New Reaction-Time Test Reveals Hidden Conflicts Behind Failed Health Goals
Researchers have validated the PEP-Goal, the first implicit reaction-time measure of health goal conflict and facilitation, showing that its horizontal ...
Tag: psychometrics
New Study Reveals When Statistical Models Can Catch Careless Survey Responders
A comprehensive simulation and reanalysis of Big Five data shows that latent mixture models reliably detect careless survey responders when ...
New 18-Item Scale Brings Financial Toxicity of Cancer Into Focus for Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Researchers in Nepal have developed and refined an 18-item scale, called FT-LM, to measure the financial toxicity experienced by cancer ...
A 40-Question Personality Test Passes Its Italian Exam With Flying Colors
A new validation study shows that the 40-item BFAS-40 personality questionnaire, measuring ten finer-grained aspects of the Big Five, works ...
Six Questions to Gauge How Openly We Trust Knowledge: New Short Scale Validated
A new validation study shows that a six-item short form of the Epistemic Trust, Mistrust and Credulity Questionnaire reliably measures ...
Massive New Test Measures How Chinese Children’s Vocabulary Grows Across Nine Grades
Researchers have developed and validated the first Chinese Vocabulary Levels Test for native-speaking students in Grades 1 through 9, drawing ...
After a Virtual Trip Through the Solar System, Students Rate Their Digital Skills
A study of 144 Indonesian junior secondary students found that after VR-supported solar system physics lessons, students reported strong confidence ...
Most Screening Tools Miss Key Criteria of Somatic Symptom Disorder, Review Finds
A scoping review of 19 screening instruments finds that most fail to cover both DSM-5 criteria for somatic symptom disorder, ...
New Scale Reveals How Culture Shapes the Hidden Beliefs Behind Social Anxiety
Chinese researchers have developed and validated the Beliefs in Social Anxiety Scale, a 25-item instrument whose four factors—including a distinctively ...
Gaming Disorder Test Proves Reliable for Arabic-Speaking Young Adults in Landmark Validation Study
A comprehensive validation study of 1,134 Arabic-speaking young adults confirms that the four-item Gaming Disorder Test is a reliable, invariant ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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