Abstract. A probit multistate Item Response Theory (IRT) model for ordinal response variables is introduced. It comprises a reference latent state variable for each occasion of measurement and a latent item effect variable for each item ...
Abstract: Teacher students’ professional educational knowledge is of great importance in academic teacher education. In response to the need to continuously optimize and improve teacher education, we developed a standards-based test ...
Abstract: The Core Self-Evaluations Scale (CSES) measures a broad personality trait reflecting individuals’ self-appraisals of their worth, capabilities, and control of their lives. Although the CSES was designed to capture a single trait, ...
The present paper reexamines the psychometric properties of the Quality Perception Questionnaire (QPQ), an Italian survey instrument measuring patients’ perceptions of the quality of a recent hospital admission experience, in a sample of 4400 patients (M...
Zusammenfassung. In einer Stichprobe von 223 Männern und Frauen aus der Bad Schönborn-Studie (Alter zum 1. Messzeitpunkt: 33-56 Jahre) wurden in einer Längsschnittstudie (Abstand von Erst- und Zweitmessung: 5 Jahre) biopsychosoziale Hypothesen zur ...
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 ...
Handling of missing data in psychological research: Problems and solutionsAbstract. Missing data are a pervasive problem in empirical psychological research. From the methodological perspective, traditional procedures such as Casewise and Pairwise ...
Meta-Analytical Structural Equation Modeling. Potentials and Limitations Illustrated with an Example from Organizational PsychologyAbstract. Meta-analyses are a important part of the methodological inventory for the synthesis of ...
Zusammenfassung. Die prospektive Studie dient der Überprüfung eines systemischen Anforderungs-Ressourcen-Modells der körperlichen Gesundheit. Untersucht wurden 276 nach Zufall ausgewählte Erwachsene im Alter von 17 bis 70 Jahren. Sie beantworteten das ...
Abstract. Research of the Methodology Group at the Freie Universität Berlin focuses on subjective well-being, mood regulation, health psychology, and the development of new methods for the analysis of psychological data. In particular, we are interested ...
Die Selbstwirksamkeitsüberzeugung fördert die Leistung im Sport (Feltz, 1988). Sie beruht auf der Wahrnehmung eigener Fähigkeiten und Fertigkeiten, anstehende Aufgaben erfolgreich zu bewältigen (Bandura, 1977). Zur Leistungsprognose und Talentdiagnostik ...
Abstract.Background: Only recently has interoception been discussed as a common risk factor for psychopathology. Recent approaches distinguish between the ability to accurately perceive (interoceptive accuracy) and the propensity to ...
Summary: This contribution investigates the psychometric properties of two scales for measuring family cohesion and mother-daughter attachment. The scales were administered to 206 adult female subjects on three occasions of measurement 9 months apart. ...
Summary: A sample of 221 adolescents and their parents were asked to complete the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI; Davis, 1980), which is comprised of four subscales: empathic concern, perspective taking, fantasy, and personal distress; and a global-...
This study presents a scale developed to measure two dimensions of environmental perceptions—reactions towards preservation and towards utilizing nature and/or the environment—consisting of two and three subscales, respectively. The empirical part ...
Abstract.Background: Identification of factors that predict and protect against attempted suicide are critical for the development of effective suicide prevention and intervention programs. Aims: To examine whether ...
Summary: This study analyzed the relationships among Cattellian personality factors, scholastic aptitudes, study habits, and academic achievement. A total of 887 volunteer students from primary education (453 males and 434 females), enrolled in 29 public ...