title: Content validity of the Visual Similes Test II.
abstract: This study examined the content validity of the Visual Similes Test II, designed to measure affective and cognitive arousal in individuals 5 to 21 years of age. The 54 participants were asked to rate the affective and cognitive content of unoccluded stimuli from the Visual Similes Test II. The participants, whose mean age was 27.0 yr. (SD=8.6), included 1 (2%) man and 53 (98%) women who were enrolled in undergraduate and graduate special education courses. Paired-sample t tests comparing the affective and cognitive ratings for each item were significant for 53 of the 55 stimuli. The mean effect size (Cohen d) was 1.49 (range = .08 to 1.9).
authors: Department of Rehabilitation and Special Education, 1228 Haley Center, Auburn University, AL 36849, USA. eaves11@charter.net
authors: Suzanne
authors: S
authors: Woods-Groves
authors: Ronald C
authors: RC
authors: Eaves
authors: Thomas O
authors: TO
authors: Williams
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011581:Psychological Tests; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012904:Smiling / Q000523:psychology*; D014796:Visual Perception