AssessmentPub Date : 2026-06-28DOI: 10.1177/10731911261451784
Dominic M Denning, Marley G Billman Miller, Jennifer Finkelstein, Clara G DeFontes, Tiffany A Brown
{"title":"The Psychometric Properties of the Perth Emotion Regulation Competency Inventory (PERCI) in Sexual and Gender Minority Adults: Minority Stress and Resilience Correlates of Positive and Negative Emotion Regulation Difficulties.","authors":"Dominic M Denning, Marley G Billman Miller, Jennifer Finkelstein, Clara G DeFontes, Tiffany A Brown","doi":"10.1177/10731911261451784","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911261451784","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Perth Emotion Regulation Competency Inventory (PERCI) is an emerging measure of positive and negative emotion regulation (ER) difficulties. We examined the factor structure and psychometric characteristics of the PERCI and its associations with psychopathology and minority stress in a sample of U.S. sexual and gender minority adults recruited through Prolific Academic (<i>N =</i> 621). Confirmatory analyses indicate that the PERCI demonstrated good fit and invariance between sexual and gender minority participants and that the PERCI was reliable based on evaluations of internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Multilevel models suggest that positive and negative ER difficulties are relatively stable over a 3-month period and associated with proximal and distal minority stressors as well as resilience. Taken together, our findings indicate that the PERCI is a sound and useful tool to assess ER difficulties in clinical and research settings. Our findings also highlight the associations between minority stress and positive ER difficulties.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"10731911261451784"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148337456","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 : 2026-06-24DOI: 10.1177/10731911261451782
Heather R Altier, Fuschia M Sirois, Elizabeth L Jeglic, Jameson K Hirsch
{"title":"Future Orientation Scale: A Psychometric Evaluation Across Health-Vulnerable Samples.","authors":"Heather R Altier, Fuschia M Sirois, Elizabeth L Jeglic, Jameson K Hirsch","doi":"10.1177/10731911261451782","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911261451782","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Future orientation encompasses positive expectations about the future, the presence of reasons for persevering, and the perceived ability to cope and pursue goals under hardship, and is associated with beneficial health outcomes. Using exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), the psychometric properties of the six-item Future Orientation Scale (FOS) were evaluated among samples of predominantly racially and ethnically minoritized undergraduates (<i>N</i> = 3,219), individuals with fibromyalgia (<i>N</i> = 508), and sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals (<i>N</i> = 496). A single-factor solution emerged in the developmental sample, and CFA indicated adequate fit in each sample. Multigroup CFA supported full configural, metric, and scalar invariance, allowing for meaningful latent mean comparisons. Undergraduates exhibited the highest latent future orientation, followed by the SGM and fibromyalgia samples, respectively. Findings demonstrate that the FOS shows strong measurement invariance and captures substantive variation in future orientation across three populations at elevated psychological and physical health risk.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"10731911261451782"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148315416","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 : 2026-06-23DOI: 10.1177/10731911261452890
Petra Hubatka, Hynek Cígler, David Elek
{"title":"Spurious Reliability Increase?: The Number of Response Options in the Likert-Type Scale Influences Only Internal Consistency, Not Criterion Validity.","authors":"Petra Hubatka, Hynek Cígler, David Elek","doi":"10.1177/10731911261452890","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911261452890","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The existing research on the number of options in the Likert-type response format has focused primarily on reliability and descriptive statistics, often overlooking validity or examining it with limitations. This study addressed this gap through a within-subject experiment (<i>N</i> = 846, 69% women), manipulating response options (two, six, and 10) in two Likert-type scales: the Height Inventory and the autonomy subscale of the Basic Needs Satisfaction in General Scale. Two-point variants significantly differed in means and reliability compared to six- and 10-point versions. While the magnitudes of differences were small in Height Inventory, it did not follow for the autonomy subscale. On the other hand, validity (criterion, measurement model, and trait criterion validity) remained unaffected. Thus, the increased reliability may be spurious, stemming from systematic but construct-irrelevant variance related to response format (i.e., method variance). These findings suggest that response formats with fewer options can be viable, particularly in scales with more items. Future research should explore differences in cognitive processes across response formats.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"10731911261452890"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148300667","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 : 2026-06-18DOI: 10.1177/10731911261455137
Ruam P F A Pimentel, Gregory J Meyer
