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Aguilar, Hector M. "Further validation of the Displaced Aggression Questionnaire." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1585513.
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The predictive validity of the Displaced Aggression Questionnaire (DAQ) was studied by allowing participants to engage in both displaced and direct aggression. Participants were given the DAQ and the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (AQ), assessments of trait displaced and direct aggression, respectively. Participants were then provoked and given the opportunity to engage in both direct and displaced aggression. Results indicated that both the DAQ and the AQ were positively correlated with both displaced and direct aggression. Furthermore, the type of aggression dependent measure (viz., physical versus verbal) did not moderate these effects. Finally, there was a significant negative correlation between the DAQ and the Differentiation of Self Questionnaire, which measures the process of separating from ones multigenerational family, indicating that higher levels of trait displaced aggression are associated with negative differentiation from one's family of origin. Implications for both predicting and reducing aggressive behavior are discussed.
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Kotze, F. E. (Francina Elizabeth). "An investigation into the internal structure underlying the organisational diagnostic questionnaire (ODQ)." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/20903.
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Thesis (MA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2004.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates the internal structure that underlies the ODQ. A structural model that explicates the nature of the causal linkages between the six main constructs comprising the ODQ was developed and tested. Data obtained from 273 employees in a chrome manufacturing plant was used. This research found that the proposed model offers a plausible account of the influences that exist between the six main constructs. The benefit of this structural model will be in the enhanced interpretation of the diagnostic results derived from the ODQ.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie stel ondersoek in na die interne struktuur wat onderliggend is aan die Organisasie Diagnostiese Vraelys (ODV). ‘n Strukturele model wat die onderliggende kousale verhoudings van die ses hoofkonstrukte van die ODV blootlê, is ontwikkel en getoets. Data van 273 werknemers, verbonde aan ‘n chroom vervaardigingsaanleg, is gebruik. Die navorsing toon dat die voorgestelde model ‘n aanneemlike weergawe is van die onderliggende verhoudings wat tussen die ses hoofkonstrukte bestaan. Die voordeel van die voorgestelde model lê daarin dat dit die interpretasie van resultate, wat uit die diagnose verkry is, kan verbeter.
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Ostrovsky, Nelly. "Comparison of Temperamental Rating Bilingually in Ukraine using Child Behavioral Questionnaire (CBQ): Short Form." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1665.
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The 2 goals of the present investigation were to 1) examine the reliability of the Children’s Behavior Questionnaire: Short Form (CBQ) in a sample of 4-7 year-old children from the Ukraine and 2) compare those children’s temperament profiles to a) one another when the form was administered in 2 different languages and b) their American counterparts from the CBQ standardization sample. Three waves of data were collected from the parents of 167 children residing in Kiev, Ukraine. Internal reliability analyses showed good internal consistency of the instrument. Comparative analyses conducted both within and between cultures showed similarities and differences across the 15 CBQ dimensions. The observed differences were in the predicted directions: Ukrainian children were rated higher than American children on dimensions reflecting negative affectivity. However, the language of the instrument was a mitigating factor. This finding supports the possibility that parental ethnotheories are embedded in specific languages.
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Helmstetter, Barbara Jean 1941. "Determining norms for a population of delinquent adolescents utilizing data from a personality questionnaire." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278226.
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Research examining personality trait profiles for adolescent offenders is scarce. The occurrence of juvenile acting-out behavior is on the increase. This study was a pilot to explore means of scores for personality traits. This project looked at the means of responses of 60 delinquent adolescent males to a self-report personality questionnaire, the Comrey Personality Scales. Most members of this multi-cultural Sample were gang-related and were charged with felonies. They were sent to VisionQuest, a juvenile placement. The average age was 17 years 3 months. The means for this group were significantly different from the norms of the standardization sample. The obtained mean score on each trait continuum was discussed. The results suggested serious discouragement and emotional disturbance in these children. Suggestions for use of the profile to identify at-risk youth prior to delinquent activity were made.
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Carlson, Ellen. "Exploring Mental Representations of Caregiving: Item Critique and Factor Analysis of the Caregiving Styles Questionnaire." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2018. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1177.
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This study seeks to explore mental representations of caregiving, an area of attachment that has been the subject of relatively little research. The Caregiving Styles Questionnaire (CSQ) was developed as a cost effective and efficient alternative to lengthier caregiving interviews, and this study examines its internal and external validity. An initial item critique was used to examine underlying constructs of the measure. Exploratory factor analysis revealed a three factor structure, which was replicated in a subsequent EFA using a data set that differed primarily in the age of the target child. The three factors included (1) Relationship uncertainty, (2) Needy uncertainty, and (3) Rejecting representations of caregiving. Each of these scales had high reliability, and the results reflected existing caregiving representations that have been theorized in previous studies. These findings, particularly the generalizability of the measure across age groups, indicate that it would be worthwhile to continue refining the CSQ items in order to provide a valid measure of an understudied behavioral system.
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Parker, Kimberly. "Utility of the General Validity Scale Model: Development of Validity Scales for the Co-parenting Behavior Questionnaire." VCU Scholars Compass, 2010. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2301.
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Validity scales for child-report measures are necessary tools in clinical and forensic settings in which major decisions affecting the child and family are in question. Currently there is no standard model for the development and testing of such validity scales. The present study focused on 1) creating the General Validity Scale (GVS) Model to serve as a guide in validity scale development and 2) applying this model in the development of validity scales for the Co-parenting Behavior Questionnaire (CBQ), a child-report measure of parenting and co-parenting behaviors for children whose parents are divorced. Study 1 used the newly developed GVS Model to identify threats to CBQ validity and to develop procedures for detecting such threats. Four different validity scales were created to detect inaccurate responding due to 1) presenting mothering, fathering, and/or co-parenting in an overly negative light, 2) rating mothering and fathering in a highly discrepant manner, 3) inconsistent item responses, and 4) low reading level. Study 2 followed the GVS Model to test the newly developed scales by comparing CBQ responses produced under a standard instruction set to responses from contrived or randomly generated data. Support for the ability of each validity scale to accurately detect threats to validity was found.
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Smith, Sherri, and Marc A. Fagelson. "Preliminary Psychometric Results of a Tinnitus Self-Efficacy Questionnaire." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2008. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/1630.
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Poll, Adam Malan. "The Relationship Between the Outcome Questionnaire and The Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale in Marital Assessment." DigitalCommons@USU, 2006. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/2656.
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This correlational study attempted to determine if the Outcome Questionnaire can be used to collect the same information as the Revised Dyadic Adjustment scale in marital assessment. Both measures are common pretreatment assessments and have relational components. The study used secondary data from the Utah State University Marriage and Family Therapy Clinic. Reliability and correlational tests were performed and the results indicate that the assessments measure different constructs. There also were no statistically significant correlations when comparing the measures by gender, marital distress, and marital satisfaction. Implications are discussed including the formulation of new clinical cut-off scores and the importance of using both measures to perform better assessments.
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Schenk, Merritt J. "Further analysis of delay discounting: Sequential effects on participant answers using the 27-item Monetary Choice Questionnaire." Scholarly Commons, 2016. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/283.
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Systematic manipulations of the order in which questions are presented in hypothetical discounting tasks have shown that individual responses vary as a result of these manipulations. For example, Robles and Vargas (2007, 2008) and Robles, Vargas, and Bejarano (2009) demonstrated that individual discounting rates systematically change if questions are presented in a random, ascending, or descending order. The purpose of this study was to examine if specific sequential manipulations affected individual k values when using the Kirby, Petry, and Bickel (1999) 27-item Monetary Choice Questionnaire (MCQ). In a single session, participants (undergraduate students, N = 80), answered two MCQs. One of the MCQs was the standard Kirby et al. (1999) MCQ and the other was the MCQ with the question sequence altered systematically. Within-subject results suggest that individual k values are consistent when comparing k values from the two MCQs completed by each individual. In most cases, individual k values between MCQs did not vary substantially. Additionally, there was a statistically significant correlation between both MCQ administrations for each group. Results from this study indicate that k values obtained using the MCQ are reliable when question sequence is altered.
