Recent methodological developments for testing measurement invariance

Chair(s): Carolin Strobl (Universität Zürich, Switzerland)

Presentations of the Symposium

Detecting violations of measurement invariance in item response theory

Carolin Strobl¹, Julia Kopf², Basil Abou El-Komboz², Achim Zeileis³; carolin.strobl@uzh.chcarolin.strobl@uzh.ch
¹Universität Zürich, Switzerland, ²LMU München, Germany, ³Universität Innsbruck, Austria

Score-based tests of measurement invariance with respect to continuous and ordinal variables

Achim Zeileis¹, Edgar C. Merkle², Ting Wang²; Achim.Zeileis@uibk.ac.atAchim.Zeileis@uibk.ac.at
¹Universität Innsbruck, Austria, ²University of Missouri, USA

Exact versus approximate measurement invariance. Theoretical overview and empirical examples

Jan Cieciuch, Eldad Davidov, René Algesheimer; jancieciuch@gazeta.pljancieciuch@gazeta.pl
Universität Zürich, Switzerland

Differential item functioning in cognitive diagnosis models

Michel Philipp¹, Carolin Strobl¹, Achim Zeileis²; m.philipp@psychologie.uzh.chm.philipp@psychologie.uzh.ch
¹Universität Zürich, Switzerland, ²Universität Innsbruck, Austria

Vulnerabilities and resources at work and in career development

Chair(s): Grégoire Bollmann (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)

Presentations of the Symposium

Validation of the Career Decision-Making Difficulties Scale (CDDQ) in a Francophone context

Shékina Rochat, Jérôme Rossier; shekina.rochat@unil.chshekina.rochat@unil.ch
University of Lausanne, Switzerland

More complex times require more attention to future orientation, resilience, and methodological choices in Life Design approach

Teresa M. Sgaramella, Laura Nota, Lea Ferrari, Maria Cristina Ginevra, I. DiMaggio; teresamaria.sgaramella@unipd.itteresamaria.sgaramella@unipd.it
Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy

Validation of the PhoPhiKat-9 (Short Form) in a workplace context

Jennifer Hofmann, Willibald Ruch; j.hofmann@psychologie.uzh.chj.hofmann@psychologie.uzh.ch
University of Zurich, Switzerland

Believing in a free market system: Implications for the self and the society

Grégoire Bollmann¹, Sébastien Mena²; gregoire.bollmann@unil.chgregoire.bollmann@unil.ch
¹University of Lausanne, Switzerland, ²City University London, United Kingdom

Anxiety in children and adolescents: Need for school-specific contexts for the assessment of worry and emotionality

Carl-Walter Kohlmann¹, Heike Eschenbeck¹, Uwe Heim-Dreger¹, Michael Hock²

1: University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany; 2: University of Bamberg, Germany

The Scale "Openness for Information" (SOFI) – A new assessment tool for research on information behavior

Anne-Kathrin Mayer¹, Günter Krampen^1,2

1: ZPID - Leibniz Institute for Psychology Information, Germany; 2: University of Trier, Germany

Confirmatory study of the Multidimensional Scales of Perceived Self-Efficacy with middle-school children

Iris Martins Oliveira¹, Maria do Ceu Taveira¹, Erik J. Porfeli²

1: University of Minho, Portugal; 2: Northeast Ohio Medical University, USA

Primary school students’ social and emotional school experiences across grade levels: Adaptation and validation of the Social and Emotional School Experiences Survey—Short form (SESES-S)

Tanja Gabriele Baudson¹, Rachel Wollschläger², Isabelle Schmidt², Vsevolod Scherrer², Samuel Greiff³, Sascha Wüstenberg³, Franzis Preckel²

1: University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany; 2: University of Trier, Germany; 3: Université du Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Cognitively diagnostic feedback: Mediating factors and remedial effects

Eunice Eunhee Jang

University of Toronto, Canada

A JND Task for assessing cross-modal sensory integration ability

Murray Dyck

Griffith University, Australia

Assessing post-traumatic growth of Hong Kong Chinese patients with chronic illnesses

