A comparison of three strategies for scale construction to predict a specific behavioral outcome

Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 399-411

  Garb, Howard N ^a   Wood, James M ^b   Fiedler, Edna R ^c  

^a Lackland Air Force Base ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c National Space Biomedical Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

content validity; military psychology; predictive validity; scale construction; scale development; screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SOLDIER; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82155186800     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191110381722     Document Type: Article

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