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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"Assessment device"”.
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Standardization of Oral Cloze as a Language Assessment Device for Bilingual Hispanic Children
… to be both reliable and valid, the resultant assessment device would have potential screening tool as a for determining the presence of a language disorder in the bilingual Hispanic child aged 8 through 10 years.</p> <p>A review of current tests available, and a review of the literature, …
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The Use of a Monetary Based Needs Assessment Device in Evaluation of High School Curriculum
… evaluates the effectiveness of a school needs assessment device which uses a monetary standard of measurement to appraise the value of high school curriculum areas. Procedure. Three study groups composed of 146 students in grades 10, 11, and 121 48 certicated school staff; and 149 household …
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Towards practical pressure-based leakage characterisation of water distribution pipes with a novel pipe condition assessment device
… for understanding and addressing leakage. WDN assessments are also important as knowledge of the network parameters helps in reducing water losses through planned infrastructure maintenance programmes. A pipe condition assessment device (PCAD) was thus developed which can detect, characterise …
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Quantifying the Power of Pets: The Development of an Assessment Device to Measure Attachment Between Humans and Companion Animals
This study developed and evaluated a 34-item scale designed to measure human and companion animal attachment. A total of 398 individuals, ranging in age from 18 to 87, who have a pet completed the Pet-Attachment Scale (PAS). These individuals also completed the Companion Animal Bonding Scale …
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The difficulties of stepmotherhood : a comparison between stepmothers who have no children of their own and stepmothers who have their own children
… of psychometric testing. The McMaster Family Assessment Device is used to assess the family functioning and thereby investigate the difficulties of the stepmothers. The Rutter Child Behaviour Questionnaire is used to determine the range of behaviours with which the stepmother might need to …
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Kinetic family drawings as indices of family functioning
… of family functioning, the McMaster Family Assessment Device (FAD) (Epstein, Baldwin & Bishop, 1983), to assess whether KFD depictions were indices of family functioning. The results were obtained through KFDs of 96 individuals who constituted 24 families. These individuals consisted of …
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How Parenting Stress and Discouragement Impact Functioning Within Stepfamilies
… in an adult population. The Family Assessment Device measures how a family functions.
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Perceived relationship quality as a predictor of women's dropout from substance abuse treatment
… the Dyadic Formation Inventory, and the Family Assessment Device. These scales all measure relationship quality as perceived by the subjects. Perceptions of the women with substance abuse problems who completed treatment did not differ significantly from those who dropped out. The partners' …
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Increasing social interaction in socially isolated preschool children
… the lowest scores on the Behavioral Observation device and by teacher referral. A Sociometric-Assessment device was a l so used pre-post to measure the change of peer social standing. Results of t he multiple baseline analysis across subjects showed that five of the six subjects had a greater …
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Family Function, Aggression, and Psychopathic Personality Traits in College Students
… Inventory-Revised, The McMaster Family Assessment Device, and the Buss Perry Aggression Questionnaire. The data was analyzed using a regression approach to establish whether psychopathy facilitates the relationship between family history and aggression. Results suggested that while there …
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Family Function, Aggression, and Psychopathic Personality Traits in College Students
… Inventory-Revised, The McMaster Family Assessment Device, and the Buss Perry Aggression Questionnaire. The data was analyzed using a regression approach to establish whether psychopathy facilitates the relationship between family history and aggression. Results suggested that while there …
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An exploratory study of the families of bulimics from a systems perspective
… of 10 of these bulimics by means of the Family Assessment Device (Epstein and Bishop, 1983). Clinical assessment of the families of bulimics reveals unhealthy family functioning. The ratings of all family members as well as those of the researcher indicate that there is familial dysfunction on …
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Functioning among Taiwanese Families with a Child Having Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
… basic demographic information, the Family Assessment Device, Family Hardiness Index, Duke Health Profile, and Family APGAR. Pearson Correlation Coefficient test was performed to examine relationships between independent and dependent variables. To determine if the levels of child's …
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The parenting children course study: a quantitative and qualitative evaluation of a church based parenting intervention in the community
… Functioning Scale of the FAD (McMaster Family Assessment Device; Epstein, Baldwin & Bishop, 1983). The impact of changing leaders for the Live course and duration of the DVD course from five to ten weeks was also addressed. The study used 2x2 and 2x3 mixed factor ANOVAs to examine changes in …
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Adolescent Leisure Activities as a Moderator of the Negative Effects of Family Process on Adolescent Emotional Health
… completed the Global Severity Index, the Family Assessment Device, and the Leisure Questionnaire. Three regression analyses were run for the whole sample (n=243), the male sample (n=150), and the female sample (n=93). In each analysis, more family dysfunction predicted more psychological …
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Συμπτωματολογία εναντιωματικής προκλητικής διαταραχής: Ο ρόλος της γονεϊκής ψυχοπαθολογίας και της οικογενειακής λειτουργικότητας σε εφήβους 12-16 ετών
… της Γενικής Λειτουργικότητας (McMaster Family Assessment Device-FAD), η Κλίμακα Κατάθλιψης-Άγχους-Στρες (Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-DASS-21) και το Ερωτηματολόγιο για εφήβους (Youth Self-Report-YSR). Αποτελέσματα: Σύμφωνα με τις αυτοαναφορές των εφήβων, οι βαθμολογίες στο …
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An exploratory study of differences between a functionally infertile, an organically infertile and a fertile group of married couples on the dimensions of interactional functioning and mutual perceptions between partners
… husbands and wives. The McMaster Family Assessment Device and the Semantic Differential technique were used as measures of these respective dimensions, and these were administered to both partners. No significant differences were found between any of the groups investigated. On the basis …
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The counter test : assessment in a multi-cultural context
… their underlying cognitive processes, enhances assessment of cognitive ability/ competence. Additionally, the multitude of factors influencing performance in an intra- and intercultural assessment situation should be considered. A new test of cognitive ability based on Piagetian Genetic …
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The Development and Psychometric Testing of an Inventory to Measure Health-Focused Perceived Family Support and Communication Behaviors with Chronic Disease Patients: A Three-Phase Study
… General Functioning Scale of the McMaster Family Assessment Device. Future studies should explore the correlation of the Family HF-PSCB with health outcomes attributed to symptom management in populations of chronic disease patients.
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The Relationship of Family and Peer Factors to College Students’ Alcohol Use
… family functioning were assessed with the Family Assessment Device (FAD; Epstein, Baldwin, & Bishop, 1983). Reasons for drinking were assessed with the five scales developed by Stewart and Power (2001). Ethanol rates were measured with questions that asked participants to report how many glasses …
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