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The Narcissistic Grandiosity Scale: A meta-analytic examination of item convergent and discriminant validity. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-06-16 Seth A. Rosenthal, R. Matthew Montoya, Jill M. Hooley, Christopher T. Jurgens
The Narcissistic Grandiosity Scale (NGS; Rosenthal et al., 2020) is a 16-item adjective-rating scale with scores that measure narcissistic grandiosity, a central feature of the grandiose form of narcissism. The NGS was developed both to measure the narcissistic grandiosity construct and to do so in a way that maximally distinguishes narcissistic grandiosity from nongrandiose self-esteem, a construct
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Psychometric properties and CAT performance of the PROMIS pediatric sleep disturbance, sleep-related impairment, and fatigue item banks in Dutch children and adolescents. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-06-16 Shosha H. M. Peersmann, Michiel A. J. Luijten, Lotte Haverman, Caroline B. Terwee, Martha A. Grootenhuis, Raphaële R. L. van Litsenburg
This study’s aim is to evaluate the psychometric properties of the pediatric Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) sleep disturbance (SD), sleep-related impairment (SRI), and fatigue item banks in Dutch children and adolescents since they are yet to be validated in this population. Children and adolescents aged 8–18 years old (n = 1,325), representative of the Dutch general
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Longitudinal invariance and validity of the Impact of Event Scale–Revised under COVID-19 pandemic in a Brazilian sample. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-06-16 André Luiz de Carvalho Braule Pinto, Rafaela Ferreira Guatimosim, Fabiano Franca Loureiro, Alexandre Luiz de Oliveira Serpa, Danielle Souza Costa, Alexandre Paim Diaz, Rui Mateus Joaquim, Leonardo Rodrigo Baldaçara, Gustavo dos Santos Alves Maria, Antônio Geraldo da Silva, Débora Marques de Miranda, Leandro Fernandes Malloy-Diniz
Although the Impact Event Scale–Revised is widely used, its factor structure is still controversial. In addition, its longitudinal measurement invariance (LMI) remains uninvestigated. In this sense, we carried out three studies to investigate its psychometric properties. In Study 1, we evaluated the factorial structure of the scale comparing the different models existing in the literature in Brazilian
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Comparing attachment across cultures, child gender, age, and parental gender: Vietnamese versus Belgian adolescents’ self-reported attachment anxiety and avoidance. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-06-13 Ba Tuan Vu, Martijn Van Heel, Chloë Finet, Bien Cuyvers, Melisse Houbrechts, Tien Dung Hoang, Tuan Anh Cao, Hai Hung Duong, Guy Bosmans
The short form of the Experiences in Close Relationships Scale–Revised Child version (ECR-RC) is a promising self-report measure of anxious and avoidant attachment in Western adolescents, yet little is known about its psychometric properties across cultures. More importantly, little is known about attachment styles across cultures, child gender, and parental gender. The present study aims to address
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The Work and Social Adjustment Scale for Youth: Psychometric properties of the teacher version and evidence of contextual variability in psychosocial impairments. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-06-13 Andres De Los Reyes, Clayton R. Cook, Margaret Sullivan, Nicole Morrell, Mo Wang, Frank M. Gresham, Corinne Hamlin, Bridget A. Makol, Lauren M. Keeley, Noor Qasmieh
Effective mental health services require accurate assessment of psychosocial impairments linked to mental health concerns. Youth who experience these impairments do so within and across various contexts (e.g., school, home). Youth may display symptoms of mental health concerns without co-occurring impairments, and vice versa. Yet, nearly all impairment measures presume that those assessed display mental
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The gray areas of romance: A measure of presumptuous romantic intentions. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-06-09 Timothy J. Valshtein, Peter M. Gollwitzer, Gabriele Oettingen
To capture the attention of a romantic partner requires thoughtful selection of effective pursuit strategies. Sometimes, these strategies err on the side of caution; in other instances, pursuers can take a bolder approach to their courtship endeavors. In the present research, we developed a measure capturing the degree to which a romantic pursuer intends to take a presumptuous course of action. Across
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Prediction of serious misconduct in law enforcement officers. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-06-09 Alec T. Twibell, Robert E. McGrath, Matthew Guller
This study compared 143 law enforcement officers with a history of serious misconduct and 429 matched comparators who had completed the Candidate and Officer Personnel Survey–Revised (COPS–R), an inventory developed specifically for psychological evaluation of public safety candidates. Most had also completed the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI), which allowed for scoring of scales and indices
