PURPOSE To assess the predictive validity of frailty and its domains (physical, psychological, and social), as measured by the Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI), for the adverse outcomes disability, health care utilization, and quality of life. DESIGN AND METHODS The predictive validity of the TFI was tested in a representative sample of 484 community-dwelling persons aged 75 years and older in...

129 words) This review of 103 studies (140 independent samples, 10,967 subjects), found average r=.27 for prediction of a wide collection of behavioral, judgment, and physiological measures by Implicit Association Test (IAT) measures. Parallel explicit (i.e., self-report) measures, available in 2/3 of these studies, also predicted effectively (96 samples, 7,018 subjects, average r=.33), but wer...

OBJECTIVE To examine the test-retest reliability, convergent validity, and predictive validity of the comprehensive activities of daily living (CADL) measure in patients with stroke. DESIGN A repeated-assessments design, 10-14 days apart, was used to examine test-retest reliability in 70 patients. In the validity study, a further 168 patients were assessed at 6 months and 1 year after stroke....

BACKGROUND Risk assessment is crucial in preventing child maltreatment as it can identify high-risk cases in need of child protection intervention. Despite this importance, there have been no validated risk assessment instruments available in the Netherlands for assessing the risk of child maltreatment. Therefore, the predictive validity of the California Family Risk Assessment (CFRA) was exami...

Studies in psychology have indicated that ‘thin slices,’ very brief exposure to information, have a great deal of predictive validity in judgments and decision-making. We apply this concept of “thin slices” to study the behavior of consumers when surfing online. Our primary objective is to investigate whether consumers’ thin slice judgments of web sites have validity in an online environment. W...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to examine the internal consistency, test-retest reliability, construct validity and predictive validity of a new German self-report instrument to assess the influence of social support and the physical environment on physical activity in adolescents. METHODS Based on theoretical consideration, the short scales on social support and physical environmen...