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How Accurate and Consistent Are Score-Based Assessment Decisions? A Procedure Using the Linear Factor Model Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-08-11 Oscar Gonzalez, A. R. Georgeson, William E. Pelham, III
When scales or tests are used to make decisions about individuals (e.g., to identify which adults should be assessed for psychiatric disorders), it is crucial that these decisions be accurate and consistent. However, it is not obvious how to assess accuracy and consistency when the scale was administered only once to a given sample and the true condition based on the latent variable is unknown. This
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Brief Adjustment Scale–6 for Measurement-Based Care: Psychometric Properties, Measurement Invariance, and Clinical Utility Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-08-03 Hayoung Ko, Jaehyun Shin, Lee D. Cooper
The Brief Adjustment Scale–6 (BASE-6) was recently developed for measuring general psychological functioning within measurement-based care (MBC). The present study further evaluated psychometric properties, generalizability to race/ethnic populations, and clinical utility of the BASE-6. Three adult samples, Sample 1: online community participants (n = 394); Sample 2: college students (n = 249); Sample
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Examining the Psychometric Properties of the Expanded Levenson Self-Report Psychopathy Scale in Community and University Samples Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-08-02 Lourdes M. Lagera, Martin Sellbom
The aim of the current study was to further examine the psychometric properties of the Expanded Levenson Self-Report Psychopathy Scale (E-LSRP; Christian & Sellbom, 2016). Specifically, its reliability, internal structure, and convergent and discriminant validity were evaluated using university (N = 367) and community samples (N = 205) from Aotearoa New Zealand. The results provided support for the
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Self-Rated Versus Clinician-Rated Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An Evaluation of Discrepancies Between the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 and the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5 Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-08-01 Lindsay B. Kramer, Sarah E. Whiteman, Jessica M. Petri, Elizabeth G. Spitzer, Frank W. Weathers
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is commonly assessed with self-rated or clinician-rated measures. Although scores from these assessment modalities are strongly associated, they are often discrepant for individual symptoms, total symptom severity, and diagnostic status. To date, no known studies have empirically identified the sources of these discrepancies. In the present study, we had three aims:
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Testing the Nonlinearity Assumption Underlying the Use of Reverse-Keyed Items: A Logical Response Perspective Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-07-11 Chester Chun Seng Kam, John P. Meyer
Researchers often assume a strong, linear relationship between regular- and reverse-keyed items, with responses on regular-keyed items (e.g., agree) perfectly mirroring those on reverse-keyed items (e.g., disagree). The current research challenges this received view and propounds a possible nonlinear relationship, partly due to the logical tendency of midlevel respondents to disagree with both types
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Reliability and Validity of the Self-Rating Scale as a Measure of Self-Criticism Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-07-11 Lara E. Glenn, Carolyn M. Pepper
The Self-Rating Scale (SRS; Hooley et al., 2010), a widely used measure of self-criticism in self-injury research, did not utilize conventional test development methods and has limited psychometric data. We examined the internal consistency, test–retest reliability, and convergent and discriminant validity of the SRS. Participants were 295 psychology undergraduate students. The SRS demonstrated good
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Experimental Manipulation of the BFI-2, IPIP-NEO-120, and the IPC-5 Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-07-11 Michelle M. Smith, Gillian A. McCabe, Thomas A. Widiger
Research assessing the relationship of the five-factor model (FFM) to personality disorder symptomatology has generally been confirmatory, with three exceptions. The exceptions have been failures to confirm associations of conscientiousness with the obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, agreeableness with dependent, and openness with schizotypal. Haigler and Widiger demonstrated empirically years
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Can Faking Be Measured With Dedicated Validity Scales? Within-Subject Trifactor Mixture Modeling Applied to BIDR Responses Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-07-04 Nigel Guenole, Anna Brown, Velvetina Lim
A sample of 516 participants responded to the Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding (BIDR) under answer honest and instructed faking conditions in a within-subjects design. We analyze these data with a novel application of trifactor modeling that models the two substantive factors measured by the BIDR—self-deceptive enhancement (SDE) and impression management (IM), condition-related common factors