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Consistency and source specificity of symptom ratings for Child and Adolescent Behavior Inventory Scales with mother, father, and teacher ratings of Spanish children. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-05-26 G. Leonard Burns, Christian Geiser, Mateu Servera, Stephen P. Becker
The study determined consistency relative to a reference source (convergent validity for nonreference sources with a reference source) and specificity for nonreference sources in true score variance in Child and Adolescent Behavior Inventory (CABI) ADHD-inattentive (IN), ADHD-hyperactive/impulsive (HI), sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT), oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), limited prosocial emotions
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Support for the three-factor model of narcissism and its personality underpinnings through the lens of the network psychometrics. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-05-26 Radosław Rogoza, Michael L. Crowe, Laura Jamison, Jan Cieciuch, Włodzimierz Strus
Recent literature on narcissism argues that there are three factors covering the construct: agentic, antagonistic, and neurotic. Within the current study, we aim to (a) empirically test whether this hypothesized structure reproduces using, for the first time, network psychometrics with eight distinct narcissism measures as well as reanalysing data from eleven narcissism measures from Crowe et al. (2019)
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The anticipated effects of simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use: Initial development and preliminary validation. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-05-13 Jack T. Waddell, Scott E. King, Sarah A. Okey, Madeline H. Meier, Jane Metrik, William R. Corbin
Social learning theories suggest that outcome expectancies are strong determinants of behavior, and studies find that alcohol and cannabis expectancies are associated with negative substance use outcomes. However, there are no measures to date that assess expectancies for simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use (SAM), often referred to as SAM, despite strong links with negative consequences and rising
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Testing the factor structure and measurement invariance of the Temporal Experience of Pleasure Scale in adolescents across time, gender, and race/ethnicity. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-05-13 Jae Wan Choi, Hena Thakur, Daniel A. Briley, Jeff R. Temple, Joseph R. Cohen
The Temporal Experience of Pleasure Scale (TEPS) is a self-report measure designed to assess anticipatory and consummatory pleasure, two facets of anhedonic predispositions. Despite its widespread use, the factor structure of the TEPS has yet to be tested in adolescents, who are at increased risk for psychopathology and undergoing rapid changes in reward-related processes. In response, the present
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Psychometric properties of Spanish-language MMPI-3 scores in a Puerto Rican parental fitness evaluation setting. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-05-05 Megan R. Whitman, Amanda N. Hansen, Lenga Ortega Medina, Yossef S. Ben-Porath
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) family of instruments have long been used in child custody and parental fitness evaluation (PFE) contexts, spanning from the original MMPI to the recently released MMPI-3. In addition to updating the English-language normative sample and expanding content coverage, the MMPI-3 was released with a U.S. Spanish-language normative sample. The present
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Alignment of the personality inventory for ICD-11 with the five-factor model of personality. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-05-05 Johannes Stricker, Susanne Buecker, Reinhard Pietrowsky
A central innovation in the International Classification of Diseases 11th Revision (ICD-11) is a dimensional personality disorder model differentiating five personality trait domains. The Personality Inventory for ICD-11 (PiCD) is a frequently used measure to assess these components of the ICD-11 personality disorder model. Conceptually, the ICD-11 personality trait domains correspond to trait domains
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Logistic versus linear regression-based reliable change index: A simulation study with implications for clinical studies with different sample sizes. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-05-05 Rafael De Andrade Moral, Unai Díaz-Orueta, Javier Oltra-Cucarella
The linear regression-based reliable change index (RCI) is widely used to identify memory impairments through longitudinal assessment. However, the minimum sample size required for estimates to be reliable has never been specified. Using data from 920 participants from the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative data as true parameters, we run 12,000 simulations for samples of size 10–1,000 and
