A Taxometric Analysis and External Validation of the Latent Structure of Student Risks and Needs.

IF 3.5 2区 心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL Assessment Pub Date : 2024-12-07 DOI:10.1177/10731911241299499
David K Marcus, Paul S Strand, Brian F French
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The present study applied taxometric analyses to the Washington Assessment of Risks and Needs of Students (WARNS)-an instrument designed to assess multiple domains of functioning related to justice system involvement arising from school disengagement-a trajectory referred to as the school to prison pipeline. Previous taxometric studies of constructs related to juvenile justice system involvement found dimensional rather than taxonic (dichotomous) latent structures. Participants were 5008 students from 89 Washington school districts who completed the WARNS as part of standard educational practices. The results were uniformly consistent with a dimensional latent structure. Also supporting a dimensional latent structure, dichotomized WARNS scores were significantly less strongly associated with student arrests, school suspensions, and school skip days than continuous WARNS scores. These findings support the dimensionality of risk and needs and have implications for assessments undertaken to improve school and social outcomes for at-risk youth.

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学生风险与需求潜在结构的分类分析与外部验证。
本研究将分类分析应用于华盛顿学生风险和需求评估(警告)——一种旨在评估因学校脱离而引起的与司法系统参与相关的多个功能领域的工具——一种被称为学校到监狱管道的轨迹。先前对青少年司法系统参与相关构式的分类研究发现了维度而不是分类(二分)潜在结构。参与者是来自华盛顿89个学区的5008名学生,他们完成了警告,作为标准教育实践的一部分。结果与维度潜结构一致。与连续警告分数相比,二分类警告分数与学生被捕、停学和逃课天数的关系明显较弱,这也支持了维度潜在结构。这些发现支持了风险和需求的维度,并对为改善有风险青年的学校和社会结果而进行的评估产生了影响。
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期刊介绍: Assessment publishes articles in the domain of applied clinical assessment. The emphasis of this journal is on publication of information of relevance to the use of assessment measures, including test development, validation, and interpretation practices. The scope of the journal includes research that can inform assessment practices in mental health, forensic, medical, and other applied settings. Papers that focus on the assessment of cognitive and neuropsychological functioning, personality, and psychopathology are invited. Most papers published in Assessment report the results of original empirical research, however integrative review articles and scholarly case studies will also be considered.
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