Session Overview
 
Date: Thursday, 23/Jul/2015
8:30am
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9:30am
K1: Assessing and Changing Cognitive Processes in Addiction
Location: KO2-F-180 (Ⅵ)
Chair: Victor J. Rubio
Reinout W. Wiers (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
9:45am
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11:15am
IS1: Is “Q-short” a Useful Approach for Psychological Assessment? Pitfalls and Opportunities of Short Questionnaires for the Measurement of Psychological Constructs
Location: KO2-F-180 (Ⅵ)
Chair: Christoph J. Kemper
 

Is “Q-short” a useful approach for psychological assessment? Pitfalls and opportunities of short questionnaires for the measurement of psychological constructs

Chair(s): Christoph J. Kemper (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg)

 

Presentations of the Symposium

 

Assessing personality and situation perception at the same time, in a short time

Matthias Ziegler1, Kai Horstmann1, Marko Vetter2; zieglema@hu-berlin.dezieglema@hu-berlin.de
1Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany, 2Schuhfried GmbH, Austria

 

Following the ants: Pros and cons of Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) for short scale development

Anne B. Janssen1, Martin Schultze2, Adrian Grötsch3; a.janssen@jacobs-university.dea.janssen@jacobs-university.de
1Jacobs University Bremen, Germany, 2Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, 3Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany

 

Best practices in short scale development: Comparing state-of-the-art methods using simulated and empirical data

Peter M. Kruyen1, Constanze Beierlein2, Beatrice Rammstedt2; p.m.kruyen@gmail.comp.m.kruyen@gmail.com
1Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 2GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Germany

11:45am
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1:15pm
PD: Potential Impact of the Revised EFPA Review Model for the Description and Evaluation of Psychological and Educational Tests
Location: KO2-F-180 (Ⅵ)
Chair: Dave Bartram
Discussants: Johnny Fontaine, Mark Schittekatte, Fons van de Vijver
2:30pm
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3:30pm
K2: Assessment of Personality Disorders in DSM-5
Location: KO2-F-180 (Ⅵ)
Chair: Daniel Leising
Robert Krueger (University of Minnesota, USA)
4:30pm
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6:00pm
IS2: On the Effect of Item Positions in Tests
Location: KO2-F-180 (Ⅵ)
Chair: Karl Schweizer
Chair: Siegbert Reiß
 

On the effect of item positions in tests

Chair(s): Karl Schweizer (Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany), Siegbert Reiß (Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany)

 

Presentations of the Symposium

 

The impact of the position effect on the factorial structure of the Culture Fair Test (CFT)

Stefan J. Troche1, Felicitas L. Wagner2, Karl Schweizer3, Thomas H. Rammsayer2; Stefan.Troche@uni-wh.deStefan.Troche@uni-wh.de
1Private Universität Witten/Herdecke, Germany, 2University of Bern, Switzerland, 3Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany

 

The position effect in a Rasch-homogenous test: A fixed-links modeling approach

Philipp Thomas1, Thomas H. Rammsayer1, Karl Schweizer2, Stefan J. Troche3; philipp.thomas@psy.unibe.chphilipp.thomas@psy.unibe.ch
1University of Bern, Switzerland, 2Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, 3Private Universität Witten/Herdecke, Germany

 

Predictors of an individual decrease in test performance during the PISA assessments

Johannes Hartig1, Janine Buchholz1, Dries Debeer2, Rianne Janssen2; hartig@dipf.dehartig@dipf.de
1DIPF, Germany, 2KU Leuven, Belgium

 

Modeling response omissions in tests using a tree-based IRT approach

Dries Debeer, Rianne Janssen; Rianne.Janssen@ppw.kuleuven.beRianne.Janssen@ppw.kuleuven.be
KU Leuven, Belgium

 

On the search for the best possible representation of the item-position effect: A simulation study based on APM

Florian Zeller, Siegbert Reiss, Karl Schweizer; Florian.zeller@outlook.comFlorian.zeller@outlook.com
Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

6:15pm
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7:45pm
Members Meeting
Location: KO2-F-180 (Ⅵ)

 
Date: Friday, 24/Jul/2015
8:30am
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9:30am
K3: Ambulatory Assessment: Promises and Challenges
Location: KO2-F-180 (Ⅵ)
Chair: Tuulia M. Ortner
Ulrich Ebner-Priemer (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
9:45am
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11:15am
IS3: Recent Methodological Developments for Testing Measurement Invariance
Location: KO2-F-180 (Ⅵ)
Chair: Carolin Strobl
 

Recent methodological developments for testing measurement invariance

Chair(s): Carolin Strobl (Universität Zürich, Switzerland)

 

Presentations of the Symposium

 

Detecting violations of measurement invariance in item response theory

Carolin Strobl1, Julia Kopf2, Basil Abou El-Komboz2, Achim Zeileis3; carolin.strobl@uzh.chcarolin.strobl@uzh.ch
1Universität Zürich, Switzerland, 2LMU München, Germany, 3Universität Innsbruck, Austria

 

Score-based tests of measurement invariance with respect to continuous and ordinal variables

Achim Zeileis1, Edgar C. Merkle2, Ting Wang2; Achim.Zeileis@uibk.ac.atAchim.Zeileis@uibk.ac.at
1Universität Innsbruck, Austria, 2University of Missouri, USA

 

Exact versus approximate measurement invariance. Theoretical overview and empirical examples

Jan Cieciuch, Eldad Davidov, René Algesheimer; jancieciuch@gazeta.pljancieciuch@gazeta.pl
Universität Zürich, Switzerland

 