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Czech version of the Emotion Regulation Skills Questionnaire (ERSQ): Psychometric evaluation and network model in an adult clinical sample. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-04-28
The Emotion Regulation Skills Questionnaire (ERSQ, 27 items) is an instrument designed to measure nine emotion regulation skills. This study examined the psychometric properties and longitudinal network structure of the Czech translation of the ERSQ in the clinical sample (primarily mood or neurotic disorders). Czech patients N = 427 completed the ERSQ weekly during treatment. The data were analyzed
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Measuring online and offline social rejection sensitivity in the digital age. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-04-28
Social rejection sensitivity has been proposed as a central risk factor for depression. Yet, its assessment has typically been limited to offline contexts. Many of today’s social interactions, however, take place online. Here, we developed a measure to assess social rejection sensitivity in both online and offline environments. Across four separate samples including a total of 2381 individuals (12–89
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Measuring online and offline social rejection sensitivity in the digital age. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-04-28 Jack L. Andrews,Aye Chan Khin,Talia Crayn,Kiarne Humphreys,Susanne Schweizer
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Brazilian Portuguese adaptation of the spitefulness scale and associations with personality traits. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-04-25
Spitefulness is a personality trait characterized by an inclination to cause harm to others in a manner that also results in self-harm. Studies considering this trait have mostly been performed in individualistic cultures. Our aim was to adapt and accumulate statistical evidence for the Brazilian Portuguese version of the Spitefulness Scale (SS-BP), examining the functioning of the instrument in a
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The Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised (SBQ-R) and its Chinese version (C-SBQ-R): Further validity testing using the culture, comprehension, and translation bias procedure. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-04-25 Jenny Mei Yiu Huen, Paul Siu Fai Yip, Augustine Osman, Angel Nga Man Leung
The Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised (SBQ-R), a 4-item instrument for assessing and screening suicide-related thoughts and behaviors, has been translated into several different languages. In this study, we examined the psychometric properties of the SBQ-R and a new Chinese version of the instrument (C-SBQ-R) for college student samples. We used the culture, comprehension, and translation bias
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Brazilian Portuguese adaptation of the spitefulness scale and associations with personality traits. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-04-25 Ariela Raissa Lima-Costa,Bruno Bonfá-Araujo,Pedro Pechorro,David K. Marcus
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Concordance in PTSD symptom change between DSM-5 versions of the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS-5) and PTSD Checklist (PCL-5). Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-04-07 Daniel J. Lee, Frank W. Weathers, Johanna Thompson-Hollands, Denise M. Sloan, Brian P. Marx
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-5) versions of the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS-5) and PTSD Checklist (PCL-5) are widely used PTSD measures. Researchers and clinicians routinely use both measures in tandem to quantify symptom change, despite substantive instrumentation differences beyond administration modality, and absent a theoretical rationale
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Revisiting the factor structure and construct validity of the Cognitive Failures Questionnaire. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-04-04 Zachary T. Goodman,Kiara R. Timpano,Maria M. Llabre,Sierra A. Bainter
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The Four-Item Mentalising Index (FIMI) is a valid, reliable, and practical way to assess mentalising: Reply to Murphy et al. (2022). Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-04-04 Rachel A Clutterbuck, Lucy A Livingston, Punit Shah
Murphy et al. (2022) raised concerns regarding the validity of the Four-Item Mentalising Index (FIMI). We wholeheartedly agree with Murphy et al. that there are problems in the social cognition literature hampering research. However, we maintain the FIMI is conceptually grounded in empirical and theoretical research, and that concerns regarding its construct validity are overstated. Drawing on recent
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It looks like construct validity, but look again: Comment on Clutterbuck et al. (2021) and recommendations for test developers in the broad “empathy” domain. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-04-04
