Aaron James Kaat

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Research Interests

Dr. Kaat received his Ph.D. in Psychology - Intellectual and Developmental Disorders and a secondary graduate concentration in quantitative psychology from the Ohio State University. After that, he joined the research faculty at FSM to develop and validate self- and parent-report measures and direct assessments.

Dr. Kaat is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Social Sciences at Northwestern University. He has a strong background in psychometrics and child development—in particular intellectual, and developmental disorders (I/DD). His research program relates to measure development, adaptation, and validation in special populations using psychometrics and latent variable models. He is particularly interested in multiple-group item response theory (IRT), where the special populations may have a different distributional form than in the reference—i.e., general—population. At Northwestern, Dr. Kaat has emphasized psychometrics related to the instruments within the HealthMeasures suite (i.e. the NIH Toolbox, PROMIS, PROMIS Pediatric, Neuro-QoL, and ASCQ-Me).

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, Ohio State University

… → 2014

Research interests

Autism Spectrum Disorders
Developmental Psychopathology
Patient-Reported Outcomes
Psychology
Psychometrics
Quality of Life

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Grants

3 Finished
12 Active

NIH Infant and Toddler Toolbox

Bass, M., Blackwell, C. K., Cella, D., Flynn, R., Gershon, R., Kaat, A. J., Kallen, M. A., Lai, J., Krogh-Jespersen, S., Nowinski, C. J., Shaunfield, S. L., Wakschlag, L. S., Waxman, S. R. & LaForte, E. M.

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

9/20/19 → 9/19/20

Project: Research project

ECHO PRO Research Resource: A Developmentally-based Measurement Science Framework for Assessing Environmental Exposure and Child Health

Bass, M., Blackwell, C. K., Cella, D., Fox, R. S., Funk, W. E., Gershon, R., Graham, A. K., Hook, J. N., Jensen, S. E., Kaat, A. J., Kallen, M. A., Lai, J., Krogh-Jespersen, S., Nowinski, C. J., Roberts, M. Y., Wakschlag, L. S. & LaForte, E. M.

Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health

9/1/19 → 8/31/23

Project: Research project

Patient Reported Outcome-based Performance Measure for Primary Care Practices Participating in the Comprehensive Primary Care

Bass, M., Cella, D., Kaat, A. J., Nowinski, C. J., Peipert, J. D. & Schalet, B. D.

RAND Corporation, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

5/23/19 → 5/22/22

Project: Research project

SP0046767 Data Stats Core

Condon, D. M., Gershon, R., Kaat, A. J. & Schalet, B. D.

National Institute on Aging

9/15/18 → 5/31/23

Project: Research project

Development of a Patient and Caregiver Reported Instrument of the Access to and Quality of Home Health Care for Children with Medical Complexity

Kaat, A. J. & Shaunfield, S. L.

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health

1/1/18 → 12/15/20

Project: Research project

Research Output

329 Citations
21 Article
2 Chapter
2 Review article
1 Comment/debate
1 More
- 1 Editorial

Translation, cross-cultural and construct validity of the Dutch–Flemish PROMIS® upper extremity item bank v2.0

Haan, E. J. A., Terwee, C. B., Van Wier, M. F., Willigenburg, N. W., Van Deurzen, D. F. P., Pisters, M. F., Kaat, A. J. & Roorda, L. D., Jan 1 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Quality of Life Research.