The Career Decision Scale: A Test of Concurrent Validity

1981 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 759-761 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel H. Osipow ◽  
Debra Schweikert
Keyword(s):  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Scale Scores ◽  
Modest Degree

To assess the concurrent validity of the Career Decision Scale a number of correlations between the scale and Harren's measure were computed. Predictions about relationships between Harren's types and Indecision scale scores were stated. Some of the predicted correlations were found; a modest degree of concurrent validity for the scale has been demonstrated.

The Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive Ability: Concurrent Validity with the WISC-R

1979 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald E. Reeve ◽  
Robert J. Hall ◽  
Richard S. Zakreski
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Cognitive Ability ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Intelligence Test ◽  
Scale Scores ◽  
Woodcock Johnson

The Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery (WJ) is gaining in use in the assessment of youngsters with suspected learning disabilities. This study reports on the Tests of Cognitive Ability of the battery, which are intended to be the equivalent of an intelligence test. The correlation between full scale scores on the WISC-R and the WJ was found to be .79, suggesting considerable overlap. However, differences in mean full scale scores of approximately one standard deviation were found. Possible explanations and implications for the findings are discussed.

scholarly journals Further Validation of the Norwegian Self-Efficacy for Therapeutic Mode Use

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Victoria C. Ritter ◽  
Mikkel M. Thørrisen ◽  
Farzaneh Yazdani ◽  
Tore Bonsaksen
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Information Component ◽  
Abstract Concepts ◽  
Component Structure ◽  
Occupational Therapy Students ◽  
Scale Scores ◽  
Relationship Model ◽  
Components Analysis ◽  
Client Assessment

Background. The Intentional Relationship Model (IRM) proposes six therapeutic modes as ways of relating to clients. The Norwegian self-efficacy for therapeutic mode use (N-SETMU) was found to have a one-component structure. However, its items reflect abstract concepts rather than concrete behaviors. Aim. To validate further the N-SETMU by linking its items to the Norwegian client assessment of modes (N-CAM), with 30 items constituting six scales (linked to each mode), possessing concrete, behavioral content. Methods. Occupational therapy students (n=111) completed the N-SETMU and the N-CAM derived items, along with sociodemographic information. Component structure was analyzed with Principal Components Analysis (PCA), internal consistency of scales with Cronbach’s α, and associations between scale scores with Pearson’s r. Results. All items on all N-CAM derived scales loaded on one latent component, except one item related to problem-solving. After removing this item, the scale functioned appropriately. Cronbach’s α for all N-CAM derived scales ranged 0.88–0.94, and the associations between the N-CAM derived scales and the corresponding N-SETMU items ranged between 0.60 (advocating) and 0.79 (encouraging). Conclusions. In view of the strong associations between the concrete, N-CAM derived scales and the abstract N-SETMU items, this study supports the concurrent validity of the N-SETMU.

Concurrent Validity of the Quick Test

1972 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. N. Sawyer ◽  
James R. Whitten
Keyword(s):  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Quick Test ◽  
Picture Arrangement ◽  
Scale Scores ◽  
Performance Scale

27 Ss in a diagnostic clinic for mental retardation were administered the QT and the WISC. The intercorrelations between the QT individual and combination forms were extremely high. Significant rs were obtained between the QT and Picture Arrangement, Coding, Performance Scale scores, and Full Scale scores. The magnitude of the rs, the speed and ease of administration, suggests the QT can be used for deriving an IQ and screening patients in mental retardation facilities.

Validity of the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive Ability for Gifted Children: A Comparison Study with the WISC-R

1985 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregg F. Ingram ◽  
Lana J. Hakari
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Ability ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Elementary School Children ◽  
Intelligence Test ◽  
Gifted Children ◽  
Comparison Study ◽  
Teacher Judgments ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Scale Scores ◽  
Woodcock Johnson

In order to determine the concurrent validity of the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive Ability (WJTCA) in relation to the Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) for elementary school children identified as gifted, and two tests were administered to 33 subjects in a counterbalanced fashion. The subjects were selected based on three factors: (1) parent and/or teacher judgments; (2) parental permission to test; and (3) a standard age score of 120 or above on a group intelligence test. Pearson Product-Moment Corelation Coefficients were calculated between all combinations of WISC-R IQ's paired with WJTCA cluster scores. A significant relationship was found to exist between the two tests’ full scale scores. Most of the WJTCA clusters correlated significantly with the WISC-R Scale IQ which suggests a high verbal loading on the WJTCA.