Christopher H.K. Cheng, Samuel M.Y. Ho, Tina L. Rochelle

City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

The Indonesian version of Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID-5): A psychometric evaluation

Magdalena S. Halim, Kartika Amelia, Siti H. Sarahsita, Christine M. Tobing, Feblin F.P. Salindeho, Madyastha A. Bhirawa

ATMA JAYA Catholic University of Indonesia, Indonesia

Clinical validation of 7-item version of NIMHANS Psychiatric Morbidity Scale

Poornima Mahindru, Manoj Kumar Sharma, Santosh K. Chaturvedi, P. Marimutu

National Institute Of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, India

MMPI-2 restructured clinical scales in diagnosis and psychotherapy treatment monitoring

Katarzyna Cyranka, Krzysztof Rutkowski, Michał Mielimąka, Jerzy A. Sobański, Edyta Dembińska, Łukasz Müldner-Nieckowski, Bogna Smiatek-Mazgaj, Katarzyna Klasa

Jagiellonian University Medical College, Poland

How to measure narcissism – An ongoing discussion

Eva Schürch, Carolyn C. Morf

University of Bern, Switzerland

Social Responsibility Scale (SRS-37): A psychodiagnostic measurement tool tested for reliability, validity, and its standardisation

Olena Kovalchuk^1,2, David N. Benson³

1: Oles Honchar Dnipropetrovsk National University, Ukraine; 2: National Technical University of Ukraine "KPI", Ukraine; 3: University of Indiana, USA

Non-verbal personality assessment with 10 cartoon-like portrayals

John Magnus Roos^1,2,4, Petri Kajonius^3,2,4

1: Veryday, Sweden; 2: University of Gothenburg, Sweden; 3: University College West, Sweden; 4: University College of Skovde, Sweden

Fifty scales of grey? - A common analysis of dominance self-report scales

Carolin Palmer

Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Germany

Emotional ratings of 160 Chinese words

Samuel M.Y. Ho

City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Polish adaptation of Fatigue Assessment Scale

Joanna Urbańska

Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland

Stroop Color-Word Interference Test: Normative data for the Latin American adult population

Diego Rivera¹, Carlos José de Los Reyes Aragón², Amilkar Calderón Chaguala³, Silvia Leonor Olivera Plaza⁴, Oscar Utria⁵, María Cristina Quijano⁶, Mauricio Medina⁷, Paul Perrin⁸, Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla^1,9

1: University of Deusto, Spain; 2: Universidad del Norte, Colombia; 3: Universidad Antonio Nariño, Colombia; 4: Universidad Surcolombiana, Colombia; 5: Universidad San Buenaventura, Colombia; 6: Universidad Javeriana, Colombia; 7: Universidad Autonoma de Manizales, Colombia; 8: Virginia Commonwealth University, USA; 9: IKERBASQUE. Basque Foundation for Science, Spain

Hopkins Verbal Learning Test–Revised: Normative data for the Latin American adult population

Diego Rivera¹, Yaneth Rodríguez Agudelo², Walter Rodríguez-Irizarry³, Sylvana Schebela Troche⁴, María Luisa Bringas⁵, Ninoska Ocampo⁶, Loida Esenarro⁷, Paul Perrin⁸, Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla^1,9

1: University of Deusto, Spain; 2: Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía MVS, Mexico; 3: Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico; 4: Instituto de Previsión Social, Paraguay; 5: Centro Internacional de Restauración Neurológica, Cuba; 6: Centro de Investigaciones Psicológicas y Neuropsicológicas, Bolivia; 7: Universidad Cesar Vallejo, Peru; 8: Virginia Commonwealth University, USA; 9: IKERBASQUE. Basque Foundation for Science, Spain

Cross-cultural assessment

Chair(s): Fons van de Vijver (Tilburg University, The Netherlands)

