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Preliminary Evaluation of the Childhood Experiences of Violence Questionnaire Short Form
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Tanaka, Masako; Wekerle, Christine; Leung, Eman; Waechter, Randall; Gonzalez, Andrea; Jamieson, Ellen; MacMillan, Harriet L. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
Despite advances in child maltreatment research, accurate measurement of exposure remains a key issue. In this study, we evaluated a short form (CEVQ-SF) of the Childhood Experiences of Violence Questionnaire (CEVQ) in a sample of adolescents involved with child protection services in an urban city in Ontario, Canada. Focusing on the two most…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Construct Validity, Predictive Validity
Predicting Optimal Preference Assessment Methods for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities
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Thomson, Kendra M.; Czarnecki, Diana; Martin, Toby L.; Yu, C. T.; Martin, Garry L. – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2007
The single-stimulus (SS) preference assessment procedure has been described as more appropriate than the paired stimulus (PS) procedure for "lower functioning" individuals, but this guideline's vagueness limits its usefulness. We administered the SS and PS preference assessment procedures with food items to seven individuals with severe…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Stimuli, Severe Mental Retardation, Discrimination Learning
A Scenario-Based Dieting Self-Efficacy Scale: The DIET-SE
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Stich, Christine; Knauper, Barbel; Tint, Ami – Assessment, 2009
The article discusses a scenario-based dieting self-efficacy scale, the DIET-SE, developed from dieter's inventory of eating temptations (DIET). The DIET-SE consists of items that describe scenarios of eating temptations for a range of dieting situations, including high-caloric food temptations. Four studies assessed the psychometric properties of…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Test Validity, Predictive Validity, Dietetics
Explaining Human Behavior.
Olson, Alton T.; And Others – 1990
The Deductive-Nomological (D-N) model of human behavior is useful and provides the most objective explanation when it is appropriate but it is not necessarily an all-inclusive statement. For instance, explaining human behavior is always an act that entails languages and theories that are value laden and reveal human choices; however the D-N model…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Deduction, Foreign Countries, Models
Early Identification System: Predictive Validity. Research Report 80-14.
Stennett, R. G.; Earl, L. M. – 1979
During the academic year 1978-79 school teams implemented a newly developed early identification system in all kindergarten and grade one classes in London, Ontario schools. After analysis and revision of the system, the short-term predictive validity of the process was investigated by comparing school team identification ratings made in January…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 1, Identification, Kindergarten
The Early Assessment Conundrum: Lessons from the Past, Implications for the Future
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Bordignon, Catherine M.; Lam, Tony C. M. – Psychology in the Schools, 2004
The early childhood educational field has garnered attention with initiatives to foster skill acquisition in young children prior to kindergarten entry. These initiatives, in conjunction with the rigorous demands of curricular reform and a burgeoning accountability movement, invoke questions regarding the adequacy of the instruments used to assess…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Kindergarten, Young Children, Predictive Validity