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63 unresolved questions extracted from the limitations and future-work sections of 1,520 Psychological Testing and Assessment papers in our library. Each links back to the study that raised it.

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  • The evidence supports the Swedish CFQ-7 as a useful research measure of cog- nitive fusion, while indicating that response-category functioning, distress overlap, measurement invariance, temporal stability, and independent replication warrant further study.

    Psychometric evaluation of the Swedish Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire-7: a brief report · 2026 · DOI

  • Although their analysis included a wide range of instruments and countries and addressed the MoCA in a general way, they also identified a lack of standardization in the application of cut-off points and a limited adoption of local normative data, aspects that this study confirms and expands specifically for the population of Spain.

    Use and Psychometric Properties of the MoCA in Spain: a Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression · 2026 · DOI

  • The Leary Impostorism Scale (LIS) is a brief self-report measure that demonstrates satisfactory psychometric properties but has not been validated with trainees undertaking professional psychology training.

    Factor analysis of the Leary Impostorism Scale in professional psychology trainees · 2024 · DOI

  • Recently, a nine-item form of the SCL-90-R, the Symptom-Checklist-K-9 (SCL-K-9), has been gaining traction despite the limited research examining its psychometric properties in the United States.

    Psychometric evaluation of the Symptom-Checklist-K-9 among U.S. working-age adults with psychiatric disabilities. · 2023 · DOI

  • Results from IHAVEZ and DOPEN questionnaires suggest that bizarre character producers are more emotionally instable, less emotionally resilient, less anticipating, and less self-controlling, less rational, responding more intensely to problems and are less orientated towards their solution.

    Test of Human Figure Drawing: Drawing Bizarreness and its Relation to some Parameters of Personality · 2022 · DOI

  • This paper presents findings from a research project that applied the Rasch model for measurement to HFDs collected from 246 children aged between 4 and 10 years to assess the psychometric properties of the GHDT assessment, and young children’s HFDs in general, as the GHDT had not yet been examined from a modern test theory perspective in full.

    Investigating young children’s human figure drawings using Rasch analysis · 2017 · DOI

  • Further use of the French version of the APSD is warranted for research purposes but interpretation must remain cautious in the absence of a population based sample used in the validation process.

    Validation de l'échelle d'évaluation des traits antisociaux. · 2009 · DOI

  • The Motor-Free Visual Perception Test-Revised (MVPT-R) is one of the most frequently used tests with school-age children even though its construct validity has not been thoroughly evaluated.

    Validity of the<i>Motor-Free Visual Perceptual Test—Revised (MVPT-R)</i>: An Item Response Analysis · 2008 · DOI

  • (2006/this issue), it is our conclusion that some RC Scales do not represent the measurement domain of the original scales and should not be relied on for or used to refine traditional interpretation, particularly in medical or forensic situations (such as personal injury cases) because of their confusing and conflicting results.

    The Deconstruction of the Hy Scale of MMPI–2: Failure of RC3 in Measuring Somatic Symptom Expression · 2006 · DOI

  • Past research has indicated that this assessment technique is sensitive to treatment and generalization effects, however, the psychometric properties of the BAT-C have not been previously addressed.

    Psychometric Properties of the Behavioral Assertiveness Test for Children (BAT-C) · 1983 · DOI

  • ( c ) Lack of self-insight, a factor for which has been demonstrated by Saunders (18) though it remains to be seen how different this is from general lack (d) Sheer lack of coiiperation, i.

    A Shortened “Basic English” Version (Form<i>C</i>) of the 16<i>PF</i>Questionnaire · 1956 · DOI

  • Construct Validity in Psychological TestsVALIDATION of psychological tests has not yet been adequately concep tua1ized, as the APA Committee on Psychological Tests learned when it undertook to specify what qualities should be investigated before a test is published.

    Construct validity in psychological tests. · 1955 · DOI

  • The fact that there are no standardized research tools in Poland makes it impossible to assess this phenomenon in Poland, as well as to plan effective interventions.

    Behavior Problems Inventory-Short Form – the Polish Adaptation and Validation · 2024 · DOI

  • A final set of analyses established that the internalizing scales varied widely—and consistently—in the strength of their associations with neuroticism and extraversion.

    The Development of Preliminary HiTOP Internalizing Spectrum Scales · 2021 · DOI

  • Research limitations/implications The major limitation was that the sample was obtained from student population; therefore, it will not be entirely correct to generalize it to the whole population of Pakistan.

    Body image perception as predictor of positive and negative self-concept scale for young adults (BIPS) · 2021 · DOI

  • The most frequently cited reason for not including validity tests was insufficient time, so future research should continue to examine time-efficient ways of incorporating validity testing.

    Performance and symptom validity testing in neuropsychological assessments in Australia: a survey of practises and beliefs · 2021 · DOI

  • BACKGROUND: The interrelation of interoception, cognitive appraisal of bodily signals and conscious self-regulatory behavior is insufficiently understood although it may be relevant for health and disease.

    Interoceptive awareness and self-regulation contribute to psychosomatic competence as measured by a new inventory · 2020 · DOI

  • While acknowledging the lack of evidence supporting the ability of SJTs to assess psychological constructs, we see that a number of practical benefits would accrue to organizations if industrial psychologists were able to design SJTs that measure psychological constructs.

    On Designing Construct Driven Situational Judgment Tests: Some Preliminary Recommendations · 2017 · DOI

  • It is also widely agreed that SJTs are a questionable methodological choice for measurement of psychological constructs, such as behavioral competencies, due to a lack of evidence supporting appropriate factor structures and high internal consistencies.

    On Designing Construct Driven Situational Judgment Tests: Some Preliminary Recommendations · 2017 · DOI

  • We hope the development of a new measure of self-objectification prompts further study of the topic and that increased knowledge about self-objectification allows clinicians and researchers to develop interventions that foster greater resilience against sexual objectification.

    The Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Self-Objectification Beliefs and Behaviors Scale · 2017 · DOI

  • The most important limitation concerns the limited knowledge on when the assumption of residual correlations being small enough to be considered trivial is violated.

    Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Patient Version of the Working Alliance Inventory–Short Form Revised · 2014 · DOI

  • Consequently, a construct-level focus in the situational judgment test literature is lacking, and researchers and practitioners know little about the specific constructs typically measured.

    SITUATIONAL JUDGMENT TESTS: CONSTRUCTS ASSESSED AND A META-ANALYSIS OF THEIR CRITERION-RELATED VALIDITIES · 2010 · DOI

  • Child Behavior Checklist 2-3 is a parents' report questionnaire whose psychometric properties are known in the Western setting, but no studies have investigated this in an Arabic culture.

    Psychometric Properties of the Child Behavior Checklist/2-3 in an Arab Population · 2007 · DOI

  • On-going studies continue to address these issues, providing a culture sensitive instrument enabling unique trans-cultural research in a relatively under-researched field.

    The Geriatric Mental State Examination in the 21st century · 2002 · DOI

  • The use of human figure drawings as projective personality assessment techniques is a well-established practice among psychological service providers to hearing-impaired children yet few studies have shown these techniques to be valid indicators of emotional functioning in any population.

    Emotional Indicators in the Human Figure Drawings Of Hearing-Impaired Children: A Small Sample Validation Study · 1989 · DOI

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