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This research aims at recognising the factor structure of the revised version of The Islamic Scale for Greed and Frugality (ISGF) and introducing its psychometric properties. The statistical population consisted of all students from two academic institutions. Using the convenience-sampling method, 444 students were selected from this population and responded to the ISGF. Cronbach's alpha method was used to determine the reliability of the inventory, and factor analysis was used to determine the validity of the construct. The collected data were analysed using Pearson's correlation and split-half method. The results indicated that the ISGF-R had three factors: material satisfaction, believe in financial fate and spiritual identity. Cronbach's alpha of.85 represents the strong reliability of this scale. Based on the research findings, it can be said that ISGF-R has high validity and reliability and coherent factors are derived from it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paradigm of personality psychopathology is shifting from one that is purely categorical in nature to one grounded in dimensional individual differences. Section III (Emerging Measures and Models) of theDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders(5th ed. [DSM–5]; American Psychiatric Association, 2013), for example, includes a hybrid categorical/dimensional model of personality disorder classification. To inform the hybrid model, theDSM–5Personality and Personality Disorders Work Group developed a self-report instrument to assess pathological personality traits—the Personality Inventory for the DSM–5 (PID–5). Since its recent introduction, 30 papers (39 samples) have been published examining various aspects of its psychometric properties. In this article, we review the psychometric characteristics of the PID–5 using the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing as our framework. The PID–5 demonstrates adequate psychometric properties, including a replicable factor structure, convergence with existing personality instruments, and expected associations with broadly conceptualized clinical constructs. More research is needed with specific consideration to clinical utility, additional forms of reliability and validity, relations with psychopathological personality traits using clinical samples, alternative methods of criterion validation, effective employment of cut scores, and the inclusion of validity scales to propel this movement forward. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Automated neurocognitive tests are commonly used by military providers for making clinical decisions about the recovery of postconcussive cognitive sequelae. This practice often utilizes baseline assessments that precede the concussive injury. As such, investigating and establishing the psychometrics of an instrument is necessary to minimize confounds for interpreting assessment scores. Test–retest reliability (TRR) values for an 8.3 ± 2-day retest window for the Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Metrics-Version 4 (ANAM) were calculated in 86 healthy U.S. Army soldiers deployed to Iraq. After removal of outliers, all but 1 subtest, Simple Reaction Time, had adequate or greater TRR values (intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.72–0.86). The findings suggest that overall, the ANAM has good temporal stability when the retesting intertrial interval is less than 11 days while in a deployed environment. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Experiences in Close Relationships–Revised (ECR–r) is a self-report instrument to assess adult attachment style that seems to have appropriate psychometric qualities. The ECR–r has been most widely studied in student and community samples. In this study we report factor structure, reliability, and construct validity of the Dutch translation of the ECR–r in an outpatient mental health sample (N= 262). The original factor structure could satisfactorily be replicated, the reliability of the ECR–r was also stable over time, and there was good evidence for its construct validity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A response by Lester B. Mayers and Thomas S. Redick to a commentary to their article "Clinical utility of ImPACT assessment for postconcussion return-to-play counseling: Psychometric issues," published in a 2012 issue, is presented. Both Mayers and Redick agree that the nature of their paper was an opinion rather than a review. They explain their framework for identifying published articles. They refute claims that their review had a selective and biased nature.

A commentary to the article "Clinical utility of ImPACT assessment for postconcussion return-to-play counseling: Psychometric issues," published in a 2012 issue, is presented. It points out a failure to document any detailed inclusion criteria for identifying published articles to guide the review of the current literature. It contends that the use of Pearson's correlation coefficients as a measure of test-retest reliability is hampered by the kind of data obtained from the measurement.