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Construction and Preliminary Validation of Machiavellianism Scales From the HEXACO-100 Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-07-01 David K. Marcus, Madeline G. Nagel, Alexa Lambros, Virgil Zeigler-Hill
Machiavellian individuals are callous, manipulative, and misanthropic, and they are also strategic and capable of delaying gratification. Many commonly used measures of Machiavellianism focus on the antagonistic aspects of Machiavellianism and devote few items to the strategic aspects of this construct. Because the HEXACO framework includes an Honesty-Humility factor, it may be especially capable of
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FISHERMAN: A Serious Game for Executive Function Assessment of Older Adults Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-06-28 Ping Wang, Yuan Fang, Jing-Yi Qi, Hui-Jie Li
Executive functions (EFs) are essential for daily living activities but decline with age. Convenient assessment and timely intervention have particular significance for older adults. However, the traditional laboratory tasks of EFs are typically monotonous and inconvenient. The current study aimed to develop an interesting and convenient supplementary tool to assess EFs for older adults. According
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Multivariate Models of Performance Validity: The Erdodi Index Captures the Dual Nature of Non-Credible Responding (Continuous and Categorical) Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-06-25 Laszlo A. Erdodi
This study was designed to examine the classification accuracy of the Erdodi Index (EI-5), a novel method for aggregating validity indicators that takes into account both the number and extent of performance validity test (PVT) failures. Archival data were collected from a mixed clinical/forensic sample of 452 adults referred for neuropsychological assessment. The classification accuracy of the EI-5
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Development of the Mental Health Support Scale: A New Measure of Mental Health First Aid Behaviors Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-06-25 Amy J. Morgan, Judith Wright, Andrew J. Mackinnon, Nicola J. Reavley, Alyssia Rossetto, Anthony F. Jorm
Mental health first aid (MHFA) courses teach community members the knowledge and skills needed to recognize and respond to mental health problems until professional help is received or the crisis resolves. This study aimed to develop a reliable and valid measure of MHFA behaviors. A pool of actions that were recommended and not recommended were selected from MHFA guidelines and developed into two scales
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The Inventory of Complicated Grief—A Systematic Psychometric Review and Conceptual Replication Study of the Structural Validity Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-06-20 Alexander Schakowski, Justus Tönnies, Hans-Christoph Friederich, Mechthild Hartmann, Markus W. Haun
The Inventory of Complicated Grief (ICG) is a commonly used self-report measure in psycho-oncology, best supportive care, and palliative medicine. However, existing validation studies yielded conflicting results regarding the structural validity. This study provides a psychometric review and conceptual replication of the ICG latent structure to test the hypothesis that existing studies overfit unreliable
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Screening for Pregnancy-Related Anxiety: Evaluation of the Pregnancy-Related Anxiety Scale–Screener Using Rasch Methodology Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-06-17 Rachel Dryer, Robyn Brunton, Chris Krägeloh, Oleg Medvedev
Pregnancy-related anxiety has been linked to many maternal and child-related negative outcomes. However, there is an absence of free, well-validated screeners for this condition. The Pregnancy-related Anxiety Scale–Screener (PrAS-Screener) was evaluated using robust Rasch methodology. This study also aimed to develop a shorter version to meet the need of settings governed by professional guidelines
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The Effect of Computerized Adaptive Testing on Motivation and Anxiety: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-06-14 Hanif Akhtar, Silfiasari, Boglarka Vekety, Kristof Kovacs
Although many studies have been carried out on the psychometric aspects of computerized adaptive testing (CAT), its psychological aspects are less researched. Early studies claimed that CAT can be more motivating and induce less anxiety than traditional fixed-item tests (FIT). The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to gain a comprehensive understanding of the effects of CAT on
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Measurement Invariance of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory and Multimethod Examination of Narcissistic Presentations in Community and Clinical Samples Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-06-14 Rossella Di Pierro, Giulio Costantini, Erika Fanti, Marco Di Sarno, Emanuele Preti, Fabio Madeddu, John F. Clarkin, Eve Caligor, Chiara De Panfilis
