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You, Jianing; Leung, Freedom; Lai, Ching-man; Fu, Kei – Assessment, 2011
This study used item response theory (IRT) to examine the Impulsive Behaviors Checklist for Adolescents (IBCL-A) among 6,276 (67.7% girls) Chinese secondary school students. The IBCL-A included 15 maladaptive impulsive behaviors adapted from the Revised Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines. The authors obtained the severity and discrimination…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Test Bias, Construct Validity, Predictive Validity
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Essau, Cecilia A.; Sasagawa, Satoko; Frick, Paul J. – Assessment, 2006
This study examined the structure, distribution, and correlates of a new measure of self-reported callous-unemotional (CU) traits in 1,443 adolescents (774 boys, 669 girls) between the ages of 13 to 18 years. The Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits was subjected to exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. Exploratory…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Personality Measures
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Henry, David B. – Assessment, 2006
This study evaluates the validity of two aggression scales for predicting observations of malicious or disruptive behavior at school. Subgroups of a sample of 1,560 children (age 8.6 plus or minus 1.5 years) were assessed using (a) peer nominations of aggression, (b) teacher reports on the Teacher Report Form (TRF) of the Child Behavior Checklist…
Descriptors: Measurement Techniques, Observation, Aggression, Children