Dispositional hope, psychological flexibility, and psychological distress: Psychometric properties of the Personalized Psychological Flexibility Index among Turkish adults.
This study has offered additional support for the construct validity of the Turkish adaptation of the PPFI by investigating the relationship between psychological flexibility, dispositional hope, and psychological distress. Psychological flexibility emerged as a mediator between dispositional hope and psychological distress, and potential explanations were discussed. The present study offers evidence of the reliability and validity of the PPFI and its potential applicability in the Turkish adult population. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Psychological Assessment)
Source: Psychological Assessment - March 21, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Pitfalls in research on ecological validity of novel executive function tests: A systematic review and a call to action.
Psychological Assessment, Vol 36(4), Apr 2024, 243-261; doi:10.1037/pas0001297The term “ecological validity” (EV) has traditionally referred to test scores’ ability to predict real-world functioning. However, a test’s similarity to real-world tasks is sometimes mistaken for evidence of its ability to predict daily life, sometimes bypassing rigorous validation research. The goal of this systematic review was to examine the type and quality of evidence used to support claims of EV of novel face-valid tests of executive functions (EF). MEDLINE and PsychINFO databases were searched using the following terms: ecologic* ...
Source: Psychological Assessment - February 29, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Development and validation of the Acquiring and Saving Motives Questionnaires: For use in clinical and nonclinical populations.
Psychological Assessment, Vol 36(3), Mar 2024, 200-214; doi:10.1037/pas0001304Our consumer-driven culture has negative impacts for individuals who are vulnerable to clinical hoarding and compulsive shopping. Because of this, there is an ever-present need to have standardized tools to assess why we acquire and save things we might not need. In this article, we present the development of the Acquiring Motives Questionnaire (AMQ) and Saving Motives Questionnaire (SMQ), which were written based on a thorough literature review and consultation with 22 experts in the field. After piloting with two large nonclinical samples, we a...
Source: Psychological Assessment - February 22, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Proposed Specifiers for Conduct Disorder (PSCD): Further validation of the parent-report version in a nationally representative U.S. sample of 10- to 17-year-olds.
Psychological Assessment, Vol 36(3), Mar 2024, 175-191; doi:10.1037/pas0001302The Proposed Specifiers for Conduct Disorder (PSCD; Salekin & Hare, 2016) is a new self-report and informant measure designed to assess psychopathic characteristic domains along with symptoms of conduct disorder in youth. Previous factor analytic studies on the PSCD have found that the items are accounted for by a four-factor model reflecting grandiose–manipulative, callous–unemotional, daring–impulsive, and conduct disorder (CD) symptoms. The present study examined the factor structure, psychometric properties, and criterion-related validi...
Source: Psychological Assessment - February 22, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Measurement invariance of the Depressive Symptom Inventory–Suicidality Scale across race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and plurality of minoritized identities.
Psychological Assessment, Vol 36(4), Apr 2024, 303-310; doi:10.1037/pas0001306Measurement invariance across diverse groups, though crucial for determining the generalizability of a measure, has not yet been tested in many assessments of suicidal thoughts. The present study assessed the measurement invariance and psychometric properties of one such assessment, the Depressive Symptom Inventory–Suicidality Subscale, across multiple identity dimensions in a large data set (n = 1,118) that combined three diverse samples. Findings supported measurement invariance of the scale by race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation when com...
Source: Psychological Assessment - February 8, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Factor structure, measurement invariance, and psychometric properties of the Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory (PTCI) and its brief version (PTCI-9) in Chinese adolescents and adults.
In this study, we examined the psychometric properties of the PTCI and PTCI-9 in a large sample of trauma-exposed Chinese adolescents (n = 1,451; mean age = 13.67 years, SD = 1.24) and adults (n = 924; mean age = 39.6 years, SD = 5.43). Confirmatory factor analysis indicated an acceptable model fit for the original PTCI but a better model fit for the PTCI-9. Furthermore, the configural, metric, and scalar invariances of the PTCI-9 were supported across age groups (adolescent and adult), gender (male and female), trauma exposure (direct and indirect), and types of traumatic events (interpersonal and noninterpersonal). The P...
Source: Psychological Assessment - February 8, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Development and initial validation of the Multifaceted Instrument for Body Image Disturbance (MI-BoD).
In conclusion, the MI-BoD is a promising tool for assessment of important facets of body image disturbance across gender, body size, and ED symptomatology. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Psychological Assessment)
Source: Psychological Assessment - February 8, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Differences in presurgical MMPI-3 scores across trajectories of recovery from spine surgery.
Psychological Assessment, Vol 36(4), Apr 2024, 262-274; doi:10.1037/pas0001299Approximately 30% of patients who undergo spinal surgery for chronic back pain continue to experience significant pain and disability up to 2 months following surgery. Prior studies have identified mental health variables including depression and anxiety as predictors of poorer postsurgical outcomes using screening instruments, but no studies have examined long-term outcomes using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–3 (MMPI-3), a commonly used tool used in presurgical psychological evaluations (PPE). Using group-based trajectory mod...
