AssessmentPub Date : 2025-03-31DOI: 10.1177/10731911251320597
Ohad Gilbar, Laura Watkins, Ruby Charak
{"title":"Short Screener of the Cyber Aggression in Relationships Scale: Construct Validity and Reliability Cross-Cultural Samples.","authors":"Ohad Gilbar, Laura Watkins, Ruby Charak","doi":"10.1177/10731911251320597","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911251320597","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Cyber Aggression in Relationships Scale (CARS) is a widely used and validated measure of adult cyber intimate partner violence (C-IPV). The current study aimed to create a short screener of CARS (CARS-SS) through testing cross-cultural samples. To do so, we examined the rate of chosen items of the original scale on five pre-existing study samples: we then procured and tested the construct validity and reliability of the CARS-SS among two study samples (United States and Israel). Results of an item factor analysis confirmed one factor for both perpetration and victimization and analyses suggested good internal reliability. Overall, the CARS-SS was associated with a measure of in-person intimate partner violence. Findings suggest the CARS-SS may be a helpful measure of C-IPV among clinical and community samples of young adults.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"10731911251320597"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143750901","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}
AssessmentPub Date : 2025-03-29DOI: 10.1177/10731911251327255
Martin Hochheimer, Justin C Strickland, Jennifer D Ellis, Jill A Rabinowitz, J Gregory Hobelmann, Andrew S Huhn
{"title":"Normative Values and Psychometric Properties of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire in Substance Use Disorder Treatment Population.","authors":"Martin Hochheimer, Justin C Strickland, Jennifer D Ellis, Jill A Rabinowitz, J Gregory Hobelmann, Andrew S Huhn","doi":"10.1177/10731911251327255","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911251327255","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study evaluated the Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ) as a tool for measuring worry and anxiety levels among individuals entering treatment for substance use disorders (SUDs). The sample included 75,047 individuals admitted to SUD treatment centers, with assessments conducted weekly. Individuals entering SUD treatment exhibited higher baseline levels of worry; however, worry levels declined over the course of treatment. The PSWQ demonstrated good internal consistency, high test-retest reliability, and good discriminant validity when correlated with measures of depression and stress. The factor structure analysis confirmed that the PSWQ measures the same underlying construct of worry in the SUD treatment population, with a single-factor model showing satisfactory fit. This extends the reach of the PSWQ to the SUD treatment population by reaffirming its reliability, validity, and factor structure, with the expectation of higher levels of worry compared to a non-SUD population at the beginning of treatment, which decline over time.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"10731911251327255"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143742080","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}
AssessmentPub Date : 2025-03-29DOI: 10.1177/10731911251321930
Jack T Waddell, Scott E King, William R Corbin
{"title":"Initial Development and Preliminary Validation of the Physical Drinking Contexts Scale.","authors":"Jack T Waddell, Scott E King, William R Corbin","doi":"10.1177/10731911251321930","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911251321930","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Literature on the location and contextual features of drinking events (i.e., physical context) remains scant and underdeveloped. This study developed and provided preliminary validation of a measure typical physical drinking contexts. Participants (<i>N</i> = 1,642) self-reported their typical physical drinking context (via items generated), their drinking behavior, demographics, and typical social drinking context. Three samples (total <i>N</i> = 1,642) assessed factor structure, measurement invariance, and validity testing. Factor analyses suggested a four-factor structure, indicative of high arousal private (e.g., at a large house party), high arousal public (e.g., at a concert), low arousal private (e.g., at home), and low arousal public (e.g., on a date) contexts. Measurement invariance was established across sex, race/ethnicity, and drinking frequency, and convergent and discriminant validity was evaluated via bivariate correlations with social/solitary drinking frequency. High arousal contexts were associated with heavier/binge drinking, whereas high arousal private contexts and low arousal contexts were associated with greater negative consequences. Relations between high arousal contexts and heavier drinking remained above and beyond the overall drinking frequency and social context items. Findings lay the framework for future validation and longitudinal/diary studies to test how (and for whom) relations between physical drinking contexts and drinking behavior operate.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"10731911251321930"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143742078","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}
AssessmentPub Date : 2025-03-29DOI: 10.1177/10731911251326371
Adam P Natoli
