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The Operations Triad Model and Youth Mental Health Assessments: Catalyzing a Paradigm Shift in Measurement Validation
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Andres De Los Reyes; Mo Wang; Matthew D. Lerner; Bridget A. Makol; Olivia M. Fitzpatrick; John R. Weisz – Grantee Submission, 2022
Researchers strategically assess youth mental health by soliciting reports from multiple informants. Typically, these informants (e.g., parents, teachers, youth themselves) vary in the social contexts where they observe youth. Decades of research reveal that the most common data conditions produced with this approach consist of discrepancies…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Measurement Techniques, Evaluation Methods, Research
The Validity of the Autism Spectrum Disorders-Diagnosis for Intellectually Disabled Adults (ASD-DA)
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Matson, Johnny L.; Wilkins, Jonathan; Boisjoli, Jessica A.; Smith, Kimberly R. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2008
Psychologists interviewed direct-care staff using a battery of assessment measures including the autism spectrum disorders-diagnosis for intellectually disabled adults (ASD-DA), the Diagnostic Assessment for the Severely Handicapped-II (DASH-II), the Matson Evaluation of Social Skills for Individuals with Severe Retardation (MESSIER), the…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Socialization, Severe Disabilities, Multitrait Multimethod Techniques
Construct Validity for Measures of Childhood Depression: Application of Multitrait-Multimethod Methodology.
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Saylor, Conway Fleming; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1984
Presents results from two studies that investigate the measurement of childhood depression through self-report and reports from others. Results were discussed in terms of the need to consider self-report in the discussion of depression with its covert components and in terms of the need for improved measurement instruments. (BH)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Depression (Psychology), Elementary Secondary Education
Family Cohesion and Control: A Multitrait-Multimethod Study.
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Dickerson, Victoria C.; Coyne, James C. – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 1987
Assessed the convergent and discriminant validity of various measures of family cohesion and control, using a multitrait, multimethod approach. Families with at least one adolescent and in family therapy completed self-report measures and engaged in Reiss' Card Sort Procedure. Ratings of the families' cohesiveness were also obtained from the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Counseling, Family Life
On the Structure of Adolescent Self-Concept.
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Byrne, Barbara M.; Shavelson, Richard J. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1986
This study tested the multifaceted, hierarchical structure of self- concept (SC) against alternative models and determined whether academic SC can be discriminated from academic grades. Results supported the multidimensional interpretation of SC and demonstrated that general SC could be interpreted as distinct from but correlated with academic SC.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Correlation, Grade 11
Four Multitrait-Multimethod Approaches to Examining the Construct Validity of Adolescent Self-Concept within and across Gender.
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Byrne, Barbara M. – 1989
The construct validity of a multidimensional adolescent self-concept was estimated separately for males and females, and the results were compared across gender. The application of four multitrait-multimethod (MTMM) approaches to estimating construct validity was demonstrated, and the scope and consistency of the findings derived from each were…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Analysis of Variance, Comparative Analysis, Construct Validity