Summary: Since Sackett and Dreher published their «some troubling empirical findings» in 1982, the construct validity of assessment centers has often been called in question. Several multitrait-multimethod analyses showed that convergent and discriminant ...
Reliability and Validity of the German Coping Questionnaire for Children and AdolescentsSummary: Coping styles are assessed by the German Coping Questionnaire for children and adolescents (SVF-KJ) aged between 8 and 13 years. Five stress reducing and ...
Reading Comprehension Without Reading? On the Construct Validity of Multiple-Choice Reading Comprehension Test ItemsAbstract. The construct-validity of multiple-choice test items of reading comprehension was repeatedly criticized. These multiple-choice ...
Cognitive Processing of Reading Comprehension Items with and without TextMultiple choice (MC)-items are a frequently employed format used to measure reading comprehension. In a study with 366 students we replicate the finding of Rost and Sparfeldt (2007) ...
Teacher self-efficacy (TSE) is an important construct in the prediction of positive student and teacher outcomes. However, problems with its measurement have persisted, often through confounding TSE with other constructs. This research introduces an ...
Construct Validity of a Universal Screener to Economically Assess Students' Behavior in the Classroom – a Multitrait-Multimethod-AnalysisAbstract. This study examines the construct validity of a 16-item version of ...
Internal consistency and construct validity of the Quality of Life in Alzheimer's Disease (QoL-AD) proxy – a secondary data analysisAbstract. Background: The maintenance and promotion of Quality of Life (QoL) of people with dementia is a major outcome ...
Internal consistency and construct validity of the Quality of Life measurement in dementia QUALIDEM – a secondary data analysis of cross-sectional dataAbstract. Background: Maintaining and improving the Quality of Life (QoL)...
<span class="fett">Aims:</span> The study aimed to validate the Severity of Dependence Scale (SDS) in a sample of 18- to 64-year-old cannabis users in Germany. Data from current cannabis users were analysed to determine an optimal cut-off point that ...
Aims: Previous studies revealed
that alcohol expectancies are related
to the level of alcohol use. The
present study seeks to replicate these
findings and to expand previous research
by comparing alcohol-dependent
individuals and non-clinical
...
The questionnaire on child guidance and family counseling (FEF): Development of a method of evaluationAbstract. Stimulated by discussions on quality management and in the tradition of psychotherapy research, efforts to evaluate in the area of child ...
Facets of academic self-concept - Validity of the Differential Self-Concept Grid (DISC-Grid)Abstract. This study examines the validity of the Differential Self-Concept Grid (DISC-Grid; Rost & Sparfeldt, 2002), an instrument to measure subject-specific ...
Guiding future item development via predicting English as a foreign language item difficulties by Dutch Grid characteristicsAbstract. The present study focuses on the construct validity of English as a foreign language reading and listening comprehension ...
Confirmatory Analysis of the SF-12 Version 2.0 Scale Structure in a Representative German SampleAbstract. The SF-12 questionnaire is the short version of the SF-36 Health Survey, which is mainly used for the generic collection of data on health-related ...
The German Coping Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents (SVF-KJ): Modifications and Further Results on ValidityAbstract. Academic and social coping dispositions are measured by the German Coping Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents (SVF-KJ), ...
A Psychometric Evaluation of the German Version of the Self-Directed Search (SDS)Abstract. In this contribution, we psychometrically evaluated Explorix, an adaptation of John Holland’s Self-Directed Search (SDS) for German-speaking ...
Longitudinal Psychometric Analyses of the German Short Form of the Abbreviated Dyadic Adjustment Scale (ADAS). Results on Stability and ValidityAbstract: Short diagnostic instruments to assess the relationship quality are necessary ...
The Lateral Preference Inventory: The item homogeneity of the German versionAbstract. The Lateral Preference Inventory (LPI, Coren, 1993) is a questionnaire designed to measure lateral preference on the four dimensions of handedness, footedness, eyedness,...
Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, die deutschsprachige Version der Leadership Scale for Sports (LSS; 21 Items; 4 Faktoren; Würth, Sabarowski & Alfermann, 1999) auf ihre Testgüte zu überprüfen. Zur Validierung wurden N = 1523 Sportlerinnen und Sportler (M = 16.65,...
Construct validity of the Incongruence Questionnaire (INK): replications and testing of predictionsAbstract.Theoretical background: The Incongruence Questionnaire (INK; Grosse Holtforth, Grawe, & Tamcan, 2004) is an instrument assessing motivational ...