Do neuropsychological test norms from African Americans in the United States generalize to a Zambian population?

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：:There are serious gaps in knowledge with respect to the use of standardized assessment instruments such as the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Third Edition (WAIS-III; D. Wechsler, 1997) or the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2; J. N. Butcher, W. G. Dahlstrom, J. R. Graham, A. Tellegen, & B. Kaem...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Okazaki S,Sue S

更新日期：2000-09-01 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：:In the United States, Black and White individuals show discrepant rates of diagnosis of bipolar disorder versus schizophrenia and antisocial personality disorder, as well as disparate access to and utilization of treatment for these disorders (e.g., Alegria, Chatterji, et al., 2008; Chrishon, Anderson, Arora, & Bailey...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Pendergast LL,Youngstrom EA,Brown C,Jensen D,Abramson LY,Alloy LB

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attributional theory and empirical evidence suggest that a tendency to make stable, global self-causal attributions for undesirable events is associated with negative outcomes. However, existing self-report measures of parental attributions do not account for the possibility that dysfunctional parent-causal attributio...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Snarr JD,Slep AM,Grande VP

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spite is an understudied construct that has been virtually ignored within the personality, social, and clinical psychology literatures. This study introduces a self-report Spitefulness Scale to assess individual differences in spitefulness. The scale was initially tested on a large sample of 946 college students and c...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Marcus DK,Zeigler-Hill V,Mercer SH,Norris AL

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study tested alternative factor models of the General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12), based on previous research findings, with a large sample using confirmatory factor analysis. An alternative models framework was used to test 6 factor analytic models. A 3-factor model was the best explanation of the sample da...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Shevlin M,Adamson G

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For over 45 years, research investigating Machiavellianism has largely used the same unidimensional approach, even though empirical research demonstrates that Machiavellianism is comprised of 2 robust dimensions: views and tactics. This article elaborates on the theory and conceptualization behind the 2 dimensions. It...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Monaghan C,Bizumic B,Williams T,Sellbom M

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study applied item response theory to identify an efficient set of items of the Achenbach Externalizing scale from the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL; 33 items) and Teacher's Report Form (TRF; 35 items) that were sensitive to clinical-range scores. Mothers and teachers rated children's externalizing proble...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Petersen IT,Bates JE,Dodge KA,Lansford JE,Pettit GS

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the psychometric properties and construct validity of the Italian translation of the Triarchic Psychopathy Measure (TriPM) in adolescents, we administered the inventory to 3 independent samples of Italian high school students (Ns = 609, 618, and 1,142). Cronbach's alpha values greater than .80 were observed ...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Somma A,Borroni S,Drislane LE,Fossati A

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Supplementary methods for the analysis of the Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (Delis, Kaplan, & Kramer, 2001) are made available, including (a) quantifying the number of abnormally low achievement scores exhibited by an individual and accompanying this with an estimate of the percentage of the normative populat...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Crawford JR,Garthwaite PH,Sutherland D,Borland N

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the development and psychometric characteristics of a new version of the Attributional Style Questionnaire (ASQ; Seligman, Abramson, Semmell, & Von Baeyer, 1979)--a version called the Attributional Style Questionnaire for Adolescents (ASQ-A)--using 3 samples (Ns = 547, 438, and 240) of Spanish secondary sc...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Rodríguez-Naranjo C,Caño A

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development and promotion of social-emotional skills in childhood and adolescence contributes to subsequent well-being and positive life outcomes. However, the assessment of these skills is associated with conceptual and methodological challenges. This review discusses how social-emotional skill measurement in you...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Abrahams L,Pancorbo G,Primi R,Santos D,Kyllonen P,John OP,De Fruyt F

更新日期：2019-04-01 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：: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：: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：:Most research on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) relies on clinician-administered interview and self-report measures to establish the presence/absence and severity of the disorder. Accurate diagnosis of PTSD is made challenging by the presence of symptoms shared with other psychopathologies and the subjective nat...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Bauer MR,Ruef AM,Pineles SL,Japuntich SJ,Macklin ML,Lasko NB,Orr SP

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：: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 study investigated the cultural and linguistic adaptability of the Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS), a new Rorschach administration, scoring, and interpretation system that minimizes psychometric weaknesses of the Comprehensive System (CS). This investigation addressed the validity of R-PAS measure...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Su WS,Viglione DJ,Green EE,Tam WC,Su JA,Chang YT

更新日期：2015-12-01 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：:The purpose of this study was to determine whether gender moderates the interaction between Factor 1 (F1: core interpersonal-affective traits of psychopathy) and Factor 2 (F2: social deviance and disinhibition) of the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV; Forth, Kosson, & Hare, 2003) in predicting future offen...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Walters GD

更新日期：2014-03-01 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 special section focuses on the incremental validity and utility of clinical assessment data. The lack of replicated incremental validity research limits the ability of psychologists to establish their assessment practices on a solid empirical footing. The articles in this section deal with conceptual, methodologi...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Hunsley J

更新日期：2003-12-01 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：: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：:Meehl's taxometric method has been shown to differentiate between categorical and dimensional data, but there are many ways to implement taxometric procedures. When analyzing the ordered categorical data typically provided by assessment instruments, summing items to form input indicators has been a popular practice fo...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Walters GD,Ruscio J

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concurrent and predictive validity of the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV) were examined across gender and ethnicity using multiple outcome measures on a community-based sample of 130 adjudicated youths. The PCL:YV demonstrated concurrent validity with externalizing behavior problems but, it is import...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Schmidt F,McKinnon L,Chattha HK,Brownlee K

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the ability of the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory--Third Edition (MCMI-III) to discriminate students malingering psychopathology (n = 106) from bona fide psychiatric inpatients (n = 202). Students were randomly assigned to a fake-bad or an honest-responding condition. Analyses investigate...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Schoenberg MR,Dorr D,Morgan CD

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Texas Revised Inventory of Grief-Present scale (TRIG-Present) is one of the most widely used grief measures; however, researchers have only empirically examined the validity and underlying factor structure of TRIG-Present scores in a few studies. Hence, in the present investigation, we sought to examine the factor...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Futterman A,Holland JM,Brown PJ,Thompson LW,Gallagher-Thompson D

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00