Cross-Validation of the Gordon Siv

1968 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-46
Author(s):  
B. B. Morris
Keyword(s):  
Test Scores ◽  
Cross Validation ◽  
The Self ◽  
Peer Ratings

Peer- and self-ratings, and Gordon SIV test scores were obtained from 41 males living in a college dormitory. 5 of 6 validity coefficients between self-ratings and the SIV scores were significantly different from zero, the r for Independence being the exception. Possible reasons for the unreliable peer-ratings and the failure to validate the Independence scale were presented. It was argued that the self-ratings provided more meaningful criteria for validating the SIV than peer-ratings.

Correlations for a New Personality Test with Age, Education, Intelligence, and the MMPI-2

1994 ◽  
Vol 79 (3) ◽  
pp. 1383-1389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fred J. Thumin
Keyword(s):  
Test Scores ◽  
Job Applicants ◽  
The Self ◽  
Personality Test ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Fake Good ◽  
Depression Scales

To gain better understanding of a new personality test (The Self-perception Test), scores on its 11 scales were correlated with age, education, and intelligence among 76 candidates for hire or promotion—and with the MMPI-2 among 45 additional candidates. As age increased, subjects perceived themselves to be less wild and sexy but more logical, thorough, and honest. With increasing intelligence, subjects appeared somewhat less inclined to “fake good.” The L and K scales of the MMPI-2 correlated negatively with the unfavorable Self-perception Test scales (Depressed, Crabby, and Shy), but positively with the favorable scales (Good-looking, Sociable, Thorough, Logical, Considerate, and Honest). The reverse was true of the F, Pt, Sc, and Si scales. The Depression scales of the MMPI-2 and the new test were not significantly correlated, probably because they measure depression differently ( viz., indirectly vs directly) and because subjects were job applicants rather than clinical patients.

On the Stability and Internal Consistency of the Self-Concept and Motivation Inventory: Preschool/Kindergarten Form

1987 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 871-874 ◽  
Author(s):  
Todd M. Davis ◽  
John M. Johnston
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Application ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Longitudinal Research ◽  
Present Form ◽  
The Self ◽  
Stability Test ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Program Evaluations ◽  
The Stability

The purpose of this present study was to determine the internal consistency coefficients (alpha) and the stability (test-retest) of each of the scales of The Self-concept and Motivation Inventory: What Face Would You Wear? Preschool/Kindergarten Form. Such information is critical to either clinical interpretations or program evaluations whose outcomes are based on SCAMIN test scores. Present results suggest caution against both the clinical application of this instrument's scales and their use in longitudinal research in its present form.

Meaninglessness in the Second Half of Life: The Development of a Construct

1998 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martine van Selm ◽  
Freya Dittmann-Kohli
Keyword(s):  
Cross Validation ◽  
Geriatric Depression Scale ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Self ◽  
Personal Meaning ◽  
Sentence Completion ◽  
Geriatric Depression ◽  
Cognitive Component ◽  
Tentative Explanation

A new construct of meaninglessness in the second half of life was presented. We found that four theoretically based components of the construct of meaninglessness were expressed in the self- and life-descriptions of 95 percent of 153 Dutch independently living aged adults (age between 58 to 90 years old). The self- and life-descriptions were assessed by a content analysis of participants' answers on a sentence completion questionnaire for personal meaning (SELE). With respect to the content of the components of meaninglessness, we found that a lack of goals and an impoverishment of meaning was responsible for most motivational meaninglessness. On the affective level, meaninglessness is far more characterized by dejection-related emotions, than by agitation-related emotions. Alienation from one's self, others, or society appeared to be characteristic for most of the cognitive component of meaninglessness. The self-evaluative component was mainly characterized by low self-esteem. A tentative explanation was presented for the differences in proportion of each of the components, pointing to the cumulative character of the construct itself. Meaninglessness correlates positively with the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) ( r = .37, p < .01) and negatively with the Sense of Coherence Questionnaire (SOCQ) ( r = −.31, p < .01), which contributes to the cross-validation of the construct.

Relationship between Private Self-Consciousness and Indices of Reliability and Homogeneity

1998 ◽  
Vol 82 (2) ◽  
pp. 467-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald J. Scandell
Keyword(s):  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Temporal Stability ◽  
The Self ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Cronbach Alpha ◽  
Parallel Forms ◽  
Neo Five Factor Inventory ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

Previous research has shown that scores on private self-consciousness were related to increased test-retest reliability and internal consistency of responses. To extend these findings to other measures, split-half reliability and Cronbach alpha 84 women and 27 men completed the Self-consciousness Scale and the NEO-Five Factor Inventory. It was hypothesized that subjects scoring high in private self-consciousness would show greater split-half reliability and homogeneity. The results did not support the hypotheses as scores for private self-consciousness were not significantly related to split-half reliability or homogeneity on the NEO-Five Factor Inventory. The present results, combined with previous findings, suggest that private self-consciousness is related to temporal stability of test scores but not to estimates of reliability associated with parallel forms of a test or to internal consistency.

The Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory as a Predictor of Feelings and Communication Satisfaction toward Parents among Learning Disabled, Emotionally Disturbed, and Normal Adolescents

1985 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 389-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael M. Omizo ◽  
Martin J. Amerikaner ◽  
William B. Michael
Keyword(s):  
Emotionally Disturbed ◽  
Cross Validation ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Learning Disabled ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Communication Satisfaction ◽  
The Self ◽  
Criterion Measure ◽  
Normal Adolescents

This study examined (1) the predictive validity of the Coopersmith Self-esteem Inventory (CSI) relative to each of the criterion measures representing communication satisfaction toward each parent as measured by Bienvenu's Adolescent Communication Inventory and feelings toward each parent as measured by Low-man's Inventory of Family Feelings and (2) the differential validity of the self-esteem, communication satisfaction, and feelings toward each parent measures serving as predictor variables of the nominal criterion measure of learning disabled (LD), emotionally disturbed (ED), and normal (N) adolescents. The sample included 60 adolescents with 20 in each of the three groups (LD, ED, or N). In fulfilling the first purpose, Pearson correlation coefficients were determined which revealed that the self-esteem measure was significantly correlated with the mother communication satisfaction measure ( r = .74, p <.01) and the feelings toward mothers measure ( r = .56, p <.01). Relative to the second purpose, discriminant analysis procedures revealed significant results for one function (Canonical correlation = .74, X2 = 46.30, Wilk's Lambda = .42, df = 14, p <.001). The self-esteem, mother communication satisfaction, and feelings toward mother measures were significant discriminators (all p <.01) between the LD and N and the ED and N groups. No significant differences were apparant between the LD and ED groups. The results provided some support for the validity of the CSI. It was recommended that replication and cross-validation studies be conducted.

The Leeds Scales for the Self-Assessment of Anxiety and Depression

1976 ◽  
Vol 128 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. P. Snaith ◽  
G. W. K. Bridge ◽  
Max Hamilton
Keyword(s):  
Rating Scales ◽  
Cross Validation ◽  
Item Analysis ◽  
Febrile Illness ◽  
The Self ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Duration Of Treatment ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Diagnostic Score ◽  
Psychiatric State

SummarySelf-rating scales are finding an increasing use in psychiatric work. Not only are they widely used in research, but they provide the clinician with a score indicating the patient's psychiatric state at any one time, and these scores if repeated throughout the duration of treatment may be considered to provide a continuing measure of the severity of the illness, as does a temperature chart in a febrile illness. Most scales could be improved by item analysis, and in this study the Wakefield Self-Assessment of Depression Inventory, with added items, was subjected to statistical analysis. It was found that valid scales could be constructed for the measurement of anxiety and of depression in general psychiatric disorder, as well as scales for the measurement of the severity of endogenous (primary) depression and of anxiety states. In addition, the derivation of a ‘diagnostic’ score was confirmed in a cross-validation study and may be found of use both in research and in clinical practice.

Cross-Validation of the Alternative Impairment Index

1995 ◽  
Vol 81 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1153-1154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur MacNeill Horton
Keyword(s):  
Test Scores ◽  
Cross Validation ◽  
Neuropsychological Test ◽  
Initial Study ◽  
Neuropsychological Impairment ◽  
Validation Sample ◽  
Composite Measure ◽  
Neuropsychological Deficit ◽  
Index Analysis

The Alternative Impairment Index, a new composite measure of neuropsychological deficit, was cross-validated by comparison with an established measure of neuropsychological impairment, the Halstead Impairment Index. An initial study gave agreement of 60% (15/25) between the Halstead Impairment Index and the Alternative Impairment Index. Analysis of a cross-validation sample of 50 brain-damaged patients with complete Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Test scores yielded agreement of 66% (33/50) on severity for the Alternative Impairment Index and Halstead Impairment Index.

Comparison of Self-Concepts of Transcendental Meditators and Nonmeditators

1977 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 303-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael S. Nystul ◽  
Margaret Garde
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Cross Validation ◽  
Transcendental Meditation ◽  
T Test ◽  
Additional Research ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Positive Identity ◽  
Psychological Significance ◽  
Tennessee Self Concept Scale

The Tennessee Self-concept Scale was administered to 15 Australian subjects who had been practicing Transcendental Meditation for a mean of 3 yr. and 15 Australian subjects who had never practiced. A t test showed meditators had significantly more positive self-concepts on 7 of the 29 test scores—Total Positive, Identity, Self-satisfaction, Personal Self, Personality Disorder, Distribution Sub-score 2, and Moral Ethical Self. The possible psychological significance of these findings is discussed as are implications for additional research. The need for cross-validation of data reported in the present paper is essential.

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