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Person Heterogeneity of the BDI-II-C and Its Effects on Dimensionality and Construct Validity: Using Mixture Item Response Models
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Wu, Pei-Chen; Huang, Tsai-Wei – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2010
This study was to apply the mixed Rasch model to investigate person heterogeneity of Beck Depression Inventory-II-Chinese version (BDI-II-C) and its effects on dimensionality and construct validity. Person heterogeneity was reflected by two latent classes that differ qualitatively. Additionally, person heterogeneity adversely affected the…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Validity, Depression (Psychology), Item Response Theory
Using Assessment in Counseling Supervision: Individual Differences in Self-Monitoring.
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Haverkamp, Beth E. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1994
Considered construct of self-monitoring as potential variable for supervisor assessment of counseling trainees. Data from 65 doctoral students from 4 counseling psychology programs suggest that counseling trainee's self-monitoring status was related to additional counseling and personality variables, particularly relationship between…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Graduate Students
The Relationship between Response Style and Reports of Career Indecision.
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Sabourin, Stephane; Coallier, Jean-Claude – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1991
Correlational analyses of data from 185 college students showed that vocational certainty and career indecision were significantly related to self-deception and impression management. More likely individuals were to distort information about self and to deny psychologically threatening thoughts, more likely they were to report high levels of…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, Decision Making, Foreign Countries
The Effects of Format Differences and Computer Experience on Performance and Anxiety on a Computer-Administered Test.
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Dimock, Paul H.; Cormier, Pierre – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1991
Conducted two experiments to determine whether scores on computerized test would differ significantly from scores on paper-and-pencil format. College students (Study 1, n=24; Study 2, n=400+) completed the Verbal Reasoning test of the Differential Aptitude Tests. Results showed reduced performance on computerized version of test. Reduced…
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Students, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Literacy
Assessing the Vocational Identity of Black South African University Students: Psychometric and Normative Data on the Vocational Identity Scale of the My Vocational Situation.
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Nicholas, Lionel; Pretorius, Tyrone – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1994
Describes investigation utilizing frequency analysis of variance to determine effects of home language, faculty, frequency of guidance, and guidance experience on vocational identity of 1558 black South African university freshmen. Suggests that, although collected data supports continued use of My Vocational Situation with population, further…
Descriptors: Blacks, Career Guidance, College Freshmen, Foreign Countries
Evidence of Score Reliability and Validity of the Statistical Anxiety Rating Scale among Technikon Students in South Africa
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Mji, A.; Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2004
R. J. Cruise and E. M. Wilkins's (1980) Statistical Anxiety Rating Scale (STARS), which measures levels of statistics anxiety, was administered to 169 technikon students (70.9% women) in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Evidence of score reliability and validity was provided, suggesting that the STARS can be used with this population.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Validity, Rating Scales, Measurement Techniques