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Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Beck Depression Inventory-II in Bariatric Surgery Candidates
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Hall, Brian J.; Hood, Megan M.; Nackers, Lisa M.; Azarbad, Leila; Ivan, Iulia; Corsica, Joyce – Psychological Assessment, 2013
Screening for depression is an integral part of psychological evaluations conducted prior to bariatric surgery. The Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) is the most commonly used measure of depression in these treatment evaluations. The reliability and validity of the BDI-II has not yet been evaluated within bariatric surgery-seeking samples,…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Surgery, Depression (Psychology), Patients
Skills of Cognitive Therapy (SoCT): A New Measure of Patients' Comprehension and Use
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Jarrett, Robin B.; Vittengl, Jeffrey R.; Clark, Lee Anna; Thase, Michael E. – Psychological Assessment, 2011
The authors describe the development and psychometric properties of a new measure called the Skills of Cognitive Therapy (SoCT) in depressed adults and their cognitive therapists. The 8-item SoCT assesses patients' understanding and use of basic cognitive therapy (CT) skills rated from the perspectives of both observers (SoCT-O; therapists in this…
Descriptors: Cognitive Restructuring, Skills, Patients, Depression (Psychology)
Development of a New Fear of Hypoglycemia Scale: FH-15
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Anarte Ortiz, Maria Teresa; Caballero, Francisco Felix; Ruiz de Adana, Maria Soledad; Rondan, Rosa Maria; Carreira, Monica; Dominguez-Lopez, Marta; Machado, Alberto; Gonzalo-Marin, Montserrat; Tapia, Maria Jose; Valdes, Sergio; Gonzalez-Romero, Stella; Soriguer, Federico C. – Psychological Assessment, 2011
Hypoglycemia is the most common adverse event associated with insulin treatment in diabetes. The consequences of hypoglycemia can be quite aversive and potentially life threatening. The physical sequelae provide ample reason for patients to fear hypoglycemia and avoid episodes. For these reasons, our purpose in this study was to develop a new…
Descriptors: Diabetes, Test Validity, Predictive Validity, Likert Scales
Further Validation of the IDAS: Evidence of Convergent, Discriminant, Criterion, and Incremental Validity
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Watson, David; O'Hara, Michael W.; Chmielewski, Michael; McDade-Montez, Elizabeth A.; Koffel, Erin; Naragon, Kristin; Stuart, Scott – Psychological Assessment, 2008
The authors explicated the validity of the Inventory of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms (IDAS; D. Watson et al., 2007) in 2 samples (306 college students and 605 psychiatric patients). The IDAS scales showed strong convergent validity in relation to parallel interview-based scores on the Clinician Rating version of the IDAS; the mean convergent…
Descriptors: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Mental Disorders, Predictive Validity, Patients
Validity of the MMPI-2-RF (Restructured Form) L-r and K-r Scales in Detecting Underreporting in Clinical and Nonclinical Samples
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Sellbom, Martin; Bagby, R. Michael – Psychological Assessment, 2008
In the current investigation, the authors examined the validity of the L-r and K-r scales on the recently developed Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF; Y. S. Ben-Porath & A. Tellegen, in press) in measuring underreported response bias. Three archival samples previously collected for examining MMPI-2…
Descriptors: Schizophrenia, Response Style (Tests), Test Validity, Child Custody
Efficacy of the Satz-Mogel Short Form WAIS-R for Tumor Patients with Lateralized Lesions.
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Mattis, Paul J.; And Others – Psychological Assessment, 1992
The predictive power of the short-form Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale of P. Satz and S. Mogel to provide equivalent information about IQ scores and age-corrected scale scores was not differentially affected by the side of the lesion for 63 patients with brain tumors. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Correlation, Diagnostic Tests
Concurrent Validity of Three WAIS-R Short Forms in Psychiatric Inpatients.
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Benedict, Ralph H. B.; And Others – Psychological Assessment, 1992
The concurrent validities of 3 short forms of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) were compared for their prediction of full-scale IQ for 145 male and 159 female psychiatric inpatients. Results support previous research showing better predictive accuracy for L. C. Ward's (1990) seven-subtest short form than the others. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, Comparative Testing, Concurrent Validity, Cost Effectiveness