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Showing 1 to 20 of 57 for “"divergent validity"”.
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Divergent validity of the Wechsler Memory Scale-Fourth Edition (WMS-IV) and the Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (D-KEFS)
… and Color-Word Interference Test have adequate divergent validity and are useful for differential diagnosis of neuropsychological conditions. Given that results of the present study are inconsistent with results of previous studies, it is possible the relationship between measures of memory and …
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Family quality of life: measurement and validity
… the current study is to examine convergent and divergent validity of the Family Quality of Life Survey-2006 by comparing it to other family measures, as well as to explore how these measures contribute to overall FQOL. Based on interviews with 30 families of children with developmental …
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Assessing mental health as a measure of work potential
… of this study was to establish convergent validity for the WPP by correlating selected WPP profile scores with the MMPI-2 scales of depression (Scale 1), psychasthenia (Scale 7), and hypochondriasis (Scale 1), and to establish divergent validity by correlating the WPP profile scores with …
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Development and evaluation of the Key Strategies Rating Questionnaire
… means of Cronbach's α, as well as convergent and divergent validity. The KSRQ will be used to provide data regarding the effectiveness of Key Strategies Training (KST), an integrative approach to psychotherapy training.
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Therapeutic Alliance: Development, Evaluation, and Application of the Kim Alliance Scale
… Initial support was found for convergent and divergent validity. For the subsequent study in an outpatient clinic, data were collected from 297 adult patients. An exploratory principal component factor analysis with orthogonal varimax rotation was performed. The instrument was revised further …
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Construct Validity Of The Child PTSD Symptom Scale
… of the CPSS, as well as its convergent and divergent validity.</p>
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Psychometric Issues Related to the Tinker Toy Test
… time minimum, gender effects, convergent and divergent validity, and potential intellectual correlates. Participants included 10 male and 30 female student volunteers from a large university in Central Florida. Participants had no history of neurologic disease/trauma or conditions that would …
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The Adaptation of a Situational Judgement Test to Measure Leadership Knowledge in the Workplace
… Alternate forms reliability, convergent validity, and divergent validity studies, in particular, should be conducted to evaluate the new test.</p>
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Investigating Organizational Counterproductivity: The Structurally Oppressive Situations Scale
… Scale. Study 2 investigates the convergent and divergent validity of counterproductive working conditions with existing constructs. Study 3 explores the relationship between counterproductive working conditions and organizationally relevant criteria (i.e. Counterproductive Work Behaviors and …
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Developing A Clinical Support Tool of Suboptimal Caregiver Behaviours During Vaccination: Preliminary Validation of the Opportunities to Understand Childhood Hurt Inoculation (OUCHI) Tool
… psychometric properties (i.e., reliability and validity). The tool was developed and validated by synergizing extensive research experience in vaccination behaviours, clinician expertise in everyday practice, and archival vaccination data (n = 537). Our findings showed interrater reliability, …
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Exploring the Aurora Battery, a Gifted Identification Tool in a Small Sample of 4th, 5th and 6th Graders
… that is currently under development. Convergent validity 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 …
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A Longitudinal Examination of Flow as a Predictor of Recreational Exercise
… are analyzed, and measures of convergent and divergent validity are provided, as well as internal consistency and factor structure. This study also examines the predictive powers of the new instrument and the existing instrument in predicting exercise frequency at four-month follow-up.</p>
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Actively Caring About the Actively Caring Survey: Evaluating the Reliability and Validity of a Measure of Dispositional Altruism
… researcher sought to evaluate its reliability, validity, and factorial consistency. Undergraduate students (<em>n</em> = 1,095) completed the measure online. Hypotheses were partially supported. Unrotated primary component analysis found the ACS to be a unitary measure with 73.3% of the items …
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Love's Liberation: The Science of Whole Self-Love
… Scale showed a high degree of convergent validity when measured against similar constructs and a very high degree of divergent validity in relationship to narcissism and contingencies. Furthermore, whole self-love was highly correlated with measures of satisfaction with life and positive …
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Development of the Negative Attentional Bias during Exercise Measure and the Rumination and Escape Thoughts Measure
… exercise and to examine the reliability and validity of that measure. A secondary purpose was to develop a measure to assess tendencies toward rumination about the changes in bodily sensations and tendencies to have escape thoughts with regard to the exercise bout. While global measures of …
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Validation Study of the Workplace Relationships Inventory: A Workplace Self-Report Measure of Adult Attachment Style
… consistency reliability, and convergent and divergent validity with comparative self-report measures of adult attachment style. Revisions to the Workplace Relationships Inventory are proposed.
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Intelligence Testing For Persons With Visual Impairments: Haptic Matrices Intelligence Assessment
… internal consistency reliability and convergent-divergent validity of a three dimensional haptic matrix completion task as a measure of non-verbal intelligence for persons with low or no vision. Sixty-six UND undergraduates completed the prototype Haptic Matrices Intelligence Assessment (HMIA) …
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Measuring Supervisor Self-Efficacy: Development and Validation of the Psychotherapy Supervisor Self-Efficacy Scale
… were also examined. Additionally, convergent and divergent validity were assessed through comparisons of PSS-ES scores and scales related to counselor self-efficacy (CSES), supervisory style (SSI), supervisor working alliance (SWAI), and optimism (LOT-R). The results of this study provide evidence …
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Assessment of Geriatric Depression: Construction of a New Screening Inventory
… MMSE and GDS scores to establish convergent and divergent validity. A finalized version of the TGDI was developed for further research and validation.</p>
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