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Showing 1 to 20 of 75 for “"methodological problems"”.
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Methodological Problems in Comparative and Cross -National Analysis: Applications of Fuzzy Set Theory
Seeking to realize the as yet unfulfilled promise of fuzzy set theory and to show in particular how it can be applied in the field of comparative politics, my dissertation addresses three basic issues. First, I show how to scale membership functions, the primary quantities necessary for fuzzy set …
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TIME SERIES RESEARCH IN PSYCHOLOGY: CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES
… procedures in psychology; and (3) solve some methodological problems occurring in applied settings. After a brief introduction into time- and frequency-domain analyses, a range of applications of time series procedures in psychology was discussed; theories and empirical studies from different …
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An analysis of treatment programs for men who abuse their female partners.
… conclusions due, in large part, to a number of methodological problems. In addition to such problems, programs for men, identified as following a specific theoretical model, often incorporate components and intervention strategies belonging to other models. This situation makes it difficult to …
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Patterns of psychological response to the demands of computer-supported work.
… resolve some of the fundamental theoretical and methodological problems in stress research. Two interdependent means of realising this aim are adopted. The first involves a critical analysis of research practices, the building of a theoretical framework, and the development of methodologies. The …
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Psychosocial outcomes of the mindfulness-acceptance-commitment approach in collegiate student-athletes
… studies that have tested this question have methodological problems and produced unexpected results. Utilizinga single-case multiple baseline design, the present study tested the effect of the MAC intervention on four psychosocial outcomes of interest: depression, generalized anxiety, social …
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The effectiveness of psychotherapeutic intervention in the reduction of client symptoms in an employee assistance program
… distress for clients who received therapy. Methodological problems encountered in the study and directions for future research are discussed.
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Is family environment a mediator of bulimia and child sexual abuse?
… investigations. The current study addressed methodological problems that may have accounted for insignificant results, and investigated family environment as a possible mediator of the relationship. Results indicate a significant correlation between bulimia and child sexual abuse within a …
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The effect of training on referrals to an outpatient adolescent sex offender treatment program
… sex offenders who met program referral criteria. Methodological problems, interagency differences, minimal treatment/referral options, and training inadequacies may explain the obtained results.
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Depression in the Lundby Study 1947-1997 Incidence, course and risk-factors
Abstract The aims of this thesis were to describe methodological problems, incidence and course of depressive disorders as well as possible risk factors for depression within the framework of the Lundby Study. The Lundby population was investigated in 1947, 1957, 1972 and 1997. In 1947 the …
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Verbal and nonverbal components in assertive training
… insignificant effects of treatment and several methodological problems were discussed.
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Policy capturing with the use of visual stimuli: a method of quantifying the determinants of landscape preference
… However, composite R²'s were fairly low (<0.25). Methodological problems concerning the use of policy capturing for landscape assessment along with practical management applications are discussed.
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A study of rat skeletal muscle Troponin C isoforms
… inquiry has been limited, in large part due to methodological problems associated with the identification of rat (a commonly used animal model for studying mammalian skeletal muscle) TnC isoforms on SDS gels. Therefore, a method was devised for unambiguous identification of TnC isoforms in rat …
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Descandalizing Laing: R.D. Laing as a social theorist
… feminist critiques, and left-wing criticism. The methodological problems involved in the production of a critique are highlighted within each category of criticism. Some of the critiques of Laing constitute little other than criticism of the critic’s own misreading and misinterpretation of his …
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Screen Time and the Psychological Well-Being of U.S. Teenagers: An Exploratory Re-Analysis of Data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey
… sizes, construct validity issues, and other methodological problems in the Twenge research. However, one characteristic of the group's analyses of survey data, including data from the CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), has remained unexplored: the use of metric methods to analyze …
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Measuring Self-Reported Exercise, Motivation to Exercise, and Sexism in Women
… self-reported benevolent and hostile sexism. Methodological problems around measurement of constructs and suggestions for future research are presented herein.
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Methodological issues in epistemology and moral psychology
… the rise of experimental philosophy – roughly a methodological approach to addressing philosophical questions wherein the researcher uses psychological methods to investigate the parameters that affect the deployment of philosophically significant concepts. This dissertation raises methodological …
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Impact of data-dependent model selection on inference
… and on statistical power. Some of the above methodological problems are then illustrated in the analysis of a real-life dataset including several cardiovascular risk factors.
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The psychological effects of hysterectomy
… can play in this area was discussed. Methodological problems inherent in research of this nature and its implications on future studies is presented. Empirical case studies used to illustrate issues discussed was appended.
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Adult readers in the Soviet Union
… used for the research and a discussion of some methodological problems. Chapter Two is concerned with all aspects of political control over reading, as it affects the writer, the publishing process, the book trade, libraries and ultimately the reader. Chapters Three and Four consider problems of …
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