{"title":"Evaluating LLM-Based Coders in Psychological Assessment: A Validation Framework With Application to the Rorschach Morbid Content Variable.","authors":"Ruam P F A Pimentel, Gregory J Meyer","doi":"10.1177/10731911261455137","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911261455137","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used to support psychological assessment, but standards for evaluating their scoring accuracy remain limited. This article introduces a clear, reproducible validation framework to evaluate LLM-based scoring systems. The framework separates pre-validation steps (e.g., balancing base rates, refining prompts, and comparing models) from a standardized validation phase focused on reliability and validity benchmarks. We demonstrate its application with a case study of Morbid Content (MOR) scoring in the Rorschach task, using a two-agent LLM workflow. In an independent dataset (<i>n</i> = 84; 2,176 responses) with natural MOR base rates, the final LLM coder showed good response level agreement (<i>kappa</i> = .72-.74) and excellent protocol level agreement (<i>ICC</i> = 0.94-0.95) with assessors, near-perfect consistency with itself (ICC = 0.97-0.99), and replicated external validity (<i>r</i> = .59-.71) that matched human coders (<i>r</i> = .54-.65). This article offers a practical guide for evaluating automated coders in psychological testing and discusses practical decisions and ethical considerations.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"10731911261455137"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148275750","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 : 2026-06-18DOI: 10.1177/10731911261457278
Philipp Herzog, Simon Stenkamp, Sonya B Norman, Richard J McNally, Julia A Glombiewski
{"title":"Measuring Moral Injury Outcome and Distress in High-Risk Populations in Germany: A Validation Study.","authors":"Philipp Herzog, Simon Stenkamp, Sonya B Norman, Richard J McNally, Julia A Glombiewski","doi":"10.1177/10731911261457278","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10731911261457278","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Exposure to potentially morally injurious events (PMIE) poses a threat to one's moral beliefs that can lead to prolonged and impairing mental health outcomes related to moral injury (MI). In a large German-speaking sample (<i>N</i> = 364, 48.9% female) of high-risk populations (legal, health care, military, security, social sector, press), we administered the <i>Moral Injury Outcome Scale (MIOS)</i> and <i>Moral Injury and Distress Scale (MIDS)</i> to investigate the frequency of PMIE exposure and MI outcome and distress. About three-quarters of the sample endorsed having experienced a PMIE, while 11.5% and 5.5.% screened positive for clinically meaningful MI on the MIDS and MIOS, respectively. Both the MIOS and the MIDS demonstrated good to excellent internal consistency. The CFA provided further evidence for their factorial validity; correlations supported aspects of convergent and discriminant validity. Exposure to PMIE and MI is a highly prevalent phenomenon across different occupational fields in Germany. The German versions of both scales seem suitable for assessing MI outcome and distress.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"10731911261457278"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148275829","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 : 2026-06-18DOI: 10.1177/10731911261452969
Alex W Melville, Ashley C T Jones, Richard S Mohn, Eric R Dahlen, Michael B Madson
{"title":"Establishing Psychometric Validity of the PBSS-20 for Sexual Minority College Students.","authors":"Alex W Melville, Ashley C T Jones, Richard S Mohn, Eric R Dahlen, Michael B Madson","doi":"10.1177/10731911261452969","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911261452969","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study psychometrically evaluated the Protective Behavioral Strategies Scale-20 (PBSS-20) in a nationally recruited sample of sexual and non-sexual minority students. Participants included 1,730 college students (<i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 19.41) from 12 universities, who were predominantly White non-Hispanic (63.6%), female (70%), and heterosexual (67.6%). Participants reported demographics and completed measures of hazardous alcohol use, alcohol-related negative consequences, and alcohol protective behavioral strategy use. Exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) and bifactor ESEM revealed an adequate model fit of the PBSS-20, supporting the hypothesized factor structure. Invariance testing revealed a similar factor structure for both sexual and non-sexual minority students. The PBSS-20 total and subscale scores were negatively associated with all alcohol outcome measures for all groups. This study provides additional support for the generalizability and utility of the PBSS-20, with suggestions for further refinement of the measure. This study has implications for measuring safe drinking behaviors among sexual and non-sexual minority college students.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"10731911261452969"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148275747","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 : 2026-06-18DOI: 10.1177/10731911261452115
Emily Raasch, Hanna Christiansen, Johanna Kneidinger, Björn Albrecht, Anselm B M Fuermaier
{"title":"Attention-Based Performance Validity Assessment in Paediatric Samples.","authors":"Emily Raasch, Hanna Christiansen, Johanna Kneidinger, Björn Albrecht, Anselm B M Fuermaier","doi":"10.1177/10731911261452115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911261452115","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Neuropsychological assessments require adequate task engagement, yet paediatric performance validity testing (PVT) remains limited. This study evaluated the Groningen Effort Test (GET) as an attention-based PVT in children and adolescents using a simulation design. Participants were typically developing controls (<i>N</i> = 113), instructed simulators (<i>N</i> = 40) and outpatient referrals (<i>N</i> = 47), aged 6-17 years, who completed the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM Trial-1), Reliable Digit Span (RDS) and the GET. GET performance improved with age, and outpatient referrals scored below controls. Age-stratified cutoffs (<13 years vs. >13 years) produced high specificity and strong sensitivity in children, comparable to TOMM Trial-1 and RDS, while all PVTs showed reduced sensitivity in adolescents. ROC analyses indicated excellent accuracy in children and good to moderate accuracy in adolescents. Regression analyses revealed significant GET effects of group and age. Findings support the GET as a promising paediatric PVT requiring further clinical validation.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"10731911261452115"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148275744","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 : 2026-06-16DOI: 10.1177/10731911261455671
