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A discussion of modern versus traditional psychometrics as applied to personality assessment scales.

Journal of personality assessment

Reise SP, Henson JM.
PMID: 12946916
J Pers Assess. 2003 Oct;81(2):93-103. doi: 10.1207/S15327752JPA8102_01.

Item response theory (IRT) methods are used by large testing firms, state agencies, and school districts to construct, analyze, and score most major aptitude, achievement, proficiency, entrance, and professional licensure exams. Personality assessment, in contrast, has not generally adopted...

Note on objectives of psychological assessment procedures and the value of multidimensional questionnaires and inventories.

Psychological reports

Coles EM.
PMID: 11508025
Psychol Rep. 2001 Jun;88(3):813-6. doi: 10.2466/pr0.2001.88.3.813.

Two different objectives of psychological assessment procedures are identified. It is suggested that excessive caution in interpreting and reporting the results of such procedures can limit their value.

The making of meaning: comments on Hofstee and Ten Berge.

Journal of personality assessment

McGrath RE.
PMID: 15456647
J Pers Assess. 2004 Oct;83(2):128-30; discussion 136-40. doi: 10.1207/s15327752jpa8302_05.

Hofstee and Ten Berge (2004/this issue) outline a method of scale transformation that places scores on a common absolute scale. This contrasts with traditional relative methods of transformation, which involve scaling in relation to a sample mean. Their primary...

Editorial: introduction to the article on "dual scaling".

Journal of personality assessment

Streiner DL.
PMID: 16171421
J Pers Assess. 2005 Oct;85(2):207-8. doi: 10.1207/s15327752jpa8502_13.

No abstract available.

Bifactor models and rotations: exploring the extent to which multidimensional data yield univocal scale scores.

Journal of personality assessment

Reise SP, Moore TM, Haviland MG.
PMID: 20954056
J Pers Assess. 2010 Nov;92(6):544-59. doi: 10.1080/00223891.2010.496477.

The application of psychological measures often results in item response data that arguably are consistent with both unidimensional (a single common factor) and multidimensional latent structures (typically caused by parcels of items that tap similar content domains). As such,...

Update on the debate about the existence and utility of the Big Five: a ten-year follow-up on Carroll's "the Five-Factor Personality Model: how complete and satisfactory is it?.

Psychological reports

Merenda PF.
PMID: 19320230
Psychol Rep. 2008 Dec;103(3):931-42. doi: 10.2466/pr0.103.3.931-942.

This paper is a follow-up comment on John B. Carroll's critique of the Big Five Model and his suggestion years ago on how to design and conduct research properly on the structure of personality and its assessment. The status...

[Measuring scales for assessment of coping behavior: a critical evaluation].

Zeitschrift fur klinische Psychologie, Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie

Wendt A, Petermann F.
PMID: 8686365
Z Klin Psychol Psychiatr Psychother. 1996;44(1):3-32.

In the present report, assessment problems in the area of coping research are discussed. On the basis of some objective criterion, assessment procedures with theoretical background, development and areas of uses, are chosen to make clear the current status...

Reliability and validity of the parent form of the social competence scale in Chinese preschoolers.

Psychological reports

Zhang X, Ke X, Wang X.
PMID: 23045868
Psychol Rep. 2012 Aug;111(1):266-8. doi: 10.2466/03.10.11.PR0.111.4.266-268.

The Parent Form of the Social Competence Scale (SCS-PF) was translated into Chinese and validated in a sample of Chinese preschool children (N = 443). Results confirmed a single dimension and high internal consistency in the SCS-PF. Mothers' ratings...

Measurement and assessment: an editorial view.

Psychological assessment

Reynolds CR.
PMID: 20230146
Psychol Assess. 2010 Mar;22(1):1-4. doi: 10.1037/a0018811.

No abstract available.

Use of the Million Clinical Multiaxial Inventory in clinical practice.

Perceptual and motor skills

Piotrowski C.
PMID: 9229434
Percept Mot Skills. 1997 Jun;84(3):1185-6. doi: 10.2466/pms.1997.84.3c.1185.

A review of recent survey data indicates that the Million Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI) ranks among the most frequently used tests by practicing clinicians. This instrument is surpassed only by the MMPI or MMPI-2 in the area of objective...

Conceptual and methodological issues in the assessment of shame and guilt.

Behaviour research and therapy

Tangney JP.
PMID: 8936757
Behav Res Ther. 1996 Sep;34(9):741-54. doi: 10.1016/0005-7967(96)00034-4.

Although shame and guilt are prominently cited in theories of moral behaviour and psychopathology, surprisingly little research has considered these emotions. A key factor hindering research in this area has been a need for psychometrically sound measures of shame...

Factors related to correspondence between teacher ratings of elementary student depression and student self-ratings.

Journal of consulting and clinical psychology

Ines TM, Sacco WP.
PMID: 1556277
J Consult Clin Psychol. 1992 Feb;60(1):140-2. doi: 10.1037//0022-006x.60.1.140.

Fourth through sixth graders (n = 418) completed the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI; Kovacs, 1980). Each teacher (n = 31) rated 6 students with high, low, or medium CDI scores (n = 181) using the CDI items (teacher-CDI) and...

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