Conceptual flaws can undermine even rigorous test development efforts, especially in the broad empathy and social cognition domains, which are characterized by measure proliferation and inconsistently used construct terms. We discuss these issues, focusing on a new instrument of “mentalizing” as a case study. Across several studies, Clutterbuck et al. (2021a) developed the Four-Item Mentalising Index
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Revisiting the factor structure and construct validity of the Cognitive Failures Questionnaire. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-04-04
The Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ; Broadbent et al., 1982) is an established and commonly used self-report measure of cognitive errors experienced in daily life, capturing perceived difficulties with forgetfulness, distractibility, and thinking blunders. Despite frequent use in clinical research and established associations with psychological and neuropsychological disorders, the psychometric
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It looks like construct validity, but look again: Comment on Clutterbuck et al. (2021) and recommendations for test developers in the broad “empathy” domain. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-04-01 Brett A. Murphy,Judith A. Hall,Fred Duong
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Psychometric properties of the children’s emotion management scales within a psychiatric sample. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-03-31
The Children’s Emotion Management Scales (CEMS) are widely used measures of children’s emotion regulation strategies in response to three specific emotions: sadness, anger, and worry. Original factor analyses suggested a three-factor subscale structure for each emotion: inhibition, dysregulation, and coping (Zeman et al., 2001, 2002, 2010). However, this factor structure had not been reexamined since
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Is the PHQ-9 a unidimensional measure of depression? A 58,272-participant study. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-03-31 Renzo Bianchi, Jay Verkuilen, Sharon Toker, Irvin Sam Schonfeld, Markus Gerber, Elmar Brähler, Kurt Kroenke
The PHQ-9 has become a measure of reference in depression research and clinical practice. However, the issue of the PHQ-9’s unidimensionality has not been fully elucidated, and the usability of the PHQ-9’s total score requires clarification. In this study, we examined the dimensionality, scalability, and monotonicity properties of the PHQ-9 as well as the scale’s total-score reliability. We did so
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A novel approach to investigate depression symptoms in the aging population using generalizability theory. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-03-31 Sruthy S. Kumar, Alexander G. Merkin, Katya Numbers, Perminder S. Sachdev, Henry Brodaty, Nicole A. Kochan, Julian N. Trollor, Susan Mahon, Oleg Medvedev
As depression is common in older people and confers significant risk for dementia, its accurate assessment is essential. The 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15) is a widely used assessment tool for measuring depression in aged populations, and its psychometric properties have been recently improved using Rasch analysis. However, its temporal reliability and ability to distinguish between dynamic
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Measuring compassion toward others: Dimensionality of the compassion scale in community adolescents and in adolescents with behavioral disorders. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-03-31 Rúben Sousa, Marlene Paulo, Nélio Brazão, Paula Castilho, Daniel Rijo
Compassion toward others has been defined as the sensitivity to the suffering of others with the genuine commitment to relieve/prevent it. The Compassion Scale (CS) measures this construct and despite its relevance during adolescence, studies have been mostly conducted with adults. This study investigated the psychometric properties of the Compassion Scale-Adolescents (CS-A) in community adolescents
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Psychometric properties of the children's emotion management scales within a psychiatric sample. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-03-31 Feven A Ogbaselase,Valerie L Scelsa,Laura Stoppelbein,Stephen P Becker,Paula J Fite,Leilani Greening,Aaron M Luebbe
The Children's Emotion Management Scales (CEMS) are widely used measures of children's emotion regulation strategies in response to three specific emotions: sadness, anger, and worry. Original factor analyses suggested a three-factor subscale structure for each emotion: inhibition, dysregulation, and coping (Zeman et al., 2001, 2002, 2010). However, this factor structure had not been reexamined since
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A comparison of embedded validity indicators from the Stroop Color and Word Test among adults referred for clinical evaluation of suspected or confirmed attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-03-31 Humza Khan, Andrew A. Rauch, Maximillian A. Obolsky, Haley Skymba, Kearston C. Barwegen, Amanda M. Wisinger, Gabriel P. Ovsiew, Kyle J. Jennette, Jason R. Soble, Zachary J. Resch
