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Unmasking Verbal Defensiveness: The Role of Psychological Threat in Sentence Completion Tests Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 William B. Ridgway, James J. Picano, Charles A. Morgan III, Robert R. Roland, Yaron G. Rabinowitz
Shedding light on the validity of sentence completion test (SCT) verbal defensiveness as an index of defensive behavior, the current two-part study examined the relationship between psychological t...
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He Who Seeks Finds (Bodily Signals): German Validation of the Interoceptive Attention Scale (IATS) and its Relationship with Subclinical Psychopathology Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Markus R. Tünte, Tara M. Petzke, Sebastian Brand, Jennifer Murphy, Michael Witthöft, Stefanie Hoehl, Mathias Weymar, Carlos Ventura-Bort
Alterations in interoception have been linked to psychopathology. Recent findings suggest that both the attention to and the accuracy of, interoceptive perceptions may be oppositely related to subc...
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Associations Between a General Factor and Group Factor from the Spanish-Language Eysenck Personality Questionnaire–Revised Short Form’s Neuroticism Scale and the Revised NEO Personality Inventory Domains and Facets Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Alexander Weiss, Michelle Luciano, Anton Aluja
Prior studies used exploratory bifactor analyses to examine the structure of the Neuroticism scale from the Short-scale Eysenck Personality Questionnaire–Revised (EPQ–RS). These studies revealed a ...
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Improving the Objective Measurement of Alexithymia Using a Computer-Scored Alexithymia Provoked Response Questionnaire with an Online Sample Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Emma McEnaney, Christian Ryan
The study and measurement of alexithymia – a trait marked by difficulty identifying and describing feelings – can be improved by incorporating objective measures to supplement self-report scales. T...
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Measuring the Four Higher-Order Values in Schwartz’s Theory: Validation of a 17-Item Inventory Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Clemens M. Lechner, Constanze Beierlein, Eldad Davidov, Shalom H. Schwartz
Schwartz’s theory of basic human values is the dominant framework for assessing values. One of its strengths is that it allows for different levels of analysis. The 10 basic values can be reliably ...
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Measuring Global Character Dimensions: An Ant Colony Optimization Approach toward Three Core Strength Scales Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Melanie V. Partsch, Gabriel Olaru, Clemens M. Lechner
The Values in Action (VIA) framework encompasses 24 universally valued character strengths. Recent factor-analytic work has identified three global core strengths (metatraits) that proved to be wel...
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A Single Case Multimethod Assessment to Detect Significant Changes in the Psychoanalytic Treatment of Psychosomatic Disorders Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Attà Negri, Rachele Mariani, Annalisa Tanzilli, Alice Fiorini Bincoletto, Vittorio Lingiardi, Christopher Christian
Mental disorders with body-centered symptoms, such as somatic, eating, and body dysmorphic disorders, present difficulties in psychotherapy because psychological suffering is manifested in the body...
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Assessment of PTSD and Trauma Symptoms With the MMPI–3 in College Students: Validity and Incremental Utility of the Anxiety Related Experiences (ARX) Scale Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Megan A. Keen, Tina E. Greene, Bryce A. Robinson, Cole S. Morris, Paul B. Ingram
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is heterogeneous in nature, which complicates diagnostic efforts and makes accurate assessment tools critical. The MMPI family of instruments are widely used b...
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The Even Shorter Almost Perfect Scale: Psychometric Evaluation and Cross-National Implications for Psychological Outcomes Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Kenneth G. Rice, Qianyi Wang, Hannah Wetstone, Joseph Bulbulia, Chris G. Sibley, Don E. Davis
Short empirically-supported scales or individual items are preferred in comprehensive surveys, brief screeners, and experience sampling studies. To that end, we examined the Short Almost Perfect Sc...
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Examination of Construct Validity of ANX and DEP Scales of the PAI-A Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Sylvia Ryszewska, David L. Pogge, John Stokes
Anxiety and depression are the two most common psychiatric problems of adolescence. The Personality Assessment Inventory, Adolescent Version (PAI-A) is a broadband instrument designed to assist in ...
