Dr. Malcarne has a special interest in measure development and validation, especially across diverse groups.
Representative Publications:
Merz, E. L., Malcarne, V. L., Roesch, S. C., Ko, C. M., Emerson, M., Roma, V. G., & Sadler, G. R. (in press). Psychometric properties of Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) scores in an African American community sample. Journal of Affective Disorders.
Fox, R. S, Malcarne, V. L., Roesch, S. C., & Sadler, G. R. (in press). The Cultural Health Attributions Questionnaire (CHAQ): Reliability, validity, and refinement. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology.
Fox, R. S., McSorley, A. M., Roesch, S. C., Malcarne, V. L., Hawes, S. M., & Sadler, G. R. (2013). Assessment of daily and weekly fatigue among cancer survivors. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 31, 413-429.
Merz, E. L., Malcarne, V. L., Roesch, S. C., Riley, N., & Sadler, G. R. (2011). A multigroup confirmatory factor analysis of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 among English- and Spanish-speaking Latinas. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 17, 309-316.
Athale, N., Aldridge, A., Malcarne, V. L., Nakaji, M., Samady, W., & Sadler, G. R. (2010). Validity of the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control scales in American Sign Language. Journal of Health Psychology, 15, 1064-1074.
Samady, W., Sadler, G. R., Nakaji, M., & Malcarne, V. L. (2008). Translation of the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control scales for users of American Sign Language. Public Health Nursing, 25, 480-489.
Fernandez, S., Malcarne, V. L., Wilfley, D. E., & McQuaid, J. (2006). Factor structure of the Bulimia Test-Revised in college women from four ethnic groups. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 12, 403-419.
Malcarne, V.L., Chavira, D. A., Fernandez, S., & Liu, P-J. (2006). The Scale of Ethnic Experience: A measure for use across ethnic groups. Journal of Personality Assessment, 86, 150-161.
Malcarne, V. L., Fernandez, S., & Flores, L. (2005). Factorial validity of the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control scales for three American ethnic groups. Journal of Health Psychology, 10, 657-667.