Factor Structure and Construct Validity of the Proposed Specifiers for Conduct Disorder (PSCD) Scale in Chinese Adolescents (open access)

Factor Structure and Construct Validity of the Proposed Specifiers for Conduct Disorder (PSCD) Scale in Chinese Adolescents

Article examining the psychometric properties of the self-report version of Proposed Specifiers for Conduct Disorder (PSCD) Scale in a sample of community adolescents in mainland China. Findings provide preliminary evidence for the four-factor structure of the PSCD and support for the utility of the self-report PSCD for measuring psychopathic traits and CD in Chinese adolescents.
Date: August 20, 2020
Creator: Luo, Jie; Wang, Meng-Cheng; Neumann, Craig S.; Hare, Robert D. & Salekin, Randall T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Psychometric properties of the Trauma Checklist 2.0 and its predictive utility of felony re-offending among high-risk juvenile offenders (open access)

Psychometric properties of the Trauma Checklist 2.0 and its predictive utility of felony re-offending among high-risk juvenile offenders

Article describes how incarcerated youth are characterized by particularly high rates of childhood trauma, a significant risk factor for outcomes including risky behaviors and recidivism. The authors examined relationships between TCL 2.0 scores, measures of psychopathology, and psycopathic traits in a sample of incarcerated male juvenile offenders.
Date: September 21, 2023
Creator: Shold, Jenna N.; Maurer, J. Micahel; Reynolds, Brooke L.; Gullapalli, Aparna R.; Allen, Corey H.; Edwards, Bethany G. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Health, Psychological and Demographic Predictors of Depression in People with Fibromyalgia and Osteoarthritis (open access)

Health, Psychological and Demographic Predictors of Depression in People with Fibromyalgia and Osteoarthritis

Article examining the differences in predictors of depression among individuals with fibromyalgia (FM) and osteoarthritis (OA) using a range of health, demographic, and psychological variables.
Date: January 5, 2022
Creator: Van Dyne, Angelina; Moy, Jason; Wash, Kalila; Thompson, Linda; Skow, Taylor; Roesch, Scott C. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Metacognitive Self: The Role of Motivation and an Updated Measurement Tool (open access)

The Metacognitive Self: The Role of Motivation and an Updated Measurement Tool

Article on the theoretical motivational background regarding metacognitive self. Based on this framework, a single-factor structure of metacognitive self is developed from modification of the MCSQ-40 questionnaire and results in a new tool: MCSQ-21.
Date: February 2019
Creator: Brycz, Hannah; Konarski, Roman & Wright, Rex
System: The UNT Digital Library