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Assessment Of Alexithymia : Pychometric Properties Of The Psychological Treatment Inventory-Alexithymia Scale (Pti-As), Alessio Gori, Marco Giannini, Giulia Palmieri, Roberta Salvini, David Schuldberg
Assessment Of Alexithymia : Pychometric Properties Of The Psychological Treatment Inventory-Alexithymia Scale (Pti-As), Alessio Gori, Marco Giannini, Giulia Palmieri, Roberta Salvini, David Schuldberg
Psychology Faculty Publications
The aim of this study is to investigate the psychometric properties of a new measure of alexithymia, the Psychological Treatment Inventory-Alexithymia Scale (PTI-AS).
Assessing Creativity With Self-Report Scales : A Review And Empirical Evaluation, Paul J. Silvia, Benjamin Wigert, Roni Reiter-Palmon, James C. Kaufman
Assessing Creativity With Self-Report Scales : A Review And Empirical Evaluation, Paul J. Silvia, Benjamin Wigert, Roni Reiter-Palmon, James C. Kaufman
Psychology Faculty Publications
This article reviews recent developments in the assessment of creativity using self-report scales. We focus on four new and promising scales: the Creative Achievement Questionnaire, the Biographical Inventory of Creative Behaviors, the revised Creative Behavior Inventory, and the Creative Domain Questionnaire. For each scale, we review evidence for reliability, validity, and structure, and we discuss important methodological features for users to consider. We then present new analyses of each scale based on a large, diverse sample. We evaluate each scale's item-level and scale-level psychometric features, using both classical test theory and item response theory, and we examine how the scales …
An Item Response Theory And Factor Analytic Examination Of Two Prominent Maximizing Tendency Scales, Justin M. Weinhardt, Brendan J. Morse, Janna Chimeli, Jamie Fisher
An Item Response Theory And Factor Analytic Examination Of Two Prominent Maximizing Tendency Scales, Justin M. Weinhardt, Brendan J. Morse, Janna Chimeli, Jamie Fisher
Psychology Faculty Publications
The current study examines the construct validity of the Maximization Scale (MS; Schwartz et al., 2002) and the Maximization Tendency Scale (MTS; Diab et al., 2008) as well as the nomological net of the maximizing construct. We find that both scales of maximizing suffer psychometrically, especially in their proposed dimensionality. Using confirmatory factor analysis and item response theory (IRT) we identify and remove three problematic items from the MTS and six problematic items from the MS. Additionally, we find that the MS appears to be measuring difficulty and restlessness with the search for the best alternative, whereas the MTS is …