Cross-Cultural Validation of Measurement

Flavio Kapczinski uses focus groups to define what 'functioning well' means in different cultures.

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Parent-Child Analog Tasks

Consecutive tasks in an experimental setting can provide data about behavior, says Howard Abikoff.

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An Analog Task that Didn't Quite Work

Howard Abikoff recounts an unsuccessful effort to design a useful task.

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Getting the Language Right

Margaret R. Weeks describes some of the challenges faced when translating a survey from a Hartford, Connecticut, context to a southern China context.

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Measuring a Changing Population

Terence A. Ketter addresses wellness measurement in young adults.

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Onion & Garlic Symptoms

Eric A. Youngstrom considers improving bipolar disorder measures to address discrepancies among informants.

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Quantifying Mood Disorders Is a Work in Progress

Roger S. McIntyre underlines the importance of quantifying patient outcomes in the clinical realm.

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Item Response Theory

Paul A. Pilkonis explains IRT, a latent variable approach to measurement.

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Home Interviews Help Develop Measures

In-home interviews help develop constructs, states Ruth Chao.

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A Commitment to Measurement

J. Steven Reznick warns against using sloppy measurement development techniques, and discusses developing a measure of behavioral inhibition with Jerome Kagan.

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