The purpose of this study was to describe validity and reliability of a skills-based test (the Semi-Annual Combat Medic Skills-Validation Test) used by the Army to determine combat medic competency. An instrumentation design was used in which a panel of experts completed a content validity index on all skills. Simulation testing was used to determine criterion validity, intrarater, interrater, ...

Recently, attention to the assessment and treatment of functional disability has increased notably. It is widely understood that impairments in everyday living skills, including independent living skills, social functions, vocational functioning, and self-care, are present in people with schizophrenia. It has also become clear recently that assessment of these skills can pose substantial challe...

Bu araştırma, ortaokul öğrencileri için kapsamlı 21. yüzyıl becerileri ölçeği geliştirme amacıyla gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırmaya 334 öğrencisi (5, 6, 7 ve 8’inci sınıf) katılmıştır. Ölçeğin ilk aşamasında kuramsal çalışmalar uzman görüşleri dikkate alınarak 63 madde belirlenmiştir. geçerliliğini belirlemek açımlayıcı faktör analizinden ayırt edicilik gücü t-testinden yararlanılmıştır. Araştı...

Social skills training consists of learning activities utilizing behavioral techniques that enable persons with schizophrenia and other disabling mental disorders to acquire interpersonal disease management and independent living skills for improved functioning in their communities. A large and growing body of research supports the efficacy and effectiveness of social skills training for schizo...

BACKGROUND Instrumentation with established reliability and validity is not yet routinely utilized to assess readiness for transition from pediatric to adult care for youth and young adults with chronic conditions, including sickle cell disease (SCD). OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to develop a SCD specific readiness for transition assessment tool. SUBJECTS Fifty-seven youths with SCD,...

BACKGROUND The ecological validity of neurocognitive and functional measures in severe mental illness is poorly understood because of a lack of validated research methods to study community life-as-lived. We describe the development of a video ethnography method that measures naturalistic behaviors with codes called community performance indicators (CPIs). The method could provide a strategy to...

This article reports an initial validation of an instrument that measures basic interviewing skills and compares its psychometric results with another instrument that has been used more frequently to measure similar skills. Four field supervisors rated 30 students’ videotaped interviews (N=120) using two instruments, the validation, and a comparison instrument. The current validation instrument...

OBJECTIVE To provide new evidence regarding the suitability of using quality of life (QoL) measurements in homeless people with schizophrenia, we assess the acceptability and psychometric properties of a specific QoL instrument (S-QoL 18) in a population of homeless people with schizophrenia, and we compare their QoL levels with those observed in non-homeless people with schizophrenia. METHOD...