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An Investigation of Longitudinal Measurement Invariance and Item Response Theory Analysis of the LPFS‐BF 2.0 in a Large Clinical Norwegian Sample

open access: yesPersonality and Mental Health, Volume 19, Issue 3, August 2025.
ABSTRACT The LPFS‐BF 2.0 (Level of Personality Functioning—Brief Form 2.0) is a brief self‐report instrument that was developed in order to gain a quick first impression of personality dysfunction and was designed to align with the Level of Personality Scale as outlined in the DSM‐5 Alternative Model for Personality Disorders (AMPD).
Muirne C. S. Paap   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is the Hierarchy of Loss in Functional Ability Evident in Midlife? Findings from a British Birth Cohort.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
BackgroundDifficulties performing a range of physical tasks of daily living have been shown to develop in older populations in a typically observed sequence, known as the hierarchy of loss.
Elizabeth G Wloch   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring Rating Quality in Rater-Mediated Assessments Using Mokken Scale Analysis

open access: yes, 2016
Mokken scale analysis is a probabilistic nonparametric approach that offers statistical and graphical tools for evaluating the quality of social science measurement without placing potentially inappropriate restrictions on the structure of a data set. In
Engelhard, George, Jr.   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Construct validity of the Depression and Somatic Symptoms Scale: evaluation by Mokken scale analysis

open access: yesNeuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 2017
Previous studies of the Depression and Somatic Symptoms Scale (DSSS), a free scale, have been based on the classical test theory, and the construct validity and dimensionality of the DSSS are as yet uncertain. The aim of this study was to use Mokken scale analysis (MSA) to assess the dimensionality of the DSSS.A sample of 214 psychiatric outpatients ...
Chou,Ya-Hsin   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Assessing the risk of self-harm in an adult offender population: an incidence cohort study

open access: yesHealth Technology Assessment, 2014
Background: Self-harm is common among prisoners, particularly female prisoners. In 2007, concerned about the rising incidence, the prison service introduced a care-planning system called Assessment, Care in Custody, and Teamwork (ACCT).
Mike Horton   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Hylomorphism Inventory (HI): Theoretical Foundations and Validation of a Scale Measuring Folk Beliefs Congruent with Hylomorphism

open access: yesReligions
The article introduces the Hylomorphism Inventory (HI), a new instrument designed to measure lay beliefs about the soul–body relationship that are congruent with the Aristotelian–Thomistic framework of hylomorphism.
Paweł Fortuna   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

C-Test construct validity: Evidence from nonparametric item response theory

open access: yesLanguage Testing in Asia
C-Test is a gap-filling test designed to measure first and second language proficiency. Over the past four decades, researchers have shown the fit of C-Test data to parametric item response theory (IRT) models, but no study so far has shown the fit of C ...
Roya Shoahosseini   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

MOKKEN: Stata module: Mokken scale analysis.

open access: yes
mokken is command for non-parametric scaling of dichotomuous items. It produces results similar to alpha, item A polytomuous version of mokken (due to Molenaar) is under construction, but it doesnot have high priority at this moment. For those with Stata
Jeroen Weesie
core  

Psychometric testing of an instrument measuring core competencies of nursing students : an application of Mokken scaling

open access: yes, 2013
Assessing the core competencies of nursing students provides information about students’ learning outcomes for educational evaluation and improvement.
Perng, Shoa-Jen, Watson, Roger (R17053)
core   +1 more source

De Klinische en Traumageoriënteerde Gezinsbehandeling KINGS

open access: yesJeugd in Ontwikkeling
Onderzoek naar de kenmerken van gezinnen met meervoudige en complexe problemen (GMCP) wordt gedomineerd door een probleemgericht perspectief en een focus op enkelvoudige risicofactoren.
Lysbert Zeinstra   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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