Spencer C. Evans, Ashley R. Karlovich, Katherine A. Corteselli, Amanda Jensen-Doss, John R. Weisz
{"title":"Taking measurement-based care to school: Evaluating teacher-report versions of the behavior and feelings survey and the top problems assessment.","authors":"Spencer C. Evans, Ashley R. Karlovich, Katherine A. Corteselli, Amanda Jensen-Doss, John R. Weisz","doi":"10.1037/pas0001447","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001447","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20770,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Assessment","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147380920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dana Charles McCoy, Marta Dormal, Kristen Hinckley, Milagros Alvarado, Lena Jäggi, Daniel Mäusezahl, Stella Maria Hartinger, Günther Fink
{"title":"Measuring parenting interactions in resource-constrained settings: Evidence from an observational tool implemented in Andean Peru.","authors":"Dana Charles McCoy, Marta Dormal, Kristen Hinckley, Milagros Alvarado, Lena Jäggi, Daniel Mäusezahl, Stella Maria Hartinger, Günther Fink","doi":"10.1037/pas0001462","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001462","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20770,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Assessment","volume":"54 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147380534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sofie Glatt, Ashley L. Greene, Chi C. Chan, Gregory K. Brown, Marianne Goodman
{"title":"Do the Beck Depression Inventory-II and Beck Hopelessness Scale reliably capture systematic change and within-person variation? Evidence from generalizability theory.","authors":"Sofie Glatt, Ashley L. Greene, Chi C. Chan, Gregory K. Brown, Marianne Goodman","doi":"10.1037/pas0001457","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001457","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20770,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Assessment","volume":"264 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147380919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Brian Barger,Terri Deocampo Pigott,R Christopher Sheldrick,Jonathan Campbell,Alexa Gonzalez Laca,Jon Starnes,Betsy Davis,Rachel Waford,John Olmstead
{"title":"Estimating the impact of missed cases on the accuracy of autism screening tools.","authors":"Brian Barger,Terri Deocampo Pigott,R Christopher Sheldrick,Jonathan Campbell,Alexa Gonzalez Laca,Jon Starnes,Betsy Davis,Rachel Waford,John Olmstead","doi":"10.1037/pas0001445","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001445","url":null,"abstract":"A common problem for assessing psychiatric screening tools is that initial diagnostic accuracy estimates are conducted on cross-sectional data and later found to be lower than expected when longitudinal analyses are conducted. This article uses prevalence estimates to identify potentially missed cases and adjust diagnostic accuracy metrics. To display this approach, we meta-analyze and assess 27 population-level autism screening studies identified via an umbrella review and contrast four population adjustments (none, national, U.S.-centric, and world prevalence). Studies with no positive screen adjustments displayed adequate sensitivity (.75), but poor sensitivity resulted when applying national (.52), world (.50), and U.S.-centric (.33) population adjustments. We also address missing positive screen cases due to the common problem of attrition (Sheldrick et al., 2023). Positive screen adjustments suggested a range of sensitivity impacts ranging from very poor (.32) to good (.89). Across analyses, positive predictive value estimates also ranged from .20 to .73 depending on population and missed case assumptions. The strengths and benefits of blending epidemiology and psychometric perspectives to identify screening tools that are weaker than expected are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).","PeriodicalId":20770,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Assessment","volume":"67 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147359397","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Supplemental Material for Measuring Parenting Interactions in Resource-Constrained Settings: Evidence From an Observational Tool Implemented in Andean Peru","authors":"","doi":"10.1037/pas0001462.supp","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001462.supp","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20770,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Assessment","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147380536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Supplemental Material for Taking Measurement-Based Care to School: Evaluating Teacher-Report Versions of the Behavior and Feelings Survey and the Top Problems Assessment","authors":"","doi":"10.1037/pas0001447.supp","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001447.supp","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20770,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Assessment","volume":"55 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147380537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Supplemental Material for The Distracted Participant? Experience Sampling Response Behavior and Participant Disturbance in Social Situations","authors":"","doi":"10.1037/pas0001463.supp","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001463.supp","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20770,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Assessment","volume":"76 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147380539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rowida Mohamed,Michael K Paasche-Orlow,Eloisa Serrano,Melissa Marquez,Lori Henault,Claire Weaver,Noël C Slesinger Roy,Francesca R Farina,Emily Hurstak,Michelle Taddeo,Katherina Hauner,James W Griffith
