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Rorschach Measures of Cognition Relate to Everyday and Social Functioning in Schizophrenia
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Moore, Raeanne C.; Viglione, Donald J.; Rosenfarb, Irwin S.; Patterson, Thomas L.; Mausbach, Brent T. – Psychological Assessment, 2013
Neurocognitive impairment and negative symptoms contribute to functional disability in people with schizophrenia. Yet, a high level of unexplained variability remains after accounting for the role of these factors. This study examined the role of thought disorder, psychological complexity, and interpersonal representations, as measured by the…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Performance Tests, Performance Based Assessment, Interpersonal Competence
The Dot Pattern Expectancy Task: Reliability and Replication of Deficits in Schizophrenia
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Jones, Jessica A. H.; Sponheim, Scott R.; MacDonald, Angus W., III – Psychological Assessment, 2010
The dot pattern expectancy (DPX) task was created to efficiently assess context-processing deficits in patients with schizophrenia. Three studies investigated the characteristics of the DPX relevant for clinical applications. To answer questions regarding the psychometric properties of the task, performance on this task was studied in 2 healthy…
Descriptors: Schizophrenia, Patients, Psychometrics, Evaluation Methods
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
Factor Structure and Construct Validity of the Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms.
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Sayers, Steven L.; And Others – Psychological Assessment, 1996
Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to examine the underlying structure of negative symptoms of schizophrenia as measured by the Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS). CFA results from the assessment of 401 patients were largely supported by CFA results from a second assessment of 345 patients. (SLD)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Construct Validity, Emotional Problems, Evaluation Methods