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Test Development Record

Test Master Profile
Test Name	Propensity to Connect with Others Scale (PCO), 2008
Authors	Totterdell, Peter; Holman, David; Hukin, Amy
doi	10.1037/t02905-000
Construct	Propensity to Connect with Others
Purpose	The purpose of the PCO Scale is to measure three components of propensity to connect with others: making friendships, making acquaintances, and joining others.
Administration Method	Paper
Summary	The Propensity to Connect with Others (PCO) Scale (Totterdell, Holman, & Hukin, 2008) measures three components of PCO: making friendships, making acquaintances, and joining others. Each component includes 3 items measuring the extent to which participants have such ties, the ease with which they make such ties, and their attraction to making such ties. Undergraduate students completed the PCO Scale using a 5-point response scale ranging from 1 ("does not describe me very well") to 5 ("describes me very well"). Cronbach's alpha values were .85, .65, .75, and .85 for making friendships, making acquaintances, joining others, and total scale, respectively. Confirmatory factor analysis supported the scale's three-factor structure. In support of concurrent validity, overall PCO Scale scores and two of its components (making friends and making acquaintances) were significantly positively correlated with size of university friendship network. Correlation patterns between the PCO Scale and extraversion, positive affinity, and indicators of personal adjustment supported discriminant and predictive validity.
Test Development Record
PsycTESTS Unique Identifier	9999-02905-001
Reported In	Totterdell, Peter; Holman, David; Hukin, Amy. Social networkers: Measuring and examining individual differences in propensity to connect with others. Social Networks, Vol 30(4), Oct 2008, 283–296. doi: 10.1016/j.socnet.2008.04.003
Construct	Propensity to Connect with Others
Purpose	The purpose of the PCO Scale is measure three components of propensity to connect with others: making friendships, making acquaintances, and joining others.
Acronym(s)	PCO
Language	English
Author	Totterdell, Peter; Holman, David; Hukin, Amy
Email	Totterdell, Peter: P.Totterdell@sheffield.ac.uk
Correspondence Address	Totterdell, Peter: University of Sheffield, Institute of Work Psychology, Sheffield, United Kingdom, S10 2TN, P.Totterdell@sheffield.ac.uk
Affiliation	Totterdell, Peter University of Sheffield, Institute of Work Psychology, Sheffield, United Kingdom
	Holman, David University of Sheffield, Institute of Work Psychology, Sheffield, United Kingdom
	Hukin, Amy University of Sheffield, Institute of Work Psychology, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Format	The PCO Scale includes 9 items and a 5-point response scale ranging from 1 ("does not describe me very well") to 5 ("describes me very well").
Number of Items
Test Format
Number of Test Items	There are 9 items in the Propensity to Connect with Others Scale, with 3 items each forming the components of making friendships, making acquaintances, and joining others.
Administration Method	Paper
Permissions	May use for Research/Teaching
Fee	No
Commercial	No
Reliability	Internal consistency: In Study 1, with undergraduates, the alphas were .85, .65, .75, and .85 for the components of making friendships, making acquaintances, joining others, and the overall scale, respectively. In Study 2, with an employed sample, the internal consistency reliabilities of the overall scale and its three components all exceeded .70.
Validity	Criterion validity: Overall PCO was significantly positively correlated with the size of university friendship networks (r = .20, p < .01), betweenness centrality in the friendship network (r = .21, p < .01), and gatekeeper brokerage in the advice network (r = .16, p < .05).
Population	Human; Male; Female
Population Details	Sample: Undergraduates & Health-Care Organization Employees
Age Group	Adulthood (18 yrs & older); Young Adulthood (18–29 yrs); Thirties (30–39 yrs); Middle Age (40–64 yrs)
Keywords	joining others; making acquaintances; making friendships; Propensity to Connect with Others Scale; social network characteristics; test development
Index Terms	Friendship; Interpersonal Interaction; Interpersonal Relationships; Rating Scales; Social Networks; Test Development
Release Date	20110912