The Pathological Narcissism Inventory (PNI) is extensively used in recent empirical literature on pathological narcissism. However, most studies using the PNI are community-based, and no studies have used the PNI to investigate narcissistic presentations in personality disordered patients. This study investigates measurement invariance of the PNI in community participants and patients with personality
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Cross-Cultural Measurement Invariance of the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire Across Nine Adolescent Samples Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-06-14 Andrew Rasmussen, Michelle Leon, Ask Elklit
Trauma researchers often make claims about the severity of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) across populations, and yet cross-cultural measurement invariance (MI) is rarely assessed. Nine youth samples with Harvard Trauma Questionnaire (HTQ) responses were grouped based on sampling strategy used into two sets: representative (Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, and Lithuania, n = 1,457), and convenience
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The Exponentially Weighted Moving Average Procedure for Detecting Changes in Intensive Longitudinal Data in Psychological Research in Real-Time: A Tutorial Showcasing Potential Applications Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-05-22 Arnout C. Smit, Evelien Schat, Eva Ceulemans
Affect, behavior, and severity of psychopathological symptoms do not remain static throughout the life of an individual, but rather they change over time. Since the rise of the smartphone, longitudinal data can be obtained at higher frequencies than ever before, providing new opportunities for investigating these person-specific changes in real-time. Since 2019, researchers have started using the exponentially
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The Proposed Specifiers for Conduct Disorder (PSCD) Scale: Factor Structure and Validation of the Self-Report Version in a Forensic Sample of Belgian Youth Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-05-16 Olivier F. Colins, Athina Bisback, Cedric Reculé, Blair D. Batky, Laura López-Romero, Robert D. Hare, Randall T. Salekin
This is the first study to test the psychometric properties of the self-report version of the Proposed Specifiers for Conduct Disorder (PSCD) in detained youth. The PSCD is a measure of the broad psychopathy construct, with grandiose-manipulative, callous-unemotional, daring-impulsive, and conduct disorder (CD) components. Participants (227 males) completed the PSCD along with other measures, including
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Impact of Measurement Variability on Study Inference in Partner Violence Prevention Trials in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-05-16 Cari Jo Clark, Irina Bergenfeld, Yuk Fai Cheong, Nadine J. Kaslow, Kathryn M. Yount
In lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs), studies of interventions to reduce intimate partner violence (IPV) are expanding, yet measurement equivalence of the IPV construct—the primary outcome in these investigations—has not been established. We assessed the measurement equivalence of physical and sexual IPV item sets used in recent trials in LMICs and tested the impact of noninvariance on study
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Optimizing the Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation: An Item Response Theory Approach Among U.S. Military Personnel Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-05-16 Matthew C. Podlogar, Peter M. Gutierrez, Augustine Osman
The Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation (BSS) is one of the most used and empirically supported suicide risk assessment measures for behavioral health clinicians and researchers. However, the 19-item BSS is a relatively long measure and can take 5 to 10 minutes to administer. This study used Item Response Theory (IRT) techniques across two samples of mostly U.S. military service members to first identify
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Assessing Dysfunctional Expectations in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Development and Validation of the Posttraumatic Expectations Scale (PTES) Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-05-13 Philipp Herzog, Tim Kaiser, Winfried Rief, Eva-Lotta Brakemeier, Tobias Kube
Dysfunctional expectations are a particularly important subset of cognitions that influence the development and maintenance of various mental disorders. This study aimed to develop and validate a scale to assess dysfunctional expectations in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the “Posttraumatic Expectations Scale” (PTES). In a cross-sectional study, 70 PTSD patients completed the PTES, the Posttraumatic
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The Flexible Regulation of Emotional Expression Scale for Youth (FREE-Y): Adaptation and Validation Across a Varied Sample of Children and Adolescents Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-05-05 Ann-Christin Haag, Christine B. Cha, Jennie G. Noll, Dylan G. Gee, Chad E. Shenk, Hannah M. C. Schreier, Christine M. Heim, Idan Shalev, Emma J. Rose, Alana Jorgensen, George A. Bonanno