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Baker, Katie, Megan Quinn, Kathleen Collins, Gabrielle Caldara, Heather Owens, Ifeoma Ozodiegwu, Elaine Loudermilk, and Jill Stinson. "Modification of the Adverse Childhood Experiences International Questionnaire for Cultural Competency: Methods for Understanding Childhood Trauma in Low-Resource Settings." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6792.
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Edwards, John Francis. "The psychometric equivalency of scores from a web-based questionnaire administered via cellphone versus desktop computer." Diss., Mississippi State : Mississippi State University, 2008. http://library.msstate.edu/etd/show.asp?etd=etd-03312008-162801.
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Orkut, Hava. "The behavior of French retail investors : issues within the MiFID directive." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018STRAB010/document.
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Nous étudions le comportement des investisseurs individuels sur les marchés financiers en combinant les réponses au questionnaire MiFID et les données bancaires de plus de 98,000 clients d’une grande banque Européenne. Tout d’abord, nous étudions la participation sur les marchés actions. Nous montrons que la tolérance au risque et les attitudes face aux pertes auto-évaluées des clients sont de forts prédicteurs de l’investissement en actions tout en contrôlant les déterminants classiques. Puis, dans le cadre de la comptabilité mentale, nous créons une typologie d’objectifs mentaux et montrons que les décisions financières des clients sont cohérentes avec leurs objectifs mentaux. Enfin, nous analysons le comportement des investisseurs détenant directement au moins une action étrangère. Nous montrons qu’ils détiennent des portefeuilles d’actions plus diversifiés que les investisseurs domestiques. Ces investisseurs sophistiqués sont plus tolérants au risque, moins sensibles aux pertes et plus instruits en matière financière mais sont sujets au biais nationalWe study retail investors’ behavior on financial markets by combining the MiFID questionnaire answers and banking records of more than 98,000 retail clients of a large European retail bank. First, we study stock market participation. We show that retail clients’ self-assessed risk tolerance and attitudes towards losses are strong drivers of stockholding while controlling for classical determinants. Second, under the mental accounting framework, we derive a typology of retail client mental goals and show that retail clients’ actual investment decisions are consistent with their mental goals. Finally, we analyze the behavior of investors directly holding at least one foreign individual stock. We show that they hold more diversified stock portfolios than domestic investors. These sophisticated investors are more risk tolerant, less sensitive to losses and more financially literate but are subject to the home bias
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McCord, Brandon Ellis. "Preliminary Examination of Methods for Identifying the Function of Stealing." OpenSIUC, 2020. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1881.
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Because low rate, covert responses are hard to observe and measure (e.g., Azrin & Wesolowski, 1974; Henderson, 1981; Jeffery, 1969; Reid & Patterson, 1976; Seymour & Epston, 1989), well-controlled behavior analytic investigations of stealing have been rare. In fact, systematic investigations to experimentally determine stealing functions have been limited to two studies targeting food (Lambert et al., 2019; Simmons, Akers, & Fisher, 2019). The dearth of studies examining stealing functions, partly attributable to low rate and covertness, may be forestalling additional intervention studies. Given the likely futility of unsystematic attempts to observe naturally occurring instances of an infrequent, clandestine response, a possible role for indirect assessment emerges (Iwata & Dozier, 2008). This two-part study concerned an investigation into the reliability and predictive validity of the Functional Analysis Screening Tool (Iwata, DeLeon, & Roscoe, 2013) and a similarly constructed tool (The Stealing Inventory or TSI) with the latter having questions oriented towards likely stealing functions. In doing so, the comparative viability of two trial-based functional analysis (FA) models (Bloom, Iwata, Fritz, Roscoe, & Carreau, 2011; Lambert, Bloom, & Irvin, 2012) was also examined. Across 42 respondent pairs, overall tool reliability and outcome reliability for suggested functions favored the TSI (85% and 92.9%, respectively) over the FAST (80% and 73.8%, respectively). Three out of 6 participants stole during one of their two respective FAs, and the identified function matched the respective TSI outcomes for each case. FA model superiority was unclear.
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Rohan, Kelly J., Jonah Meyerhoff, Sheau-Yan Ho, Kathryn A. Roecklein, Yael I. Nillni, Joel J. Hillhouse, Michael J. DeSarno, and Pamela M. Vacek. "A Measure of Cognitions Specific to Seasonal Depression: Development and Validation of the Seasonal Beliefs Questionnaire." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000715.
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We introduce the Seasonal Beliefs Questionnaire (SBQ), a self-report inventory of maladaptive thoughts about the seasons, light availability, and weather conditions, proposed to constitute a unique cognitive vulnerability to winter seasonal affective disorder (SAD; Rohan, Roecklein, & Haaga, 2009). Potential items were derived from a qualitative analysis of self-reported thoughts during SAD-tailored cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT-SAD) and subsequently refined based on qualitative feedback from 48 SAD patients. In the psychometric study (N = 536 college students), exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses pruned the items to a 26-item scale with a 5-factor solution, demonstrating good internal consistency, convergent and divergent validity, and 2-week test-retest reliability. In a known groups comparison, the SBQ discriminated SAD patients (n = 86) from both nonseasonal major depressive disorder (MDD) patients (n = 30) and healthy controls (n = 110), whereas a generic measure of depressogenic cognitive vulnerability (the Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale [DAS]) discriminated MDD patients from the other groups. In a randomized clinical trial comparing CBT-SAD with light therapy (N = 177), SBQ scores improved at twice the rate in CBT-SAD than in light therapy. Greater change in SBQ scores during CBT-SAD, but not during light therapy, was associated with a lower risk of depression recurrence 2 winters later. In contrast, DAS scores improved comparably during CBT-SAD and light therapy, and DAS change was unrelated to recurrence following either treatment. These results support using the SBQ as a brief assessment tool for a SAD-specific cognitive vulnerability and as a treatment target in CBT-SAD. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
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Bergeria, Cecilia L. "Evaluating The Utility Of The Modified Cigarette Evaluation Questionnaire And The Cigarette Purchase Task For Predicting Acute Relative Reinforcing Efficacy In Cigarettes Which Vary In Nicotine Content." ScholarWorks @ UVM, 2018. https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/924.
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Rationale: Nicotine is the addictive component in cigarettes which maintains cigarette smoking that subsequently leads to morbidity and mortality. There are growing regulatory efforts to lower the nicotine content in cigarettes so that they are minimally addictive. Valid methods for assessing the abuse liability of cigarettes are essential to these efforts. While subjective effect measures and hypothetical purchase tasks are appealing because they are far easier to administer, it is unclear whether these methods can be used to evaluate acute relative reinforcing, a critical component of abuse liability. This secondary analysis sought to evaluate the utility of one subjective effects measure, the modified Cigarette Evaluation Questionnaire (mCEQ), and one hypothetical purchase task, the Cigarette Purchase Task (CPT), for predicting acute relative reinforcing efficacy as measured by concurrent choice Self-Administration (SA)
Method: Current smokers (N=169) belonging to one of three vulnerable populations (socioeconomically disadvantaged women of childbearing age, opioid-maintained individuals, or individuals with affective disorders) participated in a multi-site, double blind study evaluating research cigarettes with varying levels of nicotine content (0.4, 2.4, 5.2, 15.8 mg/g). In Phase 1 (4 sessions, 1 research cigarette per session) participants completed the mCEQ and CPT following ad-lib smoking of the research cigarette. In Phase II (6 sessions) cigarette preference was assessed using two-dose concurrent choice tests. Difference scores were calculated for each of the five mCEQ subscales and five CPT indices for all six possible dose comparisons evaluated in Phase II. We evaluated the utility of the mCEQ subscale and CPT index difference scores for predicting preference for the higher dose in a given dose comparison using a mixed-model of repeated measures analysis of variance. Finally, we used stepwise regressions to determine which subscales and indices served as independent predictors of concurrent choice SA.
