DIAGNOSIS AND ASSESMENT Flashcards
The CLASSIFICATION of
1 disorders by Symptoms and
Signs
Diagnosis
CONSISTENCY of Measurement
Reliability
Under Reliability, this is the
OBSERVER agreement
Inter-Rater Reliability
Under Reliability, this is the similarity of scores across
repeated test administrations or observations
Test-Retest Reliability
Under Reliability, this is the similarity of scores on the test that are similar, but not identical
Alternate Forms Reliability
Under Reliability, this is the EXTENT to which test items are related to one another
Internal Consistency
This is how well the test
MEASURES what it is SUPPOSED to measure
Validity
Under Validity, this is the extent to which a measure adequately samples the domain of interest
Content Validity
Under Validity, this is the extent to which a measure is
associated with another measure
Criterion Validity
Under Validity and under CRITERION validity, TWO
measures are administered at the same point in time
Concurrent Validity
Under Validity, and under CRITERION validity, this is the ability of the measure to PREDICT another variable
measured at some future point in time
Predictive Validity
Under Validity, this involves correlating multiple indirect measures of the attribute ; also known as the “Umbrella Validity”
Construct Validity
5 Axes of the DSM - V
I - all categories except PD and Metal Ret.
II - Personality Dis. and Mental Ret.
III - General Medical Conditions
IV - Psychosocial and Environmental Probs
V - Global Assessment of Functioning Scale (GAF)
Presence or Absence of a disorder, either you have it or not
Categorical
Your RANK on a continuous quantitative DIMENSION
Dimensional