Flexible self-regulation has been shown to be an adaptive ability. This study adapted and validated the adult Flexible Regulation of Emotional Expression (FREE) Scale for use with youth (FREE-Y) in community and maltreatment samples. The FREE-Y measures the ability to flexibly enhance and suppress emotion expression across an array of hypothetical social scenarios. Participants (N = 654, 8–19 years)
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The Predictive Validity of Consensual and Unique Facets of Neuroticism, Conscientiousness, and Agreeableness in Five Personality Inventories Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-04-21 Shereen Khoo, Sara M. Stasik-O’Brien, Stephanie Ellickson-Larew, Kasey Stanton, Lee Anna Clark, David Watson
Consensual facet structures help to unify a highly fractured personality literature, but mask information obtained from unique personality facets assessed by individual personality inventories. The current study identifies the consensual and unique facets of neuroticism, conscientiousness, and agreeableness based on analyses of five widely used personality inventories (Disinhibition Inventory-I [DIS-I]
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Assessing Somatic Symptoms With the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-15) in Syrian Refugees Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-04-21 Pascal Schlechter, Jens H. Hellmann, Nexhmedin Morina
Somatic symptoms are common among Syrian refugees. To quantify somatic symptom load, sum score models derived from the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-15) have been frequently applied without psychometric justification. Across two studies (total N = 776), we (a) tested different PHQ-15 factor solutions in Syrian refugees, (b) investigated measurement invariance (MI) of the factor solutions compared
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Evaluating the Reliability and Validity of the Famous Faces Doppelgangers Test, a Novel Measure of Familiar Face Recognition Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-04-21 Emilia Pozo, Laura T. Germine, Luke Scheuer, Roger W. Strong
Face recognition assessments that use images of celebrities require not only face recognition ability but also pop-culture knowledge and successful recall of identifying information. Here, we introduce a task designed to measure face recognition more specifically: the Famous Faces Doppelgangers Test (FFDT). Participants (N = 57,407) identified 40 celebrities paired with lookalike doppelgangers, allowing
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Examination of the Generalizability of Underreporting Detected by the MMPI-2-RF in a Correctional Sample Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-04-18 Megan A. Keen, Tayla T. C. Lee, Kelsey Pscheid, Johnathan D. Forbey
It is relatively unclear if underreporting (UR) detected by Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–2–Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) L-r (Uncommon Virtues) and K-r (Adjustment Validity) scale scores generalizes to score distortion on criterion measures differently based on test-takers having scored highly on L-r, K-r, or both. Thus, this study reanalyzed the correctional sample of 632 men previously
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The Psychometric Assessment of Empathy: Development and Validation of the Perth Empathy Scale Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-04-18 Jack D. Brett, Rodrigo Becerra, Murray T. Maybery, David A. Preece
Empathy, the ability to infer and share others’ affective states, plays a vital role in social interactions. However, no existing scale comprehensively assesses empathy’s cognitive and affective components across positive and negative emotional valence domains. This article explores the latent structure of the empathy construct and attempts to remedy past measurement limitations by developing and validating
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Multimodal Virtual Reality-Based Assessment of Adult ADHD: A Feasibility Study in Healthy Subjects Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-04-18 Annika Wiebe, Kyra Kannen, Mengtong Li, Behrem Aslan, David Anders, Benjamin Selaskowski, Ulrich Ettinger, Silke Lux, Alexandra Philipsen, Niclas Braun
Neuropsychological assessments are often surprisingly inaccurate in mapping clinically-reported attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms, presumably due to their low ecological validity. Virtual reality (VR) might offer a potential solution for this problem, given its capability to generate standardized and yet highly realistic virtual environments. As the first adaptation of existing
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Forecasting Stalking Recidivism Using the Guidelines for Stalking Assessment and Management (SAM) Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-04-18 Sarah H. Coupland, Jennifer E. Storey, P. Randall Kropp, Stephen D. Hart
We examined the long-term risk for stalking recidivism and the predictive validity of ratings made using the Guidelines for Stalking Assessment and Management (SAM) in 100 stalking offenders from a forensic clinic. Overall, 45 offenders were convicted of, charged with, or the subject of police investigation for stalking-related offenses during a potential time at risk that averaged 13.47 years. Survival
