AssessmentPub Date : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2024-09-11DOI: 10.1177/10731911241273446
Ronja A Runge, Renate Soellner
{"title":"Anchoring Vignettes: A Useful Tool to Measure and Correct for Cultural Bias in Parent Reports on Their Child's Mental Health?","authors":"Ronja A Runge, Renate Soellner","doi":"10.1177/10731911241273446","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10731911241273446","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Parent report measures developed in the Western world are commonly used to assess children's mental health, but their cross-cultural comparability is questionable. The present study examines the use of anchoring vignettes to assess and adjust for bias in five countries: the United States, Mexico, Germany, China, and Russia. Parents (<i>N</i> = 500) rated their child's mental health and vignettes depicting internalizing and externalizing problem behaviors in an online survey. Vignette ratings were used to assess bias and for rescaling. Cross-national comparisons of vignette scores revealed differences in the use of the scale range and overall level of vignette scores. Measurement invariance across countries improved after rescaling, resulting in weak invariance for internalizing and strong invariance for externalizing problem behavior. Rescaled scores revealed cross-national differences that were masked using the raw score. Results confirm the lacking cross-national comparability in parent reports of child mental health, and anchoring vignettes appear to be a useful tool for reducing bias.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"878-898"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142279848","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 : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2024-10-06DOI: 10.1177/10731911241280770
John R Duffy, Emily T Sturm, Anastasia G Sares, Lauren Sarabia, Eve M Delao, Katherine M Becker, Andrea M Colmenares, Raana M Manavi, Donald C Rojas, Jason R Tregellas, Jared W Young, Michael L Thomas
{"title":"Psychometric Evaluation of Cognitive and Positive Valence Tasks Chosen for the NIMH Research Domain Criteria Project.","authors":"John R Duffy, Emily T Sturm, Anastasia G Sares, Lauren Sarabia, Eve M Delao, Katherine M Becker, Andrea M Colmenares, Raana M Manavi, Donald C Rojas, Jason R Tregellas, Jared W Young, Michael L Thomas","doi":"10.1177/10731911241280770","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10731911241280770","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The NIMH Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) initiative seeks to utilize multidimensional patterns of socio-cognitive behavior to improve understanding of mental illness. We aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of a subset of RDoC tasks. Specifically, we investigated two positive valence tasks and five cognitive tasks. Participants (<i>N</i> = 320) were recruited through an online research platform. We used generalizability theory to estimate reliability, and factor analysis to examine factor structure. Reliability was average to excellent with some notable exceptions. Factor analysis results raised concerns about whether the factor structure of task scores aligns with the proposed RDoC model. Effects of cognitive manipulations generally supported the construct representation of tasks. Results indicate that the majority of RDoC task scores examined have acceptable reliability or can be made reliable through modest increases in task length. Future research in diverse populations is needed to better understand the factor structure of RDoC cognitive and positive valence measures.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"819-838"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142379996","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 : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2024-09-25DOI: 10.1177/10731911241276625
Maude Archambault, Chantal Cyr, Helen Minnis, Stine Lehmann, Sebastien Monette
{"title":"Validation of the Reactive Attachment Disorder and Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder Assessment (RADA): A <i>DSM</i>-5 Semistructured Interview.","authors":"Maude Archambault, Chantal Cyr, Helen Minnis, Stine Lehmann, Sebastien Monette","doi":"10.1177/10731911241276625","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10731911241276625","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Very few empirically validated tools exist for assessing reactive attachment disorder (RAD) and disinhibited social engagement disorder (DSED). The RAD and DSED assessment interview (RADA), a semistructured diagnostic interview, was updated in 2018 from the CAPA-RAD interview to reflect the diagnostic criteria changes in the <i>Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders</i> (5th ed.; <i>DSM-5</i>). The aim of this study was to validate the RADA on school-age children in Canada. Caregivers of 5 to 12-year-old children from the community (<i>n</i> = 98), in foster care (<i>n</i> = 147), and in residential care (<i>n</i> = 123) completed the RADA interview and a series of questionnaires. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of the RADA interview supported a four-factor structure similar to the <i>DSM-5</i> symptom clusters. A short \"strictly <i>DSM-5</i>\" version of the RADA showed a two-factor structure-RAD and DSED-and an excellent fit to the data. Scales of both structures showed good-to-excellent internal consistency, interrater reliability, convergent validity, and known-group validity. Classifying the children yielded RAD and DSED rates of <1% and 18%, respectively, for children in foster care and 7% and 10%, respectively, for children in residential care. This study supports the validity of the RADA interview for school-age children and is the first to provide RAD and DSED rates for children in residential care.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"839-858"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12290234/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142340179","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 : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2024-09-30DOI: 10.1177/10731911241283623
Katie Hoemann, Evan Warfel, Caitlin Mills, Laura Allen, Peter Kuppens, Jolie B Wormwood
