AssessmentPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2024-06-05DOI: 10.1177/10731911241256430
Miranda R Chilver, Richard A Burns, Ferdi Botha, Peter Butterworth
{"title":"Testing the Impact of Variations in Administration on the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10).","authors":"Miranda R Chilver, Richard A Burns, Ferdi Botha, Peter Butterworth","doi":"10.1177/10731911241256430","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10731911241256430","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Self-report measures are useful in psychological research and practice, but scores may be impacted by administration methods. This study investigated whether changing the recall period (from 30 to 7 days) and response option order (from ascending to descending) alters the score distribution of the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10). Participants were presented with the K10 with either different recall periods or different response option orders. There was weak evidence of lower mean K10 scores when using a 7-day recall period than when using the 30-day recall period (B = 1.96, 95% CI [0.04-3.90]) but no evidence of a change in the estimated prevalence of very high psychological distress. Presenting the response options in ascending order did not affect mean scores, but there was weak evidence of reduced prevalence of very high distress relative to the descending order (incidence rate ratio [IRR] = 0.60, 95% CI [0.36-0.98]). These findings suggest that varying the administration method may result in minor differences in population estimates of very high psychological distress when using the K10.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"622-630"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12009444/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141261287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AssessmentPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2024-06-11DOI: 10.1177/10731911241257012
Daiana Colledani, Paola Boragno, Elena Maria Fiabane, Ilaria Setti, Paola Gabanelli
{"title":"Further Validation of the Persecutory Ideation Questionnaire in the Italian Context: Results From Classical and Modern Test Theory.","authors":"Daiana Colledani, Paola Boragno, Elena Maria Fiabane, Ilaria Setti, Paola Gabanelli","doi":"10.1177/10731911241257012","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10731911241257012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Persecutory Ideation Questionnaire (PIQ) is a valuable instrument to measure persecutory ideation. The aim of this study is to validate the scale in the Italian context and to extend the study of its psychometric properties using approaches from both classical and modern test theories. The results of the study, involving 700 individuals, confirmed the one-factor structure and the good validity and reliability of the scale. Full metric invariance and partial scalar and strict invariance were also supported across gender, age, and education level groups. Rasch analysis indicated that the 5-point response scale is well-functioning and that the PIQ is most appropriate to measure high levels of persecutory ideation. The results contribute to a better understanding of the measurement properties of the PIQ. The paper discusses the advantages and contributions of each method used to explore the measurement properties of the scale.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"577-589"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141299899","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 : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2024-06-13DOI: 10.1177/10731911241256536
Daniel A Waschbusch, Vanessa T Cao, Delshad M Shroff, Pevitr S Bansal, Michael T Willoughby
{"title":"Measuring Children's Reward and Punishment Sensitivity: An Initial Psychometric Evaluation of the Contingency Response Rating Scale.","authors":"Daniel A Waschbusch, Vanessa T Cao, Delshad M Shroff, Pevitr S Bansal, Michael T Willoughby","doi":"10.1177/10731911241256536","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10731911241256536","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Existing research shows that children's responses to rewards and punishments are essential for understanding attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, and callous-unemotional traits. The present study developed the Contingency Response Rating Scale (CRRS) to fulfill the need for a reliable and valid measure of children's contingency response style that is brief, easy to use in applied settings, and provides additional information to existing clinical measures. We examined the psychometric properties of the CRRS in a sample of 196 children (ages 5-12), most of whom were referred to evaluate attention and behavior problems in an outpatient clinic. Using principal axis factoring, we identified five factors: (a) punishment ineffectiveness, (b) reward ineffectiveness, (c) punishment dysregulation, (d) reward dysregulation, and (e) contingency insensitivity. The subscales based on these factors showed acceptable test-retest and internal consistency reliability, and scale intercorrelations varied from low to moderate. The subscales also captured significant variance not explained by child or parent demographics and were associated with measures of psychopathology and impairment. The results provide preliminary evidence that the CRRS may be a helpful tool for assessing reward and punishment sensitivity in children with attention and behavior problems.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"561-576"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12009458/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141309926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AssessmentPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2024-07-24DOI: 10.1177/10731911241261436