Brianna M Byllesby, Román Ronzón-Tirado, Ines Cano-Gonzalez, Andrés Fresno, Yuriria González Bonilla, Ruby Charak
{"title":"Reliability and Validity of the International Depression Questionnaire and International Anxiety Questionnaire in English- and Spanish-Speaking Samples in Chile, Mexico, and the United States.","authors":"Brianna M Byllesby, Román Ronzón-Tirado, Ines Cano-Gonzalez, Andrés Fresno, Yuriria González Bonilla, Ruby Charak","doi":"10.1177/10731911261455671","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10731911261455671","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Given the high prevalence of depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) globally and their comorbidity, it is imperative to have reliable and valid measures of these constructs. The International Depression Questionnaire (IDQ) and International Anxiety Questionnaire (IAQ) are recently developed measures to assess for depressive disorder and GAD, respectively, based on ICD-11 criteria. The current study examined the reliability and validity of the IDQ and IAQ in English- and Spanish-language translations in four samples from Chile, Mexico, and the United States. The Spanish IDQ and IAQ demonstrated good to excellent internal consistency (IDQ omega = .87-.91 and IAQ omega = .86-.93) and strong convergent validity. Overall prevalence for ICD-11 depressive disorder was 15.3%, and the GAD prevalence was 22.4% across samples. Confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) found good to excellent fit across the four samples, supporting the unidimensionality of the IDQ and IAQ. Results indicate the Spanish translations of the IDQ and IAQ are psychometrically sound and appear appropriate for use in North and South American samples of Spanish speakers. Results also supported the psychometric properties of the English IDQ and IAQ in the United States.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"10731911261455671"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148262981","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 : 2026-06-11DOI: 10.1177/10731911261453692
Heather Ciesielski
{"title":"Ethical Considerations for AI in Psychological Assessment Practice and Training.","authors":"Heather Ciesielski","doi":"10.1177/10731911261453692","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911261453692","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The use of AI within psychological assessment has many potential benefits for psychologists and their patients, including improved access to care, workflow efficiency, and expanded clinical training through virtual patients; however, there are also potential risks, including data privacy and security, and introducing potential bias into clinical practice and training. In addition, other risks may be present within clinical training in assessment, including reduced supervisor oversight, cultural insensitivity, and biased or insufficient feedback. This paper presents two case vignettes to review ethical considerations of the use of AI in psychological assessment training and practice within an ethical decision-making framework. Current best practices, ethical guidelines, and potential barriers, as well as considerations for evaluating the use of AI and other technology as an area of competency for trainees are reviewed.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"10731911261453692"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148222897","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 : 2026-06-07DOI: 10.1177/10731911261451789
Maika Kumada, Junwen Chen
{"title":"Developing a Perspective-Taking Task for Social Anxiety.","authors":"Maika Kumada, Junwen Chen","doi":"10.1177/10731911261451789","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911261451789","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Perspective-taking refers to one's ability to infer one's own and others' mental states. The existing perspective-taking tasks mainly focus on healthy individuals and overlook the potential confounding effect of prompt type. The current study developed a perspective-taking task for social anxiety research by including both ambiguous and unambiguous prompts and a social context. Analysing two community samples with either ambiguous (<i>N</i> = 69) or unambiguous (<i>N</i> = 89) prompts found that both prompts cued self-perspective-taking and other perspective-taking as required. However, while unambiguous prompts cue perspective switching, the ambiguous prompts failed to do so. Thirty-two participants of the two samples completed the tasks with both prompt types and showed no differences in perspective-taking. Findings suggest that the newly developed task measures self-perspective-taking and other perspective-taking as prompted, regardless of prompt type. Furthermore, the unambiguous prompts may be more sensitive and appropriate for measuring perspective switching and offer greater applicability in neural research.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"10731911261451789"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148194243","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}