Sentences with phrase «psychometric properties as»

The DAS has acceptable psychometric properties as an assessment device, with high (0.96) internal consistency [12].

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Since there is much nationwide controversy surrounding both the PARCC and SBAC tests, how can we, as teachers, be assured that the psychometric properties of these tests actually measure what the test companies claim they measure?

The psychometric properties of analogue tools such as the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) are reportedly better than forced - choice scales like the Wong - Baker.

As mentioned earlier, this test has been used frequently and widely in Iran and yielded satisfactory psychometric properties (Ghassemzadeh et al., 2002, 2005a, 2005b).

Perhaps, it is time for personality disorder researchers to develop a theoretically cogent definition for what properties, especially psychometric, a personality trait cluster must have (or not have) in order to qualify as a personality disorder.

The focus throughout this article is on the psychometric properties (reliability, validity and responsiveness) of these scales in different cultures, as well as the processes used to translate the instruments from English into another language.

The EPDS has been validated in a French sample and good psychometric properties have been reported.145 The original authors suggested a cut - off score of 12.5 as an indication of clinically significant depression but others reported that a score of 10 was the most useful cut - off in a French sample of postnatal women.145

Most measures had no evidence that they had undergone any sort of psychometric evaluation although a small number of researchers had attempted to evaluate some measurement properties but used dubious methods or the property being assessed fell below suitable quality thresholds as determined by Terwee et al. 12 In addition, some authors referenced that their measure had established psychometric properties but then modified the scale or used it with a completely different population without re-examining the properties in the revised scale.

The SPIN demonstrates solid psychometric properties and shows promise as a measurement for the screening of, and treatment response to, social phobia.

Regarding this one, research has supported the unidimensional structure of the measure as well as the convergent validity with other instruments.22 The Portuguese adaptation of the MHI - 5 was conducted by Ribeiro20 and replicates the psychometric properties identified in previous studies.

Data collection procedures, questionnaires and statistical analyses were the same as those used in the companion paper and are described in greater detail there (see companion paper entitled «Psychometric properties of the WHO Violence Against Women instrument in a female population - based sample in Sweden»).

Two reviewers will independently assess the suitability of the preference - based instruments for measuring outcomes in palliative care using the ISOQOL, minimum standards for patient - reported outcome measures (conceptual and measurement model, reliability, content validity, construct validity, responsiveness, interpretability of scores, translation of measure, patient and investigator burden), 43 and the CREATE checklist (descriptive system, health states values, sampling, preference data collection, study sample, modelling, scoring algorithm).44 The ISOQOL minimum standards were chosen as these standards were developed from a systematic review of published and unpublished guidance on patient - reported outcome measures, including the COnsensus - based Standards for the selection of health Measurement Instruments (COSMIN).46 To the authors» knowledge, the CREATE checklist is the only published guidance on what key components should be reported in a valuation study.44 Information on how the contents of the instruments were developed, psychometric properties and valuation will be used to assess the suitability of the instruments for the palliative setting; instruments will be scored on whether the domains or dimensions were developed using input from informal caregivers of people receiving palliative care (yes / no) and whether each of the reporting checklist items has been evaluated for this population (if yes, then a score of one will be allocated) and a total score calculated.

As the ULS - 6 was based on the R - UCLA, it was examined the psychometric properties of the R - UCLA Loneliness Scale, namely the internal consistency and the factorial structure.

As for psychometric properties, in the current sample Cronbach's alpha was 0.86.

The CBCL has been validated in 23 other societies some from low and middle - income countries such as Kosovo, Taiwan and Turkey, where it has shown good psychometric properties [6].

While the measure yields six scores examining total self - esteem and four domains, the psychometric properties of the subscales are questionable and the scale is best viewed as a measure of global self - esteem (Winters, Myers & Proud, 2002).

According to Alderfer et al. (2008), the FAD and its shorter General Functioning Scale have been categorised as «well - established», although the psychometric properties beyond internal consistencies of the scale are not adequately reported in the literature.

However, most of the psychometric properties have been reported in non-peer-reviewed locations (eg commentaries and chapters) and therefore, according to the criteria of Alderfer et al. (2008), qualify as «approaching well - established».

Psychopathology will be assessed using the SDQ, a 25 - item self - report behavioural screening inventory for children and adolescents which measures positive and negative attributes of participants.33 The SDQ has been used extensively and has strong psychometric properties.25 The SDQ is also brief and multidimensional, providing information across a wide range of psychopathology as required for the current study.

The school - age SDQ has been extensively validated for its intended use as a screening tool to detect 4 - to 16 - year - olds at risk of clinical or developmental disorders.1, 10,29 The current study confirms satisfactory psychometric properties for the adapted preschool version, affirming its utility as a brief measure to identify 3 - to 4 - year - olds with emotional and behavioral difficulties.

Each of the four component measures, as well as the psychometric properties of the composite scale, is now described.

As a byproduct of our extensive data collection, we also report the psychometric properties and descriptive statistics for an Italian community sample of different age and gender groups.

Despite these limitations, the results of the present study confirmed that the HADS has good psychometric properties in an Italian community sample as well as in the Italian clinical study [28], and that the HADS scores, especially the general psychological distress one, can be reliably used for assessing age and gender differences.

The psychometric properties of the revised scale appear adequate as demonstrated by good internal reliability coefficients, high test - retest reliability, and effective discriminatory power.

Since our study as well as prior studies [37] showed that psychometric properties of the total SDQ scale are more satisfactory than SDQ subscales (Cronbach's alpha =.48 — .68), the total scale was used to investigate the effects of peer - victimization on general mental health problems.

The current study validates the SDQ as a brief measure of emotional and behavioral problems in preschool children, with psychometric properties largely comparable to the extensively used school - age SDQ.

Although the DSM - oriented scales of the CBCL have not been used in the literature as much as the empirically derived syndrome scales of the instrument, there is some evidence for their psychometric properties.

A detailed description of the scale, as well as its items and psychometric properties, can be found in Shek et al.'s study (2007).

CONCLUSIONS: Satisfactory psychometric properties of the adapted preschool version affirm its utility as a screening tool to identify 3 - to 4 - year - olds with emotional and behavioral difficulties.

Besides good psychometric properties for the PSP scale in this chronic sample, we found, as expected, significant associations between the two relevant outcome domains: results showed significant negative correlations between PSP and PANSS.

We used the Spanish validated version that shows adequate psychometric properties such as internal consistency (Cronbach's α: 0.83) and test - retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient: 0.83)[53].

A question that remains to be analysed is whether measures of more modern constructs of mental health symptoms can be derived from old single items as well as whether the psychometric properties of such measures are acceptable across the life course.

While the scale as piloted demonstrated strong psychometric properties, the investigators believed that it could be improved from a conceptual standpoint.

As indicated by factor analyses, item characteristics and internal consistencies, the psychometric properties of both instruments are satisfactory.

This study examined the psychometric properties of a modified version of the EMBU for Children (EMBU - C), a 40 - item questionnaire measuring youths» perceptions of three main types of parental rearing (i.e., emotional warmth, rejection, and overprotection) as well as anxious rearing behaviors.

The psychometric properties of the SCARED were good, as demonstrated by having acceptable reliabilities (ranging from.75 — .41) and a moderate multivariate effect size (η p 2 =.08) between the adolescent boys and girls.