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A Comparison of Three Strategies for Scale Construction to Predict a Specific Behavioral Outcome
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Garb, Howard N.; Wood, James M.; Fiedler, Edna R. – Assessment, 2011
Using 65 items from a mental health screening questionnaire, the History Opinion Inventory-Revised (HOI-R), the present study compared three strategies of scale construction--(1) internal (based on factor analysis), (2) external (based on empirical performance) and (3) intuitive (based on clinicians' opinion)--to predict whether 203,595 U.S. Air…
Descriptors: Opinions, Mental Health, Test Validity, Measures (Individuals)
Development and Standardization of a Test to Measure the Emotional and Behavioral Strengths of Preschool Children
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Epstein, Michael H.; Synhorst, Lori L.; Cress, Cynthia J.; Allen, Elizabeth A. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2009
The purpose of the present study was to document the development and standardization of the "Preschool Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale" and to examine its factor structure, internal consistency, and criterion validity. Data from a nationally representative sample (N = 1,471) of preschool children with and without disabilities were…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Predictive Validity, Disabilities, Factor Structure
Evaluation of the California Psychological Inventory as an Effective Admission Standard for PsyD Programs
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Kobylinski, Amy – ProQuest LLC, 2009
A current admission criterion of a PsyD program was examined for effective profiling of personality characteristics of professional clinical psychology students. The California Psychological Inventory (CPI) was used as the personality assessment of all applicants to the PsyD program. The CPI quadrant score of "Alpha" with a CPI score of…
Descriptors: Personality Assessment, Admission Criteria, Profiles, Clinical Psychology
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy: Further Issues in Current Evidence and Future Research
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Williams, J. Mark G.; Russell, Ian; Russell, Daphne – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008
The authors respond to the article by H. F. Coelho, P. H. Canter, and E. Ernst (2007), which reviewed the current status of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT). First, they clarify the randomization procedures in the 2 main MBCT trials. Second, they report posttreatment and follow-up data to show that trial participants allocated to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Restructuring, Depression (Psychology), Psychotherapy, Clinical Psychology
Clarifying Problems and Offering Solutions for Correlated Error when Assessing the Validity of Selected-Subtest Short Forms
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Girard, Todd A.; Christensen, Bruce K. – Psychological Assessment, 2008
The correlation between a short-form (SF) test and its full-scale (FS) counterpart is a mainstay in the evaluation of SF validity. However, in correcting for overlapping error variance in this measure, investigators have overattenuated the validity coefficient through an intuitive misapplication of P. Levy's (1967) formula. The authors of the…
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Computation, Psychiatric Services, Correlation
Assessing Social Presence in Online Discussion Groups: A Replication Study
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Hughes, Matthew; Ventura, Susie; Dando, Mark – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2007
This paper argues that the emotional state of students' contributions need to be addressed in an online learning community. If feelings of fear, anger or isolation can lead to withdrawal or conflict then the potential for learning is reduced and a facilitator of an online course needs to manage these emotions at an early stage. Therefore, a…
Descriptors: Discussion Groups, Online Courses, Computer Mediated Communication, Stress Variables