AssessmentPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-03-28DOI: 10.1177/10731911241240626
M F Facon, S P J van Alphen, E Dierckx, G Rossi
{"title":"Age-Neutral Measurement Of Personality Functioning and Maladaptive Personality Traits.","authors":"M F Facon, S P J van Alphen, E Dierckx, G Rossi","doi":"10.1177/10731911241240626","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10731911241240626","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>As previous studies have shown that personality disorder (PD) assessment in older adults is often hampered because assessment tools are tailored toward younger adults, establishing the age-neutrality of novel tools is crucial. This study primarily aimed to evaluate the age-neutrality of the Level of Personality Functioning Brief Form (LPFS-BF 2.0) and the Personality Inventory for <i>DSM</i>-5 Modified + (PID-5-BF+M), using a sample of 254 community-dwelling adults. The analysis of Differential Item Functioning (DIF) demonstrated the age-neutrality of both instruments, with only 8.3% of LPFS-BF 2.0 items and 5.6% of PID-5-BF+M items exhibiting DIF. Differential Test Functioning (DTF) analyses revealed large DTF for the LPFS-BF 2.0 total score, indicating that age-specific norms might be necessary for this score. In summary, this study supports the use of these instruments in both older and younger adults, enhancing the assessment of PDs across the life span.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"3-13"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140317699","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 : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-03-18DOI: 10.1177/10731911241235467
Xiaohui Luo, Yueqin Hu, Hongyun Liu
{"title":"Assessing Between- and Within-Person Reliabilities of Items and Scale for Daily Procrastination: A Multilevel and Dynamic Approach.","authors":"Xiaohui Luo, Yueqin Hu, Hongyun Liu","doi":"10.1177/10731911241235467","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10731911241235467","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Intensive longitudinal data (ILD) has been collected to capture the dynamic fluctuations of procrastination; however, researchers have typically measured daily procrastination by modifying trait measures (e.g., adding a time reference \"today\") without adequately testing their reliabilities. The main purpose of this study was to use an advanced approach, dynamic structural equation modeling, to assess the between- and within-person reliabilities of a widely used six-item measure of daily procrastination. A total of 252 participants completed retrospective measures of various types of trait procrastination and daily measures of procrastination over 34 consecutive days. The results showed that the entire scale for daily procrastination and five of its six items had high between- and within-person reliabilities, but one item had much lower reliabilities, suggesting that this item may be inappropriate in everyday contexts. Furthermore, we found moderate to strong associations between the latent trait factor of procrastination and trait measures of procrastination. In addition, we identified substantial between-person variation in person-specific reliabilities and explored its relevant factors. Overall, this study assessed the reliabilities of a daily measure of procrastination, which facilitated future studies to obtain more reliable and consistent results and to better estimate the reliability of ILD.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"61-76"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140142655","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 : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-03-22DOI: 10.1177/10731911241238084
Kara A Christensen Pacella, Lidia Wossen, Kelsey E Hagan
{"title":"Low Overlap and High Heterogeneity Across Common Measures of Eating Disorder Pathology: A Content Analysis.","authors":"Kara A Christensen Pacella, Lidia Wossen, Kelsey E Hagan","doi":"10.1177/10731911241238084","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10731911241238084","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study evaluated symptoms assessed in common measures of eating disorder pathology and tested overlap to evaluate the extent to which measures may be interchangeable. Six measures were included: Bulimia Test-Revised, Eating Attitudes Test-26, Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale, Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire, Eating Pathology Symptoms Inventory, and Questionnaire for Eating Disorder Diagnoses. Content overlap was quantitatively estimated using the Jaccard Index. Mean overlap was low (.195), likely due to the wide range of symptoms (87) assessed. The mean overlap of each measure with all others was .117 - .267, and the overlap among individual measures was .083 - .382. Implications of low overlap among measures include variable characterization of eating disorder phenotypes and the risk for lower generalizability of findings due to measurement variability.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"48-60"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140193171","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 : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-03-24DOI: 10.1177/10731911241236699
Friederike Blume, Lilly Buhr, Jan Kühnhausen, Rieke Köpke, Lydia A Weber, Andreas J Fallgatter, Thomas Ethofer, Caterina Gawrilow
{"title":"Validation of the Self-Report Version of the German Strengths and Weaknesses of ADHD Symptoms and Normal Behavior Scale (SWAN-DE-SB).","authors":"Friederike Blume, Lilly Buhr, Jan Kühnhausen, Rieke Köpke, Lydia A Weber, Andreas J Fallgatter, Thomas Ethofer, Caterina Gawrilow","doi":"10.1177/10731911241236699","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10731911241236699","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) experience impairing levels of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity, while individuals without ADHD experience these symptoms to a lesser extent. Yet, ADHD self-report scales so far hardly captured continuous distributions across the general population. In addition, they focused on weaknesses and ignored strengths. To address these shortcomings, we present here the <i>Strengths and Weaknesses of ADHD and Normal-Behavior Scale Self-Report (SWAN-DE-SB)</i>. The normal distribution of the data collected and the scale's internal consistency, and factorial and convergent validity were assessed using data from a general population sample. Its clinical utility was evaluated by comparing scores from a clinical sample and a sample of individuals without ADHD and by calculating optimal cut-off values for specificity and sensitivity. The SWAN-DE-SB demonstrated normal distribution of the data collected, high internal consistency, and factorial and convergent validity. It reliably discriminated individuals with and without ADHD, with high specificity and sensitivity. It should therefore be considered a psychometrically convincing measure to assess strengths and weaknesses of ADHD symptoms and normal behavior in clinical and general population samples.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"130-146"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11571603/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140206279","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 : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-03-28DOI: 10.1177/10731911241240618