Presentations of the Symposium

Controlling for culture-specific response bias using ipsatization and response style indicators: Family orientation in fourteen cultures and two generations

Boris Mayer; boris.mayer@psy.unibe.chboris.mayer@psy.unibe.ch
University of Bern, Switzerland

The qualitative assessment of bias: Contributions of cognitive interviewing methodology to the bias definition

Isabel Benítez Baena¹, Fons van de Vijver², José-Luis Padilla García³; ibenitez@ugr.esibenitez@ugr.es
¹University of Granada, Spain, Tilburg University, The Netherland, ²Tilburg University, The Netherlands, ³University of Granada, Spain

The internal structure of the guilt and shame domain across cultures

Johnny Fontaine; Johnny.Fontaine@UGent.beJohnny.Fontaine@UGent.be
Ghent University, Belgium

Extreme response style in attitudinal and behavioral questions

Jia He¹, Isabel Benítez Baena², Byron Adams¹, Fons van de Vijver¹; Fons.vandeVijver@uvt.nlFons.vandeVijver@uvt.nl
¹Tilburg University, The Netherlands, ²University of Granada, Spain, Tilburg University, The Netherland

Response styles in personality assessment

Chair(s): Daniel Danner (GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Germany)

Presentations of the Symposium

Measurement equivalence of personality measures across educational groups – The moderating role of acquiescence

Beatrice Rammstedt; beatrice.rammstedt@gesis.orgbeatrice.rammstedt@gesis.org
GESIS – Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences, Germany

Controlling acquiescence bias in measurement invariance tests

Julian Aichholzer; julian.aichholzer@univie.ac.atjulian.aichholzer@univie.ac.at
University of Vienna, Austria

Extreme response style and personality traits

Meike Morren; meike.morren@vu.nlmeike.morren@vu.nl
VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Facets of acquiescence

Daniel Danner; daniel.danner@gesis.orgdaniel.danner@gesis.org
GESIS – Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences, Germany

Cognitive ability, acquiescence, and the structure of personality in a sample of older adults

Clemens Lechner¹, Beatrice Rammstedt²; clemens.lechner@uni-jena.declemens.lechner@uni-jena.de
¹University of Jena, Germany, ²GESIS – Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences, Germany

What do you think you are measuring? A new mixed-methods procedure for assessing content validity and theory-based scaling with an example on wisdom

Ingrid Koller¹, Michael R. Levenson², Judith Glück¹

1: Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria; 2: Oregon State University, USA

Validation of a self-report scale measuring wisdom resources

Michaela Pötscher-Gareiss, Judith Glück

Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria

A three-dimensional screening tool for strengths

Samuel M.Y. Ho¹, Bowie P.Y. Siu²

1: City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; 2: University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

The assessment of emotional states induced by clowns and nurses

Sarah Auerbach, Jennifer Hofmann, Tracey Platt, Willibald Ruch, Annette Fehling

University of Zurich, Switzerland

Fine motor skills and cognition - A dual task approach in assessment using the 20 Cents Test

Sonja Krupp^1,2, Friedrich Balck^1,3, Jennifer Kasper^1,2, Martin Willkomm^1,2

1: Forschungsgruppe Geriatrie Lübeck, Germany; 2: Krankenhaus Rotes Kreuz Lübeck Geriatriezentrum, Germany; 3: Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, Germany

The Functional Loewenstein Occupational Therapy Cognitive Assessment (FLOTCA) for integrative cognitive functional skills

Noomi Katz¹, Yifat Schwartz², Aliza Sagiv², Sara Averbuch²

1: Ono Academic College, Israel; 2: Lowenstein Rehabilitation Hospital, Israel

Evaluation of pain in athletes and normally active subjects

Miroslava Petkova, Valeri Nikolov

Trakia University, Bulgaria

Identifying Minimal Important Change (MIC) scores for the Tinnitus Functional Index (TFI) questionnaire for different populations

