objective: the main purpose of this study was to validate the short-form of the emotional skills and competence questionnaire (escq) scale among iranian undergraduate students.   method: a total of 250 nurse undergraduate students participated in this study. participants completed the escq in addition to measures of sheering emotional intelligence questionnaire and student's demographic questio...

This study aims to assess the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the Vulnerable Elders Survey-13 (VES-13). Interviews were carried out with individuals aged 60 years and over receiving care at an ambulatory cancer centre. Test-retest reliability was assessed using the Spearman correlation coefficient, intraclass correlation coefficients and Cohen’s kappa coefficient. Construct ...

Background & Aims of the Study: Virtual Social Networks (VSNs), as a major communication tool, affect different aspects life in society members. Due to lack an appropriate questionnaire assess consequences using these VSNs, this study aimed design and determine psychometric properties VSNs users. Materials Methods: This methodological research was conducted on 320 active users Qom Province,...

This paper analyzes the theoretical, pragmatic, and substantive factors that have hampered the integration between psychology and psychometrics. Theoretical factors include the operationalist mode of thinking which is common throughout psychology, the dominance of classical test theory, and the use of "construct validity" as a catch-all category for a range of challenging psychometric problems....