Jamie E Parnes, Mark A Prince, Bradley T Conner
{"title":"Development and Validation of the Positive Outcomes of Cannabis Use Scale (POCUS) Among Predominantly White Adults in the United States.","authors":"Jamie E Parnes, Mark A Prince, Bradley T Conner","doi":"10.1177/10731911241240618","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10731911241240618","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Operant conditioning and social learning theories suggest that positive cannabis use-related outcomes are a primary contributor to maintained use and risk for dependence. However, currently there does not exist a reliable, validated measure of positive cannabis-related outcomes. This study sought to develop and psychometrically evaluate the Positive Outcomes of Cannabis Use Scale (POCUS). We collected three samples, college students (<i>N</i> = 883), community adults (<i>N</i> = 214), and college students (<i>N</i> = 615), of predominantly White adults in the United States who completed an online survey. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses evaluated scale structure and identified four factors: social enhancement, mood enhancement, cognitive enhancement, and sexual enhancement. Positive outcomes were positively associated with recent use, controlling for expectancies and negative outcomes. Positive outcomes were also differentiated from positive expectancies and more influential in predicting typical use frequency. Findings indicate that the POCUS is psychometrically sound and clinically useful for measuring positive cannabis use-related outcomes among predominantly White adults in the United States.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"14-31"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11436484/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140317700","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 : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-03-29DOI: 10.1177/10731911241239772
Ahmed Kerriche
{"title":"Psychometric Evaluation of the Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN) in Algeria: A Comprehensive Approach Utilizing Network Analysis, Confirmatory Factor Analysis, and the Polytomous Rasch Model.","authors":"Ahmed Kerriche","doi":"10.1177/10731911241239772","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10731911241239772","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric characteristics of the Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN) by employing network analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and the Polytomous Rasch Model. A cross-sectional data set was collected comprising 1,530 participants, with 959 being women and 571 being men. The Bootstrap Exploratory Graph Analysis unveiled the presence of two dimensions, with Items 17, 15, 5, 14, 6, and 9 exhibiting the highest strength centrality index. Notably, the Network Comparison Test indicated no differences in Network Invariance and global strength between the networks of women and men. Furthermore, the confirmatory factor analysis results demonstrated that the two extracted dimensions displayed an acceptable goodness of fit. In addition, the reliability coefficient values were acceptable, exceeding the threshold of 0.70. The Rasch analysis results suggested an overall fit, but some items exhibited overlap, suggesting their potential removal. Furthermore, it was recommended to develop new items to address gaps between existing items, particularly for measuring the lower levels of Social Anxiety Disorder. In conclusion, these findings provide robust evidence supporting the reliability and validity of the SPIN as a tool for measuring Social Anxiety Disorder in Algeria.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"147-161"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140326310","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 : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-03-18DOI: 10.1177/10731911241236336
Brandon Frank, Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay, Catherine Dion, Erin Formanski, Emily Matusz, Dana Penney, Randall Davis, Maureen K O'Connor, Rhoda Au, Shawna Amini, Parisa Rashidi, Patrick Tighe, David J Libon, Catherine C Price
{"title":"A Network Analysis of Digital Clock Drawing for Command and Copy Conditions.","authors":"Brandon Frank, Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay, Catherine Dion, Erin Formanski, Emily Matusz, Dana Penney, Randall Davis, Maureen K O'Connor, Rhoda Au, Shawna Amini, Parisa Rashidi, Patrick Tighe, David J Libon, Catherine C Price","doi":"10.1177/10731911241236336","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10731911241236336","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Graphomotor and time-based variables from the digital Clock Drawing Test (dCDT) characterize cognitive functions. However, no prior publications have quantified the strength of the associations between digital clock variables as they are produced. We hypothesized that analysis of the production of clock features and their interrelationships, as suggested, will differ between the command and copy test conditions. Older adults aged 65+ completed a digital clock drawing to command and copy conditions. Using a Bayesian hill-climbing algorithm and bootstrapping (10,000 samples), we derived directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) to examine network structure for command and copy dCDT variables. Although the command condition showed moderate associations between variables (<math><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>μ</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>|</mo><mi>β</mi><mi>z</mi><mo>|</mo></mrow></msub></mrow></math>= 0.34) relative to the copy condition (<math><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>μ</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>|</mo><mi>β</mi><mi>z</mi><mo>|</mo></mrow></msub></mrow></math> = 0.25), the copy condition network had more connections (18/18 versus 15/18 command). Network connectivity across command and copy was most influenced by five of the 18 variables. The direction of dependencies followed the order of instructions better in the command condition network. Digitally acquired clock variables relate to one another but differ in network structure when derived from command or copy conditions. Continued analyses of clock drawing production should improve understanding of quintessential normal features to aid in early neurodegenerative disease detection.