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Özgü Inal Özün; Sevilay Karahan; Mustafa Cemali; Selen Serel Arslan – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Background: This study was conducted to translate The Montreal Children's Hospital Feeding Scale (MCH-FS) into Turkish and to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Turkish version (T-MCH-FS) in children with cerebral palsy (CP). Method: The study involved 160 children (70 children with CP and 90 typically developing children) aged 18 to 72…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Hospitalized Children, Cerebral Palsy, Hospitals
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Nicole S. J. Dryburgh; Li Wang; Ruth Repchuck; Alisha R. Matte; Kevin Runions; Katholiki Georgiades – School Mental Health, 2025
Programming aimed at promoting positive student mental health and reducing or preventing mental-ill health is common within schools in Ontario. A brief, valid, and scalable measure was needed to assess the organizational conditions, or the capacity, readiness, and resources of schools to successfully implement and sustain this programming. In…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Mental Health, Mental Health Programs, Program Implementation
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Toland, Michael D.; Li, Caihong; Kodet, Jonathan; Reese, Robert J. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2021
We assessed the psychometric properties of the visual analog scale (VAS) form of the Outcome Rating Scale (ORS) using item response theory (IRT) with a sample of 2,109 Canadian counseling clients. Findings indicate that the ORS was unidimensional and that the equal-interval assumption was not tenable for the VAS.
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Psychometrics, Item Response Theory, Psychotherapy
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Gee, Susan B.; Croucher, Matthew J.; Beveridge, John – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2010
The Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS) family of measures is routinely used in mental health services in the New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom. However, the psychometric properties of the HoNOS65+ for elderly people have not been extensively evaluated. The aim of the present study was to examine the validity, reliability, and…
Descriptors: Psychiatric Services, Health Services, Mental Health Programs, Mental Health
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Vrouva, Ioanna; Fonagy, Peter; Fearon, Pasco R. M.; Roussow, Trudie – Psychological Assessment, 2010
In this study, we report on the development and psychometric evaluation of the Risk-Taking (RT) and Self-Harm (SH) Inventory for Adolescents (RTSHIA), a self-report measure designed to assess adolescent RT and SH in community and clinical settings. 651 young people from secondary schools in England ranging in age from 11.6 years to 18.7 years and…
Descriptors: Validity, Health Services, Mental Health Programs, Factor Structure
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Scholte, Evert M.; Van Berckelaer-Onnes, Ina; Van der Ploeg, Jan D. – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2008
To be able to offer children with developmental disorders adequate help, professionals working in special needs education must use a screening device to assess the specific psychiatric difficulties of the children. In this paper the psychometric properties of an easy-to-use parental rating scale to screen symptoms of major psychiatric disorders…
Descriptors: Health Services, Mental Disorders, Mental Health Programs, Predictive Validity