Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of Oppositional Defiant Behavior Inventory

Cross-Cultural Adaptability 1 Running Head: Cross-Cultural Adaptability Inventory Examining the Psychometric Properties of the Cross-Cultural Adaptability Inventory

The current study examined the factor structure of the Cross-Cultural Adaptability Inventory (CCAI) to better understand the psychometric properties of this instrument. Subsequent to the current study, the CCAI, which was developed to provide a selfinventory of an individual’s cultural adaptability, had limited study of its measurement characteristics. Therefore, the structure was examined usin...

Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Evaluation of the Pap Smear Belief Questionnaire in Iranian Women

Background: Beliefs of women play a very important role in efficacy of screening for cervical cancer. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate their points of view using appropriate tools with suitable validity and reliability. It seems that the Pap Smear Belief Questionnaire (PSBQ) can assess the attitudes and beliefs of women towards screening for Pap smear. Aim: This study aimed to evaluate...

Classes of oppositional-defiant behavior: concurrent and predictive validity.

BACKGROUND Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) has components of both irritability and defiance. It remains unclear whether children with variation in these domains have different adult outcomes. This study examined the concurrent and predictive validity of classes of oppositional defiant behavior. METHODS Latent class analysis was performed on the oppositional defiant problems scale of the C...

Oppositional defiant disorder.

Oppositional defiant disorder is defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th ed., as a recurrent pattern of developmentally inappropriate, negativistic, defiant, and disobedient behavior toward authority figures. This behavior often appears in the preschool years, but initially it can be difficult to distinguish from developmentally appropriate, albeit troublesome,...

Conduct and Oppositional Defiant Disorders