Results: Among mCEQ subscales, higher Satisfaction and Enjoyment of Respiratory Tract Sensation were independently predictive of higher dose preference in the choice testing regardless of dose comparison. There was a significant Satisfaction X Vulnerable Population interaction where increases in Satisfaction difference scores corresponded to greater changes in higher dose preference among socioeconomically disadvantaged women of childbearing age compared to other Vulnerable Populations. Among CPT indices, Elasticity was the only independent predictor of choice. However, there was a significant Elasticity X Dose Comparison X Vulnerable Population interaction associated with its predictive utility where the relationship between elasticity and choice differed by dose among opioid-maintained individuals. In a final model, including all subscales and indices, Satisfaction and Enjoyment of Respiratory Tract Sensations remained the only significant predictors of choice.
Discussion: Concurrent choice testing, subjective effects and hypothetical purchase tasks capture some common features of abuse liability. Concurrent choice testing and the Satisfaction subscale were the most concordant measures. The observation that CPT indices are not robust predictors of choice in a concurrent arrangement suggests this measure may have greater utility for capturing individual differences as opposed to isolating the acute relative reinforcing effects of nicotine. Nevertheless, all three measures can contribute to efforts to assess the abuse liability of cigarettes varying in nicotine dose and important work aimed at regulating these products to improve human health.
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Bethlem, Sofia. "Adaptação do C-BARQ para o Brasil." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UnB, 2016. http://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/20516.
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Dissertação (mestrado)—Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Psicologia, Departamento de Psicologia Social e do Trabalho, Programa de Pós Graduação em Psicologia Social, do Trabalho e das Organizações, 2016.Submitted by Fernanda Percia França (fernandafranca@bce.unb.br) on 2016-05-25T17:54:19Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2016_SofiaBethlem.pdf: 2219968 bytes, checksum: 0a111dcc435e6c85a93268350eee2f92 (MD5)
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O instrumento Canine Behavioral Assessment & Research Questionnaire (C-BARQ) já foi aplicado nos Estados Unidos (Hsu & Serpell, 2003), Japão (Nagasawa et al., 2011) e Irã (Tamimi et al., 2015) para avaliar comportamento canino. O presente estudo realizou uma adaptação desse instrumento para o Brasil. Foram obtidas 2.217 respostas sobre o comportamento de cães de todo o país. A análise fatorial extraiu 14 fatores que explicam 38,061% da variância encontrada. Tais fatores eram relacionados à agressividade (direcionada a pessoas desconhecidas; direcionada a cães desconhecidos; direcionada a outro cão da casa; por proteção); ao medo (direcionado a pessoas desconhecidas; direcionado a cães desconhecidos; relacionado a situações desagradáveis); à interação com o dono (comportamento relacionados à separação; apego e busca por atenção; treinabilidade); à movimentação (atividade e energia; agitação relacionada a algum evento); à natureza biológica (necessidades fisiológicas quando deixado sozinho; comportamento direcionado a animais não humanos e não caninos). Comparando esses fatores com os extraídos nos estudos realizados nos Estados Unidos, Japão ou Irã obtiveram-se três fatores diferentes, quatro equivalentes e sete fatores com nomenclatura semelhante. A nomenclatura desses fatores sofre influência da interpretação dos itens, que afeta a percepção humana sobre esses comportamentos e interfere na forma com que estes animais são tratados, resultando em consequências ao bem-estar animal; tornando-se necessário investigar objetivamente quais emoções caninas estão associadas a tais comportamentos. Ressalta-se também a necessidade de se investigar o comportamento dos cães sem raça definida, que representam 26,4% da amostra deste estudo, a fim de facilitar a adoção de animais abandonados. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT
Canine Behavioral Assessment & Research Questionnaire (C-BARQ) has already been applied on researches in United States (Hsu & Serpell, 2003), Japan (Nagasawa et al., 2011) and Iran (Tamimi, Jamshidi, Serpell, & Mousavi, 2015) to assess dog’s behaviour. This study aims at adapting this instrument to Brazilian reality. A total of 2217 answers have been collected from all the country. Factorial analysis extracted 14 factors related to canine behavior that explain 38,061% of variance. These factors were related to aggression (toward unknown people; toward unknown dogs, to other dogs in the house and for protection); fear (toward unknown people; toward unknown dogs; related to unpleasant events); the interaction with the owner (separation related behavior; attachment and attention seeking, trainability); mobility (activity & energy; excitement related to some event); and aspects of biological nature (physiological needs when left alone, behavior directed to non-dogs and non-humans animals). Comparing this factors with the ones used in the United States, Japan or Iran, three different factors, four equivalent factors and seven similar factors were found. As the names of the factors have influence over the interpretation of the items and this may affect the human perception of those behaviors, it is necessary to investigate objectively which emotions are associated to these behaviors, that interferes in the way these animals are treated, having consequences on their welfare. It’s important to study the behavior of dogs without breed, that represent 26.4 % of the sample of this study, to probably enhance abandoned dogs adoption.
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Carlisle, Kathleen Walker. "School Factors Related to the Social and Behavioral Success of Children and Adolescents with Tuberous Sclerosis: Special Education Placement, Services, and Parental Involvement." [Tampa, Fla.] : University of South Florida, 2003. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/SFE0000154.
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Ogilvie, Alice Myrth. "The Assessment of Children with Attachment Disorder: The Randolph Attachment Disorder Questionnaire, the Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale, and the Biopsychosocial Attachment Types Framework." PDXScholar, 1999. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4127.
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Children with attachment disorder (AD) have an ongoing risk of mental health challenges and an exacerbated resistance to traditional treatments. The inability to trust and inadequate relationship skills present a substantial challenge for supervising adults in families, child welfare, juvenile justice, public schools, and other community settings.
This study examined the assessment of AD in children between ages 6 and 18 utilizing two standardized instruments, the Randolph Attachment Disorder Questionnaire and the Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale. A new framework developed by the author, Biopsychosocial Attachment Types (BAT), for conceptualizing childhood attachment concerns, was explored as a foundation for assessment and as a guide for an incremental corrective experiential approach for altering the child’s internal working model of attachment. Biophilia and Attachment theories were explanatory for the BAT.
This dissertation explores three research questions. First, can scores on the BERS be used to predict attachment disorder as measured by the RADQ? Second, can the three categories or six subcategories of the BAT be measured using selected BERS items plus additional author-developed items? Finally, if selected BERS items plus additional author-developed items are found to measure the BAT categories, are the resulting measures reliable and valid? The Foster Family Survey questionnaire completed by 285 foster parents of children 6 to 18 years in foster care for over three months in British Columbia, Canada, provided the data.
Reported results of these analyses included an 18-item BAT measure and a 7-item subscale which predicted RADQ scores using selected items from the BERS with an additional pool of author-developed questions. The regression equation for the RADQ score predicted from the BERS Strength Quotient yielded an adjusted r2 of .268 while the best-fit model predicted from the BAT yielded a cumulative adjusted r2 of .515. The resulting BAT measure achieved an alpha score of .91 and factor analysis distinguished the subcategories. All of these results supported the value of continued research in this urgently needed area of investigation.
