@article{ref1,
title="Development and Validation of the Delinquency Reduction Outcome Profile (DROP) in a Sample of Incarcerated Juveniles: A Multiconstruct-Multisituational Scoring Approach",
journal="Psychological assessment",
year="2012",
author="Barbot, Baptiste and Haeffel, Gerald J. and Macomber, Donna and Hart, Lesley and Chapman, John and Grigorenko, Elena L.",
volume="24",
number="4",
pages="901-912",
abstract="The Delinquency Reduction Outcome Profile (DROP) is a novel situational-judgment test (SJT) designed to measure social decision making in delinquent youth. The DROP includes both a typical SJT scoring method, which captures the deviation of an individual response from an &quot;ideal&quot; expert-based response pattern, as well as a novel &quot;Multiconstruct-Multisituational&quot; (MCMS) factor-scoring method, enabling the assessment &quot;in context&quot; of latent dimensions reflecting stable decision-making tendencies. The authors present the development and validation of the DROP across 2 studies establishing its reliability and internal and concurrent validity using a sample of 1,922 young detainees and a sample of juveniles from the community. The authors also discuss the potential usefulness of the DROP as a prognostic tool to predict recidivism for delinquent youth and to monitor changes in intervention programs designed to improve social decision-making skills. Benefits of the MCMS scoring approach for SJT literature and psychological measurement are also discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1040-3590",
doi="10.1037/a0028193",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0028193"
}