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Construct Validity of the Need to Belong Scale: Mapping the Nomological Network

Journal of Personality Assessment, 2013
Nine studies examined the construct validity of the Need to Belong Scale. The desire for acceptance and belonging correlated with, but was distinct from, variables that involve a desire for social contact, such as extraversion and affiliation motivation.
M. Leary, Kristine M. Kelly, Catherine A Cottrell, Lisa S. Schreindorfer   +3 more
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Construct Validity and Content Analysis

Journal of Personality Assessment, 1993
We clarify points of agreement and disagreement with Schnurr, Rosenberg, and Oxman, as put forth in their article appearing this issue. Speech samples elicited under different conditions may or may not be interchangeable. This is a matter of empirical research, but it is also dependent upon the meaningfulness of the content categories.
Dan P. McAdams, Peter B. Zeldow
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Toward a Construct Validation of the Rorschach

Journal of Personality Assessment, 1980
The debate over the validity of the Rorschach has been lengthy but unresolved. Major reasons for the lack of consensus and conclusion are the absence of agreement about, how validation research should be conducted and the failure to identify appropriate criteria for subsequent evaluation.
Karen Mattland Schilling, Thomas A. Widiger   +1 more
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UCLA Loneliness Scale (Version 3): reliability, validity, and factor structure.

Journal of Personality Assessment, 1996
In this article I evaluated the psychometric properties of the UCLA Loneliness Scale (Version 3). Using data from prior studies of college students, nurses, teachers, and the elderly, analyses of the reliability, validity, and factor structure of this ...
D. Russell
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Validating Mediqual Constructs

2006
In this paper, we validate MEDIQUAL constructs through the different media users in help desk service. In previous research, only two end-users’ constructs were used: assurance and responsiveness. In this paper, we extend MEDIQUAL constructs to include reliability, empathy, assurance, tangibles, and responsiveness, which are based on the SERVQUAL ...
Sang-Gun Lee, Jae H. Min
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Construct validity of an empathy instrument

Research in Nursing & Health, 1981
AbstractThe purpose of the study was to determine the construct validity of the Empathy Construct Rating Scale (ECRS), developed as part of a larger investigation. Two procedures were used: (a) Campbell and Fiske's (1959) multitrait–multimethod approach and (b) factor analysis.
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Constructing validity: Basic issues in objective scale development

, 1995
A primary goal of scale development is to create a valid measure of an underlying construct. We discuss theoretical principles, practical issues, and pragmatic decisions to help developers maximize the construct validity of scales and subscales.
Lee Anna Clark, David Watson
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Conceptual Complexity and Construct Validity

Journal of Personality Assessment, 2005
Despite a century of methodological and conceptual advances in the technology of psychosocial measurement, poor correspondence between indicators and the constructs they are intended to represent remains a limiting factor to the accumulation of scientific knowledge.
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Reliability and Validity Assessment

, 1979
Explains how social scientists can evaluate the reliability and validity of empirical measurements, discussing the three basic types of validity: criterion related, content, and construct.
E. Carmines, R. Zeller
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The Construct Validity of a Scale of Acquiescence

British Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 1966
Three independent measures of acquiescence response set, Cattell's 16 PF and the Couch and Keniston short acquiescence scale, OAS(s), were administered to 263 United States airmen. All variables except the OAS(s) were intercorrelated and factored. Estimated correlations were obtained between the factors and the OAS(s) total score and items.
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