Kathryn Fackrell¹, Deborah Hall¹, Johanna Barry², Derek James Hoare¹

1: University of Nottingham, UK; 2: MRC Institute of Hearing Research Clinical Section, UK

Measurement properties of the eight subscales in the Tinnitus Functional Index (TFI) questionnaire evaluated using Rasch analysis

Kathryn Fackrell¹, Deborah Hall¹, Johanna Barry², Derek James Hoare¹

1: University of Nottingham, UK; 2: MRC Institute of Hearing Research Clinical Section, UK

Assessment in coaching: Trait questionnaires offering holistic approaches

Nigel George Evans

NEC, UK

Putting theory into practice – The ongoing validation of the Swiss Armed Forces’ assessment centers

Nadine Eggimann, Hubert Annen, Peter Stöckli

Military Academy at ETH Zurich, Switzerland

The presentation of the draft “National Assessment Center Guideline for Turkey”

Mehmet Sürmeli

National Study Group on Assessment Center Methods, Turkey

Assessment Centres - A large bandwidth of practice

Nigel George Evans

NEC, UK

Challenges of constructing and validating innovative assessments: The example of collaborative problem solving

Katarina Krkovic, Maida Mustafic, Samuel Greiff

University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Automatic coding of short text responses via clustering in educational assessment

Fabian Zehner^1,3, Christine Sälzer^1,3, Frank Goldhammer^2,3

1: Technische Universität München, Germany; 2: German Institute for International Educational Research (DIPF), Germany; 3: Centre for International Student Assessment (ZIB), Germany

A latent transition analysis of the computer usage of adolescents: Longitudinal transition and testing the effect of predictors

Soyoung Kim, Sehee Hong

Korea University, South Korea

Who is affected by FoMO (Fear of Missing Out)? – Measuring a new phenomenon in the digital era

Christian Bosau¹, Lisa Aelker²

1: RFH Köln, Germany; 2: HS Fresenius, Germany

Information search in objective personality tests: Objective assessment of perspective taking

Thomas Scherndl

University of Salzburg, Austria

Construction of the Computerized Adaptive Career Aptitude Test for junior high school students

Yao-Ting Sung¹, Yueh-Min Huang², Yu-Ju Lan¹, Tzu-Chien Liu¹, Kuo-en Chang¹, Hsueh-Chi Chen¹, Hseng-Sheng Hsiao¹

1: National Taiwan Normal University, Republic of China (Taiwan); 2: National Cheng Kung University, Republic of China (Taiwan)

Psychometrical properties of Portuguese and Brazilian versions of the Parental Demandingness and Responsiveness Scale: An intercultural study

Marucia Patta Bardagi¹, Maria Odilia Teixeira²

1: Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil; 2: University of Lisbon, Portugal

The development of Thinking-Experiencing Affective Events Checklist for senior high school students

Shu-Ling Cho¹, Hsueh-Chih Chen², Yao-Ting Sung²

1: Fu Jen Catholic University, Republic of China (Taiwan); 2: National Taiwan Normal University, Republic of China (Taiwan)

The Situationism Scale: Validation of five new language versions and investigation of regional differences within Europe

Lisa Wagner¹, Megan E. Roberts², Saša Zorjan³, Enikӧ Nèmeth⁴, Désie van Toor⁵, Michał Czaplinski^6,7

1: University of Zurich, Switzerland; 2: The Ohio State University, USA; 3: University of Maribor, Slovenia; 4: Semmelweis University, Hungary; 5: VU University, The Netherlands; 6: Donders Graduate School for Cognitive Neuroscience, The Netherlands; 7: Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Rasch rating scale modeling of the Sociopolitical Control Scale

Soyoung Kim, Sehee Hong

Korea University, South Korea

Psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Anxiety Sensitivity Index for Children (ASIC)

Antonio Godoy, Raquel Nogueira, Pablo Romero, Aurora Gavino

University of Malaga, Spain

Assessment of functioning and disability: A validity study of the BECAD battery

Micaela Moro¹, Luis Solano², Laura Mezquita¹, María Sigrid Gallego¹

1: Universitat Jaume I, Spain; 2: Hospital La Magdalena. Spain

Psychometric properties of the German validation of the Toronto Mindfulness Scale