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"119-129"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11408704/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140142654","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 : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-03-21DOI: 10.1177/10731911241237055
Christal N Davis, Kathryn S Gex, Lindsay M Squeglia, Timothy J Trull, Denis M McCarthy, Nathaniel L Baker, Kevin M Gray, Aimee L McRae-Clark, Rachel L Tomko
{"title":"Development and Initial Validation of a Momentary Cannabis Craving Scale Within a Homogeneous Sample of U.S. Emerging Adults.","authors":"Christal N Davis, Kathryn S Gex, Lindsay M Squeglia, Timothy J Trull, Denis M McCarthy, Nathaniel L Baker, Kevin M Gray, Aimee L McRae-Clark, Rachel L Tomko","doi":"10.1177/10731911241237055","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10731911241237055","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Given the popularity and ease of single-item craving assessments, we developed a multi-item measure and compared it to common single-item assessments in an ecological momentary assessment (EMA) context. Two weeks of EMA data were collected from 48 emerging adults (56.25% female, 85.42% White) who frequently used cannabis. Eight craving items were administered, and multilevel factor analyses were used to identify the best fitting model. The resulting scale's factors represented purposefulness/general desire and emotionality/negative affect craving. Convergent validity was examined using measures of craving, cannabis use disorder symptoms, frequency of use, cannabis cue reactivity, cannabis use, negative affect, and impulsivity. The scale factors were associated with cue-reactivity craving, negative affect, impulsivity, and subfactors of existing craving measures. For researchers interested in using a single item to capture craving, one item performed particularly well. However, the new scale may provide a more nuanced assessment of mechanisms underlying craving.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"77-89"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11415549/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140183643","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 : 2024-12-26DOI: 10.1177/10731911241304223
Veljko Jovanović, Mihajlo Ilić, Dušana Šakan, Ingrid Brdar
{"title":"The Meaning in Life Questionnaire: Revisiting the Evidence of Validity and Measurement Invariance Using the Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling.","authors":"Veljko Jovanović, Mihajlo Ilić, Dušana Šakan, Ingrid Brdar","doi":"10.1177/10731911241304223","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911241304223","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ) assesses two distinct dimensions of meaning in life: presence of meaning and search for meaning. The MLQ is the most widely used instrument for measuring meaning in life, yet there is a limited variety of validity evidence on the originally proposed two-factor confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) solution. In this light, the present research examined, across five studies (total <i>N</i> = 3,205), several aspects of the MLQ's validity and tested cross-gender and cross-national measurement invariance. We also examined the usefulness of the exploratory structural equation model (ESEM) of the MLQ as an alternative to the standard CFA model. The results obtained provide evidence for: (a) the validity (structural, convergent, concurrent, and incremental) of the MLQ ESEM factors; (b) full scalar invariance of the MLQ ESEM model across gender and partial measurement invariance across four countries; and (c) similar cross-national relationships between MLQ ESEM factors and measures of depression and life satisfaction. The present research provides support for the value of applying the ESEM framework in overcoming limitations of the CFA model when examining evidence on the MLQ's validity.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"10731911241304223"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142891519","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 : 2024-12-23DOI: 10.1177/10731911241306370
Tapan A Patel, Morgan Robison, Jesse R Cougle
{"title":"Item Response Theory Analysis and Differential Item Functioning of the Social Appearance Anxiety Scale.","authors":"Tapan A Patel, Morgan Robison, Jesse R Cougle","doi":"10.1177/10731911241306370","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10731911241306370","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examined the item- and scale-level functioning of the Social Appearance Anxiety Scale (SAAS) as well as differential functioning by gender using an item response theory (IRT) analysis. SAAS data collected from 840 college students were analyzed. A graded response model was used to analyze the 16 items comprising the SAAS. The measure was found to be unidimensional in its factor structure, and every item demonstrated high to very high ability to differentiate respondents varying in levels of the underlying trait (i.e., appearance concerns). In addition, we found evidence of differential item functioning (DIF) by gender for four items, corresponding to small effect sizes. Two of these items were related to internal experiences of appearance concerns (e.g., nervousness and discomfort when a flaw is noticed by others) that were more likely to be endorsed by women, and two of the items were related to external evaluative experiences related to appearance (e.g., missing opportunities and life being more difficult) that were more likely to be endorsed by men. Overall, the IRT and DIF results suggest that the SAAS effectively identifies appearance concerns among individuals with low to very high appearance concerns.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"10731911241306370"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142876050","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}