Risk Prediction and Assessment of Intervention, Re-education and Reintegration of Juvenile Offenders: Development and Psychometric Properties of the PREVI-A.

This paper proposes and analyzes the psychometric properties of the PREVI-A scale (--Risk Prediction and Intervention Assessment in the ARRMI). It describes the process of item development, the factorial structure of the scale, reliability, evidence of validity and diagnostic performance with regard to recidivism risk in juvenile offenders. The sample was made up of 212 juvenile offenders held at detention centers run by the Madrid Agency for Reeducation and Reintegration of Juvenile Offenders, a regional government body.

A Psychometric Study of a Spanish Version of the Negative Acts Questionnaire-Revised: Confirmatory Factor Analysis.

Background: The NAQ (Negative Acts Questionnaire) has been widely used in more than 40 countries to measure the mobbing phenomenon. This research aims to present a psychometric study based on the Spanish version of the NAQ-R carried out by González-Trijueque and Graña (2013). As opposed to the original scale, this sample contains 23 items and a three-dimension model (personal bullying, work-related bullying, and physically intimidating forms of bullying).

Psychometric evaluation of the Self-Appraisal Questionnaire in a Spanish sample of offenders.

Background: The Self-Appraisal Questionnaire (SAQ) is a self-report instrument designed to predict recidivism among adult criminal offenders. The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of this self-report in a Spanish sample of offenders.

Method: The questionnaire was administered to 276 offenders recruited from various prisons in Madrid (Spain).

Psychometrical properties of the "How I Think" Questionnaire (HIT-Q) in adolescents.

Background: The How I Think Questionnaire (HIT-Q) was developed to measure the main categories of self-serving cognitive distortions.

Method: The present study analyses the psychometric properties of the HIT-Q Spanish-Version. The sample consisted of 1.

Psychometric properties of the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS) in a community sample of couples.

Background: This study analyzed the psychometric properties of the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS).

Method: A sample of 1,180 participants, 590 adult heterosexual couples, from the Community of Madrid was examined via confirmatory factor analysis.

Results: The results indicate that the factor structure of this scale fits the hierarchical factor model proposed by the test authors.

[Validation of the modified version of the Conflict Tactics Scale (M-CTS) in a Spanish population of youths].

The modified version of the Conflict Tactics Scale (M-CTS), originally created by Straus in 1979, is one of the most extensively used instruments to detect violent verbal and physical behaviours in youths' and adolescents' dating relations. The aim of the present work was to analyze the psychometric properties of the instrument and to validate its adequacy in the Spanish population. The sample was made up of 5,355 Spanish youths from the Community of Madrid, ages between 16 and 26 years.