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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Scale development and validation"”.
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Allyship Readiness Scale Development and Validation
… organizational initiative, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts require substantial work, which can take a toll on those involved. This toll has, in many instances, disproportionally fallen on members of historically marginalized groups, resulting in what has been defined as the …
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Employee nonwork support-marshaling: scale development and validation
… impacts a variety of outcomes for both employees and organizations. Despite growing evidence for the importance of family-supportive supervisors, the current literature fails to fully capture the supervisor-employee support process by neglecting the role of the employee. To begin addressing this …
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African American relationship schema scale: Development and validation
… about relationships (i.e., relationship schemas and scripts) may be useful in explaining this phenomenon. Qualitative research has identified several relevant relationship scripts for this population that seem to be associated with safer sex behaviors; however, limited quantitative research has …
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Cognitive processes associated with creativity : scale development and validation
… Processes Associated with Creativity (CPAC) scale was developed to efficiently and directly address the processes of brainstorming, metaphorical and analogical thinking, perspective-taking, imagery, incubation, and flow. An online pilot study (n = 226) and laboratory follow-up study (n = 120) …
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Evaluating Attitudes toward Women's Sports: A scale development and validation study
… instrument Attitude toward Women's Sports (ATWS) Scale' to measure attitude toward women's sports, and seek various validity and reliability evidences for the instrument. First, item pool of ATWS scale was reviewed by subject matter experts to collect evidence on content validity of the instrument …
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Impact of Whiteness on Undergraduate Mathematics Identity Scale: Theoretical Foundation, Scale Development, and Validation
… mathematics has been considered a race and gender-neutral subject. More recently, scholars are using critical, conceptual lenses to interrogate race and gender inequities in mathematics teaching and learning spaces. One such lens is the Framework for Understanding Whiteness in …
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THE HUMAN SERVICE PROVIDER COMPETENCE ABOUT REPORTING VIOLENCE ON WOMEN WITH DISABILITY SCALE: DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION
… by women with disabilities are alarming, and yet, the reporting of this specific form of violence is neglected. Previous research indicates that though interpersonal violence affects women with disabilities like a hidden “epidemic”, the phenomenon is severely underreported. Women with …
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The Self-Regulation of Drinking in College Students: Scale Development and Validation and Relationship to Academic Performance
… effort to control their drinking. Three hundred and ten undergraduates completed questionnaires assessing a variety of alcohol-related behaviors and beliefs, as well as academic performance and strategy use. A fifty-item Drinking Self-Regulation Questionnaire (DSRQ) was developed based on …
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Exploring the Dimensions and Dynamics of Partnered Sexual Behaviours: Scale Development and Validation Using Factor and Network Analysis
… an integral part of most intimate relationships and can serve as mechanisms for building intimacy, enhancing emotional connection, and can serve as non-verbal communication to express care, love, and compassion for significant others. Sexually compatible behaviours are also associated with sexual …
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The relational compassion scale: development and validation of a new self rated scale for the assessment of self-other compassion
… measures. This study reported on the development and evaluation of a new compassion scale that expands the previous conceptualisation by incorporating relational aspects of compassion. Methods: In an online study, 201 participants completed the relational compassion scale and a random …
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A Multi-Dimensional Model of Enjoyment: Development and Validation of an Enjoyment Scale (Enjoy)
… an activity is central to positive experiences and can determine future behavior toward the activity or object of interest. In the literature there has been no consensus on the definition and dimensionality of enjoyment. In this dissertation, to provide clarity to the construct, a new …
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Gendered subtleties in career trajectories: Individual and systemic impacts of covert workplace mistreatment
… at examining how subtle workplace mistreatment and neodiscrimination kick start a series of processes that ultimately stall female career progression. The dissertation focuses on three key subtle mistreatment/neo-discrimination constructs: GCQ, lookism, and workplace incivility, across …
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Revisiting the food agency framework: from understanding why we cook to improving the measurement of food agency
… the socially embedded characteristics of cooking and food preparation in modern society, while this contextual nature also posts challenges to measuring cooking behavior. The Cooking and Food Provisioning Action Scale (CAFPAS) was developed as a measurement tool attempting to measure these …
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COSTS AND BENEFITS OF EMPLOYEE INTERACTION WITH THE PUBLIC: EXTENDING THE KNOWLEDGE ON THE TYPOLOGY, CONSEQUENCES, PROCESSES, AND CONTINGENCIES
… in different ways; research on emotional labor and burnout describes it as solely harmful, while research on job design considers its merits. I propose that each area of the literature adopts a narrow perspective that creates these different views. This dissertation constructs and validates a …
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Optimisation of radiation dose and image quality for AP pelvis radiographic examination
Background and rationale:Optimising radiation dose and image quality in medical imaging is essential in minimising radiation risk and ensuring images are fit for purpose. This thesis uses novel methods for image quality assessment and radiation dose/image quality optimisation. The antero-posterior …
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The development and validation of a conditional reasoning test of withdrawal
<p>This study developed and evaluated a measure of implicit dispositional tendencies associated with lateness, absenteeism, and permanent withdrawal behaviors. The conditional reasoning framework developed by Lawrence James and colleagues was adopted. Novel cognitive biases or justification …