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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"validated measure"”.
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Quantitative sensory testing for evaluation chronic arthritis or local anesthesia
… we use quantitative sensory testing (QST) as a validated measure to assess local and global changes in sensory function in JIA patients. [TRUNCATED]
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Exploring the Dimensions and Dynamics of Partnered Sexual Behaviours: Scale Development and Validation Using Factor and Network Analysis
… However, to date, no inclusive, psychometrically validated measure of partnered sexual interests and behaviours exists. Given the central role of sexual interests and behaviours in sexual satisfaction and in turn relationship quality, we sought to develop and validate a diverse and inclusive …
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The roles of commitment and attributions on uninvolved partner responses to imagined sexual infidelity
… engaged in sexual intercourse with someone else. Measured-variable path analysis was used to evaluate the predictive ability of commitment and attributions on negative emotional responses and predicted relationship continuation. The hypothesized conceptual model demonstrated poor fit to sample …
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Friend Or Foe: The Effect Of Shared Group Status On Aggressiveness And Testosterone In Response To Provocation
… in response to provocation. Using a previously validated measure of reactive aggression, participants were provoked by and given a chance to aggress on to either a racial ingroup or outgroup member. Participants also provided saliva samples to allow for monitoring changes in testosterone. It was …
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Religious Fundamentalism and Death Penalty Attitudes: Towards a New Operationalization of the Constructs
… This discrepancy could be due to the poor measurement of the death penalty attitudes and religious fundamentalism, particularly since the standard operationalization strategies of both constructs are often criticized. The present study aimed to re-examine the relationship between the two …
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The Contribution Of Nmda Receptors Within The Central Nucleus Of The Amygdala To The Suppression Of Pain Affect
… vocalization afterdischarges (VADs), a validated measure of pain affect in the rat. The present study further evaluated the contribution of NMDA receptors to the suppression of pain affect.</p> <p>Intra-CeA NMDA receptor activation via the agonist NMDA elevated VAD thresholds in a dose …
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Non-Invasive Prenatal Screening (Nips) Testing Motivations and Informed Decision Making In The Low-Risk Population
… decision making. A survey that included a validated measure of informed choice (MMIC) and questions to assess patients’ motivations for NIPS was offered at four UTHealth clinics post genetic counseling. It was found that 44% of participants made an uninformed decision about testing. …
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Attention-Emotion Interactions in Psychopathy
… (Hart, Cox, Hare, 1999), a widely used and well validated measure of psychopathic traits. Event-related brain potentials and startle reflex magnitude were collected while participants heard blink eliciting noise probes and viewed unpleasant and neutral pictures matched on visual complexity from …
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"Magic Computer in the Sky" - Participant Perspectives on Control and the Genetic Counseling Admissions Match
… survey documenting GCAM experience and a validated measure for locus of control (LOC) was disseminated through national GC organizations and individual training programs, collecting data from 412 participants. Data was analyzed to assess significant factors associated with GCAM experience. …
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Assessment of three key vaccine attitudes and exploration of their impact on vaccine uptake status in college students.
… there is no widely used psychometrically validated measure of attitudes in the literature that can be adjusted across vaccine types. Therefore, there is a need for a scale assessing college student personal attitudes and attitudes perceived in parents and friends toward vaccines. …
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Dietary composition in the context of development: a re-examination of the nutrition transition
… consumption in its entirety through a single measure that is succinct yet holistic has been sought by those within the nutrition research community for many years. The emergence of the Alternate Healthy Eating Index (AHEI) and its subsequent association with some of the greatest contributors …
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The role of emotional intelligence in the quality of leader-follower relationship
… and as part of this developing an Islamic measure of respect in leadership. Many studies have attempted to explain the concept of emotional intelligence in order to better understand how aspects of individual difference may help to explain variations in leadership behaviour. Research in the …
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The Association of Age at Immigration with Endorsing Feeling Depressed Among Immigrant Adults in the US
… referent. Controlling for the PHQ-9 scores, a validated measure of depression, accounted for individuals who endorsed clinical depression. Three linear regressions and a supplementary model tested the association of age at immigration with endorsing face-valid depression severity, controlling …
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The roles of dispositional flow, dispositional mindfulness, and self-compassion in the Objectification Theory Framework
… objectification theory researchers have used measures of flow not grounded in Csikszentmihalyi’s multi-dimensional conceptualization. One purpose of the present study was to investigate the aspects of flow most relevant to objectification theory (i.e., concentration, control, and loss of …
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Using the HEXACO to Capture Psychopathy: Development and Initial Validation of the Power Proxies of Psychopathic Traits
… sample (n = 1,346) in order to create proxy measures for Hare’s two-factor/four-facet model of psychopathy and to investigate sex differences in the associations between the SRP and the HEXACO. We created “general” proxies for use with samples of men and women in addition to male- and …
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Injury and illness risk factors for elite athletes in training environment
… address issues of feasibility of establishing a validated measure for injury/illness, training environment and psychosocial risk factors by creating the evaluation tool namely risk of injury questionnaire (Risk-IQ) for elite athletes, which based on IOC consensus statement 2009 recommended …
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Pregnancy intendedness in a high-risk obstetric population in a regional hospital
… This study was designed to utilise the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy (LMUP) to assess pregnancy intendedness in a high-risk obstetric population of women who were accessing care at a large regional hospital. Methods: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study. Women attending the …
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An exploration of alcohol use, attachment, and recovery in psychosis
… the creation of a standardised, reliable and validated measure of attachment in populations with psychosis.<br/><br/>Abstract for large scale research project:<br/>Purpose: <br/>This study sought to investigate whether the experience of childhood trauma increases the likelihood that …
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Longitudinal validity of the FNPA screening tool to predict changes in weight status in children
… and Physical Activity (FNPA) screening tool is a validated measure of the home environment, but further testing of the tool is needed. The purposes of this dissertation were to 1) compare various versions of the FNPA to evaluate user perceptions and test reliability, 2) to determine the efficacy …
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What is the relationship between attachment difficulties, alexithymia, and substance misuse? A systematic literature review. And Investigating the relationship between alexithymia, depression, and problematic benzodiazepine use.
… included were quantitative studies which used a validated measure of alexithymia, used measures relating to trauma or attachment difficulties, and focused on an adult substance misuse population. Data was analysed using narrative synthesis methodology. Results: The included 20 publications …
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