Dandan Pang, Willibald Ruch

University of Zurich, Switzerland

Merrymaking questionnaire, a Mediterranean conception of enjoyment: Sex-invariance approach

David Paniagua, Raquel Rodríguez-Carvajal, Oscar Lecuona, Luz S. Vilte

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain

Associations between cognitive decline and response quality in self-rated personality questionnaires: The PsyCoLaus study

Marc Dupuis¹, Emanuele Meier¹, Caroline Vandeleur², Roland Capel¹

1: University of Lausanne, Switzerland; 2: Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland

The administration of the verbal comprehension subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fifth Edition (WISC-V) among Malaysia Children: The analyses of the reliability and the validity of the test

Noor Aishah Rosli

University of Malaya, Malaysia

What has been done in reliability and validity generalization research? A systematic review

Jennifer Mercedes Schroth¹, Anne-Kathrin Mayer¹, Günter Krampen^1,2

1: ZPID - Leibniz Institute for Psychology Information, Germany; 2: University of Trier, Germany

Validation of the German version of the Strengths Use Scale

Alexandra Huber^1,2, Dave Webb³, Stefan Höfer^1,4

1: Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria; 2: Leopold Franzens University Innsbruck, Austria; 3: University of Western Australia, Australia; 4: Health and Life Sciences University, Austria

The use of implicit measures to study the dissociation of cognitive and affective Theory of Mind in oppositional defiant preschoolers.

Nuria De la Osa, Roser Granero, Josep Maria Domenech, Lourdes Ezpeleta

Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain

Intelligence and personality traits as predictors of correctional officers’ performance in The Estonian Academy of Security Sciences

Aire Mill¹, Helle Pullmann²

1: Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, Estonia; 2: University of Tartu, Estonia

Spillover processes between work and family

Sebastian Siegler¹, Manuel Voelkle², Petra Klumb¹

1: University of Fribourg, Switzerland; 2: Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany

Internal consistency of biosignals induced by emotions over stimuli and times

Eun-Hye Jang¹, Mi-Sook Park², Sang-Hyeob Kim¹, Jin-Hun Sohn²

1: Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute, South Korea; 2: Chungnam National University, South Korea

The assessment of axiological factor opens to change in values’ becoming: Cross-cultural comparison

Lyudmyla Romanyuk

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine

Tests of strategy knowledge: Theoretical problems and need for further research

Florian Buchwald

University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

Professional Profile 2: A personality at work questionnaire developed using IRT

Céline Jouffray¹, Claire De Loye^1,2, Katharina Weber¹, Paula Cruise³

1: Central Test, France; 2: Université de Paris 8, France; 3: People Portfolio Measurement Ltd., UK

Screening for personality disorders among Albanian and Kosovo students

Naim Fanaj¹, Erika Melonashi², Sevim Mustafa³

1: Mental Health Center Prizren, Kosovo; 2: European University of Tirana, Albania; 3: European Center for Vocational Education “QEAP-Heimerer”, Kosovo

Assessment of depression in patients with Diabetes Mellitus (DM): Impact in glycemic control, distress, adherence to treatment and complications associated with diabetes

Maria Teresa Anarte Ortiz^1,2, Monica Carreria^1,2, Natalia Colomo^2,3,4, Marta Dominguez-lopez^2,3,4, Isabel Esteva^2,3,4, Sergio Valdes^2,3,4, Maria Cruz Almaraz^2,3,4, Mercedes Guerrero^2,3, Gabriel Olveria^2,3,4, Maria Soledad Ruiz De Adana^2,3,4

1: Universidad de Málaga, Spain; 2: Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), Spain; 3: Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Spain; 4: Spanish Biomedical Research Centre in Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Disorders, Spain