{"title":"Using Freely Generated Labels Instead of Rating Scales to Assess Emotion in Everyday Life.","authors":"Katie Hoemann, Evan Warfel, Caitlin Mills, Laura Allen, Peter Kuppens, Jolie B Wormwood","doi":"10.1177/10731911241283623","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10731911241283623","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To measure emotion in daily life, studies often prompt participants to repeatedly rate their feelings on a set of prespecified terms. This approach has yielded key findings in the psychological literature yet may not represent how people typically describe their experiences. We used an alternative approach, in which participants labeled their current emotion with at least one word of their choosing. In an initial study, estimates of label positivity recapitulated momentary valence ratings and were associated with self-reported mental health. The number of unique emotion words used over time was related to the balance and spread of emotions endorsed in an end-of-day rating task, but not to other measures of emotional functioning. A second study tested and replicated a subset of these findings. Considering the variety and richness of participant responses, a free-label approach appears to be a viable as well as compelling means of studying emotion in everyday life.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"859-877"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142340178","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 : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2024-09-30DOI: 10.1177/10731911241280769
Ezra Too, Esther Jebor Chongwo, Adam Mabrouk, Paul Mwangi, Millicent Makandi, Anita Kerubo, Rachel Odhiambo, Margaret Kabue, Joyce Marangu, Vibian Angwenyi, Amina Abubakar
{"title":"Mabrouk's Measure of Adolescent Optimism: Development and Validation of a New Scale of Adolescent Optimism.","authors":"Ezra Too, Esther Jebor Chongwo, Adam Mabrouk, Paul Mwangi, Millicent Makandi, Anita Kerubo, Rachel Odhiambo, Margaret Kabue, Joyce Marangu, Vibian Angwenyi, Amina Abubakar","doi":"10.1177/10731911241280769","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10731911241280769","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Several measures of adolescent optimism exist. However, none of these measures have been developed in the African setting, and only a few of the available measures have been validated for use in this setting. We aimed to develop and validate a culturally appropriate measure for this context. We employed an exploratory sequential mixed methods design using a five-step approach to tool development, comprising literature reviews, construct clarification, item development, piloting, and scale evaluation. We constructed a six-item scale, the Mabrouk's Measure of Adolescent Optimism (MMAO). In a sample of 1616 adolescents from Kenya, the MMAO demonstrated adequate internal consistency (both Cronbach's alpha and McDonald's Omega > 0.80) and test-retest reliability (ICC = 0.46). Factor analysis supported a unidimensional scale with adequate criterion and divergent validity as well as measurement invariance across sex, age (younger vs. older adolescents), residence (rural vs. urban), schooling status (in-school vs. out-of-school adolescents), and language of administration (Swahili vs. English). We report on the development and validation of a new scale of adolescent optimism that can be used to assess optimism among adolescents in Kenya and similar contexts. Preliminary evidence shows support for this new measure's reliability and validity, although additional tests are needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"932-945"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142340176","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 : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2024-09-09DOI: 10.1177/10731911241275327
Anna Talkkari, Tom H Rosenström
{"title":"Non-Gaussian Liability Distribution for Depression in the General Population.","authors":"Anna Talkkari, Tom H Rosenström","doi":"10.1177/10731911241275327","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10731911241275327","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Unlike depression sum scores, the underlying risk for depression is typically assumed to be normally distributed across the general population. To assess the true empirical shape of depression risk, we created a continuous-valued estimate of the latent depression density, using the Davidian-Curve Item Response Theory (DC-IRT) and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) cohorts from 2005 to 2018 (<i>n</i> = 36,244 on the Nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire; PHQ-9). We conducted simulations to investigate the performance of DC-IRT for large samples and realistic items. The method can recover complex latent-risk distributions even when they are not evident from sum scores. However, estimation accuracy for different sample sizes depends on the method of model selection. In addition to full-data analysis, random samples of a few thousand observations were drawn for analysis. The latent shape of depression was left-skewed and bimodal in both investigations, indicating that the latent-normality assumption does not hold for depression.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"978-991"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12290230/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142153074","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 : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2024-09-30DOI: 10.1177/10731911241283908
Hao Zheng, Yao Zheng
{"title":"Understanding the Within- and Between-Person Structure of Daily Psychopathology Among Adolescents and Young Adults.","authors":"Hao Zheng, Yao Zheng","doi":"10.1177/10731911241283908","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10731911241283908","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Previous investigations on the underlying structure of psychopathology symptoms primarily focused at the between-person level and among adult samples. This study used two independent Canadian samples with month-long daily diary designs to investigate daily psychopathology structure at both within- and between-person level among adolescents (<i>n</i> = 99, 2,132 daily reports) and young adults (<i>n</i> = 313, 6,431 and 4,018 daily reports at each wave). Four mainstream types of psychopathology structure were compared based on a comprehensive set of standards. The results suggest that the general factor of psychopathology (<i>p</i> factor) derived from the higher-order and bifactor models performed similarly well at both within- and between-person levels, while the specific factors estimated in the bifactor models demonstrated low reliability and consistency over time. Psychopathology manifests as multidimensional at the within-person level but unidimensional at the between-person level. The current findings inform the development of future prevention and intervention programs by supporting the adoption of transdiagnostic treatment that addresses multiple psychopathology symptoms with a holistic approach.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"899-920"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12290237/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142340177","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 : 2025-08-19DOI: 10.1177/10731911251356150