Astrid M Suchy-Dicey, Thao T Vo, Kyra Oziel, Dedra S Buchwald, Kristoffer Rhoads, Brian F French
{"title":"Psychometric Reliability, Validity, and Generalizability of MoCA in American Indian Adults: The Strong Heart Study.","authors":"Astrid M Suchy-Dicey, Thao T Vo, Kyra Oziel, Dedra S Buchwald, Kristoffer Rhoads, Brian F French","doi":"10.1177/10731911241261436","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10731911241261436","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Standardized neuropsychological instruments are used to evaluate cognitive impairment, but few have been psychometrically evaluated in American Indians. We collected Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in 403 American Indians 70 to 95 years, as well as age, sex, education, bilingual status, depression symptoms, and other neuropsychological instruments. We evaluated inferences of psychometric validity, including scoring inference using confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling, generalizability inference using reliability coefficient, and extrapolation inference by examining performance across different contexts and substrata. The unidimensional (total score) model had good fit criteria. Internal consistency reliability was high. MoCA scores were positively associated with crystallized cognition (ρ = 0.48, <i>p</i> < .001) and inversely with depression symptoms (ρ = -0.27, <i>p</i> < .001). Significant differences were found by education (<i>d</i> = 0.79, <i>p</i> < .05) depression (<i>d</i> = 0.484, <i>p</i> < .05), and adjudicated cognitive status (<i>p</i> = .0001) strata; however, MoCA was not sensitive or specific in discriminating cognitive impairment from normal cognition (area under the curve <0.5). MoCA scores had psychometric validity in older American Indians, but education and depression are important contextual features for score interpretability. Future research should evaluate cultural or community-specific adaptations, to improve test discriminability in this underserved population.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"608-621"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12053832/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141750970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AssessmentPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2024-06-06DOI: 10.1177/10731911241256434
Madison N Sewell, Hee J Yoon, Clemens M Lechner, Christopher M Napolitano, Beatrice Rammstedt, Brent W Roberts, Christopher J Soto
{"title":"Assessing Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Skills in Just a Few Minutes: 96-, 45-, and 20-Item Short Forms of the BESSI.","authors":"Madison N Sewell, Hee J Yoon, Clemens M Lechner, Christopher M Napolitano, Beatrice Rammstedt, Brent W Roberts, Christopher J Soto","doi":"10.1177/10731911241256434","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10731911241256434","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Social, emotional, and behavioral (SEB) skills matter for individuals' well-being and success. The behavioral, emotional, and social skills inventory (BESSI) uses 192 items to assess 32 specific SEB skills across five broad skill domains. This research developed three short forms of the BESSI-192 and explored their measurement properties, predictive validity, and cross-cultural comparability. We found that BESSI-96, BESSI-45, and BESSI-20 largely captured the psychological content of the BESSI-192 measure, retained a robust multidimensional structure, and demonstrated adequate reliability. At the domain and facet level, the BESSI short forms showed patterns of associations with external criteria that were similar to the BESSI-192 and preserved most of the BESSI-192's predictive power. The BESSI short forms also demonstrated full or partial measurement invariance between the primarily U.S.-based and German adult samples. We conclude by discussing contexts in which the short forms may be useful for researchers and practitioners.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"501-520"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141282829","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 : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2024-06-06DOI: 10.1177/10731911241256439
Hilary L DeShong, Courtney K Mason, Ben Porter, Kren Kelley, Stephanie N Mullins-Sweatt, Donald R Lynam, Joshua D Miller, Thomas Widiger
