Psychometrics - Instrumentation
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

The role of language in ethnic identity measurement: a multitrait-multimethod approach to construct validation.

30 Jul 2009 The authors focused on the role of language use in measuring ethnic identity. They demonstrated the construct validity of a 3-dimensional measure and examined potential biases introduced by alternative methods such as constant sum scale. Their ... Read more...

Development and validation of the mindful eating questionnaire.

30 Jul 2009 "Mindful eating" describes a nonjudgmental awareness of physical and emotional sensations associated with eating. This article reports the development of a mindful eating questionnaire (MEQ) to support rigorous scientific inquiry into this concept. ... Read more...

Development of a self-report measure of fearful activities for patients with low back pain: the fear of daily activities questionnaire.

14 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: Self-report measures for assessing specific fear of activities have not been reported in the peer-reviewed literature, but are necessary to adequately test treatment hypotheses related to fear-avoidance models. OBJECTIVE: This study ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Psychometrics - Instrumentation'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The role of language in ethnic identity measurement: a multitrait-multimethod approach to construct validation. 30 Jul 2009
• Development and validation of the mindful eating questionnaire. 30 Jul 2009
• Development of a self-report measure of fearful activities for patients with low back pain: the fear of daily activities questionnaire. 14 Jul 2009
• Development and validation of the Alcoholics Anonymous Intention Measure (AAIM). 3 Jul 2009
• Cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease: tools for diagnosis and assessment. 13 Jun 2009
• Factor structure of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in Japanese psychiatric outpatient and student populations. 15 May 2009
• Intimate partner violence screening tools: a systematic review. 29 Apr 2009
• Psychometric evaluation of the WHOQOL-BREF in community-dwelling older people in Taiwan using Rasch analysis. 31 Mar 2009
• Measuring the food and physical activity environments: shaping the research agenda. 30 Mar 2009
• Exploring actical accelerometers as an objective measure of physical activity in people with multiple sclerosis. 30 Mar 2009
• Development and validation of a weight-related eating questionnaire. 29 Mar 2009
• Assessing utility where short measures are required: development of the short Assessment of Quality of Life-8 (AQoL-8) instrument. 9 Mar 2009
• Psychometric development and validation of the chronic constipation treatment satisfaction questionnaire (CTSAT-Q). 9 Mar 2009
• The assessment of recalled parental rearing behavior and its relationship to life satisfaction and interpersonal problems: a general population study. 4 Mar 2009
• Factor structure and internal consistency of the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) and the Subjective Vitality Scale (VS), and the relationship between them: a study from France. 3 Mar 2009
• [Validation analysis of selected psychometric features of Polish version of Modified Fatigue Impact Scale--preliminary findings] 27 Feb 2009
• A comparison of SF-6D and EQ-5D utility scores in a study of patients with schizophrenia. 27 Feb 2009
• Study protocol of psychometric properties of the Spanish translation of a competence test in evidence based practice: the Fresno test. 22 Feb 2009
• A measure of community members' perceptions of the impacts of research partnerships in health and social services. 18 Feb 2009
• Improving the evaluation of therapeutic interventions in multiple sclerosis: the role of new psychometric methods. 30 Jan 2009

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Technical information about 'Psychometrics'

Definition: Assessment of psychological variables by the application of mathematical procedures.

Descriptor UI: D011594

Alternative terms: Psychometrics; Psychometric;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: F04.711.780;

Technical Notes: SPEC: SPEC qualif; NIM coord: no qualif; includes statist analysis of psychol tests, validation, applic of statist theory or formulae to psychol