This study investigated the utility of four Stroop Color and Word Test (SCWT) indices, including the raw score and T score for the word reading (WR) and color naming (CN) trials, as embedded performance validity tests (PVTs) within a sample referred for evaluation of suspected or known attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Data were analyzed from a final sample of 317 patients consecutively
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The Elemental Psychopathy Assessment (EPA): Factor structure and construct validity across three German samples. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-03-28 Sabrina Schneider, Dahlnym Yoon, Andreas Mokros, Maximilian Fritz Schwarz, Angelina Baster, Denis Koehler
Psychopathy is deemed an important construct in forensic settings. Consequently, its theoretical basis and measurement are relevant to researchers but also to criminal justice administrators and decision-makers. The Elemental Psychopathy Assessment (EPA) is a recently developed self-report scale designed to measure psychopathic traits based on the five-factor model, one of the most comprehensive frameworks
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Development and initial psychometric properties of the Cannabidiol Outcome Expectancies Questionnaire (CBD-OEQ). Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-03-17 Katherine Walukevich-Dienst, Paige E. Morris, Raymond P. Tucker, Amy L. Copeland, Julia D. Buckner
Cannabidiol (CBD), a nonpsychoactive cannabinoid, is used by many individuals to treat medical and mental health conditions, despite limited support for the efficacy of CBD for these conditions. Identification of CBD-related outcome expectancies (i.e., beliefs concerning the anticipated effects of CBD) could be useful in understanding the etiology and maintenance of CBD use and/or be useful in administration
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Reliability and validity of composite scores from the timed subtests of the D-KEFS battery. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-03-17 Yana Suchy, Stacey L. Brothers
Many neuropsychological tests of executive functioning (EF) have test–retest reliabilities below what is considered acceptable. Combining several tests into a composite can improve reliability, although due to concerns about the multifaceted nature of the EF construct, this practice is rarely applied. The present study (a) examined internal consistencies and test–retest reliabilities of two composites
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Age and sex-specific cutoff scores for the teacher-report inventory of callous-unemotional traits on children. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-03-17 Natalia Pueyo, José-Blas Navarro, Núria de la Osa, Eva Penelo, Lourdes Ezpeleta
This longitudinal study aims to provide meaningful cutoff scores for total score of the teacher-rated Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits (ICU) from the preschool age until early adolescence, separately by age and sex. The ICU cutoff scores were determined by using low/high trajectories of oppositional defiant problems (ODP) and conduct problems in a Spanish community sample of 620 children that
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Assessment of “los pequeños” Big Five: The Spanish version of the Big Five Personality Trait Short Questionnaire in adolescents. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-03-17 Generós Ortet, Laura Mezquita, Julien Morizot, Jordi Ortet-Walker, Manuel I. Ibáñez
The major advantage of the Big Five Personality Trait Short Questionnaire (BFPTSQ) over other noncommercial Five-Factor Model (FFM) personality scales is that it targets both adolescents and adults. The aim of the present study was to explore the psychometric properties of this questionnaire in a Spanish, adolescent sample. The main sample was composed of 1,082 participants (Mage = 14.16, SD = 1.56
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A field study of acute dynamic risk assessment in individuals convicted of sexual offenses. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-03-17 Katharina Nitsche, Sonja Etzler, Jana Balas, Reinhard Eher, Martin Rettenberger
Acute dynamic risk factors can change over short periods of time, even within days or hours. When making risk assessments of individuals convicted of sexual offenses, it is necessary to consider this rapidity of change, in order to monitor appropriately the recidivism risk and to prevent future crimes. Until now, there is only one instrument—the Acute-2007—which assesses acute risk factors in individuals
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Validation of the factor structure of the WHOQOL-BREF using meta-analysis of exploration factor analysis and social network analysis. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-03-17 Li-Chung Lin, Grace Yao
The brief version of the World Health Organization’s Quality of Life Questionnaire, called WHOQOL-BREF, is an internationally applicable measurement for quality of life (QOL) and is widely used in medical and psychological research. Consistent factor structure across countries is essential for the WHOQOL-BREF. However, poor construct validity was found in Lin and Yao’s systematic review study. Few
