caa a22 4500 606153322 CHVBK 20210128100553.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11121-015-0545-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11121-015-0545-z Increasing the Sensitivity of Measures to Change [Elektronische Daten] [Carlotta Fok, David Henry] Little attention is paid in prevention research to the ability of measures to accurately assess change, termed "responsiveness” or "sensitivity to change.” This paper reviews definitions and measures of responsiveness, and suggests five strategies for increasing sensitivity to change, with central focus on prevention research with small samples: (a) improving understandability and cultural validity, (b) assuring that the measure covers the full range of the latent construct being measured, (c) eliminating redundant items, (d) maximizing sensitivity of the device used to collect responses; and (e) asking directly about change. Examples of the application of each strategy are provided. The discussion focuses on using the issues as a checklist for improving measures and the implications of sensitivity to change for prevention research with small samples. Society for Prevention Research, 2015 Sensitivity to change nationallicence Item response theory nationallicence Small sample methodology nationallicence Alaska Native nationallicence Fok Carlotta University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA aut Henry David University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA aut Prevention Science Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 16/7(2015-10-01), 978-986 1389-4986 16:7<978 2015 16 11121 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-015-0545-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-015-0545-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fok Carlotta University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Henry David University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Prevention Science Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 16/7(2015-10-01), 978-986 1389-4986 16:7<978 2015 16 11121