Distributional patterns of item responses and total scores of the Patient Health Questionnaire for Adolescents in a general population sample of adolescents in Japan
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DOI: 10.1111/pcn.13148
Abstract: Major depression is one of the most prevalent mental health problems in adolescents and is associated with increased risk for subsequent attempted or completed suicide, comprising more than half of the reported adolescent suicide victims… read more here.
Keywords: health; general population; depression; item responses ... See more keywords
Limitations of the Sum-and-Alpha Approach to Measurement in Behavioral Research
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DOI: 10.1177/23727322221117144
Abstract: Many behavioral researchers are interested in measuring constructs such as mood, affect, or cognition—all of which cannot be observed directly. Instead, researchers administer items from surveys, tests, or scales to indirectly measure aspects of the… read more here.
Keywords: behavioral research; item responses; sum alpha; limitations sum ... See more keywords