Power analysis of structural equation modeling in testing measurement invariance

Chung-Ping Cheng

National Cheng Kung University, Republic of China (Taiwan)

The usability of the model of experience processing in personality organisation assessment

Emilia Soroko, Dominika Górska

Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland

Adaptation of Troyer Level of Consciousness Inventory (TLOCI) in Poland

Anna Barbara Słysz

Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland

The scale development of Taiwanese workplace bullying

Yaonan Lin¹, Chia-Yu Kuo¹, Fa-chung Chiu², Hsueh-Chih Chen³

1: Fu Jen Catholic University, Republic of China (Taiwan); 2: National Defense University, Republic of China (Taiwan); 3: National Taiwan Normal University, Republic of China (Taiwan)

Development and psychometric validation of the Resilience to Bipolar Disorder (RBD) questionnaire

Ainara Echezarraga¹, Carlota Las Hayas¹, Ana González-Pinto², Fiona Lobban³, Steven Jones³

1: University of Deusto, Spain; 2: Santiago Apostol Hospital, Spain; 3: Lancaster University, England

The 20-item IPIP scale for personality assessment – Factorial structure study

Tomáš Sollár¹, Jana Turzáková¹, Andrea Solgajová¹, Tomáš Urbánek¹, Rastislav Duriš²

1: Constantine the Philospher University, Slovak Republic; 2: Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Personality typology: A multi-model and multi-questionnaire study

Natalia Cybis¹, Tomasz Rowiński¹, Włodzimierz Strus¹, Jan Cieciuch²

1: Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, Poland; 2: Universität Zürich, Switzerland

Applying semiparametric models to the analysis of parental child care selection

Phillip Sherlock

University of South Carolina, USA

Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM): Normative data for the Latin American adult population

Diego Rivera¹, Alvaro Aliaga Moore², Adriana Aguayo³, Silvia Leonor Olivera Plaza⁴, María Cristina Quijano⁵, Laiene Olabarrieta Landa¹, Paul Perrin⁶, Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla^1,7

1: University of Deusto, Spain; 2: Servicio Médico Legal, Chile; 3: Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico; 4: Universidad Surcolombiana, Colombia; 5: Universidad Javeriana, Colombia; 6: Virginia Commonwealth University, USA; 7: IKERBASQUE. Basque Foundation for Science, Spain

Nuances of flow in work and cross-cultural adaptation of the Flow State Scale at work among Spanish speakers

Raquel Rodríguez-Carvajal, Marta Herrero, Ruth Castillo-Gualda, Sara de Rivas, Jennifer E. Moreno, Eduardo García-Garzón

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain

The development of insightful Remote Association Test in Chinese version

Po-Sheng Huang¹, Hsueh-Chih Chen², Su-Ling Peng³

1: Hsuan Chuang University, Republic of China (Taiwan); 2: National Taiwan Normal University, Republic of China (Taiwan); 3: National Cheng Kung University, Republic of China (Taiwan)

The Portugese versions of the Postpartum Depression Screening Scale- reliability, validity, and screening accuracy at the twelfth month postpartum

Ana Telma Pereira¹, Vera Freitas¹, Sandra Bos¹, Mariana Marques¹, Maria João Soares¹, Berta Maia², José Valente¹, António Macedo¹

1: Universitity of Coimbra, Portugal; 2: The Catholic University of Portugal, Portugal

Quality criteria of psychological reports: Development and initial assessment of a checklist

Andreas Hausherr, René T. Proyer

University of Zurich, Switzerland

Assessment and diagnosis of depression in Spanish primary care services. The psychometric properties of the PHQ-9 using the SCID-I in the PsicAP Project.

Roger Muñoz Navarro¹, Antonio Cano Vindel², Paloma Ruíz Rodriguez², Cristina Mae Wood², Benigna Díaz-Ovejero², Esperanza Dongil¹, Itziar Iruarrizaga², Mar García Moreno¹, Fernando Chacón³, Francisco Santolaya³, Antonio Capafons Bonet¹, María Dolores Gómez Castillo³, Patricia Tomás Tomás¹, PsicAP Research Group³

1: University of Valencia, Spain; 2: University of Madrid, Spain; 3: Spanish Council of Psychologists, Spain

Valid measures for assessing the efficacy of a psychoeducational intervention for first episode psychosis: What and when to assess?