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The Revised Pathogenic Beliefs Scale: A Transtheoretical Measure of Maladaptive Beliefs That Are Associated with Psychological Distress Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 James McCollum, Joe Razo, Katie Aafjes-van Doorn, George Silberschatz
Pathogenic beliefs are maladaptive cognitive schema that may obstruct a person’s ability to achieve meaningful goals in their life. This study sought to revise a previously existing measure of path...
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When Parents Are at Fault: Development and Validation of the Parental Guilt and Shame Proneness Scale Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Weijia Li, Florrie Fei-Yin Ng, Chui-De Chiu
Research has linked individuals’ dispositional guilt and shame to their interpersonal processes. Although caregivers’ guilt and shame proneness in the parenting context likely have important implic...
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Expanding the Interpretive Potential of Eye Tracking for the Rorschach: Replication and Extension of the Findings of Ales et al. (2020) Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Barry Dauphin, Harold H. Greene, Mindee Juve, Mellisa Boyle, Ellen Day, Emily Bemis
The present study was undertaken to determine if the findings of Ales et al. (2020) could be replicated and extended, especially in light of the replication crisis in psychology and the social scie...
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The Reasoning through Evidence versus Advice (EvA) Scale: Scale Development and Validation Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Hwayong Shin, Priti Shah, Stephanie D. Preston
Our well-being can improve when people heed evidence rather than simply follow familiar or charismatic advisors who neglect evidence. We developed the Reasoning through Evidence versus Advice (EvA)...
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Automatic Self Recriminations: Development and Validation of a Measure of Self-Condemnatory Internal Dialogue Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Paul L. Hewitt, Sabrina Ge, Martin M. Smith, Gordon L. Flett, Simone Cheli, Danielle S. Molnar, Ariel Ko, Samuel F. Mikail, Thalia Lang
This article introduces a measure of self-condemnatory internal dialogue as an element of the relationship with the self: The Automatic Self-Recrimination Scale (ASRS). Using the construct validati...
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The Trait Sexual Motivation Scale (TSMS): Clinical Application of a New Instrument Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Jaime L. Anderson
Published in Journal of Personality Assessment (Vol. 106, No. 2, 2024)
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Rorschach Human Movement and Psychotherapy: Relationship with the Therapist’s Emotional Responses Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Piero Porcelli, Luciano Giromini, Alessandro Zennaro
The emotional responses of psychotherapists to their patients, known as countertransference, can yield valuable insights into the patient’s psychological functioning. Albeit from a different perspe...
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Evaluation of the Scales for Social Comparison of Appearance and Social Comparison of Well-Being Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Nexhmedin Morina, Thomas Meyer, Peter A. McCarthy, Thole H. Hoppen, Pascal Schlechter
People constantly compare their appearance and well-being to that of other individuals. However, a measure of social comparison of well-being is lacking and existing appearance-related social compa...
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Therapeutic Assessment in a University Counseling Center: A Replicated Single-Case Time-Series Pilot Study Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Filippo Aschieri, Francesca Fantini, Arianna Antonelli, Mark Van Ryzin, Justin D. Smith
In this study, we pilot tested Therapeutic Assessment (TA) in a university counseling center using a replicated single-case design to generate hypotheses on the effectiveness and applicability for ...
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The Way Forward in Psychological Assessment Or How to Thrive in the Age of AI Healthcare1 Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Mark H. Waugh, Hannah Hunter, Mckenzie Martin, Will Kelner
Published in Journal of Personality Assessment (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Assessing Emotion Regulation across Asian and Western Cultures: Psychometric Properties of Three Common Scales across Singaporean and Australian Samples Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-12-20 Joan X. M. Chan, David A. Preece, Michael Weinborn, Shannon Sauer-Zavala, Rodrigo Becerra
Given the differences in emotion regulation across cultures, it is paramount to ensure that measures of emotion regulation measure the same construct and that conceptualizations of emotion regulati...
