In this work, which is part of the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine Operational Based Vision Assessment program, a high resolution stereoscopic head-mounted display (HMD), X-Plane image generators, and an OptiTrack head-tracking system were used to render an immersive three-dimensional constructive environment. The purpose of this effort was to quantify the impact of aircrew vision o...

Reliability and convergent-discriminant validity of a Spanish version of the Hallucinogen Rating Scale (HRS) were assessed in two differentiated populations of hallucinogen users involving the retrospective assessment of drug effects. In Study 1 (immediate assessment), 75 European users of the South American hallucinogenic drink ayahuasca answered the HRS 4 h after drug intake in their habitual...

BACKGROUND High symptom burden is common in long-term care residents with dementia and results in distress and behavioral challenges if undetected. Physicians may have limited time to regularly examine all residents, particularly those unable to self-report, and may rely on reports from caregivers who are frequently in a good position to detect symptoms quickly. We aimed to identify proxy-compl...

Disclaimer: This is an independent assessment of evidence on the psychometric properties of the COMPAS. The authors have no vested interest in commercial risk assessment products, processes, or services. The authors " interpretation of evidence does not necessarily state or reflect the views of CDCR.

INTRODUCTION Improving occupational performance is a key service of occupational therapists and client-centred approach to care is central to clinical practice. As such it is important to comprehensively evaluate the quality of psychometric properties reported across measures of occupational performance; in order to guide assessment and treatment planning. OBJECTIVE To systematically review t...

Abstract The mindfulness approach to psychotherapy has become a topic of continuously growing scientific interest. In accordance with such interest, various self-report assessment tools have been developed to measure the mindfulness construct. The majority of the studies conducted to investigate the properties of these assessment instruments includedWestern populations. Thus, themeasurement of ...

A career in surgery in the United Kingdom demands a commitment to a long journey of assessment. The assessment methods used must ensure that the appropriate candidates are selected into a programme of study or a job and must guarantee public safety by regulating the progression of surgical trainees and the certification of trained surgeons. This review attempts to analyse the psychometric prope...

AIM To perform a psychometric assessment of the Japanese version of the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (JFIQ). METHODS Data for the psychometric assessment were collected from Japanese fibromyalgia (FM) patients who visited a clinic. Analyses were performed to examine the reliability and validity of the JFIQ. RESULTS A total of 56 patients were included in the analysis. There was no rema...

There is a long history of calls for combining cognitive science and psychometrics (Cronbach, 1975; Snow & Lohman, 1989). The U.S. standards movement, begun more than 20 years ago (McKnight et al., 1987; National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 1989), sought to articulate public standards for learning that would define and promote successful performance by all students; establish a common b...