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Strickland, Katherine Andrea. "Leadership Traits of School Health Coordinators in Tennessee." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1489.
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The purpose of this quantitative study was to explore the leadership traits of the school health coordinators (SHCs) for the state of Tennessee and to determine if self-perceptions of the SHC leadership traits coincide with supervisor and colleague perceptions of SHC leadership traits. The health challenges facing young Americans today are different from those of past decades and child health is a major federal and state policy platform. SHCs work at the nexus of 2 highly regulated and political entities: healthcare and education. Thus, it is critical for SHCs to possess strong leadership traits to navigate through the issues and politics that are inherent in this challenging career. By obtaining information regarding the leadership traits of current SHCs, this research provides insight into best practices and continuing education for current and future leaders.
The study population consisted of all SHCs, superintendents, principals, and Healthy School Council members in the state of Tennessee, totaling approximately 3,900. Thirty-nine districts out of 221 provided full responses where the SHC, at least one supervisor, and at least 1 colleague responded to the Leadership Traits Questionnaire (LTQ). Permission to use the LTQ was granted by Peter Northouse, the developer of the questionnaire (Appendix A).
Findings indicated that SHC self-reported perceptions of the leadership traits were significantly higher than colleagues' perceptions of the SHCs leadership traits. There were no significant differences between SHCs' perceptions and supervisors' perceptions of the SHC leadership traits. Lastly, within the SHC group only there were no significant differences in the perceptions of self-reported leadership traits between city and county SHCs, years of experience, or number of memberships in professional organizations.
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Pronger, II Gregory Emery. "Convergent Validity Between the Questions About Behavioral Function (QABF) Questionnaire, Trial-Based Functional Analysis, and Traditional Functional Analysis for Adults with a Dual Diagnosis in a Day Program Setting." OpenSIUC, 2015. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/1705.
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Previous research has demonstrated that individuals with a dual diagnosis often engage in challenging behavior as a means to fulfil their needs and wants. Functional behavioral assessments (FBA) are a way of evaluating these behaviors and creating effective interventions to reduce them and increase socially appropriate alternative behaviors. The present study assessed the convergent validity for three types of FBAs, including the Questions About Behavioral Function (QABF) questionnaire, trial-based functional analysis, and traditional functional analysis, for three adults with a dual diagnosis within a day program setting. Results found correspondence between two forms of assessments, the trial-based functional analysis and traditional functional analysis, for one out of the three subjects. Due to a lack of engagement in the targeted behavior for the other two subjects, results were inconclusive. Results of the QABF did not match those of the functional analyses for any of the subjects, suggesting that the assessment should be used with caution. The trial-based functional analysis may be a viable tool for assessing function for the challenging behavior of adults with a dual diagnosis, although it should not be used as a replacement for the traditional functional analysis.
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Ott, Katharina [Verfasser]. "Einfluss von Faktoren auf das Verhalten von Hunden der Rasse Australian Shepherd im Vergleich mit der Besitzereinschätzung durch eine Auswertungsmethode nach C-BARQ (Canine Behavioral Assessment and Research Questionnaire) / Katharina Ott." Hannover : Bibliothek der Tierärztlichen Hochschule Hannover, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1125395435/34.
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Dogruyol, Burak. "The Impact Of Parental Control And Support On The Development Of Chronic Self-regulatory Focus." Master's thesis, METU, 2008. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12610018/index.pdf.
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This study examined the interplay between parenting behaviors and self-regulatory focus in a sample of 320 university freshmen. Considering the theoretical assumptions and cultural differences, it is expected that specific parenting behaviors predict prevention and/or promotion self-regulatory focus. Especially, the dimensions of parental psychological control were expected to predict prevention focus. Participants completed multiple measures of parenting behaviors and self-regulatory focus. Self-regulatory focus was measured using both direct and indirect measures (i.e., value domains) considering the theoretical formulations underlying the indirect measures. The measures of specific parenting behaviors included parental support, behavioral control, psychological control, and overprotection. Results suggested that psychological control mainly predicts prevention focus. Whereas parental blaming and love withdrawal predicted prevention focus, guilt induction predicted promotion focus under certain conditions. Besides, parental overprotection was related with higher levels of both promotion and prevention self-regulatory focuses. As expected, parental behavioral control was associated with lower levels of prevention focus and parental support was associated with higher levels of promotion focus. Examination of the relationships between both types of self-regulatory focuses and the subscales of indirect measure comprised of value domains yielded results contradictory to the original formulations. For instance, contrary to the theoretical expectations, value domain of security was strongly associated with promotion focus rather than prevention focus, signifying a potential cultural difference. Finally, results have suggested that direct and indirect measures of self-regulatory focuses do not consistently overlap and they may measure different constructs. Results were discussed on the basis of the previous work in this area and further exploration was suggested to clarify the link between direct and indirect measures of self-regulatory focus and their links to parenting behaviors.
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Marerro, Magaly V. (Magaly Victoria). "Primary Care Screening for Psychological Factors." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1986. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331793/.
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The Behavioral Medicine Questionnare (BMQ) is a 44- item instrument administered via a computer CRT display or pencil and paper. The BMQ was designed to help primary care physicians treating spinal disorders to screen for emotional factors which warrant further psychological evaluation. The test is composed of three scales: Anxiety, Depression, and Somatization. Concurrent validity for each scale was determined through comparisons with subject (n = 133) scores on clinician judgement ratings, pain drawings, and the MMPI. The psychometric properties of the test were supported through statistical analysis. Significant correlations were found between the BMQ, MMPI, and clinician ratings, with the latter showing relationships of lesser strength. The only significant correlation to subject generated pain drawings was to the BMQ depression scale. Analysis indicated the need for seperate norms for males and females. Further research is needed to facilitate measurement and interpretation of the BMQ.
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Meeks, Lisa M. "COLLEGE STUDENTS PERCEPTIONS OF AND BEHAVIORAL INTENTIONS TOWARD A POPULAR MEDIA CHARACTER WITH QUALITIES OF ASPERGER SYNDROME." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1398938713.
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Floyd, Isaac Thomas. "EXPLORING BLACK IDENTITY AND NUTRITION: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BLACK IDENTITY AND NUTRITION SELF-EFFICACY AND SELF-RATED HEALTHINESS OF DIET OF BLACK COLLEGE STUDENTS." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent155689279704749.
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Ostrovsky, N., and Wallace E. Jr Dixon. "Child Behavior Questionnaire: Ukrainian Version." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2009. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4935.
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Eklund, Adam. "Webbaserade program & coaching för att främja fysisk aktivitet : En systematisk översikt om effekten av webbaserade program & coaching på individer med behov av ökad fysisk aktivitet." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för idrottsvetenskap (ID), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-95259.
