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Showing 1 to 20 of 119 for “"Subjective Measures"”.
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The Dissociation of Subjective Measures of Mental Workload and Performance
Dissociation between performance and subjective measures of workload occurs when two task configurations are compared and the configuration that shows better performance is subjectively perceived as the more difficult task. According to a theory (Wickens & Yeh, 1983), dissociation occurs because …
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Artificial gravity : evaluation of adaptation to head movements during short-radius centrifugation using subjective measures
… scores and computer animations of subjective sensations were obtained from eight subjects, during three sessions performed at the following intervals: day one, day two and day eight. Verbal accounts of perceived pitch obtained during rotation and post-experiment motion-sickness …
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Investigating the Relationship Between Objective and Subjective Measures of Physical Demand During Passive Exoskeleton Use
… This study explores the feasibility of using subjective measures of physical demand in place of costly and less practical objective measures. Normalized electromyography (nEMG) data and ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) were collected from seven different studies conducted by the …
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Predictors of Quality of Life in Multiple Sclerosis: Relationships Between Cognitive, Physical, and Subjective Measures of Disease Burden
… However, it remains unclear to what extent subjective, cognitive, and physical measures differentially predict overall health-related QoL in MS, and which (combination of) factors are most useful when making clinical inferences regarding patient well-being. Stepwise linear regression …
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A Comparison of the Intrasession Effects of Induced Anxiety and Anxiety Management Training on Physiological and Subjective Measures of Arousal.
… Anxiety and Anxiety Management Training, on both subjective and physiological measures of arousal. In addition, the effect of subjects' level of trait anxiety on response to the treatment techniques was evaluated. Subjects were 24 college students who fell within either the high or low trait …
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Impact of Acoustic and Tactile Multi-Modal Stimulation on Objective and Subjective Measures of Permanent Intractable Tinnitus: A Prospective Research Study
… tactile multi-modal stimulation on objective and subjective measures of permanent intractable tinnitus. This 16-week study was conducted with 54 patients suffering from permanent intractable tinnitus. Patients demonstrated statistically significant mean improvements in Minimum Masking level …
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Examining the relationship between performance measures and user evaluations in a transfer of training paradigm
… for the systematic collection of detailed subjective evaluations of software interfaces. This methodology created a taxonomy of editing functions for users to evaluate and a set of bipolar scales on which they could make their evaluations. The present research investigated the utility of …
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Accelerometer Measured Physical Activity and Obesity
… observed discrepancies between objective and subjective measures of PA. Using a sample of 6149 adults from the National Health and Nutrition Survey, the first study demonstrated that for given accelerometer count, individuals with overweight and obesity had a greater rate of energy expenditure …
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The relationship between PTSD, hypervigilance and disordered sleep
… to the fact that some use objective and some use subjective measures of sleep quality. As a result, disordered sleep and its underlying mechanism have been ambiguously characterized in PTSD. Our research focused on the link between PTSD and disordered sleep, using both objective and subjective …
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Exploring the Aurora Battery, a Gifted Identification Tool in a Small Sample of 4th, 5th and 6th Graders
… will be examined by exploring how objective and subjective measures of the battery converge, through the novel application of the Correlated Trait Correlated Method-1, a specialized confirmatory factor analysis model that allows subjective measures to be compared against an objective measure. The …
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The examination of inter-rater reliability and the reliability of attachment measures
… the reliability of measuring attachment through subjective measures, as well as the inter-rater reliability of those using the subjective measures. Participants were volunteers who had worked with the Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS). They included social workers, lawyers, …
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Exploring the role of beliefs on green exercise behaviours and outcomes
… and improve outcomes? Chapter 2 found that subjective measures were stronger predictors of green exercise than quantity of local green space, showing initial support for subjective measures playing a role in green exercise behaviours. To explore this further, questionnaires to assess beliefs …
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Long-Term Associations Between Subjective Ratings of Wellness and Exertion and Parameters of Training Load in Elite Soccer Over Two Seasons
… investigate longitudinal relationships between subjective (self-reported) measures of readiness prior to training and exertion post-training with objective parameters of training performance measured via body-worn global positioning systems (GPS). Data was collected over a two-season period with …
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Actual and self-perceived knowledge of health care providers regarding Southeast Asian health-related communication styles and cultural beliefs
… relationship between the objective and subjective measures of the knowledge of health care providers regarding Southeast Asian communication styles; no significant relationship between objective and subjective measures of the knowledge of health care providers regarding Southeast Asian …
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A comparison of quality of and satisfaction with life between people with an intellectual disability and those without
… reports. The review examines the development of measures of quality of life over the last three decades, particularly the development of subjective measures. The concept of satisfaction with life is explored, as is the evidence of its consistently high rating and stability. Methodological …
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Predicting Shoulder Fatigue for Long Durations Using Psychophysical Measures Obtained from Short Trials
… workload level while performing overhead work. Subjective (ratings of perceived discomfort) measures of fatigue were collected and their predictive potential was investigated. Effect of personality type was also examined to account for any inter-individual differences in fatigue perception. …
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DISCREPANCY MEASURES OF ROLE PERCEPTIONS AS SURROGATE MEASURES OF OCCUPATIONAL ROLE STRESS: A THEORETICAL AND CONCEPTUAL ISSUE
Discrepancy or difference measures of job-related role perceptions have long been employed as environmentally-based surrogate measures of occupational role stress (i.e., subjective role conflict and role ambiguity). The validity of these differences measures as alternate indices of role stess, …
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Expert system usability: modeling and analysis of human- advisor interaction
… consisted of 36 engineering students. Two subjective measures were recorded: (1) user confidence in solutions reached by Function Diagnostic and (2) user perception of problem difficulty. Objective measures associated with user errors and problem solving skills were also recorded. Expert …
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“Thinking Hard or Hardly Thinking?” Objective vs Subjective Elaboration and Resistance to Persuasion
… (Petty & Cacioppo, 1986). However, the measures researchers use to assess elaboration can vary; for example, a given researcher may use objective measures (e.g., those that capture the actual extent of message-relevant thinking, such as thought listings) or subjective measures (e.g., …
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The selling situation as a mediator of the personality/sales performance relationship: an empirical investigation
… attempted to measure both objective and subjective measures of sales success. Confirmatory factor analysis was run on the sales-performance measures to check for the unidimensionality of the construct. It was found that the objective and subjective measures were not unidimensional. Based …
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