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Preliminary Validation of Two Brief Measures of Masculine and Feminine Honor Endorsement Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Jarrod E. Bock, Ryan P. Brown, Aaron L. Pomerantz, Anita Raj
Researchers have developed numerous individual differences measures to assess people’s endorsement of honor ideology (i.e., beliefs regarding the importance of honor and reputation) with most rangi...
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Effects of Covid-19 Emergency and Associated Lockdown Policies on the Normative Expectations for the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) and the Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Filippo Aschieri, Giulia Pascarella, Aurora Milesi, Luciano Giromini
Standardized personality tests compare the test taker’s scores to those of a large sample of individuals representing normative expectations. However, what is psychologically normal in one historic...
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Toward a More Nuanced Perspective on Detachment: Differentiating Schizoid and Avoidant Personality Styles through Qualities of the Self-Representation Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Shannon M. Thomson, Robert F. Bornstein
Avoidant personality disorder was introduced in DSM-III (American Psychiatric Association [APA], 1980), and debate persists regarding the utility of having two separate variants of the “detached pe...
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The Impact of Different Thematic Apperception Test Administration Methods on Narrative Length and Story Richness as Measured by the Social Cognition and Object Relations Scale-Global Rating Method (SCORS-G) Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Savanna G. Coleman, Havilah P. Ravula, Michelle B Stein, Jeremy J. Coleman, Melanie M. Wilcox, Jenelle M. Slavin-Mulford
The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) is the second most commonly used performance-based task in clinical practice. However, traditional TAT administration is time-consuming and raises accessibility...
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Perceiver Effects and Socioeconomic Background: Contrasting Parent-Reports against Teacher-Reports of Elementary School Students’ Personality Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Emilija Meier-Faust, Rainer Watermann
Familial socioeconomic background can impact not only academic success, but also the personality of offspring. Yet, there is little evidence on whether it might influence how parents describe their...
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Psychological assessment of surgical candidates: Evidence-based procedures and practices Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-12-04 Steven M. Tovian
Published in Journal of Personality Assessment (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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A Further Examination of the Multidimensional Workaholism Scale (MWS) in Italy and U.S: Measurement Equivalence, Convergent, Discriminant, and Predictive Validity Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Carmela Buono, Paola Spagnoli, Malissa Clark, Nicholas J. Haynes, Danila Molinaro, Cristian Balducci
In the current study we replicated and extended the validation of the Multidimensional Workaholism Scale through: 1) the examination of the relationship between the MWS and the Bergen Work Addictio...
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Developing the Sense of Belonging Scale and Understanding Its Relationship to Loneliness, Need to Belong, and General Well-Being Outcomes Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Christopher Mellinger, Anne Fritzson, Bernadette Park, Sona Dimidjian
The construct of belonging has played a central role in psychological theories for many years, prompting research that benefits many people. However, there is little consensus for how to measure se...
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Analyzing and Comparing Univariate, Multivariate, and Bifactor Generalizability Theory Designs for Hierarchically Structured Personality Traits Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Walter P. Vispoel, Hyeryung Lee, Tingting Chen, Hyeri Hong
We demonstrate how to use structural equation models to represent generalizability theory-based univariate, multivariate, and bifactor model designs. Analyses encompassed multi-occasion data obtain...
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Competitive Latent Structures for the Comic Style Markers: Developing a Psychometrically Sound Short Version Using Spanish and US American Samples. Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Jorge Torres-Marín,Ginés Navarro-Carrillo,Mariela Bustos-Ortega,Sonja Heintz,Hugo Carretero-Dios
The Comic Style Markers (CSM) is a questionnaire that allows a fine-grained description of how people differ in the way they display humor in their daily lives. It includes 48 statements capturing eight interrelated, yet distinct comic styles: fun, irony, wit, sarcasm, benevolent humor, satire, nonsense humor, and cynicism. Despite the independent conceptual roots of these humorous domains, the analysis
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Evaluating the Psychometric Properties of the German Self and Interpersonal Functioning Scale (SIFS) Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Caroline Macina, André Kerber, Johannes Zimmermann, Ludwig Ohse, Leonie Kampe, Jil Mohr, Marc Walter, Susanne Hörz-Sagstetter, Johannes Sebastian Wrege
The Self and Interpersonal Functioning Scale (SIFS) is a 24-item self-report questionnaire assessing personality functioning according to the alternative DSM-5 model for personality disorders. We e...