{"title":"Development and Validation of the Five-Factor Borderline Inventory-Super Short Form and Screener.","authors":"Hilary L DeShong, Courtney K Mason, Ben Porter, Kren Kelley, Stephanie N Mullins-Sweatt, Donald R Lynam, Joshua D Miller, Thomas Widiger","doi":"10.1177/10731911241256439","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10731911241256439","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Five-Factor Borderline Inventory (FFBI) and FFBI-Short Form (FFBI-SF) are 120-item and 48-item measures that assess the underlying maladaptive personality traits of borderline personality disorder (BPD). The purpose of this study was to develop a super short form (FFBI-SSF) and an FFBI-Screener to facilitate the use of dimensional trait measures for BPD. Using item response theory analyses, the 48-item measure was reduced to 22 items using a large undergraduate sample (<i>N</i> = 1300) and then retested using a Mechanical Turk sample (<i>N</i> = 602), demonstrating strong replicability. IRT was again used to further reduce the measure from 22 items to four items to provide a brief screening tool. Correlations of the FFBI-SSF and Screener with measures of BPD-related variables were compared across five samples (<i>N</i> = 919, 204, 580, 281, and 488). Overall, the FFBI-SSF showed similar relations to the FFBI-SF at the full scale and domain-level scales, while the FFBI-screener demonstrated similar relations at the full scale level. This super short form and screener may best be used in large-scale research studies or as part of a screening tool in clinical settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"488-500"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141261350","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 : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2024-06-14DOI: 10.1177/10731911241256443
Nicolas L Camacho, Carina H Fowler, Michael S Gaffrey
{"title":"Dimensions of Depressive Symptoms in Young Children: Factor Analysis of the Preschool Feelings Checklist-Scale.","authors":"Nicolas L Camacho, Carina H Fowler, Michael S Gaffrey","doi":"10.1177/10731911241256443","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10731911241256443","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The current study is an investigation of the dimensionality of the Preschool Feelings Checklist-Scale (PFC-S), a caregiver-report questionnaire of early childhood depressive symptom severity. Caregivers of 450 young children, ages 3-8 years (<i>M</i> = 5.62, <i>SD</i> = 0.95; 49% female; 7% Hispanic; 66% White), completed the PFC-S and questionnaires on child emotion regulation and expression and self-reported depressive symptomatology. Confirmatory factor analyses indicated that a one-factor structure did not adequately fit the current PFC-S data. Using exploratory factor analysis, a three-factor structure emerged as interpretable and structurally sound, yielding reliable factors related to social and behavioral anhedonia, emotional and behavioral dysregulation, and excessive guilt and sadness. This factor structure showed configural and scalar invariance across preschool-aged and early middle childhood-aged children as well as children assigned male and female sex at birth. Correlations between the three factors and constructs related to depression suggested preliminary construct validity. The current study provides initial evidence for a multidimensional structure of the PFC-S and improves our understanding of early childhood depressive symptoms.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"544-560"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11645441/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141320393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AssessmentPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2024-05-30DOI: 10.1177/10731911241254341
Nicole Shumaker, Tessa Long, Andy Torres, Alfonso Mercado, Ryan J Marek, Jaime L Anderson
{"title":"Exploring Potential Ethnic Bias Among MMPI-3 Scales in Assessing Personality Psychopathology.","authors":"Nicole Shumaker, Tessa Long, Andy Torres, Alfonso Mercado, Ryan J Marek, Jaime L Anderson","doi":"10.1177/10731911241254341","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10731911241254341","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examined statistical bias in the measurement of personality psychopathology in the Latinx population using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-3 (MMPI-3). Data were extracted from two studies that yielded a composite data set of 103 White individuals and 250 Latinx individuals. All participants were administered the MMPI-2-Restructured Form-Extended Battery (MMPI-2-RF-EX) or MMPI-3 and the Personality Inventory for the <i>DSM</i>-5 Short Form (PID-5-SF). First, we conducted correlation analyses between theoretically overlapping scales of the PID-5-SF and the MMPI-3 among White and Latinx individuals. The majority of theoretically associated scales were found to be at least moderately associated in the total sample. In addition, Steiger's <i>z</i>-tests indicated that correlations were similar in magnitude across the White and Latinx ethnic groups. Hierarchical regression subsequently determined the presence of slope and/or intercept bias. Only one analysis (the MMPI-3 Anger Proneness prediction of PID-5-SF Negative Affectivity) indicated statistically significant intercept bias. No evidence of slope bias was found. In other words, these analyses indicated that the vast majority of the relationships between MMPI-3 scales and associated personality psychopathology constructs (as measured by the PID-5-SF) remained consistent across both ethnic groups. Overall, the results supported the appropriate cross-cultural use of the MMPI-3 to assess personality psychopathology.