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Diagnostic accuracy of Achenbach scales in detecting youths’ substance use disorders. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-02-24 Angelina Pei-Tzu Tsai, Ruth K. Smith, Michelle Gonzalez, Eric A. Youngstrom, Stacey B. Daughters, Jennifer Kogos Youngstrom, Robert L. Findling
It is vital to identify substance use disorders (SUDs) in youths and adults early and accurately. Previous studies have investigated the validity and reliability of the Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and Youth Self Report (YSR) for other related anxiety, mood, and behavior problems. The present study tested if the CBCL and YSR substance use items can discriminate adolescents with versus
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An examination of the MMPI-3 validity scales in detecting overreporting of psychological problems. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-02-24 Claudia K. Reeves, Tiffany A. Brown, Martin Sellbom
The recently released Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-3 (MMPI-3) includes a revised set of Validity Scales on which there is currently limited validity and clinical utility evidence for the detection of overreporting. The present study evaluated the MMPI-3 Validity Scales in the identification of such response bias. An analogue simulation design was used in which participants in an overreporting
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shinyDLRs: A dashboard to facilitate derivation of diagnostic likelihood ratios. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-02-17 Zachary T. Goodman, Elizabeth Casline, Amanda Jensen-Doss, Jill Ehrenreich-May, Sierra A. Bainter
Despite increased recognition of the importance of evidence-based assessment in clinical psychology, utilization of gold-standard practices remains low, including during diagnostic assessments. One avenue to streamline evidence-based diagnostic assessment is to increase the use of diagnostic likelihood ratios (DLRs), derived from receiver operating characteristic curve analyses. DLRs allow for the
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Assessing dynamic violence risk: Common language risk levels and recidivism rates for the Violence Risk Scale. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-02-17 Mark E. Olver, James C. Mundt, Neil R. Hogan, Richard B. A. Coupland, Jon E. Eggert, Tamsin Higgs, Kathy Lewis, Franca Cortoni, Audrey Gordon, Pamela J. Morgan, Stephen C. P. Wong
The present study features the development of new risk categories and recidivism estimates for the Violence Risk Scale (VRS), a violence risk assessment and treatment planning tool. We employed a combined North American multisite sample (k = 6, N = 1,338) of adult mostly male offenders, many with violent criminal histories, from correctional or forensic mental health settings that had complete VRS
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Dysphoria and well-being in daily life: Development and validation of ecological momentary assessment scales. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-02-17 Alexa Jimenez, Tierney P. McMahon, David Watson, Kristin Naragon-Gainey
Assessment of internalizing symptoms has generally relied on cross-sectional and retrospective self-reports, but ecological momentary assessment (EMA) is increasingly used to capture quick fluctuations in symptoms, enhance ecological validity, and improve recall accuracy. However, there are very few measures of internalizing symptoms that have been validated for use in EMA designs. In Study 1, we chose
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MMPI-3 scale predictors of reactions to ostracism in a sample of racially diverse college students. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-02-17 Joye C. Anestis, Olivia C. Preston, Taylor R. Rodriguez, Tiffany M. Harrop
We examined the ability of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-3 (MMPI-3) scales to predict reflexive reactions to rejection elicited via a Cyberball task. In an effort to expand the criterion-related and incremental validity knowledge of the MMPI-3, we specifically focused on scale associations with the following adverse reflexive reactions: feelings of rejection, low positive and high
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Little evidence for consistent initial elevation bias in self-reported momentary affect: A coordinated analysis of ecological momentary assessment studies. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-02-17 Eric S. Cerino, Stefan Schneider, Arthur A. Stone, Martin J. Sliwinski, Jacqueline Mogle, Joshua M. Smyth
Response bias characterized by decreases in self-reported subjective states when measured repeatedly over short time-frames is a potential concern in social science. Recent work suggests that this initial elevation bias (IEB) is pronounced among young adult students’ self-reports of affect when using ambulatory methods, but it is unclear if such bias extends broadly across samples, designs, and constructs
