Illuminating the theoretical components of alexithymia using bifactor modeling and network analysis.

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：: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：:The current project outlines the development of the Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Symptom Infrequency Scale (ASIS), a stand-alone measure designed to identify individuals feigning or exaggerating symptoms to receive a diagnosis of ADHD. Over the course of 3 studies, valid data was collected from 402 ...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Courrégé SC,Skeel RL,Feder AH,Boress KS

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 (ASI-3; Taylor et al., 2007) is a self-report assessment of anxiety sensitivity, reflecting an individual's tendency to misinterpret the meaning of anxiety-relevant sensations. Despite this construct being related to a wide array of clinically significant smoking maintenance and relapse...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Farris SG,DiBello AM,Allan NP,Hogan J,Schmidt NB,Zvolensky MJ

更新日期：2015-09-01 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：:Neuropsychological performance has historically been measured in laboratory settings using standardized assessments. However, these methods may be inherently limited in generalizability. This concern may be mitigated with paradigms such as ecological momentary assessment (EMA). We evaluated the initial feasibility and...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Schuster RM,Mermelstein RJ,Hedeker D

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined interrater reliability and sensitivity to change 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 originally developed to assess patients' achievements of tr...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

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

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the ability of scores from the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI; Morey, 1991) to predict postrelease (M = 4.90 years follow-up) arrests in a sample of 1,412 sex offenders. We focused on scores from 4 PAI measures conceptually relevant to offending, including the Antisocial Features (ANT), Aggression (...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Boccaccini MT,Murrie DC,Hawes SW,Simpler A,Johnson J

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study used data from 3 sites to examine the invariance and psychometric characteristics of the Brief Symptom Inventory-18 across Black, Hispanic, and White mothers of 5th graders (N = 4,711; M = 38.07 years of age, SD = 7.16). Internal consistencies were satisfactory for all subscale scores of the instrument rega...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Wiesner M,Chen V,Windle M,Elliott MN,Grunbaum JA,Kanouse DE,Schuster MA

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flexibility in self-regulatory behaviors has proved to be an important quality for adjusting to stressful life events and requires individuals to have a diverse repertoire of emotion regulation abilities. However, the most commonly used emotion regulation questionnaires assess frequency of behavior rather than ability...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Burton CL,Bonanno GA

更新日期：2016-08-01 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

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：: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：:The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale 10 (CD-RISC 10; Campbell-Sills & Stein, 2007) is a self-report measure of resilience that has been found to provide reliable and valid scores among U.S. and international samples, although its psychometric properties have not been validated among African Americans. This study used ...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Coates EE,Phares V,Dedrick RF

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Reflective Functioning Scale (RFS) was developed to assess individual differences in the ability to mentalize attachment relationships. The RFS assesses mentalization from transcripts of the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI). A global score is given by trained coders on an 11-point scale ranging from antireflective...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Taubner S,Hörz S,Fischer-Kern M,Doering S,Buchheim A,Zimmermann J

更新日期：2013-03-01 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：:In the current investigation, the authors examined the validity of the L-r and K-r scales on the recently developed Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF; Y. S. Ben-Porath & A. Tellegen, in press) in measuring underreported response bias. Three archival samples previously collected...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Sellbom M,Bagby RM

更新日期：2008-12-01 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：:Information on the psychometric properties of the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS) in acquired brain injury (ABI) is currently unavailable. Therefore, we investigated the construct and discriminant, convergent, and divergent validity of the CISS in a Dutch adult sample with newly ABI (N = 139). Patient...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Brands IMH,Köhler S,Stapert SZ,Wade DT,van Heugten CM

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proposed for the 11th edition of the World Health Organization's International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) is a dimensional trait model for the classification of personality disorder (Tyrer, Reed, & Crawford, 2015). The ICD-11 proposal consists of 5 broad domains: negative affective, detachment, dissocial, dis...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Oltmanns JR,Widiger TA

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

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：:Significant motivations and incentives exist for young-adult students to seek a diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). With ADHD information readily accessible on the Internet, today's students are likely to be symptom educated prior to evaluation. This may result in false-positive diagnoses, pa...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Sollman MJ,Ranseen JD,Berry DT

更新日期：2010-06-01 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：: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 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：:Using a sample of individuals undergoing medico-legal evaluations (690 men, 519 women), the present study extended past research on potential gender biases for scores of the Symptom Validity (FBS) scale of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 by examining score- and item-level differences between men and ...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Lee TT,Graham JR,Sellbom M,Gervais RO

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Screening for emotional and behavioral risk has become more prevalent with young children; however, not much is known about the latent structure for many of the brief instruments currently being used to assess children. Information concerning the latent structure of an instrument is necessary to support use of the sco...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： DiStefano C,Greer FW,Kamphaus RW

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current evidence-based assessment methods, such as structured interviews and lengthy assessment batteries, often require hours to administer, score, and interpret and thus are infrequently used in real-world practice. As evidence-based assessment tools are developed for implementation in real-world youth mental health...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Ebesutani C,Bernstein A,Chorpita BF,Weisz JR

更新日期：2012-03-01 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：:Social anhedonia is an important construct that describes individual differences in preferences for interacting in and experiencing pleasure from social interactions and has been a central construct in the schizotypy literature. The description of social anhedonia is very similar to that of social closeness from the p...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Olino TM,Horton LE,Versella MV

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00