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Bakgrund: Mer och mer forskning kommer fram som styrker fördelarna med regelbunden fysisk aktiv (FA). Ändå har många svårt att röra på sig tillräckligt. I tidigare forskning har interventioner med ett webbaserat program (WBP) och interventioner med coaching fått positiva resultat med att främja FA. Syfte: Syftet med litteraturöversikten var att undersöka effekten av ett webbaserat program tillsammans med coaching för att främja FA hos individer som är i behov av ökad FA. Metod: För att besvara syftet har en litteraturöversikt gjorts med sammanställning av 8 vetenskapliga originalartiklar. Sökningen gjordes med Databasen PubMed. Artiklarna granskades med hjälp av ”Oxford Levels of Evidence 2011” evidensmetod. Resultat: Majoriteten av studierna (n=6 av 8) visade en positiv effekt av WBP och coaching på FA. Två artiklar såg ingen signifikant förbättring. Slutsats: Utifrån den granskade litteraturen så finns det skäl till att använda ett webbaserat program tillsammans med coaching för att främja FA. Mer forskning kräves för att säkerställa effekten av ett WBP och Coaching på FA samt specifikt effekten på den yngre och äldre befolkningen.Background: More and more research is emerging that demonstrates the benefits of regular physical activity (FA). Still, many have difficulty being physically active. In previous research, interventions with a web-based program (WBP) and interventions with coaching have had positive results in promoting FA. Aim: The purpose of the review is to investigate the effect of a web-based program together with coaching to promote FA in individuals who are in need of increased FA. Method: In order to answer the purpose, a literature review has been compiled with the compilation of 8 scientific original articles. Articles were found using the PubMed database. The articles were reviewed using the "Oxford Levels of Evidence 2011" evidence method. Results: The majority of studies (n = 6 of 8) showed a positive effect of WBP and coaching on FA. Two articles saw no significant improvement. Conclusion: Based on the literature reviewed, there is positive evidence to suggest usage a web-based program together with coaching to promote FA. More research is needed to ensure the effect of a WBP and Coaching on the FA and specifically the effect on the younger and older population.
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Forbes, Courtney N. "Development and Validation of the Expectancies for Body-Focused Coping Questionnaire." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1564739773263179.
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Hirose, Fernando Hideki. "Acidentalidade em algumas cidades do Estado de São Paulo: análise da evolução e ações associadas." Universidade de São Paulo, 2016. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/18/18144/tde-27062017-091520/.
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Neste trabalho é apresentado um estudo da evolução da acidentalidade viária em cinco municípios do Estado de São Paulo: Araraquara, Franca, Matão, Ribeirão Preto e São Carlos. O estudo tem como objetivo verificar se os fatores que influenciaram na alteração da tendência dos índices de acidentalidade estão relacionados a ações de Engenharia, Educação e Esforço Legal, e se a acidentalidade é proveniente de adaptações comportamentais dos usuários do sistema viário de cada município. Para que isso fosse possível, foi utilizada uma metodologia composta pelas seguintes etapas: (1) realização de entrevistas de grupo investigativas com as autoridades de cada município analisado, (2) elaboração e aplicação de um questionário junto aos usuários do sistema viário e (3) análise dos resultados obtidos para devidas considerações. Na primeira etapa foram realizadas entrevistas seguindo as técnicas de Grupos Focais com as autoridades competentes responsáveis pela gestão do trânsito nas áreas de engenharia, educação e esforço legal. A partir dos resultados obtidos na primeira etapa, foi elaborado e aplicado um questionário que visava identificar qual a sensibilidade da população frente às ações implementadas em cada um dos municípios analisados composto por questões ligadas à avaliação da qualidade do trânsito dos municípios do ponto de vista dos usuários do sistema e à avaliação da frequência de investimentos em engenharia, educação e esforço legal por parte das autoridades competentes. Por fim, com os dados obtidos através dos questionários, foi possível realizar uma investigação sobre os principais fatores que afetaram os índices de acidentalidade de cada município. Em alguns municípios foi possível observar que as ações implementadas foram percebidas pela população, ficando claro que houve adaptação comportamental dos usuários do sistema, fato que pode explicar a alteração da tendência dos índices de acidentalidade. Em outros, não foi possível chegar a conclusões por não ser possível identificar as causas da mudança da tendência dos índices de acidentalidade devido a dificuldades encontradas e sentidas de adesão e colaboração por parte das autoridades gestoras responsáveis pelo trânsito, ou por parte da população.This thesis presents a study of the evolution of road accidentality in five municipalities of the State of São Paulo: Araraquara, Franca, Matão, Ribeirão Preto and São Carlos. The study has as objective to verify if the factors that influenced the change in the tendency of accidentality indexes are related to engineering, education and enforcement actions and if the accidentality is coming from road users behavioral adaptations in each municipality. In the first step, group interviews were conducted following the Focus Groups techniques with the competent authorities responsible for the traffic management in the areas of engineering, education and enforcement. To make this possible, the following methodology was used: (1) carrying out investigative group interviews with authorities of each targeted municipality, (2) development and application of a questionnaire to road users and (3) analysis of the results obtained, and its proper considerations. From the results obtained in the first step, a questionnaire was prepared and applied to identify the sensitivity of the population to the actions implemented in each analyzed municipalities. This questionnaire resulted in road users evaluations regarding the quality of urban road transport and the frequency of investments in engineering, education and enforcement by the competent authorities. Finally, with the data obtained from the questionnaires, it was possible to conduct an investigation into the major factors affecting the accidentality rates of each municipality. In some municipalities it was observed that the implemented actions were perceived by the population, making it clear that there were road users behavioral adaptations, which may explain the change in the tendency of accidentality rates. In other municipalities, it was not possible to reach conclusions that could explain the causes of changes in the tendency of accidentality rates due to experienced difficulties in getting the cooperation from the administrative authorities responsible for traffic, or from the population.
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Schembre, Susan M. "Development and validation of a weight-related behaviors questionnaire /." View online ; access limited to URI, 2009. http://0-digitalcommons.uri.edu.helin.uri.edu/dissertations/AAI3368004.
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Nagl, Michaela, Anja Hilbert, Zwaan Martina de, Elmar Brähler, and Anette Kersting. "The German version of the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire." Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2016. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-215699.
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The Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire is an internationally widely used instrument assessing different eating styles that may contribute to weight gain and overweight: emotional eating, external eating, and restraint. This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the 30-item German version of the DEBQ including its measurement invariance across gender, age, and BMI-status in a representative German population sample. Furthermore, we examined the distribution of eating styles in the general population and provide population-based norms for DEBQ scales. A representative sample of the German general population (N = 2513, age > 14 years) was assessed with the German version of the DEBQ along with information on sociodemographic characteristics and body weight and height. The German version of the DEQB demonstrates good item characteristics and reliability (restraint: α = .92, emotional eating: α = .94, external eating: α = .89). The 3-factor structure of the DEBQ could be replicated in exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses and results of multi-group confirmatory factor analyses supported its metric and scalar measurement invariance across gender, age, and BMI-status. External eating was the most prevalent eating style in the German general population. Women scored higher on emotional and restrained eating scales than men, and overweight individuals scored higher in all three eating styles compared to normal weight individuals. Small differences across age were found for external eating. Norms were provided according to gender, age, and BMI-status. Our findings suggest that the German version of the DEBQ has good reliability and construct validity, and is suitable to reliably measure eating styles across age, gender, and BMI-status. Furthermore, the results demonstrate a considerable variation of eating styles across gender and BMI-status.
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Bickham, Grace Antia. "Major Depressive Disorder: Precursors, Predictors, and Coping Mechanism Among Undergraduate Students." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/743.
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Major depressive disorder (MDD) is common among college students. The disease perpetuates depressive symptoms and potentially leads to chronic depressive episodes. Existing literature has shown that students who use both cognitive and behavioral maladaptive coping skills are more prone to endure depressive symptoms and poorer academic performance. Despite these known associations, little research has examined the relationship between coping skills and self-efficacy in response to warning signs of MDD in college students. This study sought to fill the gaps in the research of MDD related to precursors, predictors, and coping mechanisms among undergraduate students in a national sample of U.S. college students. Secondary data (N = 6,713) were analyzed from the Healthy Minds Study 2012, which used the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) with a test-retest reliability. Social learning and social cognitive theories were used as the theoretical frameworks to focus on problems such as management of life activities, academic success, and maladaptive beliefs. Analyses of the data from the cross-sectional survey using multiple linear and logistic regressions indicated a statistically significant relationship between depressive symptoms and the potential predictive factors of MDD. These findings contribute positively to social change by informing the work of therapists and program developers, who may use these results to create programs that reduce depressive symptoms among undergraduates.
