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A Rasch Differential Item Functioning Analysis of the Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument

Published:2006-06 Issue:3 Volume:66 Page:502-521
ISSN:0013-1644
Container-title:Educational and Psychological Measurement
language:en
Short-container-title:Educational and Psychological Measurement

Author:

Cauffman Elizabeth¹,MacIntosh Randall²

Affiliation:

1. University of California, Irvine,

2. California State University, Sacramento

Abstract

The juvenile justice system needs a tool that can identify and assess mental health problems among youths quickly with validity and reliability. The goal of this article is to evaluate the racial/ethnic and gender differential item functioning (DIF) of the Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument-Second Version (MAYSI-2) using the Rasch Model. Data are presented from 3,906 assessments of male and female juvenile offenders between 13 and 17 years of age who are incarcerated in the California Youth Authority. DIF is identified in some items, raising concerns about the Suicide Ideation subscale as well as the Traumatic Experiences subscale that may require some further examination and revision.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Applied Mathematics,Applied Psychology,Developmental and Educational Psychology,Education

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0013164405282460

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