Elizabeth A Edershile, Jeffrey M Girard, William C Woods, Trevor F Williams, Leonard J Simms, Aidan G C Wright
{"title":"Narcissism From Every Angle: An Interpersonal Analysis of Narcissism in Young Adults.","authors":"Elizabeth A Edershile, Jeffrey M Girard, William C Woods, Trevor F Williams, Leonard J Simms, Aidan G C Wright","doi":"10.1177/10731911251356150","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10731911251356150","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The construct of narcissism can be conceptualized very differently depending on the psychological literature. The social-personality conceptualization of narcissism often emphasizes high self-esteem as well as a range of associated maladaptive and adaptive outcomes. The clinical literature focuses on the pathological aspects of narcissism and highlights maladaptive aspects that correspond to the relationship between narcissistic grandiosity and narcissistic vulnerability. Reflecting these varying views of narcissism, many measures have become popular in the assessment of the construct, each with varying interpersonal characterizations. The current study (<i>N</i> = 1,111) evaluated the interpersonal profiles captured by popular measures of narcissism and examined whether measures capture overlapping, differentiated, and/or intended interpersonal styles. Results revealed that measures of narcissism capture a wide range of interpersonal styles, from warm/dominant to submissive. However, most measures emphasize the role of interpersonal dominance in the measure content. Viewing narcissism from a three-factor structure, including narcissistic agency, antagonism, and vulnerability, helps to integrate the wide range of interpersonal styles apparent across narcissism measures. Furthermore, the level of (mal)adaptivity and general interpersonal style somewhat maps onto the literature of origin for the scales. Implications for measurement selection in the assessment of narcissism are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"10731911251356150"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144881966","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 : 2025-08-19DOI: 10.1177/10731911251357462
Christopher Ebert, Tim Oser, Philipp Sterner, Johannes Zimmermann, Jochen Gensichen, Victoria von Schrottenberg
{"title":"Maladaptive Personality Traits in Primary Care: Validation of the German Modified Brief Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID5BF + M).","authors":"Christopher Ebert, Tim Oser, Philipp Sterner, Johannes Zimmermann, Jochen Gensichen, Victoria von Schrottenberg","doi":"10.1177/10731911251357462","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10731911251357462","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the modified brief Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID5BF + M) in primary care (PC) using data from <i>n</i> = 1,030 German patients. Furthermore, differences in maladaptive personality traits between PC patients and the general population were explored. Confirmatory factor analysis supported factorial validity (CFI = 0.949, TLI = 0.942, RMSEA = 0.044, and SRMR = 0.058). Reliability was adequate across domain scales (ω<sub>H</sub>: 0.75-0.85). PID5BF + M total and domain scale scores, particularly negative affectivity, correlated significantly positively with depression (PHQ-9), anxiety (GAD-7), and somatic symptoms (PHQ-15), indicating convergent validity. Regression analyses showed PC to be associated with lower levels of maladaptive personality traits, compared with a representative German population sample (<i>n</i> = 4,172). These findings highlight the PID5BF + M as a valid and reliable tool for assessing personality pathology and maladaptive traits in PC, enabling general practitioners to screen for transdiagnostic indicators of mental health conditions.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"10731911251357462"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144871175","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 : 2025-08-17DOI: 10.1177/10731911251359456
Morgan Robison, Marie Campione, Thomas E Joiner, A James Gallyer, Megan L Rogers
{"title":"Development and Validation of a Multidimensional Capability for Suicide Scale: A Multi-Sample Investigation.","authors":"Morgan Robison, Marie Campione, Thomas E Joiner, A James Gallyer, Megan L Rogers","doi":"10.1177/10731911251359456","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911251359456","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Capability for suicide is fundamental when differentiating between those who think about suicide compared to those who make lethal or near-lethal suicide attempts. Although suicidal capability is theorized to have unique subcomponents, the reliable measures of suicidal capability generally focus on single aspects of capability (e.g., fearlessness of death). Thus, the goal of the present research was to develop and present a novel Multidimensional Capability for Suicide Scale (MCSS) across three clinically relevant samples: Sample 1 was composed of participants with elevated levels of psychopathology (<i>N</i><sub>1</sub> = 513), while Samples 2 to 3 included participants with either current suicidal ideation or a lifetime suicide attempt (<i>N</i><sub>2</sub> = 489, <i>N</i><sub>3</sub> = 278). All samples suggested a 16-item measure with four distinct subscales including access to suicidal means, pain tolerance, fearlessness of death, and perceived ability to kill oneself. The final set of items exhibited excellent model fit across each sample and indicated unique associations with various aspects of suicide risk. Thus, the MCSS presents as an improved measurement tool to assess each theorized facet of suicidal capability, providing avenues for future research and treatment regarding suicide assessment, intervention, and prevention.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"10731911251359456"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144862088","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}