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Measurement Invariance and Application of an Alcohol-Related Consequence Scale for American Indian Adolescents Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-04-18 Silvi C. Goldstein, Nichea S. Spillane, Melissa R. Schick, Joseph S. Rossi
American Indian (AI) adolescents experience disproportionate alcohol-related consequences. The present study evaluated the psychometric properties and application of the American Drug and Alcohol Survey (ADAS™) alcohol-related consequence scale for AI adolescents through a secondary analysis of a large population-based sample of adolescents living on or near AI reservations. We found support for the
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Validation of a Spanish Translation of the Faceted Inventory of the Five-Factor Model in Two Mexican University Student Samples Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-04-02 Nadia S. Corral-Frías, Alejandro Corona-Espinosa, David Watson
The validity, and thus utility, of psychological instruments requires continued evaluation of their underlying psychometric properties across contexts. Measurement tools have been developed over the past few decades to assess personality constructs developed through various theoretical frameworks. The Big Five has been a particular focus of such inquiry; however, few studies have validated a Spanish
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Ecological and Convergent Validity of Experimentally and Dynamically Assessed Capacity for Social Contingency Detection Using the Perceptual Crossing Experiment in Adolescence Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-04-02 Karlijn S. F. M. Hermans, Olivia J. Kirtley, Zuzana Kasanova, Robin Achterhof, Noëmi Hagemann, Anu P. Hiekkaranta, Aleksandra Lecei, Leonardo Zapata-Fonseca, Ginette Lafit, Ruben Fossion, Tom Froese, Inez Myin-Germeys
The Perceptual Crossing Experiment (PCE) captures the capacity for social contingency detection using real-time social interaction dynamics but has not been externally validated. We tested ecological and convergent validity of the PCE in a sample of 208 adolescents from the general population, aged 11 to 19 years. We expected associations between PCE performance and (a) quantity and quality of social
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The DADYS-Screen: Development and Evaluation of a Screening Tool for Affective Dysregulation in Children Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-03-18 Christiane Otto, Anne Kaman, Claus Barkmann, Manfred Döpfner, Anja Görtz-Dorten, Claudia Ginsberg, Sara Zaplana Labarga, Anne-Katrin Treier, Veit Roessner, Charlotte Hanisch, Michael Koelch, Tobias Banaschewski, Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer
Affective dysregulation (AD) in children is characterized by persistent irritability and severe temper outbursts. This study developed and evaluated a screening questionnaire for AD in children. The development included the generation of an initial item pool from existing instruments, a Delphi rating of experts, focus groups with experts and parents, and psychometric analyses of clinical and population-based
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How Caregivers Support Children’s Emotion Regulation: Construct Validation of the Parental Assistance With Child Emotion Regulation (PACER) Questionnaire Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-03-10 Vincent O. Mancini, Brody J. Heritage, David Preece, Emily M. Cohodes, James J. Gross, Dylan G. Gee, Amy Finlay-Jones
Caregivers play a crucial role in supporting the development of their children’s emotion regulation. This study validated the Parental Assistance with Child Emotion Regulation (PACER) Questionnaire in a sample of 491 caregivers (M = 32.89 years) of young children ≤ 5 years. Exploratory structural equation modeling provided evidence of the instrument’s ability to assess parental support for 10 distinct
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The Bifactor Structure of the Emotion Expression Scale for Children in a Sample of School-Aged Portuguese Children Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-03-10 Brígida Caiado, Maria Cristina Canavarro, Helena Moreira
The Emotion Expression Scale for Children (EESC) is a 16-item self-report questionnaire assessing children’s difficulties in emotion expression (i.e., poor emotion awareness and reluctance to express emotions). Considering the inconsistent findings regarding its factorial structure and dimensionality, this study aims to explore the factor structure and psychometric properties of the EESC in a sample
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Bereavement in the Aftermath of Suicide, Overdose, and Sudden-Natural Death: Evaluating a New Measure of Needs Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-03-10 Jamison S. Bottomley, Melissa A. Smigelsky
Bereavement has been associated with a number of adverse outcomes, including mortality, particularly among those who experience the sudden loss of a close other. With rising rates of sudden death in the United States, fueled by an alarming increase in fatal overdose deaths, identifying bereavement-related needs among the sudden-death bereaved is essential. The present study investigated the factor