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Gender differences in cross-informant discrepancies in aggressive and prosocial behavior: A latent difference score analysis. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-02-17 Aja Louise Murray, Amy Nivette, Ingrid Obsuth, Jessica Hafetz Mirman, Daniel Mirman, Denis Ribeaud, Manuel Eisner
Cross-informant discrepancies (CIDs) in youth behavior are common. Given that these same behaviors often show or are perceived to show gender differences, it is important to understand how informant perceptions and their discrepancies are affected by gender. In n = 1,048 (51% male) Grade 5 (age 11) Swiss youth, self- versus teacher (n = 261) CIDs were explored using latent difference score (LDS) modeling
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The Personal Experiences Checklist Short Form (PECK-SF): Tests of invariance across gender and over time. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-02-17 Nathalie Noret, Simon C. Hunter, Susan Rasmussen
Peer-victimization is a frequent experience for many children and adolescents. Accurate measurement of peer-victimization is essential for better understanding such experiences and informing intervention work. While many peer-victimization and bullying scales exist, they often lack important psychometric information. The short form of the Personal Experiences Checklist (PECK-SF) provides a brief measure
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Measuring empathy in groups with high schizotypy: Psychometric evaluation of the Interpersonal Reactivity Index. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-01-31 Kelsey A. Bonfils, Julia M. Longenecker, Lillian A. Hammer, Lauren Luther
Empathy is integral for interpersonal interactions and formation and maintenance of a strong social network. There is wide agreement that empathy is a multidimensional construct, and it is commonly measured with the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI). The IRI is used widely across healthy and clinical populations, yet insufficient evidence exists on whether the IRI is appropriate for use in groups
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Psychometric properties of the Pregnancy-Related Anxiety Scale—Screener. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-01-27 Rachel Dryer, Robyn Brunton, Daniel He, Esther Lee
Pregnancy-related anxiety, a distinct anxiety characterized by pregnancy-specific concerns, has consistently been associated with adverse birth outcomes and obstetric and pediatric risk factors. Despite this, widespread screening for pregnancy-related anxiety has not been integrated into routine antenatal care likely due to the absence of a psychometrically sound screener. This study reports on the
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The fear of COVID-19 scale: Its structure and measurement invariance across 48 countries. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-01-20 Artur J. Sawicki, Magdalena Żemojtel-Piotrowska, Julia M. Balcerowska, Monika J. Sawicka, Jarosław Piotrowski, Constantine Sedikides, Peter K. Jonason, John Maltby, Mladen Adamovic, Attisso Mathieu Désiré Agada, Oli Ahmed, Laith Al-Shawaf, Seth Christopher Yaw Appiah, Rahkman Ardi, Zana Hasan Babakr, Sergiu Bălţătescu, Mario Bonato, Richard G. Cowden, Phatthanakit Chobthamkit, Laura De Pretto, Valdiney
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been a source of fear around the world. We asked whether the measurement of this fear is trustworthy and comparable across countries. In particular, we explored the measurement invariance and cross-cultural replicability of the widely used Fear of COVID-19 scale (FCV-19S), testing community samples from 48 countries (N = 14,558). The findings indicate that the FCV-19S
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Reliability and validity of a transdiagnostic measure of reward valuation effort. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-01-13 Pamela K. Keel, Grace A. Kennedy, Megan L. Rogers, Keanan J. Joyner, Lindsay P. Bodell, K. Jean Forney, Mary E. Duffy
To identify biobehavioral mechanisms underlying excessive reward consumption, reward valuation—effort (RV-E) assessments should (a) parallel measures in basic science to permit translation from preclinical to clinical studies; (b) quantify constructs dimensionally from healthy to disease states; and (c) hold relevance across different diagnostic categories. To address these aims, we developed a progressive
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Rejection sensitivity across sex, sexual orientation, and age: Measurement invariance and latent mean differences. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-01-13 Anthony J. Maiolatesi, Kirsty A. Clark, John E. Pachankis
Intergroup differences in personality might be determined by systematic variation in social status and social experiences across groups. Because of its close association with social experiences, rejection sensitivity (RS)—a tendency toward anxious expectations of, and hypersensitivity to, interpersonal rejection—represents one such personality disposition that might differ across social groups, with