{"title":"Differential item functioning of PROMIS Sleep Disturbance-Short Form 8a across levels of health literacy in a community sample of adults.","authors":"Rowida Mohamed,Michael K Paasche-Orlow,Eloisa Serrano,Melissa Marquez,Lori Henault,Claire Weaver,Noël C Slesinger Roy,Francesca R Farina,Emily Hurstak,Michelle Taddeo,Katherina Hauner,James W Griffith","doi":"10.1037/pas0001449","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001449","url":null,"abstract":"Limited health literacy may contribute to systematic bias in health assessments relying on self-report. The present study aimed to examine how varying levels of health literacy might affect scores on the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Sleep Disturbance-Short Form 8a, a commonly used tool to assess self-reported perceptions of sleep quality. A community-based sample of adults (≥18 years) from Boston and Chicago was included in the study. Health literacy was measured using the Health Literacy Assessment Using Talking Touchscreen Technology (Health LiTT). We conducted a differential item functioning analysis using an ordinal logistic regression and a graded response model. Monte Carlo simulations were employed to establish effect size thresholds. We analyzed data from 702 participants, with a mean age of 49.1 ± 15.6 years. The sample included 61.5% females, 41.6% Black participants, and 27.8% Hispanic participants, with 58% demonstrating low health literacy. Participants in the low health literacy group reported higher sleep disturbance levels compared to those in the adequate health literacy group. Four of the eight items on the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Sleep Disturbance-Short Form 8a scale exhibited statistically significant differential item functioning by health literacy, indicating that individuals with varying levels of health literacy interpret or respond to these items differently, even when they have the same underlying sleep disturbance level. The overall impact of differential item functioning on total scores, however, was negligible. The psychometric properties of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Sleep Disturbance-Short Form 8a support its use across populations with varying levels of health literacy. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).","PeriodicalId":20770,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Assessment","volume":"264 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147359398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Supplemental Material for Measurement Invariance of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) Across Age Groups in a German Representative Sample: An Application of Confirmatory Factor Analysis Using k-Fold Cross-Validation","authors":"","doi":"10.1037/pas0001446.supp","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001446.supp","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20770,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Assessment","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147380538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Samuel Justin Sinclair, Greg Haggerty, Kiefer D Cowie, Kelly E Shea, Kris L Shea
{"title":"Proclaiming a psychological assessment tool is \"reliable, valid, and ethical\" doth not make it so: A reply to Stein et al. (2026) and Jenkins (2026).","authors":"Samuel Justin Sinclair, Greg Haggerty, Kiefer D Cowie, Kelly E Shea, Kris L Shea","doi":"10.1037/pas0001451","DOIUrl":"10.1037/pas0001451","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We thank Stein et al. (2026) and Jenkins (2026) for their commentaries on our critical review of the Social Cognition and Object Relations Scale-Global system as applied to the Thematic Apperception Test (Sinclair et al., 2023) and appreciate the opportunity to respond in kind. Although we acknowledge the considerable effort put into these response articles (analytically and conceptually), both fall short in addressing the myriad serious methodological and procedural concerns we raised in 2023 and do little to move the needle in support of this assessment technique. This article will review the many ways these responses misinterpret and misrepresent our original review and the voluminous methodological problems with the \"meta-analyses\" that are presented by Stein et al.-and the various ways they are statistically confounded, confusing, and scientifically unsound. Further, this article will highlight the considerable number of logical inconsistencies that are inherent within Stein et al.'s core arguments, as well as the numerous contradictions between Stein et al. and Jenkins-all of which seriously undermine the methodology itself. Given the many ethical ambiguities that arise as a result, we conclude with a repeat calling for a moratorium on this methodology until these issues are sufficiently resolved. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":20770,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Assessment","volume":"38 3","pages":"253-265"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146165962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}