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Gurda, Ajla. "Evaluating the psychometric properties of the aggressive driving behavior questionnaire (ADBQ)." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2011. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/389.
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A principal axis factor analysis with promax rotation yielded four factors, or joint variations between the 20 items, that were inter-correlated with eigenvalues greater than 1. The ADBQ was also found to have high internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = .86). The four factors were used to form four subscales of aggressive driving behavior that included anger/aggression, speeding/minor infractions, overt expression, and judgment of other drivers. The four subscales were found to correlate with self-reported biographical and driver history data, as well as, gender differences across scales. Additional analyses were conducted using data from the present sample from the University of Central Florida (N = 285) and the data from the previous study from Old Dominion University (N = 230) and Michigan Technological University (N = 265) for a combined sample of 780 undergraduate students. The findings in this present study provided additional support for the consistency, predictive validity, and factor structure of the ADBQ instrument. The Aggressive Driving Behavior Questionnaire proves to be a valuable measure in predicting the likelihood of a person engaging in aggressive driving behavior. The implications for driving behavior assessment, training, and instrument development are also discussed.; Over the past decade, aggressive driving behavior has become a topic of concern among the public, media, and researchers in the psychological community. Aggressive driving is a problematic pattern of social behavior that is not only a leading cause to motor vehicle accidents, but a serious threat to public safety. One instrument that has been developed to assess aggressive driving behavior is the Aggressive Driving Behavior Questionnaire (ADBQ). The ADBQ is a 20-item paper and pencil questionnaire intended to measure a driver's likelihood for engaging in aggressive driving behavior. The ADBQ was developed using a factor-analytic approach that combined five previously developed aggressive driving behavior scales (Brill, Mouloua & Shirkey, 2007). Of the 81 items of the five combined scales, nineteen latent variables were extracted and accounted for 67.4% of the explained variance for the observed responses. The final 20th item was developed by splitting one of the latent variables. A previous study, conducted at Old Dominion University (N = 230) and Michigan Technological University (N = 265), examined the ADBQ's factor structure and internal consistency, and found relatively high internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = .77) and the identification of six factors using a principal axis factor analysis (Brill & Mouloua, 2011). The ADBQ was also tested in a controlled laboratory environment and found significant evidence that suggest the ADBQ is a valid predictor of aggressive driving behavior in a simulated environment (Brill, Mouloua & Shirkey 2009). The purpose of the present study was to further investigate the psychometric properties of the ADBQ. Based on a sample of 285 undergraduates (170 women and 115 men) from the University of Central Florida, the study examined the internal consistency, predictive and construct validity, and factor structure of the new questionnaire.B.S.
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Eccles, Alicia. "Validation of behavioural outcomes of anxiety (BOA) questionnaire in stroke survivors with aphasia." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2015. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/75642/.
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Aims: Anxiety disorders and aphasia are common following stroke. This study investigated the psychometric properties of the Behavioural Outcomes of Anxiety scale (BOA) in a sample of aphasic stroke survivors. The BOA relies upon the observations of a carer to rate the anxiety of the stroke survivor. The Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7 measure (GAD-7) is a brief screen for general anxiety which has not been investigated in stroke. A secondary aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of an observational version of the GAD-7 for aphasic stroke survivors. Design: Cross-sectional questionnaires, with repeated measures and a relaxation intervention for a subsample. Correlational and ROC analysis to assess psychometric properties, repeated measures MANOVA to assess the outcome of the intervention. Method: One hundred and eleven stroke survivor-carer dyads were recruited through voluntary sector organisations. All survivors completed a visual self-report anxiety screen, the Tension Rating Circles (TRCs), and the Frenchay Aphasia Severity Test (FAST). Carers completed the BOA and adapted versions of the anxiety subscale of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS-A) and GAD-7. A sub-group of 29 survivor-carer dyads repeated the measures two weeks later to assess test-retest reliability. Within this sub-group, stroke survivors were randomly allocated to a relaxation training or control group. Results: 41.4% of these aphasic stroke survivors were identified as anxious which is higher than prevalence rates in general stroke samples. The BOA and the GAD-7 correlated significantly with each other and with all the other measures of anxiety. When using the HADS-A (≥7) as a criterion standard against the BOA, the area under the ROC curve (AUC) was 0.90 (excellent range of accuracy). A cut-off score on the BOA >16 achieved recommended levels of sensitivity (0.85) and specificity (0.85). For the GAD-7, using the same criterion standard, the AUC (0.94) also fell within the excellent range of accuracy, and was significantly greater than an AUC of 0.50. Optimal cut-off for identifying anxiety was a score of >4 (sensitivity: 0.91, specificity: 0.83). Significantly greater reductions in the BOA scores occurred in survivors who completed relaxation training than in the controls, providing evidence of construct validity. The BOA and the GAD-7 both showed good test-retest reliability of 0.91 and 0.67 respectively. Feedback from carers revealed that the BOA was easy and quick to use and prompted further reflection on the emotional status of the survivors. Conclusions: The carer-completed BOA appears to be a valid and reliable screen for anxiety in stroke survivors with aphasia. Preliminary support for the validity of the GAD-7 is provided and further studies are warranted. Clinical and theoretical implications of the study findings are discussed and recommendations for future research are outlined.
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Rivière, Fabien. "Contribution à la surveillance et à la mesure de l’activité physique et des comportements sédentaires." Thesis, Université de Lorraine, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017LORR0354/document.
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La surveillance de l’activité physique et des comportements sédentaires, et la question de leur mesure, sont primordiales dans un contexte où les sociétés modernes favorisent l’augmentation de l’incidence de nombreuses maladies associées à un mode de vie sédentaire. Objectif : L’objectif de cette thèse était d’approfondir les connaissances sur la surveillance et la mesure de l’activité physique et des comportements sédentaires. Méthodes : Quatre études ont été réalisées. Deux travaux analysent et discutent le système français de surveillance de l’activité physique et des comportements sédentaires des adultes et des jeunes. Une étude teste les propriétés psychométriques du questionnaire mondial sur la pratique d’activités physiques (GPAQ). Enfin, une revue de la littérature analyse le contenu des questionnaires disponibles pour mesurer les comportements sédentaires. Résultats : Les deux études portant sur la surveillance observent un manque d’homogénéité et de constance dans le choix des outils de mesure qui limite le suivi de l’évolution des pratiques. L’étude sur le GPAQ révèle des résultats, en termes de reproductibilité et de validité, similaires aux valeurs habituellement observées. Enfin, la revue de littérature a mis en évidence que les questionnaires mesurant les comportements sédentaires présentent des différences en termes de population cible, période de rappel, nombre d’item, et caractéristiques des comportements sédentaires mesurés. Conclusion : Des recommandations ont été formulées afin d’améliorer la mesure et la surveillance de l’activité physique et des comportements sédentaires en FrancePhysical activity and sedentary behaviors are major health determinants and are being surveyed worldwide. Objective: The aim of this thesis was to contribute to the surveillance and measurement of physical activity and sedentary behaviors. Method: This thesis includes four studies. The first study analyzes and discusses the present situation of French national surveillance studies. The second study presents the results from the first French report card on physical activity for children and adolescents. The third study discusses the validity and reliability properties of the French version of the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ). The fourth study examines the content of questionnaires measuring sedentary behaviors. Results: Studies 1 and 2 reported measurement issues impairing the overall data quality, inter-study comparisons and survey of changes over time. The study of GPAQ reported limited but acceptable reliability and validity for the measurement of physical activity and sedentary time in France. Finally, the systematic review on sedentary behaviors questionnaires reported large differences in the population targeted (ex: adults, youth, elderly), recall frame (ex: previous day, last 7 days, last month), the number of item (from 1 to more than 100), and the sedentary behaviors characteristics measured (from only sitting time to up to 27 sedentary behaviors). Conclusion: The work realized during this thesis allows the formulation of recommendations to improve the surveillance of physical activity and sedentary behaviors in France
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Campana, Angela Nogueira Neves Betanho 1978. "Tradução, adaptação transcultural e validação do "Body Image Avoidance Questionnaire (BIAQ)" e do "Body Checking Questionnaire (BCQ)" para lingua portuguesa no Brasil." [s.n.], 2007. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/275212.