{"title":"Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Linguistically Compare Test Translations: A Methodological Introduction and Demonstration.","authors":"Adam P Natoli","doi":"10.1177/10731911251326371","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911251326371","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The validity and utility of translated instruments (psychological measures) depend on the quality of their translation, and differences in key linguistic characteristics could introduce bias. Likewise, linguistic differences between instruments designed to measure analogous constructs might contribute to similar instruments possessing dissimilar psychometrics. This article introduces and demonstrates the use of natural language processing (NLP), a subfield of artificial intelligence, to linguistically analyze 13 translations of two psychological measures previously translated into numerous languages. NLP was used to generate estimates reflecting specific linguistic characteristics of test items (emotional tone/intensity, sentiment, valence, arousal, and dominance), which were then compared across translations at both the test- and item-level, as well as between the two instruments. Results revealed that key linguistic characteristics can profoundly vary both within and between tests. Following a discussion of results, the current limitations of this approach are summarized and strategies for advancing this methodology are proposed.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"10731911251326371"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143742079","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}
AssessmentPub Date : 2025-03-29DOI: 10.1177/10731911251328604
Wendy C Higgins, Victoria Savalei, Vince Polito, Robert M Ross
{"title":"Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test Scores Demonstrate Poor Structural Properties in Nine Large Non-Clinical Samples.","authors":"Wendy C Higgins, Victoria Savalei, Vince Polito, Robert M Ross","doi":"10.1177/10731911251328604","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911251328604","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET) is widely used in clinical and non-clinical research. However, the structural properties of RMET scores have yet to be rigorously examined. We analyzed the structural properties of RMET scores in nine existing datasets comprising non-clinical samples ranging from 558 to 9,267 (median = 1,112) participants each. We used confirmatory factor analysis to assess two theoretically derived factor models, exploratory factor analysis to identify possible alternative factor models, and reliability estimates to assess internal consistency. Neither of the theoretically derived models was a good fit for any of the nine datasets, and we were unable to identify any better fitting multidimensional models. Internal consistency metrics were acceptable in six of the nine datasets, but these metrics are difficult to interpret given the uncertain factor structures. Our findings contribute to a growing body of evidence questioning the reliability and validity of RMET scores.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"10731911251328604"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143742081","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}
AssessmentPub Date : 2025-03-27DOI: 10.1177/10731911251329992
Abdullah Alrubaian
{"title":"Using Advanced Machine Learning Models for Detection of Dyslexia Among Children By Parents: A Study from Screening to Diagnosis.","authors":"Abdullah Alrubaian","doi":"10.1177/10731911251329992","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911251329992","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Parents of children with dyslexia have an important role in the detection and treatment of success in their children. However, standard scales in this context are not suitable for use among parents. The main aim of the current study was to find the most important indicators of dyslexia according to parents' reports and statements. First, a list of parent reports on dyslexia was developed. Then, according to the DSM-5 criteria (by clinicians), children were divided into two categories: children with dyslexia and healthy controls. Then, four Machine Learning (ML) algorithms-Logistic Regression, Random Forest, Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost), and ensemble methods-were used to extract the most relevant predictors. To predict dyslexia, recursive feature elimination chose the five most important variables from 35 parent-reported items. Logistic Regression, Random Forest, XGBoost, and ensemble models were used in R-Studio. The ensemble model was the best. The most important were \"Word Guessing,\" \"Letter Confusion,\" \"Letter-Sound Association,\" \"Slow Reading,\" and \"Letter Order Reversal.\" The study revealed that ML models can accurately identify dyslexia by analyzing parent-reported indicators. The five key predictors \"Word Guessing,\" \"Letter Confusion,\" \"Letter-Sound Association,\" \"Slow Reading,\" and \"Letter Order Reversal\" provide essential information for detecting dyslexia early.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"10731911251329992"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143717833","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}
AssessmentPub Date : 2025-03-26DOI: 10.1177/10731911251326379
Keefe J Maccarone, Andrew J Kremyar, Martin Sellbom, Yossef S Ben-Porath
{"title":"The Placement of the MMPI-3 Compulsivity (CMP) Scale Within a Hierarchical Structure of Psychopathology.","authors":"Keefe J Maccarone, Andrew J Kremyar, Martin Sellbom, Yossef S Ben-Porath","doi":"10.1177/10731911251326379","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911251326379","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the current literature on compulsivity, it is unclear whether this construct is best conceptualized as an internalizing disorder, a fear disorder, a thought disorder, or some combination of the three. The Compulsivity (CMP) scale introduced with the MMPI-3 assesses compulsive behaviors. To address the question of compulsivity's placement within a hierarchical psychopathology structure, the current study examined the degree to which CMP scores share variance with internalizing, fear, and thought dysfunction factors using confirmatory factor analyses. Results indicated that a model in which CMP scores cross-loaded onto latent fear and thought dysfunction factors exhibited preferential fit compared to a model in which CMP scores cross-loaded onto a higher-order internalizing factor and a thought dysfunction factor. Constraining equality in the cross-loading of CMP scores onto fear and thought dysfunction factors caused no significant decrement in fit. These findings indicate that the MMPI-3 CMP scale measures both fear and thought dysfunction. Implications and limitations of these findings and future research directions are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"10731911251326379"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143727604","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}