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Would the Real Loneliness Please Stand Up? The Validity of Loneliness Scores and the Reliability of Single-Item Scores Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-03-04 Marcus Mund, Marlies Maes, Pia M. Drewke, Antonia Gutzeit, Isabel Jaki, Pamela Qualter
Several measures that assess loneliness have been developed for adults. Across three studies, we investigated psychometric features of scores of different versions of the Rasch-Type Loneliness Scale, the University of California Los Angeles Loneliness Scale, and three single-item measures. In Study 1 (N = 697 self-ratings, N = 282 informant-ratings of 160 targets) and Study 2 (N = 1,216 individuals
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Differential Item Functioning of the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory Across Race/Ethnicity and Gender Among a Sample of Justice-Involved Youth: An Item Response Theory Analysis Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-03-04 James V. Ray
Research is yet to examine whether the items of the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory (YPI) function equally well across race/ethnicity and gender. The current study applies an item response theory analysis to detect differential item functioning (DIF) of the YPI subscale across White, Black, and Hispanic youth and males and females among a sample of justice-involved youth. Significant DIF was detected
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Measuring Memory Lapses and Their Impact on Daily Life: Results From Two Daily Diary Studies Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-02-21 Jacqueline Mogle, Jennifer R. Turner, Laura A. Rabin, Martin J. Sliwinski, Ruixue Zhaoyang, Nikki L. Hill
Memory lapses (e.g., forgetting a medication) are common for most people, yet past methods of assessment relied upon retrospective reports from long recall windows. Recently, researchers have incorporated daily diary methods to capture memory lapse frequency closer to the experience in real-world environments. This study describes the utility of the Daily Memory Lapses Checklist using data from two
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Using the Child Sheehan Disability Scale to Differentiate Severity Level in Youth With Anxiety Disorders and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-02-21 Stephen P. H. Whiteside, Bradley C. Riemann, Denis M. McCarthy
The current study extends the psychometric support for the Child Sheehan Disability Scale (CSDS) as a measure of impairment associated with childhood anxiety disorders, including obsessive compulsive disorder. The CSDS was completed by 1,481 predominately Caucasian youth (55.4% female) ages 8 to 17 (M = 12.68, SD = 2.78) from primarily two-parent households and a parent across community, outpatient
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An Examination of the Latent Constructs in Risk Tools for Individuals Who Sexually Offend: Applying Multidimensional Item Response Theory to the Static-2002R Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-02-18 Sébastien Brouillette-Alarie, Seung C. Lee, Nicholas Longpré, Kelly M. Babchishin
Multidimensional item response theory (MIRT) was used to study the construct validity of the Static-2002R, an actuarial scale for the assessment of reoffending among adult men who sexually offended. Using a sample of 2,569 individuals with a history of sexual crime, exploratory factor analysis (EFA) extracted three factors: Persistence/Paraphilia, General Criminality, and Youthful Stranger Aggression
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Validation of the German Five-Factor Narcissism Inventory and Construction of a Brief Form Using Ant Colony Optimization Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-02-18 Emanuel Jauk, Gabriel Olaru, Eva Schürch, Mitja D. Back, Carolyn C. Morf
Narcissism is a multifaceted construct commonly conceptualized as comprising grandiose and vulnerable aspects in a two-factor model. While the manifold correlates of these aspects imposed a challenge for research on the structure of narcissism, recent models converge in a three-factor structure of agentic-extraverted, antagonistic, and neurotic aspects, capturing variance in different conceptualizations
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Associations Between MMPI-3 Scale Scores and the DSM-5 AMPD and ICD-11 Dimensional Personality Traits Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-02-10 Tiffany A. Brown, Martin Sellbom
The current study aimed to examine the associations between Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-3 (MMPI-3) scales and the dimensional personality traits contained within the ICD-11 Personality Disorder diagnosis and DSM-5 Alternative Model for Personality Disorders (AMPD) models. The sample consisted of 489 undergraduate students, with dimensional personality traits operationalized via the
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Psychometric Evaluation of a New Digitally Animated Child Self-Report Assessment Instrument: The Interactive Child Distress Screener Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-02-04 Kirsty Zieschank, Michael J. Ireland, Jamin Day, Sonja March
The present study aimed to provide the first psychometric evaluation of the newly developed, digitally animated assessment instrument: the Interactive Child Distress Screener (ICDS). The latent factor structure of the novel ICDS was first established using exploratory factor analysis (EFA) on 15 pairs of animated items using a community sample (N = 266) of child–parent dyads. EFA results support a
