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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Psychometric instruments"”.
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Representing and Constructing. Psychometrics from the perspectives of measurement theory and concept formation.
… been virtually ignored by philosophers – the psychometric approach. Psychometric measures are typically used to measure unobservable attributes such as intelligence and personality. They typically take the form of questionnaires or tests and are validated by statistical tests of properties …
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Assessment of Method Effects of Keying and Wording in Instruments: A Mixed-Methods Explanatory Sequential Study
… wording method, and construct validity on psychometric instruments. By employing a mixed methods explanatory sequential design, the effects of keying and wording in two psychometric assessments were examined and validated. Those two self-report psychometric assessments were the Effortful …
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Audio and visual self-confrontation in psychotherapy
… - psychotherapy alone) as measured by two psychometric instruments. Thirty subjects from the Ball State Practicum Clinic participated and were assigned in a quasi-random fashion to one of the three groups. Subjects were pre-tested, treated for four sessions, and then post-tested.Statistical …
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Curiosity and Gifted Identification: A Mixed Methods Study
… and students who benefit from gifted education, psychometric instruments used for measuring curiosity could be invaluable in placing students in appropriate educational environments.</p> <p>The study used a mixed methods design to measure epistemic curiosity in gifted and non-gifted populations …
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Psychological correlates of performance, injury and illness in Two Oceans Ultramarathon athletes
… is not as well known. The availability of psychometric instruments that have shown potential when applied specifically to athletic population is promising for application in this area of research. Objective: The aim of this study was to describe the relationship between the psychological …
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Psychological correlates of injury, illness and performance in Ironman triathletes
… with these parameters. Advances in validated psychometric instruments of personality and resilience show promise in their application to further the understanding of the psyche in athletes. Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the predictive value of personality traits (novelty …
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Evaluation of a cognitive behavioural bibliotherapy self-help intervention program on the promotion of resilience in individuals with depression
… group. Data were collected with standardised psychometric instruments, including Resilience Scale, Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, and Kessler Psychological Distress Scale. Data were collected at baseline, at the end of intervention, and four weeks after the completion of …
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Enhancing biomedical terminologies to include behavioral health: a prerequisite to improving the quality of healthcare
… specifically on psychological assessment instruments and their role in healthcare, we present three distinct studies assessing the extent to which existing healthcare terminologies can be used to capture, code, aggregate, and retrieve information in this domain. We begin with the premise …
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Adaptación y validación de la escala de pensamiento mágico de moral (EPM23) en adultos estudiantes y de nivel de educación superior de Lima Metropolitana
… conditions. There is an absence of psychometric instruments developed for the assessment of this variable in Lima, Perú. The present study aimed to adapt Moral’s Magical Thinking Scale (2012) in a sample of students and adults with postsecondary education from Lima’s metropolitan …
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Validação estrutural da escala de problemas de atenção da Teacher's Report Form em uma amostra brasileira
… and nancial reasons. In this study we use psychometric instruments to screening the disorders. It is important to investigate whether these instruments are suitable for measuring the proposed problem. This study aims to determine the structural validity of Teacher's Report Form for …
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A psychometric analysis of nascent entrepreneurs : understanding the impact of individual entrepreneurial cognition on the founding and survival of new small businesses
… epistemology. A range of validated and reliable psychometric instruments were administered to nascent entrepreneurs from research sites across the UK. A major strength of this research is that it was conducted within the nascent stage reducing the risk of hindsight bias. Following an extensive …
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Promoting Teaming Metacognition
… sections) and ENGR141 (four sections). Multiple psychometric instruments were administered across a semester. Results were investigated to assess the efficacy of the experimental interventions in supporting student teaming metacognition, raising psychological safety, altering relationships …
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Predicting intellectual level from the Mini-Mental State Examination : a multivariate approach
… functioning of dementia patients. However, psychometric instruments such as the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - revised (WAIS-R) are often too demanding for dementia patients, precluding its utility. Clinicians and researchers have indirectly estimated a dementia patient's IQ from the …
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Validation of the Daily Spiritual Experience Scale in a group of black South African students
… Data was collected by means of the following psychometric instruments: The Daily Spiritual Experience Scale (DSES) (Underwood & Teresi, 2002), Mental Health Continuum - Short Form (MHS-SF) (Keyes, 2002, 2006; Keyes et al., 2008) and the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) (Kroenke, Spitzer & …
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Dynamics of Diagnosis in Patients with a First Psychotic Episode Induced by the Use of Psychoactive Substances // Динамика на диагнозата при пациенти с първи психотичен епизод след употреба на психоактивни вещества
… psychiatric examination, standardised assessment instruments (PANSS, GAF scales, and DAST 10 questionnaire), clinical laboratory tests, and combined urine tests for psychoactive substances. Data were processed with modern statistical methods, ensuring reliability and statistical significance of …
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Protective Nursing Advocacy Scale
… nursing advocacy is relatively new, with few psychometric instruments developed to measure nursing advocacy. The purpose of this study was to determine the psychometric properties of the Protective Nursing Advocacy Scale (PNAS) and provide measures to support validity.\r\n The study design was …
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Stress and the coronary-prone behavior pattern in working women
… Each of these women completed the following psychometric instruments: Jenkins Activity Survey (JAS), Framingham Type A Scale, Novaco Anger Inventory, Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI), and Perceived Work Environment (PWE). In addition, a blood sample was obtained from each person. The results …
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Morale: definitions, dimensions and measurement
… interviews which were supplemented with psychometric instruments. The data were then coded and analysed. Morale could be readily differentiated from other concepts and emerged as a phenomenon with three dimensions: affective, future/goal and interpersonal. It was also viewed as a single …
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Neurocognitive development in children
… Family factors were measured using validated psychometric instruments. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses revealed that parenting stress emerged as the most consistent and robust predictor of psychosocial functioning, accounting for the largest unique variance in SDQ Total Difficulties …
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Role of psychometric tools in the diagnosis and pharmacological treatment of Major Depression and Alzheimer s disease
Psychometrics is the science of psychological measurement and is concerned with the objective measurement of skills and knowledge, abilities, attitudes, personality traits, and educational achievement. Efficacy trials with antidepressant drugs often fail to demonstrate beneficial effects, even …
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