Esther Lorente-Rovira^1,3, Ana Luengo^1,3, Maria Jose Escarti^1,3, Sara Barbeito^2,3, Patricia Vega^2,3, Sonia Ruiz de Azua^2,3, Julio Sanjuan^1,3, Ana González-Pinto^2,3

1: Clinic Hospital, Valencia, Spain; 2: University Hospital of Álava (Santiago Apóstol), Spain; 3: CIBERSAM, Spain

Assessing orientations to happiness in self- and peer-ratings: Testing relations with coping strategies and perceived work stress

Annette Krauss^1,2, René T. Proyer²

1: University of Applied Sciences of Special Needs Education, Switzerland; 2: University of Zurich, Switzerland

A joint factor analysis of 17 playfulness instruments as a starting point for the development of a new measure? Some problems and considerations

Nicole Jehle, René T. Proyer

University of Zurich, Switzerland

Testing the relationship between the sense of humour and loneliness of older people in Romania

Loredana Ivan, Ioana Schiau

National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Romania

Validating a scale to measure career distress in young adults: A Rasch analysis

Peter Creed, Michelle Hood

Griffith University, Australia

The subjective quality of environmental conditions in different life domains and satisfaction with these domains: Assessment and malleability

Fabian Gander, René T. Proyer, Sara Wellenzohn, Willibald Ruch

University of Zurich, Switzerland

The construction and validation of an elementary and secondary Teacher Professional Development Inventory

Hsiao-Wen Liu¹, Chun-Chi Yang²

1: New Taipei Municipal Taishan Senior High School, Republic of China (Taiwan); 2: Fu Fen Catholic University, Republic of China (Taiwan)

The development of State-Mood-Trait Affective Questionnaire

Shu-Ling Cho¹, Hsueh-Chih Chen², Chia-Hsiu Li¹, Yi Chia Chen¹

1: Fu Jen Catholic University, Republic of China (Taiwan); 2: National Taiwan Normal University, Republic of China (Taiwan)

On the validity of objective personality tests: What do they measure?

Chair(s): Tuulia M. Ortner (University of Salzburg, Austria)

Presentations of the Symposium

Economic games as objective personality measures – Stability, reliability, and validity

Simona Maltese¹, Anna Baumert¹, Thomas Schlösser², Manfred Schmitt¹; maltese@uni-landau.demaltese@uni-landau.de
¹University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany, ²University of Cologne, Germany

An objective task-based personality test for assessing risk propensity: Analyzing feedback and convergent validity of the PTR

Victor Rubio, David Aguado, Marta Antúnez, José Santacreu; victor.rubio@uam.esvictor.rubio@uam.es
University Autonoma Madrid, Spain

Is it a "test"? Psychometric criteria of the Balloon Analogue Risk Task

Tuulia M. Ortner¹, Michael Eid², Tobias Koch²; tuulia.ortner@sbg.ac.attuulia.ortner@sbg.ac.at
¹University of Salzburg, Austria, ²Free University of Berlin, Germany

Neuroimaging implicit and explicit assessment

Belinda Pletzer, Tuulia M. Ortner; belinda.pletzer@sbg.ac.atbelinda.pletzer@sbg.ac.at
University of Salzburg, Austria

Assessing test-taking engagement using response times

Frank Goldhammer^1,3, Thomas Martens¹, Oliver Lüdtke^2,3

1: DIPF - German Institute for International Educational Research, Germany; 2: IPN - Leibniz-Institut für die Pädagogik der Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik, Germany; 3: ZIB - Centre for International Student Assessment, Germany

Examining test items for Differential Distractor Functioning (DDF) across different groups

Ioannis Tsaousis

University of Crete, Greece

Controlling time-related individual differences in test-taking behavior by presenting time information

Miriam Hacker, Frank Goldhammer, Ulf Kröhne

Educational Research and Educational Information (DIPF), Germany

Gender differences in general knowledge tests: Caused by unbalanced interest domains?

