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Alannah Hahn; Alexander Winkler; Christiane Hermann – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2025
Childhood stress affects physical and mental health, making its proper assessment crucial. While several stress questionnaires for youth are available, their psychometric quality is questionable. Our aim was to develop a brief, age-appropriate questionnaire to measure current stress. Two-hundred thirty German children (6-17 years) completed the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Stress Variables, Children, Adolescents
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Sandra V. Loosli; Lennart C. Neumann; Elisabeth Wlasich; Catharina Prix; Laura Koll; Endy Weidinger; Jonathan Vöglein; Olivia Wagemann; Adrian Danek; Georg Nübling; Johannes Levin – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2024
Background: The CAMDEX-DS is an instrument to diagnose Alzheimer's disease (AD) in Down syndrome consisting of an informant interview and a cognitive test battery (CAMCOG-DS). Measurement properties of the German CAMDEX-DS were investigated. Method: Fifty-five adults with Down syndrome (19-58 years) participated in this observational study.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Diagnostic Tests, Alzheimers Disease, Down Syndrome
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Oppermann, Elisa; Brunner, Martin; Eccles, Jacquelynne S.; Anders, Yvonne – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2018
Young children, ages 5-6 years, develop first beliefs about science and themselves as science learners, and these beliefs are considered important precursors of children's future motivation to pursue science. Yet, due to a lack of adequate measures, little is known about young children's motivational beliefs about learning science. The present…
Descriptors: Young Children, Student Motivation, Beliefs, Science Education
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Gygi, Jasmin T.; Ledermann, Thomas; Grob, Alexander; Rudaz, Myriam; Hagmann-von Arx, Priska – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2019
The Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales (RIAS) measures general intelligence and its two main components, verbal and nonverbal intelligence, each comprising of two subtests. The RIAS has been recently standardized in Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, and Spain. Using the standardization samples of the U.S. (n = 2,438), Danish (n = 983), German (n…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Intelligence Tests, Verbal Ability
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von Steinbüchel, Nicole; Meeuwsen, Mirjam; Poinstingl, Herbert; Kiese-Himmel, Christiane – Creativity Research Journal, 2018
The study examined the psychometric properties of the German version of the Creative Thinking-Drawing Production Test (TCT-DP). This test evaluates creative potential with 14 content-related criteria, constituting a total score. Age norms exist for children from 4-16 years. A total of 269 children with predominantly migrant background, aged…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Creativity Tests, Preschool Children, Psychometrics
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Langheinrich, Jessica; Schönfelder, Mona; Bogner, Franz X. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2016
A positive self-concept supposedly affects a student's well-being as well as his or her perception of individual competence at school. As computer-based learning is becoming increasingly important in school, a positive computer-related self-concept (CSC) might help to enhance cognitive achievement. Consequently, we focused on establishing a short,…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Computer Literacy, Grade 8, Grade 11
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Schaefer, Blanca; Fricke, Silke; Szczerbinski, Marcin; Fox-Boyer, Annette V.; Stackhouse, Joy; Wells, Bill – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2009
The development of phonological awareness (PA), the ability to reflect on the sound structure of words independent of their meaning, has been extensively explored in English-speaking children. However, this is not the case for other languages. The aim of this study was to develop a comprehensive PA test battery for German-speaking preschool…
Descriptors: German, Phonological Awareness, Test Construction, Verbal Tests
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Arning, K.; Ziefle, M. – Behaviour & Information Technology, 2008
Prior computer expertise represents one of the most important predictors of performance when interacting with ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) and acquiring computer skills. Due to demographic changes, the older adult will become increasingly important as a potential user. However, there is a lack of instruments for the assessment…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Questionnaires, Older Adults, Computers