Altman, Brianna R Mian, Maha N Dalal, Dev Ueno, Luna F Luba, Rachel Slavin, Melissa N Earleywine, Mitch
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Addictive behaviors
Gender bias in measures of cannabis problems may differentially affect how men and women endorse items. This gender invariance might mask, exaggerate, or otherwise obscure true distinctions in experiences of cannabis consequences. The Cannabis-Associated Problems Questionnaire (CAPQ), a measure of interpersonal deficits, occupational impairment, ps...
Hawkley, Louise C. Steptoe, Andrew Schumm, L. Philip Wroblewski, Kristen
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Social Science & Medicine (1982)
• Scale items differed in ability to distinguish between loneliness levels. • Items functioned differentially by country and by individual characteristics. • Overall loneliness among white older adults does not differ between countries. • Risk factor impact on loneliness did not differ between countries. • Loneliness levels are lower in England des...
Zhang, Lisong Li, Zhongquan
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BMC Geriatrics
BackgroundThe aging population increases rapidly across the world. Timely and effective screening of their mental-health problems is important to individuals, families, and the whole society. The Kessler-6 screening measure (K6) is a very popular instrument for non-specific psychological distress. However, few studies have focused on the psychometr...
Liegl, Gregor Rose, Matthias Knebel, Fabian Stengel, Andreas Buttgereit, Frank Obbarius, Alexander Fischer, H Felix Nolte, Sandra
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Journal of clinical epidemiology
The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) physical function (PF) item bank has been developed to standardize patient-reported PF across medical fields. However, evidence of scoring equivalence across cardiology and rheumatology patients is still missing. Therefore, this study aims to investigate both (1) the extent of di...
Moghadam, M. Nasirzadeh, F.
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Language Testing in Asia
The present study tries to investigate the fairness of an English reading comprehension test employing Kunnan’s (2004) test fairness framework (TFF) as the most comprehensive model available for test fairness. The participants of this study comprised 300 freshman students taking general English course chosen based on the availability sampling, thre...
Brzoska, Patrick
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BMC Neurology
BackgroundThe WHOQOL-BREF is a frequently used instrument for the assessment of health-related quality of life. Unlike other generic instruments used for the assessment of this construct, little is known about its properties in individuals with headache disorders. The present study examines the reliability and factorial validity of the WHOQOL-BREF ...
Adkins-Jackson, Paris B.
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Preventive Medicine Reports
It is well documented that Black/African American (Black) women's health is impacted by socioeconomic status (SES). Self-care can improve health but this is also contingent upon SES; though it is unclear which activities are impacted. This cross-sectional study performed differential item functioning with 47 self-care activities rated by 223 Black ...
Filshtein, Teresa Chan, Michelle Mungas, Dan Whitmer, Rachel Fletcher, Evan DeCarli, Charles Farias, Sarah
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Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS
The Everyday Cognition (ECog) scales measure cognitively based across domains of everyday abilities that are affected early in the course of neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. However, the degree to which the ECog may be differentially influenced by ethnic/racial background is unknown. This study evaluates measurement invarian...
DuPaul, George J Fu, Qiong Anastopoulos, Arthur D Reid, Robert Power, Thomas J
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Journal of abnormal child psychology
Parent and teacher ratings of the two attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptom dimensions (i.e., inattention, hyperactivity-impulsivity) have been found to differ across child gender, age, race, and ethnicity. Group differences could be due to actual variation in symptomatic behaviors but also could be due to measurement items functi...
Ribeiro Santiago, Pedro H. Nielsen, Tine Smithers, Lisa Gaye Roberts, Rachel Jamieson, Lisa
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Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
BackgroundIn Australia, the stress levels have increased over the years, impacting on the physical and mental health of the general population. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the validity and reliability of the PSS-14 in an Australian population.MethodsThe PSS-14 was applied to a large national sample comprising 3857 Australians in th...