Test Review Record

Test Master Profile
Test Name	Correctional Mental Health Screening for Women (CMHS-W), 2007
Authors	Ford, Julian D.; Trestman, Robert L.
doi	10.1037/t04500-000
Construct	Mental Functioning
Purpose	The purpose of the Correctional Mental Health Screening for Women is to identify undetected psychiatric impairment on incarceration.
Administration Method	Paper, Interview
Summary	The Correctional Mental Health Screening for Women (CMHS-W [initially given the acronym CMHS-F]; Ford & Trestman, 2007), developed under the aegis of research funded by the National Institute of Justice, is a screen derived from validated measures. Five psychometrically robust questionnaires constituted the screening interview, four of which were used to yield 56 dichotomous scores representing a broad spectrum (to maximize content validity) of the primary criterion symptoms for DSM-IV Axis I mood disorders, psychotic disorders, anxiety disorders, somatoform disorders, eating disorders, and the major features of Clusters A, B, and C Axis II psychiatric disorders. They were drawn from the Screening module from the SCID–Patient Version (SCID-P), the Primary Care PTSD Screen, the Iowa Personality Disorders Screen, and Referral Decision Scale. Item reduction analyses resulted in an 8-item screen for women and a 12-item screen for men identified inmates with current Axis I psychiatric disorders with 83% to 100% accuracy on the basis of cut points chosen to maximize negative predictive power. Internal consistency (Cronbach's α) was .76, and retest κ values (for each item) were .41 to .91 (median = .66) for the CMHS-F. The CMHS showed evidence of incremental predictive utility with White and Black men and White women. Incremental validity was not supported with Black women, for whom the CMHS performed well in identifying true cases but not in ruling out noncases.
Test Review Record
PsycTESTS Unique Identifier	9999-04500-002
Reported In	Ford, Julian D.; Trestman, Robert L.; Wiesbrock, Valerie H.; Zhang, Wanli. Validation of a brief screening instrument for identifying psychiatric disorders among newly incarcerated adults. Psychiatric Services, Vol 60(6), Jun 2009, 842-846. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.60.6.842
Construct	Mental Functioning
Purpose	The purpose of the Correctional Mental Health Screening for Women is to identify undetected psychiatric impairment on incarceration.
Acronym(s)	CMHS-W
Language	English
Author	Ford, Julian D.; Trestman, Robert L.
Email	Ford, Julian D.: jford@uchc.edu
Correspondence Address	Ford, Julian D.: University of Connecticut Health Center, Department of Psychiatry, MC1410, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, Connecticut, United States, 06030, ford@psychiatry.uchc.edu
Affiliation	Ford, Julian D. University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States
	Trestman, Robert L. University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States
Format	The Correctional Mental Health Screening for Women uses a Yes/No response format.
Number of Test Items	The measure consists of 8 items.
Administration Method	Interview
Permissions	May use for Research/Teaching
Fee	No
Commercial	No
Reliability	Internal Consistency: Internal consistency first was confirmed for the CMHS-F (Cronbach's α = .76). Test-retest Reliability: Retest reliability for the measure was also acceptable (Pearson r = .82 and Kendall's τ-C = .70). Interrater Reliability: Interrater agreement was 100% for the measure.
Validity	Predictive Validity: Accuracy for the CMHSF (73%–80%) for the identification of current axis I or II psychiatric disorders replicated results of an instrument development study and exceeded the accuracy levels reported for alternative brief mental health screening measures with incarcerated adults. Cutoff points were identified that maximized positive or negative predictive power.
Population Details	Sample: Incarcerated Adults in Connecticut
	Location: United States
Age Group	Adulthood (18 yrs & older); Young Adulthood (18-29 yrs); Thirties (30-39 yrs); Middle Age (40-64 yrs)
Keywords	Correctional Mental Health Screening for Women; Test Review; Identifying Psychiatric Disorders; Newly Incarcerated Adults
Index Terms	Correctional Institutions; Female Criminals; Mental Disorders; Screening Tests; Test Reliability; Test Validity
Release Date	20111010

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