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Development and Initial Validation of the Neglectful Experiences and Deprivation Scale Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-02-04 Nadia Bounoua, Leah Church, Naomi Sadeh
Socioemotional deprivation, or the absence of developmentally expected social experiences, has been linked to long-lasting health and psychological outcomes. To date, current measures of socioemotional deprivation fail to capture the cumulative impact of neglectful experiences across multiple social relationships and developmental periods. The current study developed and validated the Neglectful Experiences
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The Placement of Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms Within a Five-Factor Model of Maladaptive Personality Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-01-31 Samuel E. Cooper, Christopher Hunt, Sara M. Stasik-O’Brien, Hannah Berg, Shmuel Lissek, David Watson, Robert F. Krueger
Dimensional models of obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptoms, as seen in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), are instrumental in explaining the heterogeneity observed in this condition and for informing cutting-edge assessments. Prior structural work in this area finds that OC symptoms cross-load under both Negative Affectivity and Psychoticism traits within the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
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The Dimensionality of Reading Self-Concept: Examining Its Stability Using Local Structural Equation Models Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-01-15 Geetanjali Basarkod, Herbert W. Marsh, Baljinder K. Sahdra, Philip D. Parker, Jiesi Guo, Theresa Dicke, Oliver Lüdtke
For results from large-scale surveys to inform policy and practice appropriately, all participants must interpret and respond to items similarly. While organizers of surveys assessing student outcomes often ensure this for achievement measures, doing so for psychological questionnaires is also critical. We demonstrate this by examining the dimensionality of reading self-concept—a crucial psychological
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Memory Binding Test and Its Associations With Hippocampal Volume Across the Cognitive Continuum Preceding Dementia Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-01-13 Hana Markova, Adela Fendrych Mazancova, Dylan J. Jester, Katerina Cechova, Veronika Matuskova, Tomas Nikolai, Zuzana Nedelska, Miroslav Uller, Ross Andel, Jan Laczó, Jakub Hort, Martin Vyhnalek
Innovative memory paradigms have been introduced to capture subtle memory changes in early Alzheimer’s disease (AD). We aimed to examine the associations between different indexes of the challenging Memory Binding Test (MBT) and hippocampal volume (HV) in a sample of individuals with subjective cognitive decline (SCD; n = 50), amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) due to AD (n = 31), and cognitively
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Utility of Diffusion Modeling of Cogstate Brief Battery Test Performance in Detecting Mild Cognitive Impairment Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-01-11 Kyler Mulhauser, Bruno Giordani, Voyko Kavcic, L. D. Nicolas May, Arijit Bhaumik, Sarah Shair, Kristen Votruba
Cognitive testing data are essential to the diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and computerized cognitive testing, such as the Cogstate Brief Battery, has proven helpful in efficiently identifying harbingers of dementia. This study provides a side-by-side comparison of traditional Cogstate outcomes and diffusion modeling of these outcomes in predicting MCI diagnosis. Participants included
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Ecological Momentary Assessment: A Meta-Analysis on Designs, Samples, and Compliance Across Research Fields Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-01-11 Cornelia Wrzus, Andreas B. Neubauer
Ecological Momentary Assessments (i.e., EMA, repeated assessments in daily life) are widespread in many fields of psychology and related disciplines. Yet, little knowledge exists on how differences in study designs and samples predict study compliance and dropout—two central parameters of data quality in (micro-)longitudinal research. The current meta-analysis included k = 477 articles (496 samples
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Validation of the Five-Factor Model Antagonistic Triad Measure Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-01-10 Leigha Rose, Joshua D. Miller, Donald R. Lynam
The personality constructs psychopathy, narcissism, and Machiavellianism, collectively described as the Dark Triad (DT), all reference socially aversive behavioral tendencies. Each construct is theorized to have features that differentiate it from others. Unfortunately, existing measures of the DT suffer from several problems. The present study compared newly developed measures of psychopathy (Super-Short
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Questionnaire Measures of Empathy in Children: A Scoping Review Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-01-10 Philippa Neary