Development, Reliability and Validation of the Diabetes Emotional Adjustment Scale in Spanish: Preliminary Findings

1995 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ovidio A. De Leóan
Keyword(s):  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Emotional Adjustment ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Structure Stability ◽  
Diabetic Patients ◽  
Varimax Rotation ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Scale Scores ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
Development And Validation

Objective: The development of instruments to measure emotional maladjustment in diabetic Hispanic populations has received little attention. We present the development and validation of the Diabetes Emotional Adjustment Scale in Spanish. Method: An eighteen-item self-administered scale was construed to assess emotional adjustment in Spanish-speaking diabetic patients and the psychometric properties of the scale were assessed. The scale was applied to a sample of sixty patients and scale scores were correlated with scores on a battery of Spanish versions of established measures of psychological distress, to assess concurrent validity. Test-retest reliability was established four years later re-examining thirty-eight of the initial sixty-patients sample. Results: Split-half reliability and test-retest reliability were satisfactory. There were significant correlations between the scale results and measures of depression, trait-anxiety, family adjustment, and locus of control of behavior. A principal component analysis with varimax rotation yielded a six-factor solution explaining 50.4 percent of the total variance. Conclusions: The scale is useful as a screening instrument, but the confirmation of factor structure stability and the correlation of the scale results with objective measures of metabolic control, require further investigation.

The Portuguese 35-item Survey of Pain Attitudes applied to Portuguese women with Endometriosis

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 553-563 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Ferreira-Valente ◽  
Inês Queiroz Garcia ◽  
Ana Marques Rosa ◽  
Anabela Pereira ◽  
José Luís Pais-Ribeiro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Premenopausal Women ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Portuguese Version ◽  
Scale Scores ◽  
Pain History ◽  
Composite Reliability

Abstract Background and aims Endometriosis is a gynecologic recurring persistent condition affecting from 8% to 15% of premenopausal women worldwide. About 80% of women with endometriosis have at least one form of chronic pain – a multidimensional experience influenced by a number of psychosocial factors, including pain-related beliefs. The Survey of Pain Attitudes is the most commonly used measure of pain-related beliefs. This study aims to evaluate the psychometric properties of a Portuguese version of a brief version of the SOPA (the SOPA-35) in a sample of Portuguese women with Endometriosis. Methods A sample of 199 Portuguese women with Endometriosis provided demographic and pain history information, and completed a Portuguese version of the SOPA-35 and measures of pain intensity, disability, and psychological function. Analyses were performed to evaluate the factor structure of the Portuguese SOPA-35 items as well as the internal consistency, composite reliability, convergent validity, and concurrent validity of the scale scores. Results Confirmatory factor analysis supported a six-factor solution for a 19-item version of the Portuguese version of the Survey of Pain Attitudes (SOPA-19-P). The six scales evidenced marginal to good reliability (Cronbach’s alphas: between 0.60 and 0.84; composite reliability: between 0.61 and 0.84). Four scales evidenced acceptable to good convergent validity (AVE: between 0.51 and 0.63). The findings also supported the concurrent validity of the SOPA-19-P. Conclusions The results support the use of the Portuguese SOPA-19-P for research and clinical purposes with Portuguese women in chronic pain due to endometriosis. Future research is warranted to further develop a European Portuguese version of SOPA. Implications The findings provide psychometric information about the SOPA-19-P. The results are helpful to researchers wishing to study the role of pain-related beliefs and their association with adjustment and treatment outcomes in women with chronic pain due to endometriosis.

Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire: A Study of Concurrent Validity

1985 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 831-834 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul A. Deardorff ◽  
Julia A. McIntosh ◽  
Catherine A. Adamek ◽  
Mariana Bier ◽  
Sheila Saalfeld
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Automatic Thoughts ◽  
Minimal Support ◽  
Family Environment Scale ◽  
Environment Scale ◽  
The Family ◽  
Scale Scores

To investigate the concurrent validity of the Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire, 82 college students completed this measure, the Repression-Sensitization Scale, Novaco's Anger Inventory, a Pleasant Activities Scale, and the Family Environment Scale. Scores on the Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire correlated with those on the Repression-Sensitization Scale and with several subscales of the Family Environment Scale, but not with scores on the Anger or Pleasant Activities Scales. Results were interpreted as providing minimal support for the test's validity.

Developing and Testing a Student-Focussed Teaching Evaluation Survey for University Instructors

2009 ◽  
Vol 104 (3) ◽  
pp. 1019-1032 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Ginns ◽  
Simon Barrie
Keyword(s):  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Strong Correlations ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
University Instructors ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analyses ◽  
Scale Scores ◽  
High Internal Consistency ◽  
Evaluation Survey

This paper describes a process for developing a student-focussed survey to gather teaching- and learning-related feedback from university students and examines the psychometric properties of a short survey for confidential feedback to lecturers in higher education regarding teaching. Analyses were performed at the level of individual respondents and on teacher-average responses. Principal component and exploratory factor analyses at both levels indicated a single underlying lecturing effectiveness factor. Scale scores had high internal consistency. The items and subsequent scale were also consistent in terms of interrater reliability, i.e., the average consistency of ratings of an individual lecturer. Finally, at both levels of analysis, strong correlations between responses to each item and an overall rating provided support for the concurrent validity of the items. These analyses provide initial evidence of the suitability of the survey for gathering confidential student feedback on lecturing effectiveness.

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