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Measuring Self-Esteem with Expanded Format in a Fraction of Time: ESE-S and ESE-US Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-10-02 Chester Chun Seng Kam, Emily Hongzhen Cheng, Tianxue Cui
Despite the ubiquity of Likert format scales, they are not without problems—distorted dimensionality being one of the most serious. Zhang and Savalei proposed an alternative to Likert format called...
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Dimensionality, Invariance, and Nomological Network of the Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale (NSFS): An Extensive Psychometric Investigation in a Swedish Work Cohort Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Sofie Holmquist, Andreas Stenling, Susanne Tafvelin, Nikos Ntoumanis, Ingrid Schéle
The present study evaluated the dimensionality, measurement invariance, and nomological network of the Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale (NSFS) in a sample of Swedish workers. Using confirmat...
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The Utility of the Level of Personality Functioning Scale in Maternal Samples: A Brief Report Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-09-27 Jennifer J. Phillips, Michael J. Roche, Martha Ann Bell
Maternal personality plays a role in how a mother parents her children and adolescents. Current trait-based measures of personality are acceptable for use in maternal samples, but the presence or a...
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Awareness of Narrative Identity Questionnaire (ANIQ) in Early Adolescents: Psychometric Evaluation and Association with Features of Personality Disorder Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Kennedy M. Balzen, Miguel Blacutt, Majse Lind, Francesca Penner, Carla Sharp
Identity formation is central to adolescent development. Challenges in establishing a stable sense of self is associated with maladaptive identity function, which has been recognized as a core feat...
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Comment on Implicit Gender Bias in the Clinical Judgement of Psychopathy and Personality Disorders among Licensed Psychologists in the USA Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-09-15 Emily D. Gottfried, Abby L. Mulay
Published in Journal of Personality Assessment (Vol. 105, No. 6, 2023)
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Less Evaluative Measures of Personality in Job Applicant Contexts: The Effect on Socially Desirable Responding and Criterion Validity Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-09-13 Joshua K. Wood, Jeromy Anglim, Sharon Horwood
Abstract Researchers have long sought to mitigate the detrimental effects of socially desirable responding on personality assessments in high-stakes contexts. This study investigated the effect of reducing the social desirability of personality items on response distortion and criterion validity in a job applicant context. Using a 2 × 2 repeated measures design, participants (n = 584) completed standard
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All the Same? Different Measures of Personality Functioning Are Similar but Distinct. A Comparative Study from a Psychodynamic Perspective Using Exploratory Graph Analysis Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-08-30 Larissa Vierl, Susanne Hörz-Sagstetter, Cord Benecke, Carsten Spitzer, Florian Juen
Abstract Personality functioning (PF) is a central construct in many theories of personality pathology. Based on psychodynamic theories, two screening questionnaires to assess PF are widely used: The Inventory of Personality Organization—16 item version and the Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnosis—Structure Questionnaire Short Form. This study aimed to explore the similarities and differences of
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Showing True Colours: EMA Case Descriptions of Narcissistic States Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-08-28 Vanessa Lea Freund, Frenk Peeters, Jill Lobbestael
Abstract Traditionally, narcissistic characteristics are considered relatively stable, although clinical accounts and recent research show that additional narcissistic states are variable and fluctuate in actuality. Narcissism research tends to focus on cross-sectional, group-based, trait approaches. Momentary ecological assessments allow one to discover individuals’ true colors by observing narcissistic
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The Dimensionality of the Moral Foundations: Contributions from the Moral Foundations Sacredness Scale in Four Societies Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-08-18 Pedro J. C. Costa, Paulo A. S. Moreira
Abstract Moral Foundations Theory proposes that five innate modules offer an intuitive response that drives our moral judgments. Various instruments were developed to measure the five moral foundations, including the MFV and the MFQ-30 which focus on deliberative moral reasoning. This approach is limited because intuitions are more basic and affect-laden. The Moral Foundations Sacredness Scale (MFSS)
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Measuring Change in Attachment Insecurity Using Short Forms of the ECR-R: Longitudinal Measurement Invariance and Sensitivity to Treatment Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-07-26 Sascha Müller, Carsten Spitzer, Eva Flemming, Johannes C. Ehrenthal, Robert Mestel, Bernhard Strauß, Laura Lübke
Attachment insecurity is important for psychotherapy both as an aspect influencing the therapeutic process as well as potential outcome variable of a treatment. Two German short forms of the Experi...