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Orientador: Maria da Consolação Gomes Cunha Fernandes TavaresDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação Fisica
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Resumo: A Imagem Corporal pode ser tomada como a representação mental do próprio corpo. A evitação de situações íntimas, de exposição social, o uso de roupas largas e a checagem compulsiva das formas do corpo são alguns comportamentos adotados para acomodar a Imagem Corporal negativa. O objetivo desta pesquisa foi traduzir, adaptar transculturalmente e validar para a língua portuguesa no Brasil as escalas "Body Image Avoidance Questionnaire¿ (BIAQ) e ¿Body Checking Questionnaire¿ (BCQ) para mulheres universitárias. A pesquisa se dividiu em 2 fases. A fase inicial abrangeu as etapas de tradução, síntese, retrotradução, formulação do questionário brasileiro e o teste do mesmo em uma amostra da população. Na segunda fase conduziu-se um estudo das propriedades psicométricas dos questionários, através da análise fatorial confirmatória dos dados dos 561 questionários coletados. Após processo de ajustamentos dos modelos, baseados nos critérios estabelecidos, os resultados indicaram uma maior aderência dos dados amostrais pelo modelo que estabelece que a evitação da Imagem Corporal é mantida por estratégias de controle da forme e das formas do corpo, pelas estratégias de recusa e por estratégias de acomodação. Para a checagem do corpo, o modelo de maior aderência estabelece que preocupação com medidas, preocupações que levam a observar, preocupações que levam a comparar e busca por informações perceptivas é que mantém o comportamento de checagem. Espera-se que esta pesquisa contribua para os estudos futuros em Imagem Corporal no Brasil, na medida que buscou oferecer aos pesquisadores brasileiros uma medida confiável para analisar traços da Imagem Corporal que hoje são inacessíveis
Abstract: Body Image can be taken as the mental representation of the body. The avoidance of close situations, of social exposition, the use of wide clothes and the compulsory checking of the body forms some adopted behaviors to accomodate the negative body image. The aim of the present study was to translate, to make a transcultural adaptation and to validate for the Portuguese language of Brazil the scales ¿Body Image Avoidance Questionnaire "(BIAQ) and" Body Checking Questionnaire "(BCQ) for university women. The research was divided in two phases. The initial phase included the stages of translation, synthesis, backtranslation, formulation of the Brazilian questionnaire and the its test in a sample of the target population. In the second phase a study of psychometric properties of the questionnaires was made through the confirmatory factorial analysis the data of the 561 collected questionnaires. After process of adjustments of the models, based on the established criteria, the results had indicated a greater adherence of the data for the model that establishes that Body Image avoidance is kept by strategies of hungry and body shape control, by strategies of denay and strategies for accommodate the negative Body Image. For the body chekhing, the model of greater adherence establishes that concern with measures, concerns that lead to observe, concerns that lead to compare and search for perception information are that keeps the checking behavior. We expect that this research contributes for the future studies of Body Image in Brazil, in the measure that it searched to offer to the Brazilian researchers is a trustworthy measure to analyze traces of the body image that today they are inaccessible
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Hawkes, Nicholas C. "Process validity : an empirical and theoretical investigation of anxiety-related cognitive behavioural questionnaires." Thesis, University of East London, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.532574.
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Pekar, Bunnany C. "The Development and Psychometric Testing of the CRNA-INTO DC Questionnaire." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1459242788.
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Bourgoin, Émilie. "Anxiété de vol et phobie de l'avion : validation de questionnaires d'auto-évaluation et étude des comportements des passagers." Thesis, Toulouse 2, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015TOU20004/document.
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La peur de l’avion peut être source de grande souffrance chez les passagers anxieux qui représentent 10 à 40% de la population. Dans certains cas, elle peut aboutir au développement d’une phobie de l’avion. Peu d’études ont permis de développer des outils de mesure évaluant l’anxiété liée au vol en avion; et encore moins, ont cherché à mettre en évidence les comportements anxieux lors de vol en avion. L’objectif de ce travail était de valider des outils d’évaluation de l’anxiété de vol en français, et d’améliorer la compréhension de la dimension comportementale de ce trouble. Cinq études ont été menées. La première propose la traduction et la validation de deux questionnaires évaluant l’anxiété de vol : le Flight Anxiety Situation questionnaire (FAS) et le Flight Anxiety Modality questionnaire (FAM). Les résultats démontrent de bonnes qualités psychométriques des deux questionnaires dans leur version française. Les quatre autres études visaient à construire un questionnaire d’évaluation des comportements anxieux autour du vol en avion et à mettre en évidence les comportements chez des patients phobiques de l’avion. Les résultats indiquaient une validité partiellement satisfaisante ; des comportements d’hyper-vigilance, d’anticipation, de consommation de substance, de recherche de soutien social, de recherche d’information et de contrôle, et des comportements de gestion pro-active centrée sur soi ont été mis en évidence. Parmi les individus phobiques de l’avion, les individus présentant un trouble agoraphobique ou un trouble d’anxiété généralisé adoptaient des comportements spécifiques. De futures études sont proposées pour poursuivre sa validationThe literature suggests that fear of flying affects 10-40% of the population and can represent a significant source of anxiety for airline passengers. In some cases flying phobia can develop. Few studies have developed measures that adequately assess anxiety linked to flying; moreover, to our knowledge there is very little research on the behavioral manifestations linked to fear of flying. The research carried out for this thesis seeks to validate French translations of existing flying anxiety measures as well as develop tools for evaluating behavioral manifestations linked to fear of flying. Five studies has been conduct. The main objective of the first study was to translate and validate two existing flying anxiety scales: the Flight Anxiety Situation questionnaire (FAS) and the Flight Anxiety Modality questionnaire (FAM) created by Van Gerwen et al. (1999). The results demonstrated good psychometric validity for the French versions of these two questionnaires. The four other studies were orientated at the creation of a scale (Questionnaire des Comportements anxieux autour du Vol Aérien; QCVA) measuring behaviors associated with anxiety and flying and to evaluate the validity of such a measure. The results demonstrated partial validity; behaviors were clearly delineated into categories of hypervigilance, anticipation, substance consumption, social support seeking, information seeking/situational control, and proactive behaviors centered on the individual. Within the phobic group, those who also suffered from agoraphobia or generalized anxiety disorder furthermore adopted specific behavior. Additional studies are suggested to further explore the revealed factors
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Foster, Hiram S. "Functions of Mentoring as Christian Discipleship." Ohio University Honors Tutorial College / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1402510631.
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Anderson, Amy L. "A Psychometric Exploration of the Suicide Opinion Questionnaire." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1176755555.
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Felini-Smith, Linda. "A Parent Questionnaire Examining Learning Disabled and Non-Learning Disabled Children's Spatial Skills." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1987. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500569/.
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Investigations of children's spatial ability have typically looked at performance on laboratory tasks, and none have examined differences between learning disabled and non-learning disabled children. The present study surveyed sixty-seven parents of third and sixth grade children about the types of spatial activities children engage in everyday. Parents of learning disabled and non-learning disabled children were included. Results provided information about the types of spatial activities children engage in and the relationships between participation and performance. Major findings included differences between learning disabled and non-learning disabled children in navigational ability and in the strategies employed in difficult or ambiguous spatial situations. Findings were discussed in terms of the influence learning disabled children's negative self evaluations have on their performance.
