A passionate call for dispassionate conclusion: Comment on Fossati et al. (2016).

abstract：:The 6 nonoverlapping primary scales of the Structured Interview of Reported Symptoms (SIRS) were subjected to taxometric analysis in a group of 1,211 criminal and civil examinees in order to investigate the latent structure of feigned psychopathology. Both taxometric procedures used in this study, mean above minus bel...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Walters GD,Rogers R,Berry DT,Miller HA,Duncan SA,McCusker PJ,Payne JW,Granacher RP

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous measures of childhood adversity have enabled the identification of powerful links with later-life wellbeing. The challenge for the next generation of childhood adversity assessment is to better characterize those links through comprehensive, fine-grained measurement strategies. The expanded, retrospective mea...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Morrill MI,Schulz MS,Nevarez MD,Preacher KJ,Waldinger RJ

更新日期：2019-05-01 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 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：:An important reason to choose an intervention to treat psychological problems of clients is the expectation that the intervention will be effective in alleviating the problems. The authors investigated whether clinicians base their ratings of the effectiveness of interventions on models that they construct representin...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： de Kwaadsteniet L,Hagmayer Y,Krol NP,Witteman CL

更新日期：2010-09-01 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 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：: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：: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：: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：: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：:The present study examined the psychometric properties of scores from a direct measure of behavioral regulation, the Head-Toes-Knees-Shoulders task (HTKS) with 3- to 6-year-old children in the United States, Taiwan, South Korea, and China. Specifically, we investigated (a) the nature and variability of HTKS scores, in...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Wanless SB,McClelland MM,Acock AC,Ponitz CC,Son SH,Lan X,Morrison FJ,Chen JL,Chen FM,Lee K,Sung M,Li S

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:How people interpret a mental disorder symptom has been shown to depend on the contextual life factors surrounding its presentation. Specifically, people are more likely to judge a symptom as clinically relevant if that symptom presents in a high-risk environment (e.g., child associates with deviant peers) relative to...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Marsh JK,Burke CT,De Los Reyes A

更新日期：2016-02-01 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：: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：: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：: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：: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：:This article reports on the psychometric properties of a newly constructed Hawaiian Culture Scale--Adolescent Version. A total of 2,272 Native Hawaiian and 1,170 non-Hawaiian adolescents were administered this 50-item inventory that measures the source of learning the Hawaiian way of life, how much Hawaiian beliefs ar...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Hishinuma ES,Andrade NN,Johnson RC,McArdle JJ,Miyamoto RH,Nahulu LB,Makini GK Jr,Yuen NY,Nishimura ST,McDermott JF Jr,Waldron JA,Luke KN,Yates A

更新日期：2000-06-01 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：: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：:The factor structure, measurement invariance, validity, reliability, and stability of scores on the Brief Situational Confidence Questionnaire (BSCQ) were evaluated for use with incarcerated youth. The BSCQ is an 8-item measure that assesses self-efficacy to resist alcohol use in tempting situations. The brevity of th...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Delaney DJ,Bernstein MH,Harlow LL,Farrow M,Martin RA,Stein LAR

更新日期：2020-03-01 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：: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：:Learning effects were assessed for the block design (BD) task, on the basis of variation in 2 stimulus parameters: perceptual cohesiveness (PC) and set size uncertainty (U). Thirty-one nonclinical undergraduate students (19 female) each completed 3 designs for each of 4 varied sets of the stimulus parameters (high-PC/...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Miller JC,Ruthig JC,Bradley AR,Wise RA,Pedersen HA,Ellison JM

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:J. Skeem and D. J. Cooke (2010) asserted that Hare and Neumann consider criminality to be an essential component of the psychopathy construct. The assertion, presented in the guise of a debate on the nature of psychopathy, is neither accurate nor consistent with the clinical and empirical literature on psychopathy to ...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Hare RD,Neumann CS

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding variations in children's well-being is key to addressing inequalities. It is especially useful to understand children's own perspectives, although there is a lack of short questionnaires using simple language which can be administered to younger children (or in situations when testing-time is limited). H...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Smees R,Rinaldi LJ,Simner J

更新日期：2020-02-01 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：: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：:Conceptual overlap and heterogeneity have long been noted as weaknesses of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory's clinical scales. Restructured clinical (RC) scales recently were developed to address these concerns (A. Tellegen et al., 2003). The authors evaluated the psychometric properties of the RC scale...

journal_title：Psychological assessment

authors： Simms LJ,Casillas A,Clark LA,Watson D,Doebbeling BN

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00