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Correction Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-07-24
Published in Journal of Personality Assessment: Knowledge Application & Hydroinformatics (Vol. 105, No. 5, 2023)
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New Versions of the MMPI and Rorschach: How Have Training Programs Responded? Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-07-07 Alicia W. Villanueva van den Hurk, David M. McCord, Kim J. Görner, Callie E. Jowers, Joni L. Mihura
Abstract In this brief article, we update the training of newer versions of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and Rorschach and compare to a 2015 assessment training survey of American Psychological Association accredited clinical psychology doctoral programs. The survey sample sizes for 2015, 2021, and 2022 were 83, 81, and 88, respectively. By 2015, of the programs teaching any
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The HEXACO Personality Space Before and After Re-Rotation to Approximate the Big Five Dimensions Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-07-07 Michael C. Ashton, Kibeom Lee, Jeromy Anglim, Meredith A. Bucher, Sharon Horwood, Douglas B. Samuel
We re-oriented the HEXACO personality dimensions to approximate the Big Five, using two measures of the Big Five as targets in a derivation sample and then in cross-validation samples. The HEXACO a...
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Analyzing the Factor Structure of the Toronto Empathy Questionnaire: Dimensionality, Reliability, Validity, Measurement Invariance and One-Year Stability of the German Version Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-07-03 Tobias Janelt, Tobias Altmann, R. Nathan Spreng, Marcus Roth
In the face of heterogeneity in the measurement of empathy, the Toronto Empathy Questionnaire (TEQ; Spreng et al., Journal of Personality Assessment, 91(1), 62–71 (2009)) was developed as a brief u...
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Interrater Reliability of the Psychological Mindedness Assessment Procedure, Extended (Dutch) Version, in a Clinical Patient Population Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-06-27 Jaap Segaar, Theo Ingenhoven, Han Berghuis, Jaap Peen, Jack Dekker
The Psychological Mindedness Assessment Procedure, Extended Dutch Version (PMAP-plus), was developed to assess psychological mindedness in mental health care. Psychological Mindedness represents th...
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Entrapment and Defeat Scales: Factor Structure Assessment and Variation by Gender and Sexual Identity among Adults in the United Kingdom Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-06-14 Robert J. Cramer, Ryan A. Robertson, Matt R. Nobles, Jessamyn Bowling, Sam Cacace, Brian A. Feinstein, Susan Rasmussen
Entrapment and defeat are empirically-supported suicide risk factors. Their measurement is the subject of some debate, however. Also, limited work exists examining sexual and gender minority (SGM) ...
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Virtue in Pursuit of Goals: A Goals-Based Approach to Patience Measurement Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-06-12 Juliette L. Ratchford, Sarah A. Schnitker
In this paper, we provide a contextualized assessment of virtue through validation of a goals-based approach to measuring patience, the Goals-Based Virtue-Patience Scale (GBV-P). To assess virtue i...
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Differentiation of Self and Interpersonal Functioning with the Level of Personality Functioning Scale – Brief Form 2.0 Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-06-12 Gina Rossi, Carmen Diaz-Batanero
Research on Criterion A of the alternative model for personality disorders is recently expanding and provides mixed results concerning the unidimensional operational definition of severity by the m...
