PSYC 2490 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder, Concurrent Validity

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2490
• Professor: Janine M.Montgomery

Document Summary

Criterion validity = evaluated by determining whether a measure is associated in an expected way with some other measure (the criterion, concurrent validity = both variables are measured at the same point in time. E. g. showing that a measure of negative thoughts is associated with a measure of depression symptoms o. Predictive validity = the ability of the measure to predict some other variable that is measured at some point in the future. International classification of diseases (icd) o axis 5 is removed, instead the who disability assessment. Schedule (whodas) is included: organizing diagnoses by causes, defines diagnoses on the basis of symptoms (dsm-iv) o chapters are reorganized to reflect patterns of comorbidity and shared etiology (dsm-5)