Psychological Tests - Standards
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Measuring psychosocial risk in families caring for a child with cancer: the Psychosocial Assessment Tool (PAT2.0).

29 Jun 2009 BACKGROUND: The Psychosocial Assessment Tool 2.0 (PAT2.0) is a recently developed screening measure for assessing psychosocial risk in families caring for a child with cancer. This study aimed to assess the external validity of the PAT2.0 in an ... Read more...

Comparison of methods for controlling maximum exposure rates in computerized adaptive testing.

29 Apr 2009 This paper has two objectives: (a) to provide a clear description of three methods for controlling the maximum exposure rate in computerized adaptive testing -the Symson-Hetter method, the restricted method, and the item-eligibility method- showing ... Read more...

(Part of) the case for a pragmatic approach to validity: comment on De Houwer, Teige-Mocigemba, Spruyt, and Moors (2009).

29 Apr 2009 In their review of validity of the Implicit Association Test and affective priming, J. De Houwer, S. Teige-Mocigemba, A. Spruyt, and A. Moors identified validity with establishment of "basic theoretical understanding" of the measures. It is agreed ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Psychological Tests - Standards'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Learning from history: a commentary on the American Heart Association Science Advisory on depression screening. 29 Sep 2009
• Measuring psychosocial risk in families caring for a child with cancer: the Psychosocial Assessment Tool (PAT2.0). 29 Jun 2009
• Comparison of methods for controlling maximum exposure rates in computerized adaptive testing. 29 Apr 2009
• (Part of) the case for a pragmatic approach to validity: comment on De Houwer, Teige-Mocigemba, Spruyt, and Moors (2009). 29 Apr 2009
• Interference effects on commonly used memory tasks. 15 Mar 2009
• Construct, concurrent and predictive validity of the URICA: data from two multi-site clinical trials. 18 Jan 2009
• The Anxiety Sensitivity Index--Revised: confirmatory factor analyses, structural invariance in Caucasian and African American samples, and score reliability and validity. 20 Dec 2008
• Standardizing ADOS scores for a measure of severity in autism spectrum disorders. 10 Dec 2008
• Test-retest characteristics of the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART). 29 Nov 2008
• Development of an automatic response mode to improve the clinical utility of sequential risk-taking tasks. 29 Nov 2008
• Construct validity of the Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank with clinic-referred and nonreferred adolescents. 30 Oct 2008
• Assessment of community integration following traumatic brain injury. 29 Sep 2008
• The usefulness of cube copying for evaluating treatment of Alzheimer's disease. 29 Sep 2008
• Cognitive functioning ten years following traumatic brain injury and rehabilitation. 30 Aug 2008
• [Semantic equivalence of the Brazilian version of the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale] 30 Jul 2008
• The touchscreen cognitive testing method for rodents: how to get the best out of your rat. 6 Jul 2008
• Comparison of four statistical approaches to score child development: a study of Malawian children. 26 Jun 2008
• Investigation of the construct of trait emotional intelligence in children. 16 Jun 2008
• Validity of the Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration Supplemental Developmental Test of Visual Perception. 30 May 2008
• A preliminary investigation of the reliability and validity of the Brief Assessment Schedule Depression Cards and the Beck Depression Inventory-Fast Screen to screen for depression in older stroke survivors. 29 Apr 2008

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Technical information about 'Psychological Tests'

Definition: Standardized tests designed to measure abilities, as in intelligence, aptitude, and achievement tests, or to evaluate personality traits.

Descriptor UI: D011581

Alternative terms: Psychological Tests; Test, Psychological; Psychologic Tests; Psychologic Test; Test, Psychologic; Tests, Psychologic; Psychological Test; Tests, Psychological;

Allowable Qualifiers: history; standards; statistics & numerical data;

Tree Number: F04.711;

Technical Notes: DF: PSYCHOL TESTS