Clinical Assessment of Phonological Awareness: Psychometric Properties

Sadism was initially described as the experience of sexual pleasure produced by acts of cruelty and bodily punishment. Sadism was conceptualized as if sadists were fundamentally different from nonsadists. Recent studies have suggested that sadism is distributed as a dimension rather than as a category. The aim of the current study was to assess the psychometric properties the MTC Sexual Sadism Scale. Our analyses were conducted on a sample of 486 sexual offenders assessed at a correctional institution in Massachusetts. In summary, the results indicate that the MTC Sexual Sadism Scale possesses good psychometric properties for the dimensional assessment of severe sexual sadism with behavioral markers. Moreover, the scale captures a wide range of intensity of sadism among sexual offenders. These results are consistent with prior research and support the current consensus to move toward a dimensional interpretation of sadism. Implications both for clinical assessment and for research on the development of sadism are discussed.

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Clinical assessment of ASD in adults using self- and other-report: Psychometric properties and validity of the Adult Social Behavior Questionnaire (ASBQ)

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽

10.1016/j.rasd.2016.01.003 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 24 ◽

pp. 17-28 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

E.H. Horwitz ◽

R.A. Schoevers ◽

C.E.J. Ketelaars ◽

C.C. Kan ◽

A.M.D.N. van Lammeren ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Behavior ◽

Psychometric Properties ◽

Clinical Assessment ◽

Self And Other

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Development and Psychometric Properties of the Standardized Assessment of Severity of Personality Disorder (SASPD)

Journal of Personality Disorders ◽

10.1521/pedi_2017_31_285 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 32 (1) ◽

pp. 44-56 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

Kike Olajide ◽

Jasna Munjiza ◽

Paul Moran ◽

Lesley O'Connell ◽

Giles Newton-Howes ◽

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Keyword(s):

Personality Disorder ◽

Psychometric Properties ◽

Clinical Assessment ◽

Roc Curve ◽

Intraclass Correlation ◽

Predictive Ability ◽

Standardized Assessment ◽

Cut Points ◽

Test Retest Reliability ◽

High Intraclass Correlation Coefficient

Personality disorder (PD) is increasingly categorized according to its severity, but there is no simple way to screen for severity according to ICD-11 criteria. We set out to develop the Standardized Assessment of Severity of Personality Disorder (SASPD). A total of 110 patients completed the SASPD together with a clinical assessment of the severity of personality disorder. We examined the predictive ability of the SASPD using the area under the ROC curve (AUC). Two to four weeks later, 43 patients repeated the SASPD to examine reliability. The SASPD had good predictive ability for determining mild (AUC = 0.86) and moderate (AUC = 0.84) PD at cut points of 8 and 10, respectively. Test-retest reliability of the SASPD was high (intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.93, 95% CI [0.88, 0.96]). The SASPD thus provides a simple, brief, and reliable indicator of the presence of mild or moderate PD according to ICD-11 criteria.

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Measuring Phonological Awareness in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children

Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research ◽

10.1044/1092-4388(2013/12-0106) ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 57 (1) ◽

pp. 131-142 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Mi-young L. Webb ◽

Amy R. Lederberg

Keyword(s):

Phonological Awareness ◽

Early Literacy ◽

Psychometric Properties ◽

Standardized Tests ◽

Cochlear Implants ◽

Hearing Aids ◽

Hard Of Hearing ◽

Spoken Language ◽

School Year ◽

Hearing Children

PurposeThis study evaluated psychometric properties of 2 phonological awareness (PA) tests normed for hearing children when used with deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children with functional hearing. It also provides an in-depth description of these children's PA.MethodOne hundred and eight DHH children (mean age = 63.3 months) with cochlear implants or hearing aids were assessed in the fall and spring of the school year. Sixty-three percent communicated only with spoken language; 37% communicated with both sign and speech. Examiners administered PA subtests from the Phonological Awareness Test—2 and the Test of Preschool Early Literacy, along with assessments of speech perception and early literacy.ResultsItem analyses indicated that both tests showed good psychometric properties (e.g., high item discriminations and internal consistencies). DHH children scored higher on subtests and items that measured words, rhymes, and syllables than those that assessed phonemes. Although subtest difficulty influenced the factor structure in the fall, spring PA was best characterized as a single factor. PA correlated concurrently and predictively with early literacy.ConclusionsThis study suggests that these 2 standardized tests are valid for use with DHH children with functional hearing. Although delayed, these children's PA was structurally similar to that of hearing children.

