AssessmentPub Date : 2025-04-25DOI: 10.1177/10731911251332241
Charlotte Louise Bagnall, Margarita Panayiotou, Divya Jindal-Snape, Emily Banwell, Carla Mason, Pamela Qualter
{"title":"Registered Report: Development and Validation of the <i>Primary-Secondary School Transitions Emotional Wellbeing Scale</i>.","authors":"Charlotte Louise Bagnall, Margarita Panayiotou, Divya Jindal-Snape, Emily Banwell, Carla Mason, Pamela Qualter","doi":"10.1177/10731911251332241","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911251332241","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Primary-secondary school transitions are a critical period for children, which pose a heightened risk for the development of poor emotional wellbeing and mental health. Our ability to identify and support children during this critical juncture is limited, however, by the lack of a robust, sensitive, and standardized scale to measure children's emotional wellbeing <i>in the context of</i> primary-secondary school transitions, comprehensively and longitudinally. The <i>Primary-Secondary School Transitions Emotional Wellbeing Scale</i> (<i>P-S WELLS</i>) has been developed following a multi-informant, mixed-methods model to overcome this gap. It is qualitatively different and novel in its approach (i.e., asking children about their feelings toward the changes they are negotiating in context), and in its longitudinal design and operationalization. This registered report describes how <i>P-S WELLS</i> will be validated through longitudinal psychometric assessment (Study 1) and longitudinal validation (Study 2) on two discrete samples, across two transition periods.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"10731911251332241"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143953174","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 : 2025-04-21DOI: 10.1177/10731911251330498
Min Eun Jeon, Inna Goncearenco, Megan L Rogers, Marie T Campione, Dorian A Lamis, Nadine J Kaslow, Thomas E Joiner
{"title":"Psychometric Properties of the Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation in a Diverse Sample.","authors":"Min Eun Jeon, Inna Goncearenco, Megan L Rogers, Marie T Campione, Dorian A Lamis, Nadine J Kaslow, Thomas E Joiner","doi":"10.1177/10731911251330498","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911251330498","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Suicidal ideation disproportionately impacts minoritized populations; yet, these populations have been historically underrepresented in the development and validation of risk assessments, including the Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation (BSS). The current study investigated the psychometric properties of the BSS in a combined sample (<i>N</i> = 1,026) of minoritized adults to examine its generalizability across diverse identities. Item response theory (IRT) models were estimated, and parameters including differential item functioning (DIF) were evaluated. Results showed that the original BSS and a 5-item BSS devised in a majority-aligning sample had significant model misspecification in the current study's diverse sample, but a reduced 14-item and 8-item scale has good properties and may be better-performing alternatives. DIF results supported measurement invariance of the BSS across race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, social class, and history of suicide attempts. Inclusion of certain suicidal behaviors (e.g., writing a note) into an assessment of suicidal ideation may not be effective.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"10731911251330498"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143955168","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 : 2025-04-16DOI: 10.1177/10731911251333315
Ella M Dickison, Martin Sellbom
{"title":"Operationalizing Psychopathy Through a Multi-Method Approach.","authors":"Ella M Dickison, Martin Sellbom","doi":"10.1177/10731911251333315","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911251333315","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We examined the operationalization of psychopathy through a multi-method framework in a community sample of 250 participants, who were oversampled for psychopathic traits. Psychopathy was operationalized through clinician-rated measures, including the Psychopathy Checklist: Screening Version and the Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality (CAPP): Symptom Rating Scale, as well as the Triarchic Psychopathy Measure and the CAPP-Self Report. Using Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling and controlling for self-report and clinical rating method variances, a four-factor model of psychopathy emerged with factors representing Boldness, Disinhibition, Affective, and Interpersonal traits. We examined the validity of the four-factor model by investigating associations between each factor and conceptually relevant scales, and the results generally supported construct validity. The Interpersonal factor was considered to contribute to the model theoretically in the factor analysis, but the incremental validity of this factor above and beyond the Boldness and Affective factors was not supported by available criterion measures.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"10731911251333315"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143955166","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 : 2025-04-15DOI: 10.1177/10731911251329977
Guyin Zhang, Amanda J Fairchild, Bo Zhang, Dingjing Shi, Dexin Shi
