Sonographer Skill Teaching Practices Survey: Development and initial validation of a survey instrument

Delwyn Nicholls; Linda Sweet; Pawel Skuza; Amanda Muller; Jon Hyett

doi:10.1002/ajum.12011

Evaluating Conscious Consumption: A Discussion of a Survey Development Process

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13063339 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (6) ◽

pp. 3339

Author(s):

Madhavi Venkatesan ◽

Fenner Dreyfuss-Wells ◽

Anjali Nair ◽

Astrid Pedersen ◽

Vishnu Prasad

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Development Process ◽

Coffee Consumption ◽

Consumer Good ◽

Survey Instrument ◽

Survey Development ◽

Behavioral Bias ◽

Survey Results ◽

Single Use ◽

Questions And Responses

This paper is the outcome of a course project for Economics of Sustainability (Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts). Facilitated and under the direction of the instructor, course participants designed a survey instrument where questions and responses were developed to be indicators of behavioral bias related to the environment. The consumer good targeted in the survey was convenience-based coffee consumption, and convenience was defined by the use of single-use disposable coffee cups. The discussion highlights the survey development process including literature review-based expectations specific to each question. The paper concludes with next steps, which involve the administration of the instrument and evaluation of the survey results.

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Survey Instrument Validity Part II: Validation of a Survey Instrument Examining Athletic Trainers' Knowledge and Practice Beliefs Regarding Exertional Heat Stroke

Athletic Training Education Journal ◽

10.4085/1947-380x-6.1.36 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 36-45 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Laura J. Burton ◽

Stephanie M. Mazerolle

Keyword(s):

Athletic Trainers ◽

Heat Stroke ◽

Survey Instrument ◽

Survey Development ◽

Exertional Heat Stroke ◽

Instrument Validity ◽

Practice Behaviors ◽

Knowledge And Practice ◽

Survey Research Methods ◽

Development And Validation

Context: Instrument validation is an important component to sound survey research methods. Objective: The purpose of this article is to discuss the process of developing and validating an instrument to investigate an athletic trainer's attitudes and behaviors regarding the recognition and treatment of exertional heat stroke. Background: Following up from our initial paper, which discussed the process of survey instrument design and validation, we present the practical application of those general guidelines as described by Netemeyer and colleagues. Description: There are four basic steps to developing a valid survey instrument: (1) defining the construct, (2) item development and judgment, (3) designing and conducting studies to develop a survey, and (4) finalizing the instrument. Following these steps, we present our survey instrument used to evaluate an athletic trainer's knowledge and practice beliefs regarding exertional heat stroke. Conclusions: Following the process of survey development and validation, we were able to develop an instrument to help understand attitudes held by athletic trainers regarding appropriate clinical practice behaviors in the treatment of exertional heat stroke.

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P12.04: Sonographer skill teaching practices survey (SSTP): instrument development and initial validation

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology ◽

10.1002/uog.13069 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 42 (s1) ◽

pp. 157-157

Author(s):

D. Nicholls ◽

L. Sweet ◽

J. Hyett

Keyword(s):

Instrument Development ◽

Teaching Practices ◽

Initial Validation

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Survey Instrument for Measuring Level of Preparedness amongst Healthcare Personnel in Radiation Emergency

Journal of Advanced Research in Social and Behavioural Sciences ◽

10.37934/arsbs.22.1.1120 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 11-20

Author(s):

Siti Hasliah Salleh ◽

Nor Ashikin Mohamed Yusof ◽

Fadillah Ismail

Keyword(s):

Survey Instrument ◽

Survey Development ◽

Healthcare Personnel ◽

Extensive Literature ◽

Evaluation Tool ◽

Validation Process ◽

Preliminary Validation ◽

Alternative Approach ◽

Radiation Emergency ◽

Substantial Investment

Drills and exercises are globally practiced to investigate the level of preparedness towards disaster events. However, these activities are rarely conducted because they require substantial investment, specifically to budget and time. A self-reported survey may serve as an alternative approach, although it may not be as effective as drills and exercises. As part of the survey development process, this article discusses preliminary validation of a survey instrument to measure the level of preparedness towards radiation emergency amongst healthcare personnel. Prior to this validation process, extensive literature reviews pointed out that the instrument consists of three constructs of preparedness, namely readiness, willingness, and ability. A total of seven subject matter experts were invited to judge the contents for verification purposes. Randolph Kappa analysis was then conducted to analyse their judgment to allow irrelevant items to be filtered from the rest prior to any improvements. Initially, the survey instrument consisted of 69 items; however, the analysis omitted 16 of them. The following values for each preparedness construct were: Readiness (0.77), Willingness (0.70), and Ability (0.73). These findings indicate that contents of the instrument are valid. Further analysis should be fulfilled to complete validation process to ensure its practicality prior to using it as an evaluation tool.

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The Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS)

Swiss Journal of Psychology ◽

10.1024/1421-0185/a000093 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 72 (1) ◽

pp. 5-11 ◽

Cited By ~ 29

Author(s):

Elise S. Dan-Glauser ◽

Klaus R. Scherer

Keyword(s):

Emotion Regulation ◽

Well Being ◽

French Translation ◽

French Version ◽

Inappropriate Behaviors ◽

Initial Validation ◽

Difficulties In Emotion Regulation ◽

Instrument Measuring ◽

Highly Correlated ◽

Psychopathological Disorders

Successful emotion regulation is a key aspect of efficient social functioning and personal well-being. Difficulties in emotion regulation lead to relationship impairments and are presumed to be involved in the onset and maintenance of some psychopathological disorders as well as inappropriate behaviors. Gratz and Roemer (2004 ) developed the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS), a comprehensive instrument measuring emotion regulation problems that encompasses several dimensions on which difficulties can occur. The aim of the present work was to develop a French translation of this scale and to provide an initial validation of this instrument. The French version was created using translation and backtranslation procedures and was tested on 455 healthy students. Congruence between the original and the translated scales was .98 (Tucker’s phi) and internal consistency of the translation reached .92 (Cronbach’s α). Moreover, test-retest scores were highly correlated. Altogether, the initial validation of the French version of the DERS (DERS-F) offers satisfactory results and permits the use of this instrument to map difficulties in emotion regulation in both clinical and research contexts.

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