the aim of this study is the normalization of the wender utah rating scale which is used to detect adults with attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder (adhd). available sampling method was used to choose 400 parents of children (200 parents of children with adhd as compared to 200 parents of normal children). wender utah rating scale, which has been designed to diagnose adhd in adults, is ...

Conflict of interest: none. ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the diagnostic sensitivity, specificity, and agreement of the Dementia Rating Scale with clinical diagnosis of cognitive impairment and to compare its psychometric measures with those from Mini Mental State Examination. Methods: Eighty-six elders from a long-term care institution were invited to participate in a study, and fifty-eight ...

The HOPE Scale was introduced with initial validity evidence at the 2009 AERA conference. Based on these results a new validity study was conducted on revisions made to the Scale. Items were added and the HOPE Scale was completed by a new sample of 71 teachers on their respective 1700 students. Using these data, the HOPE Scale was evaluated using confirmatory factor analysis and multi-group CFA...

background and aims. different factors affect children’s behavior during dental treatment, including psychological and behavioral characteristics. the aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation of self-concept on child’s anxiety and behavior during dental treatment in 4 to 6-year-old children. materials and methods. a total of 235 preschoolers aged 4 to 6 years were included in this desc...

Writing assessments often make use of analytic rating scales to describe the criteria for different performance levels. However, the use of such rating scales requires a level of interpretation by raters and if several raters are involved, the reliability of examinee scores can be significantly affected (Engelhard, 1992; McNamara 1996). Variability between raters is partly managed by rater trai...