. D. Hare, 1995) and the Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R; R. D. Hare, 1991, 2003) was examined in forensic (N = 175) and correctional (N = 188) samples. Intermeasure correlations for Total scores (...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Guy LS,Douglas KS

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate predictions of future reconviction, including those for violent crimes, have been shown to be greatly aided by the use of formal risk assessment instruments. However, it is unclear as to whether these instruments would also be predictive in a sample of offenders with intellectual disabilities. In this study, ...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Gray NS,Fitzgerald S,Taylor J,Macculloch MJ,Snowden RJ

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychologists have standardized competency-to-stand-trial (CST) assessments through the development of specialized CST measures. However, their research has largely neglected the possibility that CST measures may be stymied by feigning mental disorders and concomitant impairment. The current study is the first systema...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Rogers R,Sewell KW,Grandjean NR,Vitacco MJ

更新日期：2002-06-01 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：:Interest in heart rate variability (HRV) metrics as markers of physiological and psychological health continues to grow beyond those with psychophysiological expertise, increasing the importance of developing suitable tools for researchers new to the field. Allen, Chambers, and Towers (2007) developed QRSTool and CMet...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Hibbert AS,Weinberg A,Klonsky ED

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although there is evidence that experts agree on the traits that characterize narcissism, this agreement may be due, in part, to the influence of the operationalizations based on the American Psychiatric Association's series of Diagnostic and Statistical Manuals of Mental Disorders (American Psychiatric Association [A...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Miller JD,Lynam DR,Siedor L,Crowe M,Campbell WK

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given substantial interest in the traits conceived of as part of the "Dark Triad"--psychopathy, narcissism, and Machiavellianism--assessment of these traits is of great importance. The Dirty Dozen (DD; Jonason & Webster, 2010) is a brief measure of the Dark Triad constructs that uses 4 items to assess each of these co...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Miller JD,Few LR,Seibert LA,Watts A,Zeichner A,Lynam DR

更新日期：2012-12-01 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：:Although the United States offers some of the most advanced psychological services in the world, not everyone in the country shares these services equally, resulting in health disparities. Health disparities persist when assessments do not appropriately measure different populations' mental health problems. To address...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Chao RC,Green K,Dugar K,Paiko L,Zhao J,Li PF

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00