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Validity Evidence for the Brief Self-Control Scale in the Spanish Adult Population: A Systematic Study Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-06-08 F. Javier García-Castro, Rebecca Bendayan, María J. Blanca
The Brief Self-Control Scale (BSCS) has been widely studied across languages and populations. However, research examining the Spanish version is scant and limited to the adolescent population. Our ...
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Psychometric Properties of the MMPI-3 in a Sample of Black and White American Undergraduate Students: Examining Group Differences and Convergent/Discriminant Validity with the ASEBA Adult Self-Report Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-05-30 Joye C. Anestis, Taylor R. Rodriguez, Chloe O’Dell, Olivia C. Preston, Tiffany M. Harrop, Nora E. Charles
The current study examined MMPI-3 internal and external psychometric properties with a focus on the impact of racialized group membership (Black and White Americans). The second aim was to examine ...
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Using the Personality Assessment Inventory to Assess the Alternative Model for Personality Disorders: Criterion Validity in a Clinical Sample Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-05-23 Jared R. Ruchensky, Shannon E. Kelley, Christina Massey, Laura A. Richardson, Mark A. Blais, Michelle B Stein
The Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) is a broadband measure of psychopathology that is widely used in applied settings. Researchers developed regression-based estimates that use the PAI to me...
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Personality Pathology Assessment in Youth: Introduction to the Special Section Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-05-23 Robert D. Latzman, Lize Verbeke
Published in Journal of Personality Assessment: Knowledge Application & Hydroinformatics (Vol. 105, No. 4, 2023)
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The Proposed Specifiers for Conduct Disorder (PSCD) in Iranian School-Attending Adolescents: A Multi-Informant Validation Study of the PSCD Parent- and Youth Self-Report Versions Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-05-23 Mojtaba Elhami Athar, Olivier F. Colins, Randall T. Salekin, Leila Kargari Padar, Simin Heydarian
The Proposed Specifier for Conduct Disorder (PSCD) was developed to measure the broad psychopathy construct with grandiose-manipulative, callous-unemotional, daring-impulsive, and conduct disorder ...
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Development and Validation of the Trait Sexual Motivation Scale (TSMS) Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-05-22 Marcel Weber, Dorota Reis, Malte Friese
Sexual motivation, the interest in sexual activity, affects people’s thinking, feeling, and behavior. Common scales used to assess sexual motivation suffer from drawbacks that limit their validity ...
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Examining the Incremental Validity of the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire (PAQ) Relative to the 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-05-05 Aqsa Zahid, Graeme J. Taylor, Sharlane C. L. Lau, Suddene Stone, R. Michael Bagby
The 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) is the most widely used instrument for assessing alexithymia, with more than 25 years of research supporting its reliability and validity. The items t...
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Measuring Intellectual Curiosity across Cultures: Validity and Comparability of a New Scale in Six Languages Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-05-01 Matthias Bluemke, Lukas Engel, David J. Grüning, Clemens M. Lechner
Intellectual curiosity—the tendency to seek out and engage in opportunities for effortful cognitive activity—is a crucial construct in educational research and beyond. Measures of intellectual curi...
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Investigating the Validity of the MMPI-3 Eating Concerns (EAT) scale across Men and Women in a University Sample Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-04-24 Cole S. Morris, Emma A. Shepherd, Paul B. Ingram
Disordered eating is a major health epidemic that occurs at disproportionate rates among young adults and for which gender plays a major role in symptom presentation. Broadband psychological instru...
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Character Traits Predict Health and Well-Being beyond Personality Journal of Personality Assessment (IF 3.72) Pub Date : 2023-04-10 Danielle Wilson, Vincent Ng, Jeff Foster, Louis Tay
We examined the incremental validity of character in predicting health outcomes and well-being beyond personality traits and investigated the extent to which health-related behaviors mediate the re...