{"title":"Comparing Likert and Slider Response Formats in Clinical Assessment: Evidence From Measuring Depression Symptoms Using CES-D 8.","authors":"Guyin Zhang, Amanda J Fairchild, Bo Zhang, Dingjing Shi, Dexin Shi","doi":"10.1177/10731911251329977","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911251329977","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study compared various response formats in fitting confirmatory factor analysis models. Participants responded to the eight-item center for epidemiologic studies depression scale across five different response formats in a within-subjects experimental design: the Likert-type scale, three types of slider response formats, and a number-entry response format. We compared the different response formats based on item-level scores, factor structure and psychometric properties of the scale, mean comparisons across groups, and individuals' sum scores. Similar results were observed across the response formats with respect to factor structure, measurement invariance, reliability, and validity of test scores. However, inconsistent results were found regarding group mean comparisons across groups. Individuals' item scores and sum scores also varied across different response formats, as did participants' subjective evaluations of response formats in terms of perceived accuracy, enjoyment, difficulty, and mental exhaustion. Based on study findings, we provide recommendations and discuss implications for researchers designing and conducting clinical assessments.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"10731911251329977"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143960460","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 : 2025-04-15DOI: 10.1177/10731911251327480
Alana Jones, Esther Gandhi, Maddison O'Gradey-Lee, Deanna Francis, Serje Robidoux, Genevieve McArthur, Jennifer L Hudson
{"title":"The Validity and Reliability of the Reading Anxiety Test (RAT) for Children and Adolescents.","authors":"Alana Jones, Esther Gandhi, Maddison O'Gradey-Lee, Deanna Francis, Serje Robidoux, Genevieve McArthur, Jennifer L Hudson","doi":"10.1177/10731911251327480","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911251327480","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There is a dearth of publicly available standardized and normed reading anxiety tests (RATs) with known psychometric properties. In this study, we collected self-report data (<i>n</i> = 416), parent-report data (<i>n</i> = 455), or both (<i>n</i> = 184), for primary (<i>n</i> = 498) and secondary students (<i>n</i> = 473) for four RATs plus the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale-25 (RCADS-25) and the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). Analyses revealed that 21 items for each RAT loaded on three factors (generalized, social, and physiological reading anxiety), which had good internal consistency (.85 to .98) and interrater reliability (.82 to .90). Further, RAT scores correlated more closely with RCADS-25 anxiety scores (<i>r</i> = .54; convergent validity) than RCADS-25 depression scores, SDQ prosocial behavior, conduct problems, and peer problems scores (<i>r</i>s = -.03 to -.41; discriminant validity). We therefore calculated norms for each RAT, which are freely available on motif.org.au.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"10731911251327480"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143960703","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 : 2025-04-01Epub Date: 2024-05-14DOI: 10.1177/10731911241249438
Richard T Liu, Alexandra H Bettis, Hannah R Lawrence, Rachel F L Walsh, Ana E Sheehan, Olivia H Pollak, Auburn R Stephenson, Marin M Kautz, Rachel M Marlowe
{"title":"Measures of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Recommendations for Use in Clinical and Research Settings.","authors":"Richard T Liu, Alexandra H Bettis, Hannah R Lawrence, Rachel F L Walsh, Ana E Sheehan, Olivia H Pollak, Auburn R Stephenson, Marin M Kautz, Rachel M Marlowe","doi":"10.1177/10731911241249438","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10731911241249438","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Empirically supported measures of suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs) are needed to serve as reference outcomes for suicide risk screening tools and to monitor severity and treatment progress in children and adolescents with STBs. The present paper systematically reviewed existing measures of STBs in youth and studies evaluating their psychometric properties and clinical utility. Measures were then evaluated on reliability, validity, and clinical utility. Sixteen articles (20 independent samples) were found with psychometric data with youth samples for eight measures. Interview-based measures were found to have the strongest psychometric support and clinical utility. Significant limitations exist for all self-report measures due to inherent characteristics of these measures that cannot be remedied through additional psychometric study. There is an urgent need for the development and validation of new self-report measures of STBs, particularly for preadolescent children, sexual and gender minority youth, and racial/ethnic minority youth.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"303-320"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140920968","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 : 2025-04-01Epub Date: 2024-05-27DOI: 10.1177/10731911241253409
Eunyoe Ro, Hallie Nuzum, Lee Anna Clark
{"title":"Competing Models of Personality Disorder: Relations With Psychosocial Functioning.","authors":"Eunyoe Ro, Hallie Nuzum, Lee Anna Clark","doi":"10.1177/10731911241253409","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10731911241253409","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The <i>Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition</i> (<i>DSM-5</i>; American Psychiatric Association, 2013), includes 10 categorical personality disorders (PD) in Section II (Section II PD) and a dimensional alternative model of PD (AMPD) in Section III. We compared the two models in explaining concurrent psychosocial functioning levels in psychiatric outpatients and community residents screened as at risk for PD pathology (<i>N</i> = 600). The AMPD's fully dimensional form showed stronger associations with psychosocial difficulties and explained more of their variance compared with the categorical Section II PD. AMPD Criterion A (personality functioning impairment) and Criterion B (pathological traits) incrementally predicted psychosocial functioning about equally with some unique predictions. Finally, AMPD's six categorical PD diagnoses did not show stronger associations with psychosocial functioning than the corresponding Section II PD diagnoses. Findings directly comparing the two models remain important and timely for informing future conceptualizations of PD in the diagnostic system.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"321-334"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141154869","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 : 2025-04-01Epub Date: 2024-05-07DOI: 10.1177/10731911241245009