Philipp Meinolf Engelberg, Ralf Schulze

Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany

Are student evaluations of teaching really reliable? A Bayesian meta-analysis

Sherin Natalia Bopp, Sven Hug, Rüdiger Mutz

ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Practical assertion of paper-and-pencil adaptive testing: 30 years of experience with the intelligence test-battery Adaptive Intelligence Diagnosticum (AID)

Klaus D. Kubinger

University of Vienna, Austria

External validation and reliability of The Indonesian Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale – Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV-IDN)

Magdalena S. Halim¹, Christiany Suwartono¹, Lidia L. Hidajat¹, Marc P.H. Hendriks^2,3, Roy P.C. Kessels^2,4

1: ATMA JAYA Catholic University of Indonesia, Indonesia; 2: Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands; 3: Academic Centre of Epileptology Kempenhaeghe, The Netherlands; 4: Radboud University Medical Center, The Netherlands

Speedy assessment of speeded reasoning with the intelligence screening “mini-q”

Tanja Gabriele Baudson¹, Martina Kaufmann², Franzis Preckel², Carolin Räihälä²

1: University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany; 2: University of Trier, Germany

The interplay of working memory, processing speed, and attention with intelligence in children

George Spanoudis, Anna Tourva

University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Convergent validity of the Latvian versions of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale and Gotland Male Depression Scale

Diāna Zande, Sandra Beatrice Sebre

University of Latvia, Latvia

Exploring the association between depression and neurasthenia in a population representative epidemiological study of Chinese adults in Guangzhou, China

Kay Chang¹, Brian J. Hall^1,2, Kalon Sou¹, Wen Chen^3,4, Carl Latkin², Albert Yeung⁵

1: University of Macau, China; 2: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA; 3: Sun Yat-sen University, China; 4: Sun Yat-sen Center for Migrant Health Policy, China; 5: Harvard Medical School, USA

People recovered from bipolar disorder have higher resilience (measured with the Resilience to Bipolar Disorder (RBD) questionnaire)

Ainara Echezarraga¹, Carlota Las Hayas¹, Ana González-Pinto², Fiona Lobban³, Steven Jones³

1: University of Deusto, Spain; 2: Santiago Apostol Hospital, Spain; 3: Lancaster University, England

Development and preliminary psychometric analysis of the measure to screen premenstrual dysphoric disorder in Pakistan

Muhammad Rizwan^1,2, Gisela Michel¹, Mehreen Naz², Rizwana Shahab³

1: University of Luzern, Switzerland; 2: University of Karachi, Pakistan; 3: Aga Khan University Hospital, Pakistan

A psychometric investigation of the Georgian version of Cognitive Distortion Scale

Khatuna Martskvishvili, Mariam Panjikidze, Natia Garuchava

Tbilisi State University, Georgia

Assessment of young people’s satisfaction in five different life domains: Adaptation and initial validation of the German version of the Multidimensional Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale

Marco Weber

University of Kassel, Germany

Rasch analysis of the Satisfaction with Life Scale: Findings from South Africa and Italy

Lusilda Schutte¹, Luca Negri², Antonella Delle Fave², Marie P. Wissing¹

1: North-West University, South Africa; 2: University of Milano, Italy

The incremental validity of low-arousal affect in predicting well-being

Ingrid Brdar¹, Antonella Delle Fave², Marie Wissing³

1: University of Rijeka, Croatia; 2: Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy; 3: North-West University, South Africa

Assessing happiness with the Authentic Happiness Inventory: Evaluation of its psychometric properties, initial validation, and its use in intervention studies

Sara Wellenzohn, René Proyer, Fabian Gander, Willibald Ruch

University of Zurich, Switzerland