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Using the Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry (SCAN 2.1) as a diagnostic interview providing dimensional measures: Cross-national findings on the psychometric properties of psychopathology scales

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/j.eurpsy.2006.10.005 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 22 (4) ◽

pp. 229-238 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Matthias Schützwohl ◽

Thomas Kallert ◽

Luisa Jurjanz

Keyword(s):

Psychometric Properties ◽

Clinical Assessment ◽

Concurrent Validity ◽

Slovak Republic ◽

Controlled Trial ◽

Principal Component ◽

Diagnostic Interview ◽

Face Validity ◽

National Study ◽

Cross National

AbstractBackgroundThe Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry (SCAN) is a set of clinical assessment instruments developed under the auspices of WHO. In contrast to other structured diagnostic interviews, SCAN also provides possibilities for dimensional assessment of psychopathology. This paper reports cross-national findings on the psychometric properties of psychopathology scales derived from SCAN 2.1.MethodsWithin a randomized controlled trial, SCAN 2.1 was used in Dresden (Germany), Michalovce (Slovak Republic), Prague (Czech Republic), and Wrocław (Poland). Forty-seven items from Part I of SCAN 2.1, identified as qualifying for constructing dimensional measures, were, on the one hand, grouped according to their allocation to five specific SCAN 2.1 sections. On the other hand, principal component analyses were used to group the items according to their statistical relationship. To estimate the reliability of the scales, Cronbach's α was computed. To assess factor similarity across sites, Tucker's congruence coefficients were calculated. To appraise concurrent validity, mean scale scores were compared across different diagnostic groups.ResultsReliability was qualified as moderate to substantial for all generated scales. Factor-solutions differed across sites. Differences in mean scores supported the assumption that the scales might possess, in addition to face validity, concurrent validity.ConclusionsThis is the first cross-national study on the psychometric properties of psychopathology scales derived from SCAN 2.1, and findings are very encouraging concerning its use as a dimensional measure. However, further studies are needed to substantiate implementation of the scales established.

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Psychometric Properties of the Clinical Assessment of Prosocial Emotions: Version 1.1 (CAPE 1.1) in Young Males Who Were Incarcerated

Criminal Justice and Behavior ◽

10.1177/0093854819892931 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 47 (5) ◽

pp. 547-563 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Beatriz Molinuevo ◽

Esther Martínez-Membrives ◽

Vanessa Pera-Guardiola ◽

Albert Requena ◽

Noemí Torrent ◽

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Keyword(s):

Psychometric Properties ◽

Internal Consistency ◽

Clinical Assessment ◽

Juvenile Detention ◽

Interrater Agreement ◽

Young Males ◽

Callous Unemotional ◽

Detention Centers ◽

Convergent And Divergent Validity ◽

Age Range

The Clinical Assessment of Prosocial Emotions: Version 1.1 (CAPE 1.1) uses structured clinical judgments to diagnose the “with limited prosocial emotions” specifier for Conduct Disorder. This study examined (a) the internal consistency and interrater agreement, and (b) the convergent and divergent validity of the CAPE 1.1 in 72 young males who were incarcerated in two Spanish juvenile detention centers (age range = 14–22 years). The CAPE 1.1 showed good interrater agreement for making the diagnosis of the specifier and adequate internal consistency. The CAPE 1.1 was associated with other measures of callous–unemotional traits, but less consistently associated with other dimensions of psychopathy. Youth who met diagnostic criteria for the specifier scored higher on externalizing problems, but did not differ from other youth who were incarcerated on internalizing problems. These results provide preliminary support for the psychometric properties of the CAPE 1.1 for the clinical assessment of the specifier.

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