Children’s unique developmental and contextual needs make it challenging to measure empathy validly and reliably. This scoping review is the first to collate currently available information about self-report, other-report, and performance-based questionnaire measures of empathy for children aged up to 11 years. Following the guidelines for Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses
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Comparing the Ability of MMPI-2 and MMPI-2-RF Validity Scales to Detect Feigning: A Meta-Analysis Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-01-06 Maria Aparcero, Emilie H. Picard, Alicia Nijdam-Jones, Barry Rosenfeld
Several meta-analyses of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) and Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) have examined these instruments’ ability to detect symptom exaggeration or feigning. However, limited research has directly compared whether the scales across these two instruments are equally effective. This study used a moderated meta-analysis
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Developing and Validating a Facial Emotion Recognition Task With Graded Intensity Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-01-06 Trevor F. Williams, Niko Vehabovic, Leonard J. Simms
Facial emotion recognition (FER) tasks are often digitally altered to vary expression intensity; however, such tasks have unknown psychometric properties. In these studies, an FER task was developed and validated—the Graded Emotional Face Task (GEFT)—which provided an opportunity to examine the psychometric properties of such tasks. Facial expressions were altered to produce five intensity levels for
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Measurement Invariance of Alabama Parenting Questionnaire Across Age, Gender, Clinical Status, and Informant Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2022-01-06 Ionut Stelian Florean, Anca Dobrean, Robert Balazsi, Adrian Roșan, Costina Ruxandra Păsărelu, Elena Predescu, Florina Rad
This study aimed to investigate the measurement invariance of the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (for both long [APQ-lg] and short [APQ-9] forms) across age, gender, clinical status, and informant (i.e., parent vs. child reports). The sample was composed of adolescents (community sample: N = 1,746; clinical sample: N = 166) and parents (N = 149). The analyses were conducted in R. Measurement invariance
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Screening for Perinatal OCD: A Comparison of the DOCS and the EPDS Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2021-12-30 Nichole Fairbrother, Arianne Albert, Cora Keeney, Devan Tchir, Rose B. Cameron
Screening for perinatal-occurring obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is rare. We sought to evaluate the Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (DOCS) as a screening tool for perinatal OCD and compare the screening accuracy of the DOCS with the commonly recommended Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS). English-speaking, pregnant individuals aged 19+ (N = 574) completed online questionnaires
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Development and Validation of a Smartphone-Based App for the Longitudinal Assessment of Anxiety in Daily Life Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2021-12-30 Lydia Fortea, Miquel Tortella-Feliu, Asier Juaneda-Seguí, Víctor De la Peña-Arteaga, Pamela Chavarría-Elizondo, Laia Prat-Torres, Carles Soriano-Mas, Sean P. Lane, Joaquim Radua, Miquel A. Fullana
Current methods to assess human anxiety often ignore that anxiety is a dynamic process and have limitations such as high recall bias and low generalizability to real life. Smartphone apps using ecological momentary assessment (EMA) may overcome such limitations. We developed a smartphone app for the longitudinal evaluation of anxiety symptoms using EMA. We assessed the feasibility (retention and compliance)
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Loneliness in Gender-Diverse and Sexual Orientation–Diverse Adolescents: Measurement Invariance Analyses and Between-Group Comparisons Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2021-12-28 Riley McDanal, Jessica L. Schleider, Kathryn R. Fox, Nicholas R. Eaton
Youth loneliness is a risk factor for myriad adverse psychosocial outcomes, making it a potentially informative construct for assessment and treatment research. Minority stressors may place LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) youths at high risk of loneliness. However, the prevalence of loneliness across gender and sexual identities cannot be precisely estimated or compared without
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Comparing Measures of Criterion A to Better Understand Incremental Validity in the Alternative Model of Personality Disorders Assessment (IF 4.282) Pub Date : 2021-12-17 Michael J. Roche, Sarah Jaweed
The Alternative Model of Personality Disorders distinguishes between the severity of personality dysfunction (Criterion A) and individual differences in personality disorder expression (Criterion B). Several Criterion A measures exist, but few studies have compared these measures with each other. Moreover, debates about whether the constructs of Criteria A and B are redundant (i.e., weak incremental