The purpose of this study was to investigate convergent and discriminant validity of the five-factor model of adolescent personality in a school setting using three different raters (methods): self-ratings, peer ratings, and teacher ratings. The authors investigated validity through a multitrait-multimethod matrix and a confirmatory factor analysis correlated trait, uncorrelated method model. W...

Empirical evidence is presented from 7 samples regarding the factor structure; reliability; and convergent, discriminant, and predictive validity of separate measures of internal and external motivation to respond without prejudice. The scales reliably measure largely independent constructs and have good convergent and discriminant validity. Examination of the qualitatively distinct affective r...

background: infertility is a global public health issue and may adversely affect life satisfaction. one of the most widely instruments used to assess life satisfaction is the satisfaction with life scale (swls). objective: the objective of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the swls in iranian infertile women. materials and methods: in this descriptive cross-sectional stud...

BACKGROUND The EQ-5D is a health-related quality of life instrument which provides a simple descriptive health profile and a single index value for health status. The latest version, the EQ-5D-5L, has been translated into more than one hundred languages worldwide - including Thai. This study aims to assess the measurement properties of the Thai version of the EQ-5D-5L (the 5L) compared to the E...

OBJECTIVE Development of an evaluation tool of psychosocial constructs for use by participants in 2 federal programs, Food Stamp Nutrition Education and the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program. DESIGN Cross-sectional data from a longitudinal study. PARTICIPANTS Limited-resource women (n = 111) living in low-income communities. MEASURES Test-retest reliability, internal consisten...

the obsessive beliefs questionnaire-44 (obq-44), a self-report measure, was developed by the obsessive compulsive cognitions working group (occwg) to assess beliefs considered relevant in the etiology and maintenance of obsessions and compulsions. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the persian language version of the obsessive beliefs questionnaire (pobq-44...

BACKGROUND The psychometric properties of an instrument should be evaluated routinely when using different samples. This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G) when applied to a sample of Brazilian cancer patients. METHODS The face, content, and construct (factorial, convergent, and discriminant) validities of the FACT-G wer...