Differential item functioning in cognitive diagnosis models

Michel Philipp1, Carolin Strobl1, Achim Zeileis2; m.philipp@psychologie.uzh.chm.philipp@psychologie.uzh.ch
1Universität Zürich, Switzerland, 2Universität Innsbruck, Austria

11:45am
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1:15pm
IS4: Cross-Cultural Assessment
Location: KO2-F-180 (Ⅵ)
Chair: Fons van de Vijver
 

Cross-cultural assessment

Chair(s): Fons van de Vijver (Tilburg University, The Netherlands)

 

Presentations of the Symposium

 

Controlling for culture-specific response bias using ipsatization and response style indicators: Family orientation in fourteen cultures and two generations

Boris Mayer; boris.mayer@psy.unibe.chboris.mayer@psy.unibe.ch
University of Bern, Switzerland

 

The qualitative assessment of bias: Contributions of cognitive interviewing methodology to the bias definition

Isabel Benítez Baena1, Fons van de Vijver2, José-Luis Padilla García3; ibenitez@ugr.esibenitez@ugr.es
1University of Granada, Spain, Tilburg University, The Netherland, 2Tilburg University, The Netherlands, 3University of Granada, Spain

 

The internal structure of the guilt and shame domain across cultures

Johnny Fontaine; Johnny.Fontaine@UGent.beJohnny.Fontaine@UGent.be
Ghent University, Belgium

 

Extreme response style in attitudinal and behavioral questions

Jia He1, Isabel Benítez Baena2, Byron Adams1, Fons van de Vijver1; Fons.vandeVijver@uvt.nlFons.vandeVijver@uvt.nl
1Tilburg University, The Netherlands, 2University of Granada, Spain, Tilburg University, The Netherland

1:45pm
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2:25pm
Meet the Editor - Q&A with the Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Psychological Assessment
Location: KO2-F-180 (Ⅵ)
Chair: René Proyer
Matthias Ziegler (Humboldt University Berlin, Germany)
2:30pm
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3:30pm
K4: Computer Adaptive Assessment of Personality
Location: KO2-F-180 (Ⅵ)
Chair: Matthias Ziegler
Fritz Drasgow (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
4:30pm
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6:00pm
IS5: On the Validity of Objective Personality Tests: What Do They Measure?
Location: KO2-F-180 (Ⅵ)
Chair: Tuulia M. Ortner
 

On the validity of objective personality tests: What do they measure?

Chair(s): Tuulia M. Ortner (University of Salzburg, Austria)

 

Presentations of the Symposium

 

Economic games as objective personality measures – Stability, reliability, and validity

Simona Maltese1, Anna Baumert1, Thomas Schlösser2, Manfred Schmitt1; maltese@uni-landau.demaltese@uni-landau.de
1University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany, 2University of Cologne, Germany

 

An objective task-based personality test for assessing risk propensity: Analyzing feedback and convergent validity of the PTR

Victor Rubio, David Aguado, Marta Antúnez, José Santacreu; victor.rubio@uam.esvictor.rubio@uam.es
University Autonoma Madrid, Spain

 

Is it a "test"? Psychometric criteria of the Balloon Analogue Risk Task

Tuulia M. Ortner1, Michael Eid2, Tobias Koch2; tuulia.ortner@sbg.ac.attuulia.ortner@sbg.ac.at
1University of Salzburg, Austria, 2Free University of Berlin, Germany

 

Neuroimaging implicit and explicit assessment

Belinda Pletzer, Tuulia M. Ortner; belinda.pletzer@sbg.ac.atbelinda.pletzer@sbg.ac.at
University of Salzburg, Austria


 
Date: Saturday, 25/Jul/2015
9:00am
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10:00am
K5: Do Countries and Organizations Have Personalities?
Location: KO2-F-180 (Ⅵ)
Chair: Fons van de Vijver
Dave Bartram (CEB’s SHL Talent Management Solutions, UK, and University of Pretoria, Department of Human Resource Management, South Africa)
10:15am
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11:45am
IS6: The Assessment of 21st Century Skills
Location: KO2-F-180 (Ⅵ)
Chair: Samuel Greiff
Discussant: Arthur C. Graesser
 

The assessment of 21st century skills

Chair(s): Samuel Greiff (University of Luxembourg, Lucembourg)

Discussant(s): Arthur C. Graesser (University of Memphis, USA)

 

Presentations of the Symposium

 

Simulation-based assessment of ICT skills

Frank Goldhammer1, Lena Engelhardt2, Johannes Naumann3, Andreas Frey4, Katja Hartig3, Holger Horz3, Kathrin Kuchta3, Franziska Wenzel4; goldhammer@dipf.degoldhammer@dipf.de
1DIPF and ZIB, Germany, 2DIPF, Germany, 3Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany, 4University of Jena, Germany

 

Processes and predictors of digital reading literacy: What we can and cannot learn from large-scale assessments

Johannes Naumann1, Frank Goldhammer2, Ladislao Salmerón3; j.naumann@em.uni-frankfurt.dej.naumann@em.uni-frankfurt.de
1Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany, 2DIPF and ZIB, Germany, 3University of Valencia, Spain

 

The role of complex problem solving in university success

Matthias Stadler1, Nicolas Becker2, Christoph Niepel1, Samuel Greiff1; matthias.stadler@uni.lumatthias.stadler@uni.lu
1University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, 2University of Saarbrucken, Germany

12:15pm
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1:15pm
K6: Measuring Adaptive and Maladaptive Personality for Workplace Applications
Location: KO2-F-180 (Ⅵ)
Chair: Johnny Fontaine
Deniz S. Ones (University of Minnesota, USA)
2:30pm
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3:30pm
Closing Ceremony
Location: KO2-F-180 (Ⅵ)