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Cartwright, Martina Marie 1968. "Dietary habits as assessed by a food frequency questionnaire: Differences between perceived and reported behaviors." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278193.
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Increasing recognition of the importance of diet in the etiology of disease has highlighted the need for methods to determine dietary intake of high risk nutrients. The Behavior Risk Factor Survey is a food frequency questionnaire used to assess dietary habits. This project used the BRFS to determine if perceived dietary fat intake correlated with actual dietary fat intake in three elderly population groups. Results show that subjects who perceived their diet to be low in fat, consumed fewer servings of high fat foods and had lower overall weekly fat intakes. Subjects stating no change in diet had a higher weekly intake than subjects claiming a change in diet. These finding suggest that the BRFS is a rapid, inexpensive data collection method which can be used to determine differences between perceived and reported behaviors. Results from this investigation may be used to develop educational programs targeting the elderly.
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Aydin, Sinem, and Emilia Björk. "Nurses´ perceptions of caring behaviors in clinical practice : A questionnaire study with nurses in Vietnam." Thesis, Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola, Institutionen för vårdvetenskap, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-7584.
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Dunning, Kelsey. "Development of a Questionnaire to Assess Auditory Behaviors in Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders." The Ohio State University, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1395852605.
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Richards, Gail Griffin. "Using the Testwell wellness inventory and Stages of change measurement questionnaire to measure wellness levels." Virtual Press, 1996. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1020164.
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The purpose of this study was twofold: (a) to determine whether wellness management students would have higher levels of wellness than students who are not studying wellness, and (b) to determine if the results of the Stages of Change measurement questionnaire would correlate positively with the results of a standardized wellness measurement questionnaire. The first issue was examined by comparing total wellness levels of wellness management graduate students with total wellness levels of nonwellness management graduate students, as measured by the Testwell Wellness Inventory. There was no statistical difference between the two groups. This suggests that wellness students may not be effective models in their chosen field. The second issue was examined by testing whether the Stages of Change measurement questionnaire would correlate positively with the Testwell total wellness score. Study results showed that if students scored high in wellness, they would score in a high Stages of Change category. This suggests that the Stages of Change questionnaire may be used to measure readiness for general lifestyle behavior change.Fisher Institute for Wellness
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Schwank, Isabelle. "The Suicide Behavior Attitude Questionnaire (SBAQ): översättning, re översättning och validering för användning i ambulanssjukvården." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle (HOS), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-23822.
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År 2011 uppgick antalet personer som suiciderat i Sverige till 1387. Studier visar att den suicidbenägna patientens första kontakt med sjukvården är avgörande för hur det kommande vårdförloppet kommer att utvecklas. Ambulanspersonal är en av många yrkesgrupper som möter suicidbenägna patienter. Studier visar även på att om patienten möts av dåliga attityder så kan det medföra negativa konsekvenser för patienten. Syftet med studien var att översätta, re översätta och validera en engelsk enkät: the Suicide Behavior Attitude Questionnaire (SBAQ): för användning i den svenska ambulanssjukvården. Metoden i att översätta, re översätta och validera SBAQ följde de tio stegen som tagits fram av the translation and cultural adaptation group. Elva ambulanssjuksköterskor medverkade i valideringen av den svenska SBAQ. Resultatet åskådliggör att det är möjligt att översätta och validera den engelska enkäten SBAQ till svenska. Studien kan därför ligga till grund för en mer omfattande studie inom ambulanssjukvården med den svenska SBAQ som instrument. Det här kan bidra till ökad uppmärksamhet och vid behov förbättringar avseende ambulanspersonalens bemötande i framtida situationer med suicidbenägna patienter.In 2011, the number of persons who committed suicides in Sweden amount to 1387. Studies show that the suicide-prone patient's first contact with health services is crucial for how the future care process develops. Ambulance personnel is one of many professional groups that meet suicide prone patients and studies make clear that if the patient is met with bad attitudes it can result in negative consequences for the patient. The aim of the study was to translate, retranslate and validate an English questionnaire: the Suicide Behavior Attitude Questionnaire (SBAQ) for use in the Swedish ambulance service. The method to translate, retranslate and validate SBAQ followed the ten steps developed by the translation and cultural adaptation group. Eleven ambulance nurses participated in in the validation of the Swedish translated SBAQ. The results illustrate that it is possible to translate and validate the English SBAQ survey to Swedish. The study can therefore be the basis for a more comprehensive study within the ambulance service with the Swedish SBAQ as tool. This may help increase attention and, if necessary, improvements by ambulance personnel treatment in future situations with suicidal patients.
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Fimbingerová, Kateřina. "Marketingový význam rozdílů ve spotřebním chování žen a mužů." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-75125.
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This thesis examines the tendency of customers - men and women, whether and how their buying habits are changing. Next the approximation of gender roles and manifestations of this process in shopping behavior are examined.
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Haldeman, Kristi Beaughan. "Testing of the Sexual Adjustment Questionnaire in a population of women with breast cancer." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/276663.
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A descriptive study was conducted with the purpose of refining the Sexual Adjustment Questionnaire (SAQ) and further establishing reliability and validity. Twelve women receiving treatment for breast cancer and 22 women who were at least three months post-treatment for breast cancer voluntarily participated in the research study. Each was administered the Sexual Adjustment Questionnaire. Findings of the study revealed that the SAQ in its entirety was internally consistent. Repatterning of sexual behavior subsequent to having breast cancer did not occur in either group of women. Both the women receiving cancer treatment and those post-treatment experienced a noticeable change in their sexual behavior since having cancer.
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Bothelius, Kristoffer. "Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia : How, for Whom and What about Acceptance?" Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för psykologi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-259605.
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Sleep is essential for survival but a significant minority of the adult population are dissatisfied with their sleep, and 6-10% meet the criteria for insomnia disorder, characterised by difficulties falling asleep at bedtime, waking up in the middle of the night or too early in the morning, and daytime symptoms. Cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), an evidence-based sleep-focused intervention, has been suggested as the treatment of choice for chronic insomnia. However, access to specialised sleep therapists is sparse, and a service delivery model based on the principles of ‘stepped care’ has been proposed. Even though CBT-I is shown to be effective, there is a need to continue the development of cognitive behavioural treatments for insomnia. As a complement to traditional interventions, the potential value of acceptance, that is, to make an active choice of openness towards psychological experiences, has been recognized. However, it has not yet been systematically investigated, and specific instruments for studying acceptance in insomnia are lacking. The present thesis is based on three studies: Study I showed that manual-guided CBT for insomnia delivered by ordinary primary care personnel has a significant effect on perceived insomnia severity, sleep onset latency and wake time after sleep onset. Study II demonstrated that non-responders in Study I reported shorter sleep time at baseline than did responders, a notion that may help select patients for this type of low-end intervention in a stepped care treatment approach. Study III aimed to develop a new assessment instrument for studying acceptance of insomnia, the Sleep Problem Acceptance Questionnaire (SPAQ), resulting in an eight-item questionnaire with two factors; the first being Activity Engagement, persisting with normal activities even when sleep is unsatisfactory, and the second involving Willingness, avoiding fighting and trying to control sleep problems. In conclusion, the present thesis demonstrates that it is feasible to treat patients with insomnia using CBT-I administrated by ordinary primary care personnel in general practice, and that those with relatively longer initial sleep duration benefit most from treatment, enabling allocation to relevant treatment intensity. In addition, acceptance of sleep difficulties may be quantified using the SPAQ.