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Brown, Kirk Warren; Ryan, Richard M.; Loverich, Tamara M.; Biegel, Gina M.; West, Angela Marie – Psychological Assessment, 2011
We address 3 critiques raised by Grossman (2011) of self-report measures of mindfulness and the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) and Mindful Attention Awareness Scale--Adolescent (MAAS-A) in particular. Grossman questioned whether self-report measures actually assess mindfulness, whether the construct of mindfulness can be understood apart…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Measures (Individuals), Intervention, Measurement Techniques
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Hunt, Earl; Wittmann, Werner – Intelligence, 2008
What is the relation between the cognitive competence of a national population that nation's economic prosperity? Lynn and Vanhanen [Lynn, R. & Vanhanen, T. (2002). "IQ and the wealth of nations." Westport, CT: Praeger.] presented data pointing to an exceptionally strong relationship between IQ scores and Gross Domestic Product per…
Descriptors: Economic Impact, Correlation, Intelligence, Cognitive Ability
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DeBacker, Teresa K.; Crowson, H. Michael – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2008
Need for closure, as formulated by Kruglanski and colleagues [Kruglanski, A. W. (1990). Lay epistemic theory in social-cognitive psychology. "Psychological Inquiry," 1(3), 181-197; Kruglanski, A. W., & Webster, D. M. (1996). Motivated closing of the mind: Seizing and freezing. "Psychological Review," 103, 263-283; Webster,…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Factor Analysis, Psychometrics, Cognitive Processes
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Rothermund, Klaus; Wentura, Dirk; De Houwer, Jan – Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2005
In their comment on K. Rothermund and D. Wentura, A. G. Greenwald, B. A. Nosek, M. R. Banaji, and K. C. Klauer agreed that salience asymmetries can be a source of Implicit Association Test (IAT) effects. The authors applaud this conclusion but point to problems with the other points that Greenwald et al. made. The authors have difficulties…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Association Measures, Psychometrics, Test Interpretation