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"475-487"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141178064","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 : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2024-06-03DOI: 10.1177/10731911241253659
Rebekka Schwesig, Maike Borchardt, Julia Velten, Jürgen Hoyer
{"title":"Psychometric Properties of the Diagnostic Interview for Sexual Dysfunctions in Women in a Symptom-Reporting Sample.","authors":"Rebekka Schwesig, Maike Borchardt, Julia Velten, Jürgen Hoyer","doi":"10.1177/10731911241253659","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10731911241253659","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>While structured clinical interviews are considered the gold standard for diagnosing mental disorders, respective instruments are still lacking in the field of sexual dysfunctions. The study evaluates the psychometric properties of the new <i>Diagnostic Interview for Sexual Dysfunctions in Women</i> (DISEX-F), which is based on the eleventh edition of the <i>International Statistical Classification of Diseases</i> (ICD-11) and the fifth edition of the <i>Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders</i> (DSM-5), in a sample of 100 women with self-reported sexual problems. Participants were interviewed twice by trained diagnosticians with the DISEX-F. A third diagnostician evaluated the audio records of the initial interview. Participants also completed self-report measures of sexual functioning/distress and interview acceptance. The DISEX-F demonstrates excellent inter-rater reliability, good test-retest reliability, and strong convergent and discriminant evidence of validity. Furthermore, it achieves high acceptance among participants. Discordant diagnostic outcomes were especially linked to false differential diagnostic decisions and information variance in participants reporting. The results strongly support using the DISEX-F for women presenting with self-reported sexual problems in practice and research.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"590-607"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12009447/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141199452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AssessmentPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2024-06-12DOI: 10.1177/10731911241255841
Mengtong Li, Bo Zhang, Yi Mou
{"title":"Though Forced, Still Valid: Examining the Psychometric Performance of Forced-Choice Measurement of Personality in Children and Adolescents.","authors":"Mengtong Li, Bo Zhang, Yi Mou","doi":"10.1177/10731911241255841","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10731911241255841","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Unveiling the roles personality plays during childhood and adolescence necessitates its accurate measurement, commonly using traditional Likert-type (LK) scales. However, this format is susceptible to various response biases, which can be particularly prevalent in children and adolescents, thus likely undermining measurement accuracy. Forced-choice (FC) scales appear to be a promising alternative because they are largely free from these biases by design. However, some argue that the FC format may not perform satisfactorily in children and adolescents due to its complexity. Little empirical evidence exists regarding the suitability of the FC format for children and adolescents. As such, the current study examined the psychometric performance of an FC measure of the Big Five personality factors in three children and adolescent samples: 5th to 6th graders (<i>N</i> = 428), 7th to 8th graders (<i>N</i> = 449), and 10th to 11th graders (<i>N</i> = 555). Across the three age groups, the FC scale demonstrated a better fit to the Big Five model and better discriminant validity in comparison to the LK counterpart. Personality scores from the FC scale also converged well with those from the LK scale and demonstrated high reliability as well as sizable criterion-related validity. Furthermore, the FC scale had more invariant statements than its LK counterpart across age groups. Overall, we found good evidence showing that FC measurement of personality is suitable for children and adolescents.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"521-543"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141309927","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}