Capsule Commentary on Flynn et al., Development and Validation of a Single-Item Screener for Self-Reporting Sexual Problems in U.S. Adults

Many past investigations of family members’ perceptions of their relative influence in family decision making show a lack of convergence in multiple reports. This, in turn, represents a serious threat to validity in attempts to depict the structure of family decision influence. These studies warn against using single-item measures of family members’ influence even in cases involving multiple respondents. In this study, using multiple-respondent, multiple-item data, the authors develop triadic measures of children's influence in four categories of product purchase decisions that exhibit desirable levels of convergent and discriminant validity. The process of measure development and validation demonstrates a methodology that combines the traditional measure purification process, confirmatory factor analysis, and multiple-influence, multiple-rater data analysis procedures.

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The development and validation of a novel outcome measure to quantify mobility in the dysvascular lower extremity amputee: the amputee single item mobility measure

Clinical Rehabilitation ◽

10.1177/0269215516644308 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 30 (9) ◽

pp. 878-889 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Daniel C Norvell ◽

Rhonda M Williams ◽

Aaron P Turner ◽

Joseph M Czerniecki

Keyword(s):

Lower Extremity ◽

Outcome Measure ◽

Single Item ◽

Development And Validation ◽

Mobility Measure

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A single-item assessment for remaining mental resources: development and validation of the Gas Tank Questionnaire (GTQ)

Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science ◽

10.1080/1463922x.2017.1397228 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 19 (5) ◽

pp. 530-552 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Samuel S. Monfort ◽

John J. Graybeal ◽

Amanda E. Harwood ◽

Patrick E. McKnight ◽

Tyler H. Shaw

Keyword(s):

Single Item ◽

Development And Validation ◽

Mental Resources ◽

Resources Development

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Development and Validation of the Single Item Narcissism Scale (SINS)

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0103469 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 9 (8) ◽

pp. e103469 ◽

Cited By ~ 80

Author(s):

Sara Konrath ◽

Brian P. Meier ◽

Brad J. Bushman

Keyword(s):

Single Item ◽

Development And Validation

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Development and validation of the single item trait empathy scale (SITES)

Journal of Research in Personality ◽

10.1016/j.jrp.2017.11.009 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 73 ◽

pp. 111-122 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Sara Konrath ◽

Brian P. Meier ◽

Brad J. Bushman

Keyword(s):

Single Item ◽

Trait Empathy ◽

Empathy Scale ◽

Development And Validation

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Eliciting Medical Maximizing-Minimizing Preferences with a Single Question: Development and Validation of the MM1

Medical Decision Making ◽

10.1177/0272989x20927700 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 40 (4) ◽

pp. 545-550 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Laura D. Scherer ◽

Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Self Report ◽

Care Utilization ◽

Single Item ◽

The Public ◽

Patient Groups ◽

Development And Validation ◽

Question Development ◽

Single Question ◽

Item Scale

The 10-item validated Medical Maximizer-Minimizer Scale (MMS-10) assesses patients’ preferences for aggressive v. more passive approaches to health care. However, because many research or clinical situations do not allow for use of a 10-item scale, we developed a single-item maximizer-minimizer elicitation question (the MM1) based on our experiences describing the construct to patient groups, clinical researchers, and the public. In 2 large samples of US adults ( N = 368 and N = 814), the correlation between MMS-10 scores and the MM1 was .52 and .60, respectively. Both measures were robust predictors of medical preferences in a set of 12 hypothetical scenarios, and both had strong (and roughly equivalent) associations with 7 self-report measures of health care utilization. Our results demonstrate that the MM1 is a valid, brief elicitation of maximizing-minimizing preferences that can be used in clinical or research contexts where the 10-item scale is infeasible.

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