Mirthe G C Noteborn, Jelle J Sijtsema, Jaap J A Denissen, Stefan Bogaerts
{"title":"Assessing Implicit Theories in Sexual Offending Using Indirect Measures: Feasibility, Reliability, and Incremental Validity.","authors":"Mirthe G C Noteborn, Jelle J Sijtsema, Jaap J A Denissen, Stefan Bogaerts","doi":"10.1177/10731911241245009","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10731911241245009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study assessed psychometric qualities of indirect measures assessing Implicit Theories (ITs) of sexual offending: Implicit Association Task (IAT), Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP), and Relational Responding Task (RRT). For comparison reasons, aggressive behavior was also assessed. In a male sample from the general population (<i>N</i> = 109), we assessed each measure's (a) feasibility (mean latency, error rate, passing criteria), (b) internal consistency, (c) convergent and discriminant validity, and (d) incremental and predictive validity. Results indicated that no indirect measure met all criteria. Although the IAT was reasonably feasible and reliable in measuring aggression, ITs could not be reliably assessed. The RRT was feasible and somewhat reliable in assessing ITs, whereas the IRAP showed limited feasibility, high task complexity, low reliability, and the presence of a method factor. No measure had incremental predictive validity over the use of self-report measures, although we note that the power to detect such associations was limited. As none of the indirect measures performed satisfactorily on the measured criteria, the use of these measures in clinical practice seems currently unwarranted to assess ITs.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"447-469"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11915770/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140875717","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 : 2025-03-31DOI: 10.1177/10731911251330092
Stephen Raynes, Karen Dobkins
{"title":"Development and Initial Validation of the State Four Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire.","authors":"Stephen Raynes, Karen Dobkins","doi":"10.1177/10731911251330092","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10731911251330092","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The current research aimed to provide initial psychometric validation of a new multifaceted mindfulness questionnaire (referred to as the State Four Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire, or the \"state-4FMQ\" for short) adapted from the commonly used Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (referred to as the \"trait-FFMQ\"). The research was divided into two pre-registered studies. In both, undergraduates partook in a 20-minute mindfulness meditation (via audio recording), and then answered questions, including the state-4FMQ, pertaining to their experience during the meditation. In Study 2, participants additionally partook in a 20-minute control condition. The state-4FMQ was developed using exploratory factor analysis (EFA; Study 1) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA; Study 2). In Study 2, a short-form of the state-4FMQ was established, and several additional forms of measurement validity were tested. EFA and CFA results supported a four-factor structure, which was identical to the trait-FFMQ with the exclusion of Nonreactivity. This newly created state-4FMQ, and its short-form, showed good internal consistency as well as convergent, predictive, and construct validity. In addition, it was found that some facets, more than others, predicted momentary well-being. The validity of the state-4FMQ shows that it can be used to measure multiple facets of state mindfulness across a variety of situations.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"10731911251330092"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143750900","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AssessmentPub Date : 2025-03-31DOI: 10.1177/10731911251326395
Edric S Widjaja, Emily K Spackman, Timothy F Bainbridge, Steven G Ludeke, Mirko Uljarevic, Kristelle Hudry, Luke D Smillie
{"title":"The Utility of the Five Factor Model of Personality as an Organizing Framework for Autism-Related Traits.","authors":"Edric S Widjaja, Emily K Spackman, Timothy F Bainbridge, Steven G Ludeke, Mirko Uljarevic, Kristelle Hudry, Luke D Smillie","doi":"10.1177/10731911251326395","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911251326395","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Growing research suggests that clinical psychological traits are contiguous with normal personality and can be located within the same psychometric frameworks. In this article, we examined whether autism-related traits (ARTs) can plausibly be located within the Five Factor Model (FFM) of personality. Across two studies (<i>N</i>s = 408 and 423), participants completed measures of ARTs, broad FFM <i>domains</i>, and narrower FFM <i>facets</i>. We used empirically derived criteria to evaluate whether ARTs overlapped (i.e., shared variance) with the FFM domains to a degree that was comparable to FFM facets. Results suggested that most socially oriented ARTs could be represented as facets of the extraversion domain, whereas behaviorally oriented ARTs were more peripheral to the FFM. Cognitively oriented ARTs were less consistently linked with the FFM. These findings highlight the value of the FFM as an organizing framework for ARTs, marking an important step toward synthesis across the personality and autism literatures.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"10731911251326395"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143750060","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}