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The clinician-administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5 (CAPS-5) structured interview for PTSD: A French language validation study. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-01-10 Marjolaine Rivest-Beauregard, Alain Brunet, Louise Gaston, Samantha Al Joboory, Marion Trousselard, Jean-Pierre Simson, Pascale Amara, Nadia Sourdril, Catherine Gandubert, Coraline Hingray, Samy Dallel, Jacques Guinard, Daniel Saumier, Sami Richa, Wissam El-Hage
The Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5 (CAPS-5) is a structured interview that assesses the frequency and severity of each symptom of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in relation to a single traumatic stressor over a 1-month period, allowing the trained interviewer to infer a current or lifetime diagnosis congruent with the 5th Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American
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A French adaptation of the Affective and Cognitive Measure of Empathy (ACME-F). Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-01-06 Claudia Savard, Véronique Maheux-Caron, David D. Vachon, Sébastien Hétu, Dominick Gamache
Vachon and Lynam (2016) recently introduced a new measure of empathy, the Affective and Cognitive Measure of Empathy (ACME). Besides assessing the traditional dimensions of cognitive and affective empathy, the ACME includes an affective dissonance scale that covers “antiempathy,” an important feature of the construct with prominent predictive value not included in other empathy measures. The aim of
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Inaugural editorial for Psychological Assessment. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Julie Suhr
Julie Suhr is humble to begin her service as Editor-in Chief of Psychological Assessment. She plans to focus on the dissemination of assessment research relevant to clinical and consulting psychology, including domains such as assessment/diagnosis of psychopathology, clinical health assessment, cognitive/neuropsychological assessment, forensic assessment, multicultural assessment, and personality assessment
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When is it appropriate to infer cognitive impairment on the basis of premorbid IQ estimates? A simulation study. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2021-12-23 Brandon E. Gavett, Lee Ashendorf, Sid E. O'Bryant
Whether an individual meets psychometric criteria for cognitive impairment is dictated by the comparison criterion, which is typically either a normative mean or a known or estimated previous level of ability. This study investigated the conditions under which adjusting normative expectations based on estimated premorbid intelligence would be appropriate. A simulated data set was derived and several
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Reliable and clinically significant change in the clinician-administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5 and PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 among male veterans. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2021-12-23 Brian P. Marx, Daniel J. Lee, Sonya B. Norman, Michelle J. Bovin, Denise M. Sloan, Frank W. Weathers, Terence M. Keane, Paula P. Schnurr
We calculated the reliable change index (RCI) and clinically significant change (CSC) values for two widely used measures of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD): The Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5 (CAPS-5) and the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) and examined how symptom changes at these thresholds related to improvements in psychosocial functioning. We used data from three independent
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Balancing cultural specificity and generalizability: Brief qualitative methods for selecting, adapting, and developing measures for research with American Indian communities. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2021-12-23 Emily E. Haroz, Jerreed D. Ivanich, Allison Barlow, Victoria M. O'Keefe, Melissa Walls, Cindy Kaytoggy, Rose Suttle, Novalene Goklish, Mary Cwik
Culturally appropriate, valid and reliable measures are critical to assessing how interventions impact health. There is a tension between measures for specific cultural settings versus more general measures that permit comparisons across samples. We illustrate a feasible approach to measurement selection, adaptation and testing for a study of brief interventions to prevent suicide among American Indian
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Identifying subgroups of patients with eating disorders based on emotion dysregulation profiles: A factor mixture modeling approach to classification. Psychological Assessment (IF 6.083) Pub Date : 2021-12-23 Line Nordgren, Ata Ghaderi, Brjánn Ljótsson, Hugo Hesser
This study aimed to investigate whether individuals with eating disorders (ED; N = 857) could be empirically classified into qualitatively distinct subgroups based on their emotion dysregulation profiles. A series of increasingly complex models (factor analysis; FA, latent class analysis; LCA, and factor mixture models; FMM) were evaluated to determine whether the structure of psychopathology was best