AssessmentPub Date : 2025-03-25DOI: 10.1177/10731911251326399
Allison Peipert, Sydney Adams, Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces
{"title":"Heterogeneity in Item Content of Quality of Life Assessments Used in Depression Psychotherapy Research.","authors":"Allison Peipert, Sydney Adams, Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces","doi":"10.1177/10731911251326399","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911251326399","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Quality of life (QOL) broadly encompasses constructs including health, well-being, life satisfaction, and psychosocial functioning. Depression, a major cause of global disability, is linked to lower QOL. Despite the rise of measurement-based care and patient-reported outcomes, there is no consensus on QOL definitions or models, resulting in varied assessments. This study aims to describe the item content overlap among commonly used QOL measures in depression research. We analyzed 10 QOL measures from a meta-analysis, calculating Jaccard indices to quantify overlap, and used two coding approaches: one for similarly worded items and another for exact word matches. We also categorized items into broader themes. At the most, average Jaccard similarity was <i>M</i> = 0.14 (SD = 0.12), indicating significant heterogeneity among QOL measures in depression. This suggests that QOL outcomes may not be reproducible across different scales. Future research should examine the relationships between the content assessed by various QOL measures.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"10731911251326399"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143699468","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}
AssessmentPub Date : 2025-03-21DOI: 10.1177/10731911251320050
Anna Turek, Marcin Zajenkowski, Radosław Rogoza, Marta Rogoza, Gilles E Gignac
{"title":"Three-Dimensional Narcissism Scale for Children: Structure, Reliability, and Construct Validity.","authors":"Anna Turek, Marcin Zajenkowski, Radosław Rogoza, Marta Rogoza, Gilles E Gignac","doi":"10.1177/10731911251320050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911251320050","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recent advancements in the theory of narcissism emphasize that it is a multidimensional construct with three distinct facets: agentic, antagonistic, and neurotic. Although this model has been extensively studied and supported in adults, there is a lack of instruments assessing the multidimensional structure of narcissism in children. In response to this gap in the literature, we aimed to introduce a new measure of three-dimensional narcissism in children. In three studies among children aged between 8 and 10 years (<i>N</i> = 189, <i>N</i> = 235, <i>N</i> = 163), we successfully supported the presence of the three-factor structure of narcissism. In addition, we identified respectable reliability and validity for the new measure. Agentic narcissism positively correlated with self-enhancement values, agentic attributes, and self-esteem. Neurotic narcissism was negatively correlated with self-esteem. Finally, antagonistic narcissism was negatively associated with self-transcendence values and positively with self-enhancement values. In conclusion, we propose a 12-item measure distinguishing agentic, antagonistic, and neurotic narcissism in children.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"10731911251320050"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143668951","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}
AssessmentPub Date : 2025-03-19DOI: 10.1177/10731911251321922
Renjun Gu, Lin Zhu, Jingxia Kong, Li Zhang, Mengna Song, Xiao Cheng, Donald L Patrick, Hongmei Wang
{"title":"Development of the Short Form for Chronic Hepatitis B Quality of Life Instrument (CHBQOL-SF) Using Delphi Method and Rasch Analysis.","authors":"Renjun Gu, Lin Zhu, Jingxia Kong, Li Zhang, Mengna Song, Xiao Cheng, Donald L Patrick, Hongmei Wang","doi":"10.1177/10731911251321922","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911251321922","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To refine the 23-item chronic Hepatitis B quality of life instrument (CHBQOL) using the modified Delphi method and Rasch model analysis, this study conducted a secondary data analysis on 578 chronic Hepatitis B (CHB) patients. The preliminary evaluation of the item's importance of the original CHBQOL and the final review of the short form of CHBQOL (CHBQOL-SF) were collected by the Delphi method. A bi-factor model was estimated and Rasch analysis with partial credit model was performed on each domain of the CHBQOL. Six items were suggested to remove based on the Delphi results. The fit of the bi-factor model was acceptable (RMSEA = 0.040; CFI = 0.983; TLI = 0.965). Disordered thresholds were initially found on three out of five items in Somatic symptoms, and four out of six items in Social stigma. Uniform differential item functioning was observed for three items for age group, two items for gender, and one item each for different ALT levels and HBV-DNA levels. Finally, the 10-item CHBQOL-SF retained the four-dimensional structure of the original instrument. The 10 items fit the Rasch model well and response options were set reasonably. The 10-item CHBQOL-SF would offer a brief and easily administrative CHB-specific patient-reported outcome measure for use in clinical practice and population studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"10731911251321922"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143662158","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}