Source: Psychological Assessment - January 18, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The appearance of multidimensionality: Exploring the case for unidimensionality of the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 using a firefighter sample.
Psychological Assessment, Vol 36(3), Mar 2024, 235-241; doi:10.1037/pas0001300Rasmussen et al. (2019) described the proliferation of factors for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) measures and raised concerns about the construct validity of factors that include two or three items. In this brief report, we describe how the pattern of covariation among the responses to items of well-established measures, such as the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5), can give the appearance of multidimensionality. We evaluated whether the structure of the 20-item PCL-5 is unidimensional, using the methods of multidimensional item response t...
Source: Psychological Assessment - January 18, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The peaks and valleys of narcissism: The factor structure of narcissistic states and their relations to trait measures.
Psychological Assessment, Vol 36(2), Feb 2024, 147-161; doi:10.1037/pas0001295Although interindividual differences in narcissism are well studied, little is known about assessing narcissism at the within-person level. To fill this research gap, we investigated whether the narcissism construct is represented in the same way at the between- and within-person levels. We analyzed four established narcissism measures across multiple studies. In each of the studies, participants completed narcissism measures in ecological momentary assessment or daily diary studies. Equivalent construct representation across between- and within-...
Source: Psychological Assessment - January 18, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Psychometric properties of the Distress Tolerance Scale in a clinical sample.
Psychological Assessment, Vol 36(3), Mar 2024, 192-199; doi:10.1037/pas0001298The factor structure, reliability, and concurrent validity of the Distress Tolerance Scale were evaluated in a large outpatient sample (N = 775). Prior research demonstrates mixed findings regarding the most appropriate factor structure, finding evidence for the presence of four subfactors as well as a potential second-order (hierarchical) General Distress Tolerance factor. Competing factor structures were compared using confirmatory factor analyses. A second-order hierarchical model with correlated residuals fit the data well, though results sug...
Source: Psychological Assessment - January 11, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
For better or for worse? Visualizing previous intensity levels improves emotion (dynamic) measurement in experience sampling.
Psychological Assessment, Vol 36(3), Mar 2024, 215-234; doi:10.1037/pas0001296It is a long known reality that humans have difficulty to accurately rate the absolute intensity of internal experiences, yet the predominant way experience sampling (ESM) researchers assess participants’ momentary emotion levels is by means of absolute measurement scales. In a daily-life experiment (n = 178), we evaluate the efficacy of two alternative assessment methods that should solicit a simpler, relative emotional evaluation: (a) visualizing a relative anchor point on the absolute rating scale that depicts people’s previous emotion rat...
Source: Psychological Assessment - December 21, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
An examination of the cross-cultural equivalence of the personality inventory for DSM-5 across Chinese and U.S. samples.
In this study, we examine the PID-5 factor structure in adult community samples from the People’s Republic of China (PRC; N = 233 [116 females], Mage = 35.88, range = 22–60) and the United States (N = 237 [118 females], Mage = 35.44, range = 22–60) using exploratory structural equation modelling and assess whether the factor structures across these samples are congruent using Tucker’s congruence coefficient. A five-factor solution was an adequate-to-good fit in both samples. The factor structure obtained from the U.S. sample was congruent with the PID-5 normative sample factor structure. The compositional configura...
Source: Psychological Assessment - December 21, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Predictive and incremental validity of the Static-99, Static-99R, and STABLE-2007 for sexual recidivism: A diagnostic test accuracy network meta-analysis (DTA-NMA).
Psychological Assessment, Vol 36(2), Feb 2024, 134-146; doi:10.1037/pas0001291The Static-99, Static-99R, and STABLE-2007 are internationally well-established instruments for predicting static and dynamic risks of sexual recidivism in individuals convicted of sexual offenses. Previous meta-analyses assessed their predictive and incremental validity, but none has yet compared the two Static versions and the Static–STABLE combinations. Here, we implemented diagnostic test accuracy network meta-analysis (DTA-NMA) to compare all tests and identify optimal cutoffs in one comprehensive analysis. The DTA-NMA included 32 samples ...
Source: Psychological Assessment - December 7, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Normative data for the Spanish versions of the CVLT, WMS-Logical Memory, and RBMT from a sample of middle-aged and old participants.
Psychological Assessment, Vol 36(2), Feb 2024, 114-123; doi:10.1037/pas0001292Episodic memory (EM), one of the most commonly assessed cognitive domains in aging, is useful for identifying pathological processes such as mild cognitive impairment and dementia. However, EM tests must be culturally adapted, and the influence of sociodemographic variables analyzed, to provide cut-off points that enable correct diagnosis. The aim of this article is to report updated Spanish normative data for three EM tests: the California Verbal Learning Test, the Logical Memory subtest of the Wechsler Memory Test, and the Rivermead Behavioral ...
Source: Psychological Assessment - December 7, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
