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Direct linkCaprara, Gian Vittorio; Alessandri, Guido; Eisenberg, Nancy; Kupfer, A.; Steca, Patrizia; Caprara, Maria Giovanna; Yamaguchi, Susumu; Fukuzawa, Ai; Abela, John – Psychological Assessment, 2012
Five studies document the validity of a new 8-item scale designed to measure "positivity," defined as the tendency to view life and experiences with a positive outlook. In the first study (N = 372), the psychometric properties of Positivity Scale (P Scale) were examined in accordance with classical test theory using a large number of…
Descriptors: Validity, Measures (Individuals), Psychological Testing, Test Theory
Peer reviewedKuhn, Deanna – Developmental Psychology, 1976
Studied the establishment of the reliability of an instrument for assessing developmental stages and the relation between reliability and sequentiality of the stages. (GO)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Developmental Stages, Early Childhood Education, Longitudinal Studies
Peer reviewedGullone, Eleonora; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1996
This study compared psychometric results on the Fear Survey Schedule for Children-II for 187 children and adolescents with mental retardation and 372 intellectually average students. The schedule demonstrated sound psychometric properties for both samples. Mentally retarded subjects scored significantly higher than the comparison sample, and their…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Children, Elementary Secondary Education
Hampton, Nan Zhang – 1999
This study explores the applicability of the Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale (CDMSE) to Chinese college students. The reliability and validity of the scale are examined using two independent samples (128 students from a polytechnic institute and 157 students from a teacher's college in China). The results indicate that the CDMSE is…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Career Choice, Career Development
Veroff, Joseph; And Others – 1971
A series of studies and analyses to develop brief, reliable measures of intelligence and achievement motivation that would be feasible for use in a cross-sectional sample is summarized. One measure of intelligence meets these criteria. It is a 13-item test of sentence completion skill, which correlates effectively with other measures of…
Descriptors: Achievement, Age Differences, Educational Background, Evaluation Criteria
