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Civic engagement among adolescents: Spanish adaptation and validation of the civic engagement scale

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The aim of this research was to adapt and validate the Civic Engagement Scale (CES) developed by Doolittle & Faul for the Spanish adolescent population while providing empirical support for its psychometric properties. After administering the instruments to 965 adolescents from high schools, confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to ...
Patricia Ayllón‐Salas, José L. Arco‐Tirado, Francisco D. Fernández‐Martín   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A nomological network for misophonia in two German samples using the S-Five model for misophonia

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
The Selective Sound Sensitivity Syndrome Scale (S-Five) is a contemporary and multidimensional self-report instrument measuring different aspects of misophonia.
Nico Remmert, Antonia Jebens, Rebecca Gruzman, Jane Gregory, Silia Vitoratou   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Community‐engaged crime prevention through environmental design and reductions in violent and firearm crime

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract In the U.S., crime and violence are concentrated in cities that have lost industry and population due to economic disinvestment and structurally racist policies. Researchers, practitioners, and policymakers have called for community‐level approaches that reduce violence in these cities by improving unsafe physical environments, increasing ...
Laney A. Rupp, Shaun Bhatia, Daniel B. Lee, Rachel Wyatt, Gregory Bushman, Thomas A. Wyatt, Jesenia M. Pizarro, Caroline Wixom, Marc A. Zimmerman, Thomas M. Reischl   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment and treatment of distorted schemas in sexual offenders [PDF]

, 2013
The aim of this review is to examine the literature related to the assessment and treatment of sex offenders’ distorted schemas. Where appropriate, the review draws upon current insights from the field of social cognition to aid in the critical ...
Anthony R. Beech, Babchishin K. M., Barnes-Holmes D., Beckett R. C., Beech A. R., Bennett A. H., Check J., De Houwer J., Fiske S. T., Gawronski B., Goddard H. L., Harkins L., Hermann C. A., Hermann C. A., Jones J., Kahneman D., Louise Dixon, Mamone N., Mann R. E., Mann R. E., McGinn L. K., McGrath R. J., Moran Y., Nichols I., Pervan M., Ross M. Bartels, Salter R. L., Scully B., Smid R. J., Steffens E., Thornton J., Thornton R. E., Ward S.   +32 more
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A Plea for Psychometric Rigor [PDF]

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 2017
To the Editor: We wish to commend Dr. Cowart and colleagues for their report of a multiple mini-interview (MMI) and its correlation with PharmD students’ grade-point averages.[1][1] Activities described in this investigation were considerable work to accomplish. Necessarily so, non-traditional (
Lisa M. Hayes, Michael J. Peeters
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Engaging and strengthening youth through international community‐based research: Implementation and evaluation of an International Youth Advisory Board

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Youth advisory boards are ubiquitous in community‐based research, yet there is limited description of their development or direct benefits to participants within international research contexts. This convergent mixed‐method study describes and evaluates the design and implementation of a bilingual International Youth Advisory Board (IYAB) of ...
Shelley L. Craig, Ashley S. Brooks, Gabriel Soto Cristobal, Jenny Hui, Hayley Pelletier, Rachael Pascoe, Lenin Zamorano, The INQYR International Youth Advisory Board   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Serious game for cognitive assessment. Validation of a psychometric embedded test

International Journal of Serious Games
The evaluation of performance in serious video games is crucial when it comes to providing empirical evidence of the effectiveness of this type of educational tools.
Jorge Quimbaya, Alejandra Herrera, Cesar Mejia   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Stress, Health, and Injury Among Illinois Farmers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives The goal of this cross‐sectional study was to characterize stress, injury, and chronic health conditions among agricultural producers in Illinois. The objectives were to: (1) describe the prevalence and nature of work‐related injuries; (2) describe chronic health conditions, stress, and symptoms of mental health conditions; and (3 ...
Josie M. Rudolphi, Salah Issa, Courtney Cuthbertson, Kaleigh Barnett   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative psychometrics: establishing what differs is central to understanding what evolves [PDF]

, 2018
Cognitive abilities cannot be measured directly. What we can measure is individual variation in task performance. In this paper, we first make the case for why we should be interested in mapping individual differences in task performance on to particular
Call, Josep, Seed, Amanda, Tinklenberg, Brandon, Völter, Christoph J.   +3 more
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State of the psychometric methods: comments on the ISOQOL SIG psychometric papers [PDF]

Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes, 2019
Psychometric analyses of patient reported outcomes typically use either classical test theory (CTT), item response theory (IRT), or Rasch measurement theory (RTM). The three papers from the ISOQOL Psychometrics SIG examined the same data set using the tree different approaches.
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