AssessmentPub 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":"https://doi.org/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":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","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":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AssessmentPub 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":"https://doi.org/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":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","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":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AssessmentPub Date : 2024-09-19DOI: 10.1177/10731911241273386
M. E. Jeon, A. J. Kurtz, N. S. Udupa, K. L. Gratz, M. T. Tull, T. E. Joiner
{"title":"Measurement Invariance of the Perceived Invalidation of Emotion Scale: An Examination Across Race/Ethnicity, Gender, Sexual Orientation, and Intersection of Identities","authors":"M. E. Jeon, A. J. Kurtz, N. S. Udupa, K. L. Gratz, M. T. Tull, T. E. Joiner","doi":"10.1177/10731911241273386","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911241273386","url":null,"abstract":"The Perceived Invalidation of Emotions Scale (PIES), developed to measure emotional invalidation, could aid research efforts on various internalizing disorders and minority mental health. A prerequisite for its use includes its psychometric evaluation in diverse samples; thus, the current study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the PIES in a combined sample of minoritized adults ( N = 876). Results supported a unidimensional structure of the PIES that was invariant across the two minoritized samples, race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and intersections of race/ethnicity and sexual orientation. A reduced 7- and 4-item PIES with improved unidimensionality and consequentially more interpretable total scores were generated using item response theory analyses. Significant correlations observed between theoretically relevant constructs of adverse mental health outcomes and the PIES above and beyond identity-based discrimination supported the construct validity of the PIES. Implications include the disproportionate amount of emotional invalidation experienced by individuals with minoritized sexual orientation, which may reflect the recent increases in discrimination faced by these individuals.","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142262016","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 : 2024-09-19DOI: 10.1177/10731911241278307
Raquel Martín-Ríos, José C. Perales, Francisca López-Torrecillas, Lucas Muñoz López
{"title":"Associations of Reversal Learning Performance With Personality Disorder Profile and Drug Abuse History in a Sample of Prison Inmates","authors":"Raquel Martín-Ríos, José C. Perales, Francisca López-Torrecillas, Lucas Muñoz López","doi":"10.1177/10731911241278307","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911241278307","url":null,"abstract":"Prison inmate samples present a high prevalence of impulsivity- and compulsivity-related behavioral problems. The Probabilistic Reversal Learning Task (PRLT) is a useful tool to assess decision-making, and we explore its associations with inmates’ personality disorder (antisocial personality disorder, APD; obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, OCPD; or both) and history of drug abuse. Mixed-effects methods were used to model acquisition and reacquisition curves across PRLT, in a sample of 275 prison inmates diagnosed with OCPD, APD, or both. Two aspects were assessed: general discrimination learning and decision-making inflexibility. Participants with a mixed personality disorder profile showed a clear pattern of decisional inflexibility. A history of drug abuse was associated with a general poorer performance but not with decision-making inflexibility. Inability to adapt to changing contingencies, and thus to adverse consequences of previously rewarded choices, was not linked to compulsivity, as hypothesized to be present in OCPD and substance use disorders, but to the mixed APD/OCPD profile.","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142262015","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 : 2024-09-14DOI: 10.1177/10731911241273444
Anika N. Sigel, Nikhila S. Udupa, Karen Wetherall, Seonaid Cleare, Rory C. O’Connor, Thomas E. Joiner, Min Eun Jeon
{"title":"Measurement Invariance of the Four-Item Entrapment Scale Short-Form (E-SF): A Transnational Examination Across Race/Ethnicity, Sexual Orientation, and Suicide Attempt History Among Minoritized Adults","authors":"Anika N. Sigel, Nikhila S. Udupa, Karen Wetherall, Seonaid Cleare, Rory C. O’Connor, Thomas E. Joiner, Min Eun Jeon","doi":"10.1177/10731911241273444","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911241273444","url":null,"abstract":"Feelings of entrapment—posited to arise when attempts to escape from defeating or humiliating circumstances are blocked—may confer increased risk for psychopathology and suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STB), particularly among minoritized individuals who often have more frequent exposure to such experiences. Including entrapment in empirical models may aid research efforts in further exploring its role in minority mental health. The Entrapment Scale Short-Form (E-SF), a brief version of the 16-item Entrapment Scale, is one tool that may be utilized toward this end; however, to do so meaningfully, its psychometric properties and measurement invariance must be evaluated in diverse samples. This study aimed to examine the factor structure, measurement invariance, and convergent validity of the E-SF across race/ethnicity and sexual orientation in a combined transnational sample of minoritized adults (total N = 1,194). Results supported a one-factor model of the E-SF that was invariant across samples, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, and history of suicide attempt. Furthermore, significant positive correlations observed between theoretically relevant constructs of anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms supported its convergent validity. Implications include disproportionate levels of entrapment experienced by minoritized individuals—particularly by sexual minorities—which likely reflect the discrimination frequently endured by these individuals.","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142262018","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 : 2024-09-12DOI: 10.1177/10731911241275256
