Construct validity evidence reporting practices for the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test: A systematic scoping review
Higgins and colleagues reviewed studies that used the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test, a widely used measure of social cognition that is often applied in clinical research and whose score validity has been questioned. They examined what validity evidence the studies reported across six areas: internal consistency, test-retest reliability, factor structure, convergent validity, discriminant validity and known-group validity. Nearly two-thirds of the studies reported no validity evidence in any of these areas, and where evidence was reported it often did not meet accepted standards. The authors conclude that scores on the test, and the findings built on them, are largely unsubstantiated and hard to interpret.
Higgins and colleagues reviewed studies that used the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test, a widely used measure of social cognition that is often applied in clinical research and whose score validity has been questioned. They examined what validity evidence the studies reported across six areas: internal consistency, test-retest reliability, factor structure, convergent validity, discriminant validity and known-group validity. Nearly two-thirds of the studies reported no validity evidence in any of these areas, and where evidence was reported it often did not meet accepted standards. The authors conclude that scores on the test, and the findings built on them, are largely unsubstantiated and hard to interpret.
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Higgins, W. C., Kaplan, D. M., Deschrijver, E., & Ross, R. M. (2024). Construct validity evidence reporting practices for the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test: A systematic scoping review. Clinical Psychology Review, 108, 102378. doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2023.102378