Colin E. Vize, Nathaniel L. Phillips, Joshua D. Miller, Donald R. Lynam
{"title":"On the Use and Misuses of Preregistration: A Reply to Klonsky (2024)","authors":"Colin E. Vize, Nathaniel L. Phillips, Joshua D. Miller, Donald R. Lynam","doi":"10.1177/10731911241275256","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911241275256","url":null,"abstract":"In his commentary, Klonsky outlines several arguments for why preregistration mandates (PRMs) will have a negative impact on the field. Klonsky’s overarching concern is that when preregistration ceases to be a tool for research and becomes an indicator of quality itself (a primary example being preregistration badges), it loses its intended benefits. Separate from his concerns surrounding policies such as preregistration badges, Klonsky also critiques the practice of preregistration itself, arguing that it can impede our use of other valuable research tools (e.g., multiverse analyses and exploratory analyses). We provide a response to Klonsky’s concerns about preregistration and related policies. First, we provide conceptual clarification on the purpose of preregistration, which was missing in Klonsky’s commentary. Second, with a clearer conceptual framework, we not only highlight where some of Klonsky’s concerns are warranted but also highlight where Klonsky’s concerns, critiques, and proposed alternatives to the use of preregistration fall short. Third, with this conceptual understanding of preregistration, we briefly outline some challenges related to the effective implementation of preregistration in psychological science.","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142215349","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 : 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":"https://doi.org/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":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-11","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 : 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":"https://doi.org/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":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","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":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Investigating the PHQ-9 With Mokken Scale Analysis and Cognitive Interviews.","authors":"Kristín Hulda Kristófersdóttir, Hafrún Kristjánsdóttir, Ragnhildur Lilja Asgeirsdottir, Thorlakur Karlsson, Vaka Vésteinsdóttir, Fanney Thorsdottir","doi":"10.1177/10731911231216961","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10731911231216961","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Scores on the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) are frequently used to assess depression both in research and in clinical practice. The aim was to examine the validity of the PHQ-9 sum score by using Mokken scale analysis (Study I) and cognitive interviews (Study II) on the Icelandic version of PHQ-9. A primary care sample of 618 individuals was used in Study I. The results indicate that the PHQ-9 items are not close enough to perfectly unidimensional for their sum score to accurately order people on the depression severity dimension. In Study II, the sample consisted of 53 individuals, with 28 having a history of depression and 25 not. The findings reveal a number of issues concerning respondents' use of the PHQ-9. No systematic differences were found in the results of the two groups. The PHQ-9 sum score should thus be interpreted and used with great care. We provide scale revision recommendations to improve the quality of PHQ-9.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139073301","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 : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2023-12-30DOI: 10.1177/10731911231219802
Anne-Kathrin Bräscher, Elmar Brähler, Winfried Häuser, Michael Witthöft
{"title":"Further Evidence for a Dimensional Latent Structure of Health Anxiety: Taxometric Analyses of the Whiteley Index Based on Two German Representative Samples.","authors":"Anne-Kathrin Bräscher, Elmar Brähler, Winfried Häuser, Michael Witthöft","doi":"10.1177/10731911231219802","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10731911231219802","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Health anxiety is an intricate part of illness anxiety and somatic symptom disorder. Based on convenience samples, two out of three available studies indicate that it is a dimensional rather than a categorical construct. Using two representative datasets, this study investigates whether previous results can be clarified. Conventional taxometric analyses as well as comparison curve fit indices (CCFI) profile analyses (MAMBAC and MAXSLOPE procedures) were calculated with two datasets of the German adult population assessing the Whiteley Index (WI-14, <i>N</i> = 2,072; WI-7, <i>N</i> = 2,498). Mean CCFIs indicated a dimensional structure for both the WI-7 (mean CCFI = 0.42, mean CCFI profile = 0.40) and the WI-14 (mean CCFI = 0.44, mean CCFI profile = 0.32). The results support and extend previous findings by strongly suggesting a dimensional distribution of health anxiety in the general population. Implications for research and practice comprise the adoption of a dimensional description of psychopathology as well as transdiagnostic treatment approaches.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139073300","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}